Administrators and politicians are beginning to recognize spatial information as a national re source as well as a part of the basic infrastructure that needs to be efficiently coordinated and managed in the interest of the nation. It is very important to develop policies for standardization, legal aspects, pricing, distribution, etc. Spatial Data Infrastructure is conceived to be: an umbrella of policies, standards and procedures under which organisations and technologies interact to foster more efficient use, management and production of spatial data.

Om inzicht te krijgen in de behoefte aan geo-informatie over het functioneel bodemgebruik onder potentiële gebruikers is een ondersteunend beslismiddel ontworpen. Het betreft een zogenaamde kaartenwaaier, die zowel op papier als op internet beschikbaar is gemaakt. De indeling van de kaartenwaaier is gestructureerd rond de invalshoek, de basisgeometrie en de functiegroep (of kaartlaag) en gaat uit van de bestaande basisgeometrieën LGN, TOP10-vector en CBS-bodemstatistiek.

The status of cadastral and land information systems in Africa is assessed, with specific reference to their capacity to assist decision-makers. Recommendations and guidelines are provided for the adaptation of existing systems and/or the development of new systems, so that they can be used for land reform, physical planning and integrated land administration. The guidelines take into account the need to create land information for decision-makers without creating unaffordable costs to the state, given that the average per capita income for Africa in 1995 was USD665.

L’administration de la conservation Foncière, du cadastre et de la Cartographie (ACFCC) sous tutelle du Ministère de l’Agriculture et de la mise en valeur agricole, est I’organisme officiel chargé de I’établissement et maintenance de la carte Topographique de base du Royaume.

The rate of degradation and depletion of natural resources in Africa has been accelerated as a result of the increasing population pressure. The lack of reliable quantitative and qualitative information on vegetation cover and land use at national and regional levels has been the major limiting factor in development planning, sustainable management of agriculture and forestry resources, the food security early warning systems, environmental monitoring as well as in biodiversity assessment and protection.

A fundamental requirement for a national development strategy is an effective mapping programme. Information about the physical environment in the form of remote sensing imagery, coordinates, maps, digital data, cadastral data and land-use information is a basic tool in the planning, process.