A country’s NSDI refers to the technology, policies, and people necessary to promote sharing of geospatial data throughout all levels of its government, private and not-for-profit sectors, and academia. It ideally provides a structure that facilitates geographic data sharing and use. (Adapted from http://www.fgdc.gov/nsdi/nsdi.html, accessed November 2013.)
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