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FSDI Coordination and Projects

Together with the business process FSDI Web Infrastructure, FSDI Coordination and Projects is in charge of coordinating activities in the area of geographical information within the Federation.

Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure (FSDI): Coordination and Projects

FSDI Coordination and Projects has the responsibility for the transformation of the concept for implementation of geographical information strategy at the Federal level in the areas of:
  • Basic Geoinformation
  • Metadata
  • Basic Geoservices
  • Federal Network
  • Technical training, research
  • Standards
  • Legal Basis
  • Pricing Strategy

Concepts will be defined and projects initiated and supervised in the above mentioned thematic areas in the spirit of the implementation of geographical information strategy within the Federation.

The process will ensure the coordination and monitoring of Federal projects which involve the restitution, handling, management and distribution of geographical data, avoiding duplication of geographical data and utilisation of synergy. Further goals are the active advancement of geographical information in the Federation, especially basic geographical services, web-GIS applications and geoportals for Federal Offices in coordination with the e-government strategy of the Federation.

FSDI Coordination and Projects fosters the exchange of information to the COGIS- information groups of the Departments and to the Federal Offices responsible for e-government.

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Contact

Rolf Buser
Head of FSDI
Coordination and projects
Tel +41 31 963 24 03
Fax +41 31 963 24 59
Email

Links

Geoportal of the Swiss Confederation:

Newsgroup:

Metadata catalogue:

Data modelling:

Implementing the NSDI:

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