To prepare for the roll out of the CSDI portal, all departments have been asked to submit on a yearly basis annual spatial data plans to set out the datasets they plan to release in the coming three years. The first set of annual spatial data plans was published on government websites at the end of 2021. A consolidated list is also available on Hong Kong GeoData Store (https://geodata.gov.hk/gs/spatial-data-plan).
All government departments can access and contribute to the CSDI portal, which is now available for government internal trial use and targeted to be made available for public use free of charge by the end of 2022. It is expected that at the time the CSDI portal is available for public use, over 500 spatial datasets from over 50 departments as listed in their respective annual spatial data plans, covering different aspects such as planning, lands, buildings, works, population, transport, etc., will be publicly accessible through the portal.