Common harmonised and broadly accessible cartography and data resources are lacking in the service sector of public administration. Such common resources shall be elaborated and implemented in the framework of ISA-Map. They represent the basis for the preparation of the cross-border planning and information instruments (e.g. traffic planning). The type of efficient and citizen-friendly access to modern information and telecommunication facilities to be established by ISA-Map as well as the services based on such facilities represent an important prerequisite for economic and social development. Common and harmonised basic resources must be made available to the actors of spatial development policy to allow an exchange of know-how and experience so as to ensure efficient and sustainable implementation. The ISA- Map project will focus upon the following main objectives: - better utilisation of modern communication facilities to improve the access to knowledge and the information society for the purposes of integrated spatial development, especially in rural regions or other disadvantaged regions. - supporting regional and spatial development policy through modern information and communication technology and corresponding service facilities provided by public administrations on a local, regional and national level. - raising the awareness of ICT applications also in the field of spatial development policy. - harmonisation of educational and spatial policies with a view to improving further development and networks between educational and research facilities and institutions involved in the transfer of know-how and technology. Achievements: ISA-MAP achieved the following results: - Significant enhancement and regional/transnational implementation of spatial development policy using modern ICT technology; significant improvement of the corresponding service facilities provided by public administrations, - Improved application of modern communication facilities, also to support the production of information to promote identity; better support for the regions through direct access (IT applications) to important information offered after comprehensive processing and, partially, transnational harmonisation, - Improvement of regional development through enhanced use of modern ICT for improving public services (also for remote areas and underdeveloped regions), - Improving the awareness of ICT applications, also in the field of spatial development policy, by providing extensive support to users on all levels, - Improvement of compatibility and integration of existing planning data resources and information instruments, - Creation of common web-based data resources (Geodata server), - Harmonisation of educational and spatial policies with a view to improving further development and networks between educational and research facilities and institutions involved in the transfer of know-how and technology, - Enhancement of transnational co-operation at the administrative level (networking between authorities) through preparation of common spatial information and cross-border co-operation with different institutions.