Many countries in the world have already begun digitizing spatial objects and features located in either above -or under- ground in order to conduct various spatial analyses including disaster prevention planning. At the same time, the amount of information to be exchanged will be astronomical once the information super highways will be completed to connect many countries in the world Ways to exchange and transfer of spatial information. efficiently will have to be developed in order to avoid duplicated efforts and money and to maximize the use of spatial information 1hat has already been collected. One way to maximize the efficiency in sharing spatial information is to develop a transfer standard. thus, the purpose of this paper is to review spatial data transfer standard(SDTS) with the hope that it would shed light on the development of a transfer standard for Korea