SDI Events Roundup – August 2016

August 25, 2016

Gordon Plunkett

Where is the ninth International Conference on GIS taking place? What are other SDI-related events happening this fall? Find out in the August SDI Events Roundup.

Here’s a roundup of events happening in Canada and globally related to spatial data infrastructures (SDI). You’ll also find insightful reports from recently held SDI events that you may find useful for your own projects.

Canada takes part: Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure Board meets in Anchorage

The Arctic SDI Board, which includes mapping executives from Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States, recently met in Anchorage, Alaska to further develop a robust Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure. The Arctic SDI cooperation is based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed by the eight National Mapping Agencies.

14 INSPIRE themes for global sustainable development goals

A study by UN-GIMM, which is the first deliverable of the Working Group on core data, has identified 14 INSPIRE themes that support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and meet user needs for authoritative, harmonized and homogeneous framework core data.