ISPRS Ad-hoc Group on Standards
Welcome to the ISPRS Ad-hoc Group on Standards
Terms of Reference
- Analysis of the requirements for standardized image data exchange formats
- Characterization of a universal sensor model
- Development of a metadata standard which includes all necessary sensor parameters within
their technical and their application environment
- Cooperation with ISO/Technical Committee 211 (ISO/TC 211) and with the Open Geospatial
Consortium (OGC)
Interesting links to standardization sites
International organizations
ISO/TC 211 "Geographic information / Geomatics" (ISO/TC 211)
International standardization for geographic information
Joint Technical Committee (ISO/IEC JTC1)
Jointly led by ISO and IEC (electrotechnical standards); responsable for all standards in
computer science
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
Most important industry consortium for geographic information
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites(CEOS)
Civil remote sensing activities
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS)
Expert group of remote sensing with a background in electrotechnical engineering
International Cartographic Organization (ICA)
Cartography
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Industry consortium working on most of the Internet standards
OGP Surveying & Positioning Committee (European Petroleum Survey Group, EPSG)
This group publishes the most comprehensive coding system for coordinate reference systems
Digital Geographic Information Working Group (DGIWG)
GIS-group of NATO and some other countries (military applications)
International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
Hydrographical charts and safety in navigation
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
Air navigation
International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)
Surveying and cadastre
Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI)
Mainly commercial group promoting global spatial data infrastructures
UN Geographic Information Working Group (UNGIWG)
UN-group to promote the use of geographic information
International Steering Committee for Global Mapping(ISCGM)
Improve environmental protection and disaster management by global mapping
Regional activities
CEN/TC 287 "Geographic information"
European standardization of geographic information (CEN = Comité Européen de
Normalisation)
Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific (PCGIAP)
China, India, Japan, Iran, Australia and other countries are active in this group
Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Research centre of the European Union with focus on remote sensing and spatial data infrastructures
The Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE)
This projects is steering the development of the European spatial data infrastructure
European Spatial Data Research (EuroSDR)
Expert group representing national governments and universities, mainly in photogrammetry and GIS
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European Geographics (EuroGeographics)
Expert group representing national governments and universities, mainly in cartography and coordinate reference systems
Joint Research Centre (EUROGI)
European umbrella organisation for geographic information
National standardization bodies
Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación (AENOR)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Association Française de Normalisation (AFNOR)
Austrian Standards Institute (ON)
British Standards Institute (BSI)
Czech Standards Institute (CSI)
Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN)
Hellenic Organization for Standardization (ELOT)
State Committee of the Russian Federation for Standardization (GOST)
Instituto Colombiano de Normas Técnicas y Certificación (ICONTEC)
Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC)
Korea Agency for Technology and Standards
Hungarian Standards Institute (MSZT)
Nederlands Normalisatie-Instituut (NEN)
Standardization in Norway (NSF)
South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)
Standardization Administration of China (SAC)
Standards Australia (SAI)
Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
Finnish Standards Association (SFS)
Swiss Association for Standardization (SNV)
Standards New Zealand (SNZ)
Slovak Standards Institute (SUTN)
Chairpersons
| Chair |
Co-Chair |
Secretary |
| Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Kresse |
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Dipl.-Ing. Heiko Heumann von Werder |
Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture, Geoinformatics, Surveying, and Civil Engineering
Hochschule Neubrandenburg, University of Applied Sciences
Brodaer Strasse 2
D-17033 Neubrandenburg
Germany
+49-395-5693-355
+49-395-5693-399
kresse@hs-nb.de
http://www.hs-nb.de
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Department of Landscape Architecture,
Geoinformatics, Surveying, and Civil Engineering
Hochschule Neubrandenburg, University of Applied Sciences
Brodaer Strasse 2
D-17033 Neubrandenburg
Germany
+49-395-5693-601
+49-395-5693-399
heumann@hs-nb.de
http://www.hs-nb.de
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