The importance of access to spatial data for development and resource management is widely acknowledged worldwide. Unrestricted, reliable and efficient access to accurate, timely, and up-to-date spatial data may be achieved through a spatial data infrastructure. Thus, most developed countries implemented and continue to develop their spatial data infrastructure. In Africa, there is a growing number of governments committed to spatial data infrastructure development. This paper aims to contribute to initialize an spatial data infrastructure in Mozambique. We identified and characterized through a survey the government institutions producing, sharing, and using spatial data in the country to estimate their potential contribution to the development of the Mozambican spatial data infrastructure. We found 12 institutions producing 15 thematic datasets which can constitute the core of the spatial data infrastructure for Mozambique. Two government agencies have the technical skills and policies to make spatial data available to the public. Based on the possible contribution of these institutions, this paper proposes an spatial data infrastructure for Mozambique based on four pillars: i) organizational framework; ii) legal framework; iii) technical framework; and iv) accessibility.

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莫桑比克空间数据基础设施开发的挑战与机遇

获取空间数据对于发展和资源管理的重要性在世界范围内得到广泛认可。可以通过空间数据基础结构实现对准确，及时和最新的空间数据的无限制，可靠和有效的访问。因此，大多数发达国家实施并继续发展其空间数据基础设施。在非洲，越来越多的政府致力于空间数据基础设施的开发。本文旨在为初始化莫桑比克的空间数据基础设施做出贡献。我们通过调查确定并表征了政府机构在该国生产，共享和使用空间数据的能力，以评估其对莫桑比克空间数据基础设施发展的潜在贡献。我们发现有12个机构生成15个主题数据集，这些数据集可以构成莫桑比克空间数据基础架构的核心。两个政府机构具有向公众公开空间数据的技术技能和政策。基于这些机构的可能贡献，本文提出了基于四个支柱的莫桑比克空间数据基础设施：i）组织框架；ii）法律框架；iii）技术框架；iv）可访问性。ii）法律框架；iii）技术框架；iv）可访问性。ii）法律框架；iii）技术框架；iv）可访问性。