Kst. Geodateninfrastruktur Deutschland

What Kst. Geodateninfrastruktur Deutschland does

Kst. Geodateninfrastruktur Deutschland (GDI-DE / SDI Germany) is Germany's national Spatial Data Infrastructure coordination body, established as a joint project of the Federal Government, the 16 Länder (federal states), and local authorities to standardize and simplify public-sector access to geodata. The initiative is hosted at the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG) in Frankfurt am Main and operates as Germany's official national implementation of the EU INSPIRE Directive (Directive 2007/2/EC). Governance is exercised through a Steering Committee with rotating federal/state chairmanship every two years, a Coordination Office, an Operation Office, the Economic Council SDI Germany (industry advisory, constituted March 2019), and the Advisory Committee SDI Germany (incorporating NFDI4Earth for science since November 2021).

GDI-DE operates five National Technical Components (NTKs): Geoportal.de as the central public access portal to all German geodata; Geodatenkatalog.de as the metadata catalogue; GDI-DE Testsuite for compliance and quality assurance of geodata services; GDI-DE Registry for code list and semantic resource management; and GDI-DE Monitor (introduced December 2022) for metadata quality monitoring. The technical stack is built on OGC web services and INSPIRE Directive interoperability standards; GDI-DE metadata is harvested into the European Data Portal via GeoDCAT-AP transformation. Supporting assets include the GDI-DE Wiki professional knowledge platform, a publications library, and a network of working groups covering architecture, metadata, spatial data services, INSPIRE, and geodata.

The organization is publicly funded through German public administration budgets and generates no direct commercial revenue from users. All geodata, services, publications, flyers, and brochures are provided free of charge. The Coordination Office is staffed by approximately five personnel, with BKG providing broader operational and technical infrastructure support. Distribution occurs through self-serve digital channels (Geoportal.de, the publications portal, the GDI-DE Wiki) and ecosystem channels including the annual hack4GDI_DE hackathon, Digital Twin Day conference, INTERGEO participation, the bimonthly GDI-DE News newsletter, and presence on LinkedIn, X/Twitter, and Mastodon.

Name

Kst. Geodateninfrastruktur Deutschland

Legal name

Koordinierungsstelle Geodateninfrastruktur Deutschland (Kst. GDI-DE)

Website

https://gdi-de.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Germany's national Spatial Data Infrastructure coordination body, operating under the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy to deliver standardized geodata access across federal, state, and local government, research, and industry via five National Technical Components including Geoportal.de.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

National Spatial Data Infrastructure

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAAAE

Government Digital Service & eGovernment (Service Delivery, IDs, Portals)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Central/Federal Government Administration

SECONDARYBPADANAA

International Standards Development & Standardization Bodies

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/International Standards, Policy & Regulatory Cooperation

Keywords

• Spatial data infrastructure
• National geodata portal
• INSPIRE Directive implementation
• Metadata catalogue services
• Geodata interoperability testing

Headquarters

HQ city

Frankfurt am Main

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: GDI-DE is a joint project of the Federal Government, the Länder and local authorities, funded through public administration budgets. The coordination office is located at the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG). No direct revenue is generated from users.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Kst. Geodateninfrastruktur Deutschland (GDI-DE) operates the German national Spatial Data Infrastructure as a joint project of the Federal Government, the Länder, and local authorities. It delivers five National Technical Components (NTKs) - Geoportal.de, Geodatenkatalog.de, GDI-DE Testsuite, GDI-DE Registry, and GDI-DE Monitor - that enable standardized discovery, access, and quality assurance of geodata across all levels of German government. All offerings are provided free of charge under the EU INSPIRE Directive and German GeoZG law.

Product overview

Kst. Geodateninfrastruktur Deutschland (GDI-DE) operates a national spatial data infrastructure as a joint project of the Federal Government, the Länder, and local authorities, integrated into the European INSPIRE framework. Its core product portfolio comprises five National Technical Components (NTKs): Geoportal.de (the central search and access portal for all German geodata), Geodatenkatalog.de (the metadata catalogue for discovering spatial data and services), GDI-DE Testsuite (the quality assurance and validation platform for geodata services), GDI-DE Registry (the code list and semantic registry service), and GDI-DE Monitor (the metadata quality monitoring tool). Supporting these are the GDI-DE Wiki (professional knowledge platform), a publications library offering flyers, brochures, and guides (print and digital), and the GDI-DE News newsletter published bimonthly. The infrastructure also features a network of working groups covering architecture, metadata, spatial data services, INSPIRE, and geodata.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Geoportal.de: Central access point to geodata and geodata services of the SDI Germany
• GDI-DE Testsuite
• GDI-DE Monitor
• GDI-DE Registry
• Geodatenkatalog.de

Products and services

• Geoportal.de Central web access point to geodata and geodata services of the SDI Germany, enabling all georesources in Germany to be searched and found without geographical or technical limitations. A joint project of the federal and state governments.
• Geodatenkatalog.de Metadata information system for geodata and geodata services, providing a catalogue for discovering spatial data and services across Germany. Operates as one of the National Technical Components of the GDI-DE.
• GDI-DE Testsuite Central testing platform for sustainable quality management in the GDI-DE. Supports geodata-holding institutions in the interoperable provision of their geodata within the GDI-DE and beyond by validating compliance with open standards.
• GDI-DE Registry Registry service for the GDI-DE managing code lists, semantic resources, and registers of spatial data themes (MRT - Metadata Registry). Functions as one of the National Technical Components used across the spatial data infrastructure.
• GDI-DE Monitor Quality monitoring tool for all metadata in the GDI-DE. Web application aimed at geodata providers, offering automated quality assessment of distributed metadata.

