This is the first step to establish a clearinghouse. This is also planned for geodata at all. Spatial data are collected by the surveying, mapping and cadastral administration and by other official and private companies. Citizen, businesses or other may use the data whether for non-profit or profit on payment of charge determinated by AdV. Intellectual property and copyright of spatial data are protected by making a contract of right of usefruct with any user. Official core spatial data are collected by the surveying, mapping and cadastral administration of the German states.
Some private companies collect and offer their own geodata.
Each data provider makes his own prices. Official core data that are supplied by the surveying, mapping and cadastral adminstration are made available at the costs of economic value and dissemination. The costs are determinated by the AdV, fixed by balanced relation between benefit and expense of production. The NSDI in Germany for official core data is developed by the surveying, mapping and cadastral administration. Commercial firms are collecting their own data, because they need NSDI as soon as possible.