MyGDI Policy & Guidelines
The Geospatial Data Policy establishes principles, responsibilities and requirements for collecting and managing geospatial data used by Federal environmental programs and projects within the jurisdiction of Malaysia. This Policy also establishes the requirement of collecting and managing geospatial metadata describing the Agency’s geospatial to information sharing, promoting secondary data use, and supporting the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI).
In realizing the wide usage of geospatial information, a number of guidelines have been developed as follows:
1. Development Administration Circular No. 1 of 1997 - Guideline for the Establishment of the National
Infrastructure for Land Information System (NaLIS)
2. Development Administration Circular Letter No. 1 of 2001 - Guidline for Data Custodianship
3. MyGDI Implementation Circular Letter No.1 of 2005 - Guidelines for Data Pricing and Geospatial Data Distribution
4. MyGDI Implementation Circular Letter No.1 of 2006 - Guidelines for the Implementation of Malaysia Geospatial
Data Infrastructure (MyGDI)
5. First Amendment MyGDI Implementation Circular Letter No.1 of 2006 - Guideline for Implementation of Malaysia
Geospatial Data Infrastructure (MyGDI)
6. MyGDI Implementation Circular Letter No.1 of 2008 - Guidelines for Geospatial Data Custodianship
7. MyGDI Implementation Circular Letter No.1 of 2009 - Guidelines for the Development and
Implementation of Geospatial Data Centre (GDC)
