Systems Subcommittee
VISION
The SASDI should support effectively and efficiently, participatory democracy, service delivery and sustainable development in South Africa to improve the quality of life for all;
To ensure an integrated systems environment that caters for requirement of users, custodians and central operations in support of CSI and SASDI;
To ensure that a network of Integrated Spatial Data Environment along the lines of Clearinghouse in the US and INSPIRE in Europe;
MISSION
To establish a sustainable Spatial Data environment that meets the requirements of the SASDI, and enables and efficient and effective SASDI;
To explore appropriate ICT solutions that meets the criteria defined by CSI, Custodians and Users;
Identify the potential competitors to the SASDI (such as Google Earth, OpenStreetMap, Tracks4Africa, etc) and how the CSI could collaborate with them to improve the SASDI;
Discuss and provide guidance on systems and technology pertaining to the sharing of geospatial information across government as envisaged by the CSI;
Facilitate identification of web-based geospatial information sharing mechanisms;
Discuss and make the necessary recommendations to the CSI regarding the allocation of funding for strategic SASDI initiatives; and
Ensuring successful implementation of all SASDI related sub-projects.