The main objectives of SDI4Apps are to:
- Integrate a new generation of spatial data infrastructure (SDI) based on user participation and social validation.
- Support easy discovery and accessibility of spatial data for everybody.
- Link spatial and non-spatial data using the Linked Open Data principles.
- Support multilingualism of spatial data.
- Build scalable cloud based infrastructure for support of SDI initiatives and location based services (LBS).
- Integrate in-situ measurements and Earth observation data.
- Design open application programming interface (API) supporting integration of spatial data and LBS into applications developed and deployed by non-GI developers.
- Integrate a demonstration set of pilot applications.
- Test new approaches for data sharing by users through pilot applications.
- Attract external developers (mainly from SMEs, students and researchers) to test the newly integrated platform.
- Organise contests for application developers supporting wider use of GI data.
- Build a sustainable business model for a cloud based SDI.