National governments meet many challenges in their effort to achieve faster growth of the market of goods and services using information and communication technologies and pressured from the public and the political competition to be more democratic and serve the society better. Many of those challenges are somehow connected with spatial dimension. This is where GDi GISDATA consultancy and solutions come and help.

Coordination and management of projects

Many government-sponsored projects take place “in the field”, which means at certain location. Sometimes two agencies manage concurrent projects at the same or almost the same location, in literal neighborhood, without being aware of their proximity and mutual influence. Governments, ministries and agencies understand that they need a means to comprehend and control spatial spread of the activities they finance and sponsor. That means is Geographical Information Systems. Very often they find what they need in GDi GISDATA solutions.

Compliance with EU and other standards

In other cases, which become more frequent, government ministries and agencies implement mandatory geospatial information technologies and procedures to be in compliance with EU regulations and to be eligible to apply for certain funds, as well as integrate with other systems in the related area. Examples of such systems are:

• LPIS – Land Parcel Identification System for control of subsidies in agriculture, EU
• INSPIRE – European spatial data infrastructure
• SABE – Seamless Administrative Boundaries of Europe, used for statistics
• CORINE – Land use database
• NATO – standards and maps

GISDATA is helping governments, ministries and agencies achieve compliance with these standards.

Economic development

a) Attracting investments
GIS is helping governments to identify most suitable areas for development of business zones where businesses are encouraged to place their offices, manufacturing facilities and/or warehouses / distribution centers. Furthermore, having effective GIS in place is an advantage for a local government because investors want to get as much information as possible about the surrounding areas and conditions in order to secure their decision to initiate a business at a certain location. GDi GISDATA assistance can be vital in achieving that goal.

b) Projects for development of undeveloped or war-affected regions
Unequal development level is an issue being addressed by many governments at all levels. Having people stay at, or come back to, their native places helps sustainable development. Therefore governments offer inhabitants and companies various fiscal, transportation and other incentives to persuade them to stay or return, and invest. GDi GISDATA solutions and consultancy work help identify what areas meet criteria for such incentives, plan for sustainable development of infrastructure and protect crucial resources.