Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Hamid Enayati
• Mohsen Hasanzadeh Shahraji

Khaje-Nasireddin Toosi University

Abstract

Availability of spatial information and decision making based on the analyses performed by geographic information system are among the fundamental components of sustainable development. For this purpose, an organization or more is responsible for the production of spatial information in different countries. In recent years and in the era of information technology and public access to internet, creating a platform for providing spatial information in cyberspace is considered to be much more important. As a result, the new generation of spatial information products have the capability of being presented and disseminated in the cyberspace. Some organization have proceeded and not only pioneered for dissemination of spatial information in the Internet, but also have provided users with the possibility of performing some basic spatial analyses. In developed countries, these possibilities are available and spatial information is being provided in cyberspace. In order to take advantage of developed countries knowledge and experience in producing and disseminating spatial information, it is necessary to evaluate the procedure of producing spatial data in these countries. USGS in United States of America and Survey Ordnance in UK are responsible for producing spatial data. Therefore, the present article investigates the procedure of producing spatial information.

Keywords

• producing spatial information
• USGS
• Ordnance Survey
• developed countries
• digital data