The Integration of Built and Natural Environmental Datasets in National Spatial Data Infrastructure Initiatives

要在国家一级实现可持续发展，就必须了解自然和人造环境。这就需要获得关于这两种环境的数据，而建立国家空间数据基础设施则有助于获得这两种环境的数据。澳大利亚的问题是，各州是大中型人工和自然数据集的保管人，而联邦政府是小规模自然数据集的保管人。虽然澳大利亚取得了一些成功，但这些数据集的整合受到司法、体制、行政和法律的问题的阻碍。本研究将调查这些数据形式的差异以及将其纳入国家空间数据基础设施的理由和政策框架。

Delivering sustainable development nationally assumes knowledge about the natural and built environment. This requires access to data about these two environments which is facilitated by establishing a National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). The problem in Australia is that the states are the custodians of large to medium built and natural datasets while the Federal Government is the custodian of small scale natural datasets. While Australia has seen some success, the integration of these datasets is hampered by jurisdictional, institutional, administrative and legal issues. This research will investigate the differences in these forms of data and the justification and policy framework to integrate them in a NSDI.