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and inhabitants offer more beneficial conditions of use of e-services compared to traditional ways
of receiving services (e.g., reduced service reception time, the lower state fees, etc.), etc.
With the development of the ICT options and usage, also geodesy and mapping industries have
been developing, creating an entirely new approach and methods of information retrieval,
processing and use. This industry-related geospatial information mainly is created in an electronic
environment; thus, this information becomes available in the form of e-services. The
development geospatial information in the country should be continued in order to provide
geospatial information processing, access and utilisation opportunities for the wide range of
public which would provide not only greater use of information in information systems and
databases, which ensures operation of variety of emergency services, but also in agriculture,
providing planning and support payment acquisition and promoting progressive agriculture, in
construction, environment protection, faster and more accurate geodetic measurements in
different areas – construction, cadastral survey, agriculture, transport, cartography, and other
sectors of the economy.
Cartographic information has been available digitally relatively long time, but so far the terrain
information available in the country is not in compliance with modern requirements. Methods for
obtaining terrain information are outdated and resource-intensive methods and accuracy of the
information is no longer sufficient for the sufficient use of spatial data (for example, cross-border
data analysis, flood modelling). Such public administration functions and tasks, for provision
which one of the factors is precise terrain data, are incomplete or not performed at all. For the
production of fast and modern requirement compliant precise digital terrain and surface models,
laser scanning data are required, which are obtained by aero-laser scanning method.
A more detailed review of the geospatial information field development is reflected in the Latvian
Geospatial Information Development Concept project (announced on State Secretaries Meeting
of 7 March 2013, Minutes No. 9, Paragraph 1).
5.4.5 Automated Issue and Acceptance of Electronic Invoices
With the development of electronic transactions and payments, e-invoicing can significantly
increase the efficiency of the invoicing process in public administration and outside of it. Einvoicing allows automation of the invoicing process; thus, further increasing the current
efficiency of payments (not just saving paper and time, but also benefiting from the process
optimisation). E-invoicing is rather widespread in the private sector, noteworthy is proportion of
automatically processed invoices (~ 38% of companies are sending or receiving them47), in
public administration, however, automated invoice processing is still not widely used.
E-invoicing exchange should become the standard in public administration, starting with
electronic procurement system, public procurements and governance, as well for received
invoices. It is necessary to ensure compliance, and united e-invoicing exchange environment
should be developed in collaboration with developers and holders of private sector solutions.
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