The newsletter from February about Spatial Data Infrastructures in Latin America and the Caribbean (SDI-LAC) is now available in portuguese, spanish and english. Click here to download.
Assisting the free access to the information on Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) to the users, the Association for the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) has been making newsletters on SDI, available in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean (SDI-LAC), and in Asia and Pacific (SDI-AP).
The newsletter SDI-LAC concentrates on aspects of the SDI and on GIS, remote sensing and the administration of data in Latin America and the Caribbean, related with SDI. It aims to create consciousness, to provide useful information for the invigoration of national initiatives of SDI and to support the synchronization of regional efforts.
The Pan-American Institute of Geography and History (IPGH), member entity of GSDI, and of the Permanent Committee for the Infrastructure of Spatial Data of America (CP-IDEA), promote the development of SDI in the area. The newsletter is prepared to GSDI by IPGH.
The Portuguese version of the SDI-LAC Newsletter was first published between November, 2007 and February, 2009, and now is being published again, since August, 2011, thanks to a group of volunteers located in several states of Brazil, in the United States and Canada.
Highlights of this edition: The Global and Regional SDI section comprises notes on the Digital Earth Vision 2020; Reassignment of Responsibilities within UN-SPIDER; Colombia as UN-SPIDER‘s newest RSO; FIG Regional Conference 2012 in Uruguay; and INSPIRE Conference 2012; among others. The IGS section includes a call for membership. The National SDI segment covers activities of Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, and Uruguay including local and national SDIs initiatives, and services. Articles and Publications of the month comprise remarks on the new MundoGEO magazine highlighting an overview of SDI in Latin America and the Caribbean; the NSGIC Geospatial Data Sharing Guidelines; most recent INDE and IDERA Newsletters; and ECLAC and UNU-IAS examinations on Climate Change Impacts on the LAC region. Geospatial Research and Applications underline a Brazilian-Colombian contract for satellite monitoring of flood areas; a Coastal Risk Database; and GPS data for Tsunami Warnings. Training and Funding Opportunities; Employment Opportunities; Conferences and Events.