Lionel has just completed a four year project which has delivered the initial implementation of the geographic information strategy for the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Lionel is the Hon Secretary of the Association for Geographic Information and a member of the Steering Group of the Intra-governmental Group on Geographic Information. Neil Calvert has also joined the NGDF as its Technical Co-ordinator who is responsible for the technical performance and development of the askGIraffe services. An NGDF Programme Co-ordinator is currently being sought. NGDF is the National Geospatial Data Framework of the UK and is an initiative supported by representatives from public and private sector organisations.
Key objectives are to develop the greater awareness, access, use and integration of geographic data.