In an interview on page 22 Dr David Mayunga, Assistand Director, Ministry of Lands, Surveys and Mapping Division comments on Spatial Data Infrastructure initiatives in Tanzania:

-SDI activities are still at an early stage in Tanzania. From 2002 to 2007, we tried to prepare the policy for NSDI because we thought that by having a policy, we can get the guidelines, rules and regulations for different institutions to bring out their data and then we will be able to share it within our ministries.

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