Services such as regional geo-spatial data libraries , environmental atlases , and real-time satellite image services could be developed to serve as resources for the different countries of the region . The participation of the mapping organizations of the region in the 8th UNRCC-A ( United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for the Americas ) offers a unique opportunity to start a dialogue about the role that these organizations could play to launch a process for building sound regional policies to support the development of a geo-spatial data infrastructure .