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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 10:10:47 -0400
From: Carol Marley <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Global Spatial Data Infrastructure query <fwd>
Sender: Carol Marley <[log in to unmask]>



Hi, For a fact many of the members of Maps-L are involved with national
spatial data iniatives, metadata, standards, etc. Unfortunately, or
perhaps fortunately depending uppon your point of view, what happens
whenever discussions become focused around a technical area such as
metadata, or GIS, then yet another list serv is created.

To give you an example, in Canada many of the members of the Association
of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives are working on national spatial
data infrastructure committees through Geoconnections. We are involved
in issues of government policy, Internet access and metadata standards,
framework data and sharing National Atlas of Canada data. Whatever we
report on that tends to go to the Canadian list serv, Carta, or into the
ACMLA Bulletin. I assume that we probably think that the American
mapllibrary community wouldn't be too much interested in the details,
even though Maps-L is an interrnational list serv.

I wouldn't be surprised to find that you get lots of responses from the
various metadata, standards and GIS communities regarding their list
servs, and you will find thaat many of these respondants belong to
Maps-L as well.

Carol Marley, Hitschfeld Geographic Information Centre, McGill
University

Johnnie Sutherland wrote:

> Hello Maps-L:
>      Your Moderator just received the message below which has an
> interesting question for the list.
> Johnnie
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> Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 21:56:10 +0000
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Global Spatial Data Infrastructure query
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> Johnnie -
>
> Can you tell me if members of this List are supporting
> the National Spatial Data Infrastructure initiative
> (NSDI) and/or the Global Spatial Data Initiative (GSDI)?
>
> I am currently participating in a GSDI meeting in
> Colombia, and could find no evidence that this very
> active and able group is involved in helping build this
> global map respository that includes standardization,
> interoperability and highly defined metatags.
>
> If you know the answer, feel free to contact me
> directly. Otherwise I wonder if you could query the List
> for me. Thanks,
>
> Martha Gorman
> GITA International
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