Policies and Standards
Policy
Policies and guidelines for the management and coordination of geospatial information under the MyGDI are issued by the Malaysia MyGDI Coordinating Committee (JPMK). These cover the following areas:
- Pricing and releasing of geospatial data
- Developing and implementing of MyGDI
- Geospatial data custodianship
- Developing and implementing of the Geospatial Data Centre (GDC)
- Sharing and disseminating of geospatial information
- Adopting of geospatial information standards
Standard Development
The definition of Standard in terms of language is to be referred or standardised. The purpose of using the Standard in geospatial information preparation is to facilitate the efficient sharing of geospatial information. The use of the same standard will integrate geospatial information from multiple sources and produce more comprehensive information for national planning and development use, disaster analysis, national security and decision making to be done quickly and accurately. In carrying out the Standard activities, PGN constantly cooperates with recognised standard committees in Malaysia. PGN adopts the documentation published by ISO / TC211 which is an international technical committee for reference in establishing standard geospatial information documents in the country.
Standard Activities
The standard activities of geospatial information carried out by PGN focuses on the following