THE SOUTH AFRICAN STANDARD FOR THE EXCHANGE OF DIGITAL GEO-REFERENCED INFORMATION

This chapter describes the development of the South African standard for the exchange of digital geo-referenced information, from the establishment of the project team that drafted the first version of the standard, through to the present and the work of the maintenance committee for the standard. A summary of the concepts used in the standard and an outline of the standard are also given. The chapter concludes with a comprehensive list of references to published work related to the standard.