Using geo-standards will make it easier and more efficient for parties in the public sector and outside to find, share and use geographical information. Geographical information plays an increasingly important role in daily life, in usages such as weather maps and route planners. The public sector needs geographical information for such tasks as town planning.
The geo-standards have been designed to facilitate the exchange of geographical information between the different actors with a reference to a particular location and function. They are used by government organisations such as the Land Registry (Kadaster, in Dutch), the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (Rijkswaterstaat, in Dutch), the water boards and provinces, and also by private-sector actors like developers and builders.
The Dutch geo-standards are based on international standards. They are managed by Geonovum, the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) executive committee in the Netherlands which is committed to providing better access to geographical information in the public sector.
At the end of 2010 the Standardisation Board decided to try to place a coherent set of geo-standards on the 'comply or explain' list. There was however a pre-requisite that the set of all individual standards would have to have been finalised. Since this condition was satisfied with the availability and publication of the NEN 3610:2011 standard, the placing of the geo-standards on the 'comply or explain' list could then be made. This development was announced by Nico Westpalm van Hoorn, Chairman of the Standardisation Forum, at the NOiV Annual Conference in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Further information:
- Original news article - Standardisation Board (in Dutch)
- The 'comply or explain' principle (in Dutch)
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Quelle/Source: epractice, 12.05.2011
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