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The approach of a fundamental geospatial infrastructure should cover all level of applications, particularly at the subnational, national and international levels. To achieve this objective, the specific requirements related to the organisation, the collection of data, its provision and its use must be fulfilled. Therefore, an institutional administrative body that is responsible for coordination and administration of a geospatial data infrastructure is necessary. The following list is essential for implementation:

1. Existence and availability of statistical and administrative data from National Statistic Offices and other government agencies: use of statistical units, social statistics, economic statistics, demography, agricultural statistics, environmental statistics and censuses.  
2.  Existence and availability of geospatial data from Geospatial Agencies (e.g. National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies (NMCAs)): use of administrative boundaries, addresses, transport/water networks, elevation data, satellite imageries and topographic data
3.  Foster an institutional environment for proper functioning, cooperation and general acceptance
4. Create formal working relationships between agencies: for example,  by creating working groups and establish a communication platform to discuss related issues
5. Declare inter-institutional agreements that facilitate the promotion and application of the creation of the use of the data
6. Define terms of use. Available data should be defined by an Open-Data Policy, preferably at a low affordable cost or free of charge. Privacy and confidentiality issues need to be addressed by national and international laws. Policies, standards and guidelines supporting the utilization, access, analysis and visualisation of data.
7. Realization:
   1. Develop a strategy that guides the developments of information as a whole
   2. Elaborate the technical norms and regulatory agreements, related to the normalization of the geographical elements to be represented.
   3. Define the basic qualities and requirements of the necessary geospatial information, for the geocoded statistical data.
   4. Develop the methodologies and procedures that standardize the generation and maintenance of data, both geographic and tabular:
      1. Use address collection standards / consistent locations nationwide to effectively capture the physical location / address.
      2. Implement the validation of addresses / point of entry locations (for computer-based capture and internet) to improve their quality and the resulting geocoding and reduce the time spent in correction after the initial data capture.
      3. Adopt common geocoding practises at the national level.

   5. Design and implement computer based tools to carry out the process of quality assuring geographic objects for incorporation into the data sets

       

   6. Establish an effective storage of data without the need for reprocessing for their integration
   7. Resolve data management systems issues (e.g. using data bases, services connecting data (Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards: Table Joining Services (TJS))
   8. Using map services to distribute results over world wide web (OGC standards: Web Mapping Services (WMS), Web Feature Services (WFS))