SDI Services

One of Upande’s core services revolves around so called Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI). An SDI typically consists of 5 parts as outlined in the diagram below, namely: People, Methods & Procedures, Hardware, Software and Data.

Why SDI?

  1. Reduces duplication of efforts.
  2. Lower costs related to geographic information while making geographic data more accessible.
  3. Increases benefits of using available spatial data.
  4. Establishes key partnerships between the sectors that are utilizing it.
  5. Allows spatial information to be integrated from a variety of disciplines for a variety of uses.

Examples of SDI

GeoNode is a web-based application and platform for developing geospatial information systems (GIS) and for deploying spatial data infrastructures (SDI). Upande has almost a decade of experience setting up custom GeoNode based SDI systems:

    1. Nairobi Metropolitan Government
    2. Biodiversity Atlas of Kenya
    3. Washmis GIS
    4. Virtual Kenya
    5. Snieau
    6. MaMaSe




