<s>
The	O
South	B-Application
African	I-Application
Spatial	I-Application
Data	I-Application
Infrastructure	I-Application
(	O
SASDI	B-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
initiative	O
of	O
the	O
South	O
African	O
government	O
that	O
makes	O
policies	O
and	O
technical	O
standards	O
on	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
geographical	B-Application
data	I-Application
such	O
as	O
maps	O
,	O
aerial	O
and	O
satellite	O
photographs	O
,	O
and	O
surveys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SASDI	B-Application
is	O
under	O
development	O
by	O
the	O
Committee	O
for	O
Spatial	O
Information	O
(	O
CSI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Parliament	O
passed	O
the	O
Spatial	O
Data	B-Application
Infrastructure	I-Application
Act	O
,	O
which	O
established	O
the	O
CSI	O
,	O
in	O
December	O
2003	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
President	O
assented	O
to	O
the	O
act	O
in	O
February	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
spatial	O
data	B-Application
infrastructure	I-Application
(	O
SDI	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
data	B-Application
infrastructure	I-Application
implementing	O
a	O
framework	O
of	O
geographic	O
data	O
,	O
metadata	O
,	O
users	O
and	O
tools	O
that	O
are	O
interactively	O
connected	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
use	O
spatial	O
data	O
in	O
an	O
efficient	O
and	O
flexible	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SASDI	B-Application
promotes	O
efficiency	O
by	O
using	O
state	O
resources	O
by	O
sharing	O
information	O
among	O
different	O
spheres	O
of	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
important	O
that	O
all	O
SASDI	B-Application
stakeholders	O
,	O
including	O
users	O
,	O
gain	O
an	O
understanding	O
and	O
appreciation	O
of	O
the	O
value	O
of	O
spatial	O
information	O
for	O
planning	O
,	O
management	O
and	O
decision-making	O
.	O
</s>
