Implementing INSPIRE: the process towards the harmonization of licenses for public sector geographic information in the Netherlands

Assessing geoportals from a user perspective

Assessing GI enhancement

Assessment of spatial data infrastructures from an organisational perspective

Legal aspects of access to Geo-information within Indonesian spatial data infrastructure

Geo-information is a double-edged sword, regarding its powers in providing instant access to vast amounts of data and the opportunity to abuse, to misinform, and to invade the privacy of individuals on a greater scale than ever before [Cho, 1998: 22].<br/>Thus, access to geo-information has always become an essential issue on development of a...

Harmonized access to heterogeneous content: towards a European SDI

The development of a SDI, in Europe and elsewhere, has many aspects. Some are more technological in nature, and others have to do with organizational, financial and juridical issues. In this paper we will focus on an issue that is identified in the INSPIRE report of September 2003 as having a high priority: harmonization. We will look at two...