Hidrografico +. Portuguese Hydrographic Institute Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure.

We are now beginning a new decade with a great number of challenges for marine geospatial data producers. At global scale The United Nations identify the needs for "Adaptation strategies and science-informed policy responses to global change" and elected the ocean knowledge a priority for next years. Geospatial Data is extremely important to understand the real world, for decision-making and to measure policy implementation goals. The Portuguese Hydrographic Institute is a public organization with several roles: national hydrographic office, marine observation and marine technology national laboratory and a Portuguese Navy unity. As marine data and knowledge producer his internal data management processes are kept in line with national and European data policies and information sharing legal requirements. The Hydrographic Institute is in all aspects a data driven organization. To address the geospatial data needs for improvement the Portuguese Hydrographic Institute starts to build a new Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure through the Hidrográfico + project who granted funding from SAMA2020 program (POCI-02-0550-FEDER-035422). This paper presents the Hidrografico + Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure building process. This asset is a big step forward and will be an important tool for the next ocean knowledge decade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]