An Assessment of the Current State of Spatial Data Sharing in Rwanda
@article{Akinyemi2011AnAO, title={An Assessment of the Current State of Spatial Data Sharing in Rwanda}, author={F. Akinyemi and E. Uwayezu}, journal={Int. J. Spatial Data Infrastructures Res.}, year={2011}, volume={6}, pages={365-387} }
Geographic information is becoming more important everyday at all levels of society. It has a central role in supporting economies, improving business effectiveness in the private sector, enabling more efficient decision making and increasing citizens’ involvement in governance. The need to share becomes apparent when individuals and organisations cannot produce all datasets they need. Identifying current data sharing arrangements is pivotal to understanding the kind of sharing mechanism… CONTINUE READING
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