Comm3 - Geographic display of descriptive information

Working Group 3.3: Geographic display of descriptive information

The table below presents some of the fields of the "Uniformed" National Reports that can be "numerized". The three major field categories that we come across are the following:

Fields that are already in a numeric format (ex: Area & Population)
Fields, who's descriptive text, is corresponded to a 1-5 level. For example in SDI specialists education:
- "1" is equivalent to "not existing"
- "2" is equivalent to "basic education"
- "3" is equivalent to "mid-level education"
- "4" is equivalent to "high-level education"
- "5" is equivalent to "very specialized education", and "
Fields that can be covered with a yes/no answer. For example Legislation on SIM, either exists or not in a Country.

Field	Type	Width	Definition
Area	N	10	Country area
Population	N	10	Country population
Education	N	1	Level of education of SDI specialists (1-5)
Internet Access	N	2	Internet access of local population (%)
Publications	N	3	Number of National SIM publications
Necessity	B	1	Is NSDI necessary for sustainable Land Administration? (y/n)
Agency	B	1	Is there a responsible Agency for NSDI implementation? (y/n)
Policy	B	1	Does an established policy on SIM development exist? (y/n)
Laws	B	1	Does legislation on SIM exist? (y/n)
Associations	N	2	Existence of National GIS/SIM associations
Infrastructure	N	1	Level of SIM infrastructure (1-5)
Availability	N	1	Level of availability of SIM data on the Internet (1-5)
International	B	1	Co-operations, support, international project exist? (y/n)

This way, every information provided can come visual. An example of the Continent of Europe is presented differentiated on whether a Country's National Report exists on the WG3.3 Web-Site or not.