Working Groups & Meetings (SDI of Spain)
In order to promote the development of the IDEE Project (SDI of Spain Project), the permanent Commission of High Geographic Council, approved, on 14th of November 2002, the creation of the Working Group of the SDI of Spain (GTIDEE in Spanish). This WG is denoted for being an open technical group, composed of experts and producers of thematic and referenced geographic information either at national, regional and local level. University and private sector are also in this WG.
The main lines of activity of this WG are the following:
- Analyse the existent and appropriate geographic information for being integrated in the SDI of Spain. Prepare a proposal for actions to be done by public administrations to complete the infrastructure.
- Analyse metadata of geographic information and its availability, promoting the generation of the descriptive databases of geographic information as well as the preparation of proposals in this context.
- Define architecture, rules and technical specifications for the integration in the SDI of Spain including the most suitable technologies.
- Analyse policies related to prices, licences and data distribution extracting conclusions and preparing proposals for actions.
The Group carries out regular meetings, in which technical presentations are presented, agree on recommendations and approved them for the implementation of SDI projects in Spain. In group sessions, the members exchange experiences and show the evolution of the national, regional and local SDI projects.
To carry out these tasks, the WG of the SDI of Spain has established different Working subgroups, whose main functions are:
- Establish an electronic discussion forum on its areas of activity.
- Bringing together existing ideas and experiences.
- Agreements in technical documents.
