Assessment of geospatial management efforts in Colombia

Abstract

The materialization or implementation of a Spatial Data Infrastructure - SDI, today Spatial Knowledge Infrastructures - SKI, in a society based on data and information, denotes different profiles of users whose interests are equally diverse, where they seek to access information, to take out the maximum benefit, so that it can be taken to a level that allows generating economic and social value, which undoubtedly requires an ecosystem that is responsible for regulating each of the interactions that occur between those who produce and use each resource or Information service.

In the SKI there is the principle of “universality”, which generates that these actions must be consistent with global frameworks, standards and policies, in order not to delve into greater construction of silos of both systems and information With this, generate greater purpose for knowledge and make it circulate and benefit a growing community.

However, in Colombia efforts have been directed towards the construction of Spatial Data Infrastructures, which undoubtedly requires an instrument to identify its level of maturity, in a way that facilitates the planning and execution of new actions that not only coordinate their sustainability, but that they evolved towards the satisfaction of the needs of their users, who every day are more demanding and digital.

In order to contribute to the State Institutions that produce and use geospatial information, an instrument is presented that can serve as an advisory tool in the identification of critical factors that need to be overcome or strengthened to improve geospatial resource management processes, It will identify initiatives that can be leveraged on strategic platforms, support policy coordinators and formulators in the development of successful strategies to establish or establish or sustain an SKI or global programs.