Spatial data: the fundament for the national spatial data infrastructure of the Republic of Macedonia

Countries that have sustainable development and application of the principles of good governancee in perspective, sooner or later start developing strategies for development and implementation of National spatial data infrastructure (NSDI). In the Republic of Macedonia (RM) the needd for development of NSDI should be accepted and observed from perspective of: how to accomplish the big picturee so called NSDI in RM. Although NSDIIs have a substantial component of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the most fundamental asset is the data itself, because without data there is nothing to have access to, to be shared, exchanged or to be integrated. When setting the objectives for development of NSDI it is recommendable to be acquainted with the basic concepts, cases and good practices of NSDI and in case of the Republic of Macedonia the INSPIRE directive. Good practices and the lessons learned from the developed western European countries are showing that a significant effort and resources are dedicated on development of the basic or authentic registers. In order that these datasets are in function of the NSDI it is required that they contain: complete, digital, up-to-date, reliable, rapidly accessible and quality assured spatial data.