SDI DESIGN TO FACILITATE SPATIALLY ENABLED SOCIETY
A.
Rajabifard, A. Binns,
The
abbas.r@unimelb.edu.au
Society can be
regarded as spatially enabled where location and spatial information are
regarded as common goods made available to citizens and businesses to encourage
creativity and product development Based
on this vision and in
order to deliver a greater range of services and information to users across
jurisdictions, the concept of Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) is beginning
to progress towards the development of an enabling platform, helping to link
services across jurisdictions, organisations and disciplines. This
cross-jurisdictional approach aims to provide users with the ability to access
and utilise precise information, in real time about different source of data
such as built and natural environments datasets within the sphere of
decision-making, something that is beyond the ability of single organisations
to deliver.
With this in mind, this paper discusses the changing role that SDIs are playing in the development of such an enabling platform to facilitate the vision of spatially enabled society. The paper addresses the strategic challenges arising out of the need of creating such a new environment. This includes the growing demand and the role for sub-national government and private sector involvement in SDI development.