Open Access SDI Books
SDI from the GSDI Association or Partners:
Advancing Geographic Information Science: The Past and Next Twenty Years (339 pages, PDF - 29 MBytes - Creative Commons By Attribution ver 4.0)
Editors: Harlan Onsrud and Werner Kuhn
Publisher: GSDI Association Press, 2016
Spatial Enablement in Support of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction (300 pages, PDF)
Editors: Harlan Onsrud and Abbas Rajabifard
Publisher: GSDI Association Press, 2013
ISBN 978-0-9852444-2-2 (ePub format) (Kindle format) - forthcoming
Spatially Enabling Government, Industry and Citizens: Research and Development Perspectives (286 pages, PDF)
Editors: Abbas Rajabifard and David Coleman
Publisher: GSDI Association Press, 2012
ISBN 978-0-9852444-1-5
Spatially Enabling Society: Research, Emerging Trends and Critical Assessment (248 pages, PDF)
Editors: Abbas Rajabifard, Joep Crompvoets, Mohsen Kalantari, Bas Kok
Publisher: GSDI Association and Leuven University Press, 2010
ISBN 978-87-90907-88-4
(individual chapters)
Geoinformation for Disaster and Risk Management: Examples and Best Practices (158 pages, PDF)
Editors: Orhan Altan, Robert Backhaus, Piero Boccardo, Sisi Zlatanova
Publisher: Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies (JB GIS), 2010
ISBN 978-87-90907-88-4
Spatial Data Infrastructure Convergence: Research, Emerging Trends, and Critical Assessment (279 pages, PDF)
Editors: B. van Loenen, J.W.J. Besemer and J.A. Zevenbergen
Publisher: Netherlands Geodetic Commission, 2009
ISBN: 978-90-6132-310-5
(chapters available under Creative Commons Attributio 3.0 license)
SDI Press books (not open access)
(from Esri Press - visit http://esripress.esri.com for price and availability in your area)
Building European Spatial Data Infrastructures, 3rd Edition (99 pages)
Authors: Ian Masser & Joep Crompvoets
Publisher: ESRI Press, Redlands, CA, 2015
ISBN: 9781589483835
Building European Spatial Data Infrastructures, 2nd Edition (95 pages)
Author: Ian Masser
Publisher: ESRI Press, Redlands, CA, 2010
ISBN: 9781589482661
Research and Theory in Advancing Spatial Data Infrastructure Concepts (306 pages)
Editor: Harlan Onsrud
Publisher: ESRI Press, Redlands, CA, 2007
ISBN: 9781589481626
Building European Spatial Data Infrastructures (91 pages)
Author: Ian Masser
Publisher: ESRI Press, Redlands, CA, 2007
ISBN: 9781589481657
Research and Theory in Advancing Spatial Data Infrastructure Concepts (293 pages)
Editor: Harlan Onsrud
Publisher: ESRI Press, Redlands, CA, 2007
ISBN: 1589481626
GIS Worlds: Creating Spatial Data Infrastructures (312 pages)
Author: Ian Masser
Publisher: ESRI Press, Redlands, CA, 2005
ISBN: 1589481224
SDI Research
Editors: Bal Krishna, S. Kingdang, S. Malaviya, P. Misra
Publisher: Coordinates, New Delhi, India, 2010
ISBN: 9788190817219
Creating Spatial Information Infrastructures (185 pages)
Editors: P. van OOsterom, S. Zlatanova
Publisher: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, USA, 2008
ISBN: 9781420070682
A Multi-view Framework to Assess Spatial Data Infrastructures (403 pages)
Editors: Joep Crompvoets, Abbas Rajabifard, Bastiaan van Loenen, Tatiana Delgado Fernandez
Publisher: Space for Geo-Information (RGI), Waginengen University, Netherlands, 2008
ISBN: 9780732516239
Developing Geographic Information Infrastructures: The role of information policies (390 pages)
Author: Bastiaan van Loenen
Publisher: DUP Science, Delft University Press, 2006
ISBN: 9040726167
National Spatial Data Clearinghouses: Worldwide Development and Impact (128 pages)
Author: Joep Crompvoets
Publisher: Waginengen University, NL, 2006
ISBN: 9085043417
Spatial Data Infrastructure and Policy Development in Europe and the United States (104 pages)
Editors: B. van Loenen and B.C. Kok
Publisher: DUP Science, Delft University Press, Delft, NL, 2004
ISBN: 9040724679
Developing Spatial Data Infrastructures: From concept to reality (316 page)
Editors: Ian Williamson, Abbas Rajabifard, Mary-Ellen Feeney
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, London, UK, 2003
ISBN: 041530265
Geospatial Data Infrastructure: Concepts, Cases and Good Practice (286 pages)
Editors: Richard Groot and John McLaughlin
Publisher: Oxford University Press, UK, 2000
ISBN: 0198233817
European Geographic Information Infrastructures: Opportunities and Pitfalls (172 pages)
Editors: Peter Burrough and Ian Masser
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, London, UK, 1998
ISBN: 0748407561
SDI Related Reports
Editors: Bossler, Dr. John D., Dr. David J. Cowen, James E. Geringer, Susan Carson Lambert, John J. Moeller, Thomas D. Rust, Robert T. Welch.
Compiled for the Coalition of Geospatial Organizations. February 6, 2015.
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Research Oriented Reports and Publications