An important step in FOSS development is checking what your neighbours are doing. For generic geo-software, we usually do that and share what we have (or know). But for our Spatial Data Infrastructures, things tend to get more complicated. However, there is a lot to be gained by just getting some first hand experience in what the colleagues in other countries are working on (this is one of the reasons I love the FOSS4G events, and have been visiting both the international and local ones in other countries before).

In this presentation, I will share some of the Dutch government (both regional and national) projects that contribute greatly to our national SDI, and might be usable in the UK context as well. One of those is undoubtedly the PDOK (Publieke Dienstverlening Op de Kaart or Public Services On the Map) initiative which is closely related to (but not exactly the same as) our national data portal, and the integration that makes it easily accessible in QGIS (becoming by far the most downloaded QGIS plugin in the NL). Others include the combined 3D-initiatives that are now taking place.