Spatial Data Infrastructure and Spatial Information System designs support the efficient access, retrieval and delivery of spatial information to locations where it is needed from locations where it is stored.

An SDI comprises data, standards, access network, institutions and policies, and human resources. Spatial data is held, structured, analysed and disseminated in a host of forms. SDIs are central to supporting an information society and its related industry, and in promoting on-line government.

The Program aims to

• develop concepts, functions and principles to help existing federal and state spatial data initiatives on the enhancement of data access and sharing