National Spatial Data Infrastructure
(NSDI-India)
Dr K R Murali Mohan, Ph.D
Director/Scientist-F
Department of Science & Technology
Ministry of Science & Technology
New Delhi
What is a Spatial Data Infrastructure
(SDI)?
“It is an INFRASTRUCTURE that provides
a basis for spatial data discovery,
evaluation and application for Macro &
micro level planners, implementers, users and
providers within all levels of government, the
commercial sector, the non-profit sector,
academia and by citizens in general.”
--The SDI Cookbook
Who needs access to coordinated
geographic information?
Land Records Adjudication
Disaster Management
Transportation Management
Water, gas & electric
planning
Public Protection
Defense
Natural Resource
Management
Telecommunications
Infrastructure
Economic Development
Civic Entrepreneurs
Local Bodies
Components of a Spatial Data
Infrastructure (SDI)
Policies & Institutional Arrangements
(governance, data privacy & security, data
sharing, cost recovery)
People (training, professional development,
cooperation, outreach)
Data (digital base map, thematic, statistical,
place names)
Technology (hardware, software, networks,
databases, technical implementation plans)
Why to build an SDI?
Build data once and use it many
times for many applications
Integrate distributed providers of
data: Cooperative governance
“Location-based management”
Share costs of data creation and
maintenance
Support sustainable economic,
social, and environmental
development
Best practices
Treat data as strategic, capital assets
and public goods
Collaborate and Coordinate
Align roles, responsibilities and
resources for data stewardship
Organize Effective and Efficient
Production and Stewardship of Data
Pool and Leverage Investments
The outcomes of an NSDI
The participant members (contributors and
users) are known and can interact
Core and specialized map and data services
are easily discoverable and accessible
Decision-makers and analysts have ready
access to the right geo-information for input to
analytical and visual models – indicators,
models, trends, patterns
Creating the motivation
Development of an SDI should be a
voluntary and have long-term vision
Government roles may require both
incentives and directives
Commercial and non-commercial participants
should find SDI appealing as a market
The correct solution for NSDI must be
defined by the community
Partnerships extend our capabilities
Partnerships
Discovery
Access
Processing
Services
Metadata
Framework GEOdata
Standards
Roles of standards bodies
Software interfaces
(Implementation
Specifications)
OpenGIS
Consortium
Other
NSDIs
Endorsed
practices and
specifications
NSDI
ISO TC 211
Foundations for
implementation.
(Abstract standards)
National
Standards
Content standards,
Authority for data
SDI Applications
Earthquakes
Floods
Landslides
Cloud Bursts
Tsunami
Avalanche
etc
Pollution
Water Quality
Ground water depletion
Vector borne Diseases
Hunger, Poverty and
malnutrition
Crime
Sex ratio
Govt. of India Role in SDI development
Advanced Internet infrastructure
design, establishing the backbone
IT Expertise
GOI has understood the importance of
SDI and implementation
Collaborations & Partners
Survey of India
MOEF
Department of Space India Meteorological Dept
Geological Survey of CWC, CGWB
India
Forest Survey of
MoES, MoUD, MoRD,
India
MoLR, NIC, Census of India
NBSSLUP
NATMO, CPCB
MoD
NCAER
MHA
NDMA
NSDI Clearinghouse
Supports uniform, distributed search through
a single user interface to all domestic
metadata collections to find data and maps
A free advertising mechanism to provide
world access to your holdings under the
principle of “truth-in-labeling”
Search for spatial data through fields and fulltext in the metadata and categorical browsing
Links through to full data access and online
web mapping services, where available
NSDI-India Management Structure
NSDI-Steering Committee
NSDI-Executive Committee
NSDI-Nodal Agencies & Nodal Officers
Sectoral Committees
NSDI-India Secretariat
CEO and officers
NSDI-India Standards Framework
OGC
BIS
Meta Data Standards, content standards
developed and working on unified data
model etc
Service Framework
WMS
WFS
WMTS
WCS
Security (authorisation and
Authentication)
Legal Framework
Value Addition
IPR
Patents
Non-repudiation
Accuracies
Ownership
Policy Framework
National Data Sharing and Accessibility
Policy (NDSAP)
VIGIL
State SDI’s
Outreach
Training and capacity building
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NIGTR, Center for Excellences (IIT’s)
Training for Asia Pacific countries
Open mind approach to share the
experiences and hand holding
Future directions-Convergence:GeoICT
A basic building block for E-Government
Shall focus on the use and re-use of data
and services between government (G2G) and
the citizen (G2C)
Involves all sectors (Central, state, local
government, academia, commercial)
Dept. of Science & Technology
NRDMS & NSDI
Thanks