Regional SDI & Land Administration, Capacity and ... - INSPIRATION

Does your organization have a separate line for services on the Internet that it provides?
(Hosted services count) Yes|No
What is the throughput of that separate output line?
What services does your organization provide from its servers to the Internet? Please,
list.
(Hosted services count)
Does your organization have its own server room? Yes|No
How many employees support the server room?
Does your organization have its own technical support department? Yes|No
What is the level of service the server room provides?
o Working hours
o Two daily shifts
o 24x7
o High availability
Question: How would you estimate the technical capacity in your organization used
for spatial data infrastructure establishment, maintenance and support? (from 1 to 5
where 1 = Insufficient and 5 = Excellent)
These answers reflect employees’ satisfaction with the technical infrastructure for IT.
Software and hardware seem to be well appreciated, but the number of licenses and network
capacity fall behind. It is interesting to notice in some other answers that a high number of
desktop seats are not under regular maintenance and support, and, therefore, outdated,
which could also influence dissatisfaction of employees.
Figure 16: Assessment of hardware (1 to 5) used for spatial data infrastructure
3,00 3,50
hardware equipment
3,42
software – quality
3,43
software – quantity (no. of avail.licenses)
3,26
networking capacity
3,29
Question: What percentage of the spatial data that are part of the NSDI is kept and
maintained in file-based (non DBMS) structures (e.g. dwg or shp)?
This question was asked to assess the ratio of enterprise-level approach to geoinformation
systems, which is required for an effective SDI.
The average is 61.3%, not in favour of enterprise-level approach. That also raises the issue
of the need for adequate training once the enterprise GIS approach is adopted, but also the
need to rationalize the number of IT-support providing organizations.
INSPIRATION – Spatial Data Infrastructure
in the Western Balkans
Regional SDI & Land Administration (LA) Capacity and
Education Study and Recommendations Report
(Act. 2.1 and Act. 2.2), March 2013
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