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July 13th, 2010
The Spatial Data Infrastructure of Spain as an Example of Success in Europe

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Spanish geographic data production is mainly oriented to fulfil the management needsof good governance. However, we can divide it into three levels of geographic dataproducers in Spain:● National Level: Government of Spain.The National Government is composed of 17 Ministries. Many of them are geographicinformation producers (Infrastructures and Transports (IGN-E (National MappingAgency), CNIG-E (National Centre of Geographic Information), Economy andFinances (Cadastre, National Statistical Institute (INE-E)), Environment-Agriculture-Sea, , Defence, Science and Innovation (Geological Institute of Spain (IGME),Scientific Research Council), Industry-Tourism-Commerce, Housing, etc. Read More