Towards spatially enabled processes in SDI nodes

It is widely recognised that Spatial Data Infrastructures should support and facilitate the network of spatial data flows between organisations. This chapter focuses on the characteristics of the nodes in this network, which are the organisations that access, use and share spatial data to support their (business) processes. Case study research findings are presented which suggest that structural process characteristics (in terms of task division, coordination and allocation of spatial data related activities) might impact on the spatial enablement of these processes. The level of spatial enablement is considered to further affect (impede or facilitate) the related spatial data flows through the interorganisational network.