National Spatial Data Infrastructure in Slovakia: State of play, outcomes and challenges
Process of INSPIRE legislation development is about to be fulfilled, what will generate new requirements and challenges for involved stakeholders. Development of spatial data infrastructure on national level (NSDI) in Slovakia reflects this momentum taking into the consideration national specific circumstances. Technical conditions together with making available harmonised and interoperable data content will allows the Member States to create the environment, allowing utilization of geographical information systems. This will be connected with reduction of costs related to software and hardware and improvement for effectivity and quality of related services. This presentation will provide an overview of current status with summary of achieved outcomes and outlook for activities and challenges potentially influencing on further NSDI development, implementation and maintenance.
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Martin Tuchyňa
After graduating from the Technical University in Zvolen, he has been working in the Slovak Environmental Agency since 2000. He focuses on the matters of geoinformatics and standardization of geoinformatics, concentrating on the activities related to building and operation of infrastructure of spatial information. From 2008 to 2012 he worked as a national expert appointed to work in the Joint Research Center of the European Commission in Ispra (Italy), where he participated in the process of creation of data specifications for topics determined in the INSPIRE Directive, specializing in topics from the field of biodiversity and energy resources.
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Marek Žiačik
After graduating from the Technical University in Zvolen, he worked in unincorporated association Združenie Slatinka (Slatinka Association), Správa NAPANT (Administration of the Low Tatras National Park) in GIS and geology department, in company Geodis Slovakia in the position of dealer of measurement devices for construction and geodesy and since August 2009, he has been working in the Slovak Environmental Agency as a specialist of INSPIRE and National Infrastructure for Spatial Information, within which he works in the position of INSPIRE National Contact Point, INSPIRE Committee Member, deputy chairman of the Coordination Council for National Infrastructure for Spatial Information and leader of the group of experts of National Infrast…
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