Spatial Data Standards around the World
ICA Member Countries
Click on a country name below to link to a Spatial Data Transfer Standard, a Spatial Metadata Standard, or a Spatial Data Infrastructure.
Spatial Transfer Standards
Australia – AUS-SDTS *
Australia – A2260
Canada – SAIF *
China DEFS *
EU – CEN/TC278 GDF *
EU – CERCO ETDB *
Finland – JHS 111-119
France – EDIGeO
Germany – ALK/ATKIS-EDBS
IHO S-57 *
Israel – IEF ’91 *
Japan – SPDFDM
NATO – DGIWG DIGEST
Netherlands – NEN 1878
Norway – SOSI
Russian Fed – DEMTS
Spain – NICCa *
Switzerland – INTERLIS
United Kingdom – NTF *
United States – SDTS
Metadata Standards
Australia *
Canada *
China *
Czech Republic *
Denmark
Dublin Core
EU – CEN/TC287
EuroGeoSurveys – GEIXS *
EU/JRC/SSSA
EuroGeographics – LaClef *
Finland
Hungary *
ISO/DIS 19115 *
Israel *
Japan
Korea *
Netherlands
Russia *
South Africa *
Spain *
United States – CSDGM
USA – NBII Profile *
USA – Shoreline Profile *
USA – RS Extension *
Spatial Data Infrastructure
Australia – ASDI *
Austria – AGEO
Canada – GeoConnections
China – CNSDI *
Chile – INDE
Columbia – ICDE
Croatia *
Czech Republic – CAGI
EU – INSPIRE *
Finland – NGIIF
France – CNIG *
Germany – DDGI
Greece – HEMCO
Hungary – HUNAGI *
Iceland – LISA
Ireland – IRLOGI
Israel – MII *
Japan – NSDIP *
Malaysia – MaCGDI *
Netherlands – RAVI *
New Zealand – ANZLIC
Norway – GeoForum
Russia – FCC *
Slovakia *
South Africa – NSIF *
Spain *
Sweden – ULI
Switzerland – SOGI
United Kingdom – NGDF *
United States – NSDI
Yugoslavia *
World Standards/SDI Organizations
ISO/TC 211 Geographic Information/Geomatics
GSDI – Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
UNGIWG – United Nations Geographic Information Working Group
UNEP – United Nations Environmental Programme Home Page
Regional Standards/SDI Organizations
CEN – European Committee for Standardization
EUROGI – European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information
PCGIAP – Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific
PCIDEA – Permanent Committee of Spatial Data Infrastructure for the Americas *
UNEP – United Nations Environmental Programme-Arendal *
UNEP – United Nations Environmental Programme-Warsaw
National Standards Organizations
Asociación Española de Normalizatión y Certificación (AENOR)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Association Francaise de Normalisation (AFNOR)
Austrian Standards Institute (ON)
British Standards Institure (BSI) *
Czech Standards Institute (CSI)
Deutsches Institut fur Normung (DIN)
Hellenic Organization for Standardization (ELOT)
State Committee of the Russian Federation for Standardization (GOST)
Instituto Colombiano de Normas Técnicas y Certificación (ICONTEC)
Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC)
Korea Agency for Technology and Standards
Nederlands Normalisatie-Instituut (NEN)
Standardization in Norway (NSF)
South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)
Hungarian Standards Institute (SAI)
Standardization Administration of China (SAC)
Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
Finnish Standards Association (SFS)