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Friday, June 15, 2012

HUNAGI contribution to the panel discussion of the Information Society Parliament


On the second day of the Information Society Parliament panel discussion moderated by Attila Soltész, President of Infotér allowed interaction of the invited participants. Istvan Fekete, Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice announced  the latest development, the governmental approval of the Local Governments SAP project. In this context  the use of international standards was emphasized by the participants.
HUNAGI announced, that after 20 years delay Hungary joined the Open Geospatial Consortium, which prepares de-facto industrial standards in the field of geospatial high-tech developments and applications. The first Hungarian member of OGC is the Károly Róbert College in Gyöngyös. Based on preliminary agreement it is anticipated, that some associated dissemination activities will be provided by HUNAGI for the benefit of the GI/GIS community. In the adoption of the international standards prepared by ISO TC 211 and CEN TC 287 the Hungarian Standardisation Board (MSZT) is supported by an inter-ministerial  Working Group on GIS (MCS828), where the civil societies are also represented.

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