(1) EDINA National Data Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 1PR
(2) National e-Science Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ
(3) Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ
(4) National Centre for e-Social Science, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT
(5) MIMAS, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL
This paper examines overlap between e-Science and geospatial communities using work undertaken as part of the JISC funded Secure Access to Geospatial Services (SEE-GEO) project. Working from a position that open standards provide the best means of achieving interoperability, the case studies demonstrate the use of Grid technology and open geospatial standard interfaces to realise classic spatial data infrastructure scenarios. These examples are used to illustrate just how e-infrastructures enable seamless, security driven spatial data access at the national, regional and global scale.