NSGIC Continues to Support NSDI Improvements

The NSGIC Board has formally endorsed the latest proposal for managing economic stimulus efforts at least in part through good geospatial data and tools.

“A Proposal for Reinvigorating the American Economy Through Investment in the US National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)” was put out by Autodesk, Google, Intergraph, Microsoft and Oracle.

The NSGIC Board's endorsement of this proposal is in addition to the endorsement by the Board last week of a similar proposal by ESRI and Booz Allen Hamilton -- "A Proposal for National Economic Recovery An Investment in Geospatial Information Infrastructure Building a National GIS."

Both proposals have a great deal in common, though they differ on their approaches to data management and to management of NSDI activities within the Federal government.

"NSGIC also has some concerns in these areas, but we believe that we need to send a positive and consistent message regarding these activities to help them succeed," said NSGIC President Learon Dalby, of Arkansas. "We remain focused on NSGIC’s advocacy agenda and I am providing input to these initiatives as appropriate and with approval of the Board of Directors."