The government has announced the setting up of a spatial data infrastructure facility that will provide access to geospatial data for planning and decision-making at various levels.Named Kerala State Spatial Data Infrastructure (KSSDI), the geo portal will allow Internet users to search, locate and publish geospatial data. The web gateway will maintain, process, store, distribute and improve the utilisation of geo-spatial data for users and providers within the government as well as the commercial and non- profit sectors, academia and the public.
The facility is expected to pave the way for increased GIS applications.An official press note issued here said the KSSDI would be located adjacent to the new State Data Centre on the Technopark campus here.The government has invited proposals from consulting firms to establish a geo portal and clearing house for the SSDI on a turnkey basis.A sum of Rs. 937 lakh has been sanctioned for the five-year project.According to Dr.Ajay Kumar, secretary, IT, who headed a committee constituted by the government to study the proposal, the SSDI is the next logical step of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) set up at the national level. Kerala, he said, was one of the first States in the country to take the initiative forward.
The Hindu, November 5th , 2009
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