Studying the Significance of Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) In National Security

Spatial data infrastructure (SDI) plays a significant role in sustainable development. SDI tries to establish an effective communication between people and geospatial data through proper policy making, standardization and network access providing. SDI consists of two main parts namely geospatial data and sharing it. From national security point of view, SDI is part of essential infrastructures and resources of each country. Since data provided through SDI is of utmost importance, taking security consideration into account is crucial. However, systematic approach forces us to consider SDI as an inseparable whole. Therefore, we cannot consider security as a separate part that should be added in later phases. In other words, security considerations are inner parts of the system. Regarding the special importance of spatial data in national security, we have debated security considerations in planning and implementation phases in the research.