What does the NGDF mean to you ?

As a thread to get things started, What does the NGDF mea...	Ed Parsons	11/19/97
Open Forum	Susan Pipes	11/24/97
NGDF Board Responses	Bryan Nanson	12/17/97
UK vs. US models	Sam Loud	03/02/98
UK vs. US models	Debbie Cable	03/09/98

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Date: November 19, 1997 10:57 AM
Author: Ed Parsons (ed.parsons@eur.autodesk.com)

As a thread to get things started,

What does the NGDF mean to different sectors of the industry. My impression at the moment is that it appears to be a talking shop for data providers rather than users. To be successful in the long run there must be more input from users of geospatial information.

The role of NGDF should be to make the use of geospatial data as painless as possible for existing and perhaps more importantly potential users.

OK over to you ...

Ed

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Date: November 24, 1997 07:05 PM
Author: Susan Pipes (susanp@foe.co.uk)
Subject: Open Forum

Hello there

This NGDF Forum looks like a useful step towards generating
wider public discussion about NGDF.

Is there a designated member of the NGDF Board who will 
regularly take part in these discussions ?

Good Luck

Susan Pipes
Friends of the Earth

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Date: December 17, 1997 09:19 PM
Author: Bryan Nanson (bnanson@ordsvy.gov.uk)
Subject: NGDF Board Responses

In response to Sue Pipes' query; The Programme Management team of Helen Ridley & Debbie Cable will monitor the threads and elicit responses from Board members where appropriate. They may, of course, choose to contribute to thread discussions anyway.

Bryan Nanson Programme Director

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Date: March 02, 1998 12:32 PM
Author: Sam Loud (lou3255n@uel.ac.uk)
Subject: UK vs. US models

Hi there,

What are the main differences / similarities in the approaches of the UK and US to establishing NGDF/NSDI? Are there any lessons that can be learned from the US approach (clearing houses etc.), or is the UK sufficiently different to require a whole new system? Opinions please

Sam

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Date: March 09, 1998 02:51 PM
Author: Debbie Cable (dcable@ordsvy.gov.uk)
Subject: UK vs. US models


This should provoke some interesting discussion! To start off, you could try browsing through 'Framework for the World' editied by David Rhind as this has interesting chapters on many SDIs. Sam and I await your opinions with interest!

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