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The Netherlands Coordination Office (NCO) for the United Nations Spatial Data Infrastructure (UNSDI) is the national link between UN organizations and Netherlands UNSDI partners.

The NCO discloses unique knowledge, services and high-quality geographic information products from Netherlands UNSDI partners to the international UNSDI community and partner countries, in order to contribute to Food Security, Agricultural Development, Water Management, Economic Development, Peace and Safety, Tropical Forest Monitoring, Humanitarian Response, Environmental Protection, the realization of the Millennium Development Goals, and to combat the impact of climate change.

The NCO manages the national UNSDI-GeoNetwork portal, making geographic data (e.g. GIS data, GIS maps) available from all linked UN organizations and national UNSDI geographic information suppliers, including the Netherlands NSDI.


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GSDI Regional Newsletter for May 2013

The SDI Regional Newsletters for May 2013 are now posted on the GSDI home page at http://www.gsdi.org. You may also download them directly as follows: SDI-Latin America and Caribbean Newsletter in Spanish, English SDI-Africa Newsletter in English SDI-Asia Pacific Newsletter … Continue reading

GSDI Regional Newsletter for April 2013

The SDI Regional Newsletters for April 2013 are now posted on the GSDI home page at http://www.gsdi.org. You may also download them directly as follows: SDI-Latin America and Caribbean Newsletter in Spanish, English SDI-Africa Newsletter in English SDI-Asia Pacific Newsletter … Continue reading

The value of geo-information: Participate in UN-SPIDER online survey

How beneficial are geo-information products for disaster and risk management? Assessing the operational as well as strategic impact of geoinformation (e.g. risk maps, early warning, damage maps) is a central question in this context. It can only be solved by … Continue reading