The Department for Communities and Local Government has published a report on the future of the National Interest Mapping Services Agreement (NIMSA).

The paper concludes that:

§         The current NIMSA arrangement with Ordnance Survey will be terminated with effect from December 31st 2006

§         DCLG will continue until further notice to support the operation of a national geospatial metadata service.

§         DCLG will continue to fund the work of the GI Panel including the development of a GI Strategy for the United Kingdom

The report is available at: http://www.communities.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1504248