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• NFDI4Earth (via Advisory Committee)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2021Since November 2021, science is represented in the Advisory Committee through NFDI4Earth, promoting further developments in research data management.
• NFDI4Earth ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020NFDI4Earth is a consortium established in 2020 to identify digital transformation needs in German Earth system sciences. The cooperation enables targeted communication of scientific user requirements for data, services, and structures of the GDI-DE. NFDI4Earth consolidates and specifies scientific needs for existing geodata infrastructures like GDI-DE to advance targeted optimization of data exchange.
• Economic Council SDI Germany (Wirtschaftsrat GDI-DE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 March 2019Founded on March 18, 2019, the Economic Council SDI Germany advises the SDI Germany on specialist topics from the perspective of business representatives. Currently supported by 13 associations including Bitkom, BDVI, RT GIS, and DWA. The council aims to institutionalize cooperation between associations, business representatives, and SDI Germany for market and user-oriented development of spatial data infrastructure.
• Advisory Committee SDI Germany (Beratungsausschuss GDI-DE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Advisory Committee SDI Germany brings together representatives of the Steering Committee GDI-DE, the Economic Council SDI Germany, and the scientific community for annual consultation. Provides binding and reliable advice on SDI Germany development as part of the European INSPIRE spatial data infrastructure.
• Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGDI-DE is operated under the administration of the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG). The Coordination Office GDI-DE is located at BKG. BKG provides the technical infrastructure and operational support for national technical components.
• INSPIRE (EU Spatial Data Infrastructure)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGDI-DE is integrated into the European Spatial Data Infrastructure created by the INSPIRE Directive (Directive 2007/2/EC). This European framework mandates the establishment of spatial data infrastructures across EU member states for cross-border data usage.
• State Governments (Länder)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe SDI Germany is a joint project of the Federal Government and the Länder (state governments). Each state participates through its own geodata infrastructure and contributes to the national coordination.
• Local Authorities (Kommunen)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal authorities participate in SDI Germany through the Municipal Coordination Committee, contributing local geodata to the national infrastructure.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ESRI: The dominant commercial GIS platform provider. Comparable to GDI-DE in serving as foundational geospatial infrastructure for public sector and enterprise users, but operating as a broad commercial incumbent with a proprietary software stack rather than open government coordination.

Direct peers

• PDOK (Netherlands): The Dutch national platform for open geospatial data sets operated by Kadaster. Directly comparable to GDI-DE as the Netherlands' implementation of INSPIRE, providing national geospatial datasets, web services, and metadata cataloguing.
• Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure (SDFI) Denmark: Denmark's national data supply and infrastructure agency. Directly comparable to GDI-DE as the Danish national provider of basic geospatial data, INSPIRE implementation, and centralized geodata services.
• Kartverket (Norway): The Norwegian Mapping Authority. Directly comparable to GDI-DE as Norway's national geospatial authority, responsible for geodata, property registration, and standards across municipal and central government levels.
• Géoportail (France): France's national geoportal operated by IGN. Directly comparable to Geoportal.de as another EU member-state national implementation of the INSPIRE Directive, offering public-facing maps, metadata catalog, and standardized geospatial services.
• Swisstopo: Switzerland's federal office of topography. Directly comparable to GDI-DE as Switzerland's national spatial data infrastructure provider, supplying official geodata, maps, and standards for cantonal and federal coordination across non-EU but INSPIRE-aligned territory.
• INSPIRE Geoportal: The European Union-level spatial data infrastructure portal operated by the European Commission. Directly comparable to Geoportal.de as the EU-level aggregation layer that harvests and exposes INSPIRE-compliant metadata from GDI-DE and other member-state SDIs.
• Lantmäteriet (Sweden): The Swedish mapping, cadastral, and land registration authority. Directly comparable to GDI-DE as Sweden's national geospatial infrastructure provider, coordinating geodata across national, regional, and municipal levels.

Regional players

• data.gov.uk: The United Kingdom's open government data portal. Comparable to GDI-DE's broader open data / portal layer as a national aggregator of public sector datasets, though broader than geospatial in scope and no longer INSPIRE-bound post-Brexit.

Emerging players

• OpenStreetMap Foundation: A community-driven open geospatial data project. Comparable to GDI-DE in offering openly licensed spatial data and a public-facing map portal, though crowdsourced rather than government-authoritative, and competing for developer mindshare.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gdi-de

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Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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