Blockchain-Powered Collaboration in Spatial Data Infrastructure
Munir Ahmad · Advances in knowledge acquisition, transfer, and management book series/Advances in knowledge acquisition, transfer and management book series · 2024
Blockchain is being adopted in different sectors such as health strategies and services, production chains, school systems and business management, manufacturing, emergency response systems, farming and food production, travel and hospitality, and power distribution. Indeed, this makes it also relevant for the consideration of the SDI. This chapter explored the potential of blockchain technology for SDI and examined its potential role in addressing key areas of concern regarding SDI: Governance Structure, Features that make an institution more accessible, Capacity Building, and Interoperability of Data. In addition, the chapter also offers a reflection on the implications that may be associated with integrating the blockchain technique into SDI. Some of the difficulties include system deployment, technical issues, legal issues, and permissions besides being aspects of cost and resource concerns.