Spatial Data Infrastructures provide users with new technologies, new opportunities for business and new hurdles to overcome. The problem is that many users and organisations are unwilling, unable or simply do not have the time to invest in making any changes.

In Western Australia, the Shared Land Information Platform provides users to over 350 connected data services streamed from over 20 agencies. This ‘connected’ Spatial Data infrastructure allows users to access the latest information when it becomes available for critical business decisions and is a world leading example of a shared platform.

The SLIP framework is an example of accessing many information datasets creating a fully informed business decisions process instead of relying on quarterly or even annual updates of data that contain expired information. For business to quickly take advantage and provide an improved service to their clients a supporting platform of champions, applications and service providers has been put in place to support SLIP.

The SLIP Developers program is supporting platform that leverages expertise outside of Landgate. This partnership with the commercial sector was put in place to ensure sustainability of resources and skills to meet the changing needs in many organisations. Utilising the expertise of commercial service providers and spatial vendors ensures that SLIP can be connected to and used to meet the business needs of any organisation.

This paper provides a case example of government and private sector partnering together to identify new business opportunities and drive the goals of an SDI to a wider audience.