Today spatial data is directly or indirectly dealt with by states, local communities, companies, numerous government and non-government organisations, societies and other informal groups. The publics ...demand to be informed and have to be informed about spatial occurrences in their living environment, which projects and activities are underway and subsequently voice their opinions and act to affect quality improvements in space. Information tied to space and physical projects is dispersed. Even efficient interchange of information between government and municipal authority is not practised. Spatial planning is a multi-disciplinary activity, with numerous participating disciplines and levels. Successful activity in physical planning needs efficient cooperation between all responsible parties involved in physical planning – the state and local communities, independent governmental departments and the local communities themselves. Exchange of information is crucial for the process of physical planning, but can be enabled only with a good system for information gathering and delivery.
S prostorskimi podatki se danes posredno ali neposredno ukvarjajo država, lokalne skupnosti, podjetja, številne vladne in nevladne organizacije, društva in druge neformalne skupine. Javnost želi in ...mora biti obveščena, kaj se dogaja v prostoru, v katerem živi, kateri projekti in aktivnosti se dogajajo, in ob tem s svojim mnenjem in aktivnostmi vplivati na čim bolj kakovostno bivanje v prostoru. Informacije, povezane s prostorom in prostorskimi projekti, so razpršene. Tudi učinkovita izmenjava informacij med občinami in državnimi upravnimi organi se še ne izvaja. Prostorsko načrtovanje je multidisciplinarna dejavnost z veliko sodelujočimi področji in ravnmi. Za uspešno delovanje v prostorskem načrtovanju je treba zagotavljati učinkovito sodelovanje med vsemi nosilci urejanja prostora – med državo in lokalnimi skupnostmi, med posameznimi organi državne uprave ter med lokalnimi skupnostmi samimi. V procesu prostorskega načrtovanja je zato izredno pomembna izmenjava informacij, kar pa je mogoče le z dobrim sistemom za njihovo zbiranje in posredovanje.