Griffith University - ACASIAN, Australia

     The Australian Centre of the Asian Spatial Information and Analysis Network (ACASIAN) at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, is an academic and applied research institution specializing in Geographical Information System (GIS) databases for Asia and the former Soviet Union, with a major emphasis on China.
     ACASIAN's principal contributions to ECAI consist of GIS expertise and advice, preparation and provision of base map materials for all of Asia, spatial representations of geographical features, geo-referenced coding systems, and encryption technology for protection of intellectual property distributed over the Internet.
     The basic goal is to provide ECAI with geo- coded spatial data for Asia that will allow ECAI participants who do not have GIS expertise to readily incorporate the data and information they make available through ECAI into a coherent and relatively 'user friendly' GIS environment.