PCGIAP meeting

The National Geographic Information Institute says that the Secretariat of the Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and Pacific (PCGIAP) will be set up in Korea and our nation will have a key role to play in the Committee.

The Committee was organized by the advice of the United Nations to increase cooperation and exchange of information on policies, institutions, technologies and standards related to measurement and geographic information between national mapping organizations of 56 Asia Pacific nations. The member states of the Committee jointly supported relief activities and surveyed crustal movement when the Tsunami hit Indonesia in 2004.

Especially at a meeting recently held by the PCGAIP, Korea made a presentation on the establishment of national spatial information infrastructure and got much attention from participants. It is expected that it will introduce Korea''s cutting-edge GIS and IT technologies and help the related industries expand their business into foreign markets.

With the setting-up of the Secretariat, the National Geographic Information Institute will give more support to business expansion and reorganize the Committee to carry out its duty more effectively.