GI Library
The Library contains resources which you can view and download.
If you would like to suggest other resources for the GI Library please email info@iggi.gov.uk.
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Best Practice Guides
- GoogleMaps: Step by Step User Guide to display Spatial Data
- Principles and Practice of Sharing and Trading Government Information (summary) and (full)
- The Principles of Good Metadata Management
- The Principles of Good Data Management
- Departmental Geographical Information Strategies
- Towards Best Practice for Web Mapping Services
Pan Government Agreement (PGA) reports
- PGA Key Performance Indicators Review 2004/5
GI Reports, Consultations and Papers.
- National Interest Mapping Services Agreement (NIMSA) Future of NIMSA and annual reports
- Ordnance Survey GI Strategy 2006-08
- The Association for Geographic Information (AGI) 2008 Strategy and Summary of Action Plan.
- The Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005
- Cabinet Office, Transformational Government - Enabled by Technology
- The Scottish Executive GI strategy: One Scotland – One Geography
- The MOSAIC Programme is the implementation of the Geographic Information (GI) Strategy for Northern Ireland
- Wales GI strategy Action Plan
- Introduction to GI initiatives led by central government departments and agencies.
Useful Links
- GI Panel: is working towards the creation of a Geographic Information Strategy for the United Kingdom.
- Association for Geographic Information (AGI): represent the interests of the UK's GI industry; a wide-ranging group of public and private sector organisations, suppliers and academics.
- GI Project Registry: A list of GI-related projects in Scotland and the UK, intended to identify and promote synergies as part of the GI Strategy for Scotland.
- gigateway: The UK's national metadata service. Free online search for geographic metadata, and a good source of up to date information about national and international metadata standards.
- Royal Geographical Society (RGS): leading learned society and professional body that has been advancing geographical science and supporting its practitioners since 1830.
- Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC): The OGC is a non-profit, international, voluntary consensus standards organization that is leading the development of standards for geospatial and location based services
- Digital National Framework (DNF): DNF is an industry standard for integrating and sharing business and geographic information from multiple sources.
