Geodatabases and Digital Mapping

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WORKING GROUPS of ISPRS COMMISSION IV

• WG IV/1 - Geospatial Data Infrastructure
• WG IV/2 - Automatic Geospatial Data Acquisition and Image-Based Databases
• WG IV/3 - Mapping from High Resolution Data
• WG IV/4 - Virtual Globes and Context-Aware Visualisation
• WG IV/5 - Distributed and Web-Based Geoinformation Services and Applications
• WG IV/6 - Global DEM Interoperability
• WG IV/7 - Planetary Mapping and Databases
• WG IV/8 - 3D Spatial Data Integration for Disaster Management and Environmental Monitoring

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INTERCOMMISSION WG of ISPRS COMMISSION IV

• ICWG IV/II - Geo-Sensor Networking and GEOGRID
• ICWG IV/VIII - Updating and Maintenance of Core Spatial Databases
• ICWG II/IV - Semantic Interoperability and Ontology of Geospatial Information

 

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WG IV/1 - Geospatial Data Infrastructure

 

Chair	Co-Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
JIANG Jie	Michael P. Finn	E. Pattabhi Rama Rao	WANG Qian
National Geomatics Center of China 28 Lianhuachi West Road Beijing,100830 CHINA +86 10 63880323 +86 10 63880323 jjie@nsdi.gov.cn Jiangjie_263@263.net jiangjiengcc@msn.com ngcc.sbsm.gov.cn	Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science U.S. Geological Survey Denver Federal Center Box 25046, Mail Stop 510 Denver, CO 80225 USA +1-303-202-4544 +1-303-202-4020 mfinn@usgs.gov cegis.usgs.gov	Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services ″Ocean Valley″ Postal Bag No.21 IDA Jeedimetla P.O. Hyderabad-500 055 India +91 40 23895008/ 23886008 +91 40 23892910 pattabhi@incois.gov.in www.incois.gov.cn	National Geomatics Center of China 28 Lianhuachi West Road Beijing,100830 CHINA +86 10 6388034 +86 10 6388025 wangqian@nsdi.gov.cn ngcc.sbsm.gov.cn

 

WG IV/1 Terms of Reference

• Development and management of multi-level (national, regional and global) geospatial databases
• Synchronization of disparate geospatial resources to provide a useful, usable, and enabling framework that can be integrated with environmental and socio-economic data for research, discovery and web services characterized by broad access and ″end-to-end″ coordination
• Further development of high performance networks and communication technologies for efficient data handling, distributed and federated repositories, human-centred visualization, and applications to improve web-based geospatial services and analysis
• Contribution towards open source principles, metadata and open standards of service, system architectures, and geospatial information
• Cooperation and liaison with international efforts (GEOSS, Digital Earth, UNSDI, INSPIRE and GMES), and organizations (GSDI, WGISS, ICA, OGC, W3C, ISO and EuroSDR)

 

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WG IV/2 - Automatic Geospatial Data Acquisition and Image-Based Databases

 

Chair	Co-Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Christian Heipke	Peggy Agouris	Younian Wang	Soenke Mueller
Institute of Photogrammetry and GeoInformation Leibniz Universitaet Hannover Nienburger Str. 1 D-30167 Hannover Germany + 49 511 762 2482 + 49 511 762 2483 heipke@ipi.uni-hannover.de sekretariat@ipi.uni-hannover.de	Dept. of Geography & Geoinformation Science George Mason University 4400 University Dr., MSN 6C3 Fairfax, VA 22030 USA +1 703 993 9265 +1 703 993 9230 pagouris@gmu.ed	ERDAS, Inc. 5051 Peachtree Corners Circle Suite 100 Norcross, GA 30092 USA +1 770 776 3478 +1 770 776 3500 Younian.Wang@erdas.com	Institute of Photogrammetry and GeoInformation Leibniz Universitaet Hannover Nienburger Str.1 D-30167 Hannover Germany +49 511-762 4922 +49 511-762 2483 mueller@ipi.uni-hannover.de

 

WG IV/2 Terms of Reference

• Research using multi-modal images for dynamic updating of geodatabases linked to sensor networks
• Characteristics of multi-dimensional, multi-scale, spatio-temporal image databases
• Use of innovative methods for creating, accessing, indexing, and analyzing spatio-temporal image databases
• Evaluation and use of semi-automated and automated algorithms for update, change detection and quality control using image-based databases
• Facilitation of the integration of these algorithms into digital photogrammetric and GIS workstations, enterprise and web-based photogrammetric systems
• Collaboration with ISPRS TC II, TC III, TC IV WGs, IC WG IV/VIII and EuroSDR

 

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WG IV/3 - Mapping from High Resolution Data

 

Chair	Co-Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Pradeep Srivastava	David Holland	Zhanguo He	Mr. Amitabh
Signal and Image Processing Group Space Applications Centre (ISRO) Ahmedabad 380 058 India + 91 79 2691 4148 + 91 79 2691 5827 pradeep@sac.isro.gov.in	Ordnance Survey Room C530 Romsey Road Southampton United Kingdom + 44 23 80 792808 + 44 23 80 792078 David.holland @ordnancesurvey.co.uk	Aerophotogrammetry & Remote Sensing of China Coal (ARSC) Jianxijie 3,Xi’an, Shanxi Province China +86 29 8785 2462 +86 29 8785 6141 yaobaomao@hotmail.com     (correspondence by Mao Yaobao)	Signal and Image Processing Group Space Applications Centre (ISRO) Ahmedabad 380 058 India + 91 79 2691 4148 + 91 79 2691 5827 amitabh@sac.isro.gov.in

