Local and Regional Spatial Information Infrastructures in Czech

Abstract. Paper describes selected concepts of the spatial data infrastructures and as well as Digital Earth as a fundamental approaches to the creation of the infrastructures on regional and local levels. On the example of Czech republic is commented and compared situation and necessary steps for the realisation of the development of the vertical and horizontal infrastructures for different activities. The necessary steps of the next development are commented. 1. Selected concepts of the national spatial data infrastructures. NSDI is developing in number of developed and as well as some of the developing countries. The most known, visible and successfully developed is NSDI in the USA. There exists similar models but not identical, for example developed in Australia and New Zealand and also in some European countries, fo