In this week the G8 will take place in L'Aquila.
A number of organizations are working hard to deliver services, data and information for the right development of the G8 activities.

Near the security and control system, managed by structures appropriately involved, one of the available services is the sharing of geospatial data and information concerning the G8 summit area.

The collaboration within the states participating provides tha data sharing, a network infrastructure of geoSDI nodes was prepared to provide geospatial services from many stakeholders.

The Stato Maggiore Difesa and The Civil Protection Dept. are working together for a long time in this matter. Thanks to the contibution of a research group  (who stidies and develop the geoSDI Programme) belongig to the CNR IMAA Research Center , they are using the technologies tha the geoSDI stack involves to provide the geospatial services.