National spatial data infrastructure will be created in Belarus. The step is stipulated by the Council of Ministers’ resolution No.32 of 16 January 2024, BelTA has learned.
The document has been published by the national legislation registry. It approves a regulation on the national spatial data infrastructure. The State Property Committee has been entrusted with organizing the creation and development of the national spatial data infrastructure in addition to analyzing its operation. The regulation also covers suppliers and users of spatial data sets, services for spatial data sets, and metadata concerning such sets and services.
The typical components of the national spatial data infrastructure include sets of basic spatial data; sets of domain-specific spatial data; the national geoportal; services for sets of spatial data; metadata concerning sets of spatial data and services for such sets. The resolution also approves a regulation on the national geoportal.
