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33 Metadata Clearinghouse and Open Access to Geographic Data in Namibia
Pages 150-153

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From page 150...
... national program -- Information and Communication for Sustainable Development (Infocom) with the aim to promote sustainable development in Namibia through · developing an effective Environmental Information System unit within the Ministry of Environment and Tourism; · developing communication mechanisms to disseminate environmental information; and · defining sets of National Core Set of Environmental Indicators, and compiling the State of Environmental Indicators based on the former.
From page 151...
... Network officials strongly recommended that Namibia form a committee to be responsible for the national spatial data infrastructure development in the country. This committee is responsible for data sharing and exchange policy, data storage and facilitation, and standards and guidelines, including metadata standards.
From page 152...
... Natural resource mapping in the Kavango region has also been initiated for the third environmental profile, while the planning for a profile of Kunene region is envisaged for the near future. The profiles produce enormous digital databases and the data are available at no cost, under the principle that human development is stimulated by the unrestricted flow of information.
From page 153...
... The standard, which conforms to Federal Geographic Data Committee standards, has been widely adopted and used in the creation of metadata by various agencies. The Environmental Information System unit plans to ensure that the metadata standards comply with standards set for both the South African Development Community and the International Organization for Standardization's Technical Committee.


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