Sustainable Governance of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) Infrastructure

Acquiring a precise position on the earth is an essential factor in many activities today and will be a prerequisite for future activities. Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) network or GNSS CORS is an infrastructure that plays a crucial role in precise positioning. However, running GNSS...

Developing geographic information infrastructure: The role of information policies

Within information societies, information availability is a key issue affecting societyâs well being. The infrastructure underlying the foundation of the information society may be referred to as the information infrastructure. A geographic information infrastructure (GII) supports the information infrastructure with regard to geographic...

One access policy for high-quality geographic information: results from a US - EU comparative study

The impact of access policies in the development of a national GDI

Within the context of Geodata- and Service Infrastructures (GDI) access-to-government data policies are important the existence and successful use of the data, and the success of the GDI itself. Two access doctrines are dominant in the literature: open access policies and cost recovery policies. Many researches have attempted to compare open...