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The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of geographic information (GI) policy. A review of the Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) concept gives readers a framework for government GI organization, access, and use policy issues. The chapter concludes with an in-depth analyses of the U.S. National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), which summarizes one country’s past approaches and future directions for SDI implementation.

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  1. College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA

    Wade Bishop

  2. Center for Spatial Reasoning & Policy Analytics College of Public Service & Community Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA

    Tony H. Grubesic

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Bishop, W., Grubesic, T.H. (2016). Policy. In: Geographic Information. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22789-4_4

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