- 4That in correspondence with the legal regulations cited in the preceding Considering clauses, it is incumbent upon the National Geographic Institute to define and make official Technical Standards for Geographic Information (NTIG) that guide officials and users of the National Geographic Institute, and in general, the public sector, private sector, individuals, and the general public, both producers, managers, and users of geographic information, to generate and exchange geographic data and information that show consistency, compatibility, interoperability, and comparison in their processes, as a result of standardization in their production and publication processes for decision-making.
- 5That within this framework of action, the SNIT stands out as a cornerstone, which has as a general objective to promote the generation of basic and thematic geographic information products, services, and information of national, regional, and local coverage, and to publish in an integrated and georeferenced form the territorial information produced by public entities and bodies, as well as by private persons, individuals or legal entities, and to homologate standardized geo-spatial information within the framework of a common data infrastructure.
- 6That the National Geographic Institute has defined a core group of technical standards for geographic information whose purpose is to guarantee the use and management of basic and thematic geographic information about the territory, with standards that ensure its interoperability, as well as its integrated publication through the geoportal of the National Territorial Information System; these standards are defined as individual technical documents of geographic information normativity, called Technical Standards for Geographic Information of Costa Rica (NTIG_CR00_00.0000), where the two digits after CR correspond to the standard identifier, the next two digits to the month, and the last four digits to the year of publication of the standard).
- 7That the Technical Standards for Geographic Information constitute the base defined by the National Geographic Institute as necessary and fundamental that officials and users of the National Geographic Institute, and in general, the public sector, private sector, individuals, and the general public require for the production, management, and publication of georeferenced geographic data, that is, data that come from or are used in geographic applications, and that represent the Earth's surface or the geometry of objects in geographic space. Therefore,
To issue the following:
TECHNICAL STANDARD FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON THE OFFICIAL PROFILE OF GEOGRAPHIC METADATA OF COSTA RICA 1. Nomenclature: NTIG_CR04_01.2016: Official Profile of Geographic Metadata of Costa Rica 2. Purpose: The purpose of this Technical Standard for Geographic Information is to set forth the requirements for information about geographic data for the production and publication of geospatial information in our country, aligned with the requirements of the National Territorial Information System (SNIT), as well as with the technical considerations defined by the National Geographic Institute as fundamental elements.
3. Scope of Application: This Technical Standard is of mandatory observance. The application and interpretation of this Technical Standard, for administrative and technical purposes, shall correspond to the National Geographic Institute, which shall resolve cases not foreseen by it, and shall ensure its updating as appropriate according to the needs that motivate changes in the Technical Standard.
4. Reach: This directive constitutes a general reference framework on the minimum requirements that this Institute, other public entities, the private sector, and the general public must observe: producers, managers, and users of georeferenced geographic information.
5. Technical Approval: The Technical Standard for Geographic Information called NTIG_CR04_01.2016: Official Profile of Geographic Metadata of Costa Rica, is the product of work carried out by officials of various professional levels of the National Geographic Institute, and it was known, validated, and finally technically approved at fourteen hundred hours and thirty minutes on January 12, 2016, as recorded by official communication No. DIG- 0013-2016 of that same date, signed by MSc. Max A. Lobo Hernández, Director of the National Geographic Institute.
6. Publication: The Technical Standard for Geographic Information called NTIG_CR04_01.2016: Official Profile of Geographic Metadata of Costa Rica is available in full for public access through the official website of the National Territorial Information System (SNIT): www.snitcr.go.cr 7. Obligation: The provisions contained in this Technical Standard are of mandatory compliance.
8. Effective Date: The Technical Standard for Geographic Information called NTIG_CR04_01.2016: Official Profile of Geographic Metadata of Costa Rica shall govern from its publication in the Official Gazette La Gaceta.