 

WG IV/3 Terms of Reference

• To investigate the update of topographic vector datasets, digital terrain models, orthoimages and thematic (landcover) datasets from high-resolution satellite and airborne imagery with emphasis on mapping in a production environment
• To assess links between high resolution images and mapping tools, developed through research and their implementation in mapping agencies
• To investigate how synergy may be achieved between the various sensors (high resolution and other), for topographic and thematic mapping
• To determine optimum methodologies for the integration of mapping data with high resolution images, to aid in the extraction of terrain information
• In collaboration with other ISPRS Working Groups, evaluate the information content and accuracy of the new high-resolution sensors
• To contribute to work on standardising the description of raster and vector contents of digital maps

 

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WG IV/4 - Virtual Globes and Context-Aware Visualisation

 

Chair	Co-Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Jianya Gong	Geoffrey J. Hay	Maged N Kamel Boulos	Peng Yue
State Key Lab of Information Engineering in Surveying Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS) 129 Luoyu Road Wuhan University Wuhan, Hubei, 430079 China +86-27-6877 8003 (o); +86-139 0719 6939 (c) +86-27-6877 8003 geogjy@163.net jgong@lmars.whu.edu.cn	Foothills Facility for Remote Sensing and GIScience Earth Sciences , Room 904 Department of Geography University of Calgary 2500 University Dr. NW Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4 Canada +1-403-220-4768 +1-403-282-6561 gjhay@ucalgary.ca www.ucalgary.ca/f3gisci Wiki: www.wiki.ucalgary.ca/ page/GEOBIA	Faculty of Health and Social Work University of Plymouth C410, Portland Square Building, Drake Circus Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA United Kingdom +44 (0)1752 586530 +44 (0)8701 656488 mnkamelboulos@ plymouth.ac.uk www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/ mnkamelboulos	State Key Lab of Information Engineering in Surveying Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS) 129 Luoyu Road Wuhan University Wuhan, Hubei, 430079 China +86-15994282186 +86-27-68778003 geopyue@gmail.com

 

WG IV/4 Terms of Reference

• Assessment of remote sensing data for generating and visualizing landscape and models
• Database generation for digital topographic and thematic mapping (including orthoimages and digital terrain models)
• Integration of multi-source and multi-scale data in local and regional landscape modelling and visualization applications
• Application of dynamic models for integrating multi-temporal landscape data sets
• Application and assessment of advanced visualization, virtual reality and multimedia methods for 2-D, 3-D and 4-D mapping tasks in stand-alone, mobile or web-based environments
• Use of virtual globes for geospatial data integration, visualization and analysis
• Assessment of context-aware visualization and analysis of image data and geodatabases

 

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WG IV/5 - Distributed and Web-Based Geoinformation Services and Applications

 

Chair	Co-Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Songnian Li	Maria Antonia Brovelli	Bert Veenendaal	Suzana Dragicevic
Geomatics Engineering Department of Civil Engineering Ryerson University 350 Victoria St., Toronto Ontario M5B 2K3 Canada + 416-979-5000-6450 + 416-979-5122 snli@ryerson.ca www.ryerson.ca/~snli/	DIIAR Department Polytechnic of Milan Como Campus, Via Valleggio 11 22100 Como Italy +39-031-332-7313 +39-031-332-7321 maria.brovelli@polimi.it geomatica.como.polimi.it/cv/	Department of Spatial Sciences Curtin University GPO Box U1987 Perth Western Australia 6845 Australia +61 8 9266 7565 +61 8-9266 2703 b.veenendaal@curtin.edu.au spatial.curtin.edu.au/people/bert.cfm	Spatial Analysis and Modeling Laboratory Department of Geography Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6 Canada +778 782 24621 suzanad@sfu.ca www.sfu.ca/dragicevic

 

WG IV/5 Terms of Reference

• Development of web-based geospatial data processing, integration, services and applications
• Web-based geospatial information visualization, including raster-based spatial analysis with integration of web-based visualisation systems and web-based spatiotemporal analysis
• Integration of open source solutions and open standards/specifications
• Development of web-based spatial decision support systems, public participation GIS, and disaster management support systems
• Development of mobile and ubiquitous geospatial services and applications with adaptive and context-aware processing and visualisation
• Integration of spatial data in information-mobility services and development of Internet and web-based virtual and collaborative geospatial environments
• Development and applications of web-based multidimensional GIS
• Quality assessment of Internet- and web-based geospatial processes and applications
• Cooperation with related commissions and/or working groups, ICA (Internet and Mapping Commission), WGISS, FIG, etc.

 

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WG IV/6 - Global DEM Interoperability

 

Chair	Co-Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Jan-Peter Muller	Dean Gesch	Takeo Tadono	Shih-Yuan Lin
Mullard Space Science Laboratory Department of Space and Climate Physics University College London Holmbury St. Mary Dorking Surrey,RH5 6NT United Kingdom +44-1483-204151 +44-1483-278312 jpm@mssl.ucl.ac.uk	U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science Center 47914 252nd Street Sioux Falls, SD 57198-0001 USA +1 605-594-6055 +1 605-594-6529 gesch@usgs.gov	Earth Observation Research Center (EORC) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) 2-1-1, Sengen Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8505 Japan +81-29-868-2472 +81-29-868-2961 tadono.takeo@jaxa.jp www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ALOS/	Dept. of Space and Climate Physics University College London Holmbury St. Mary Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT United Kingdom +44-1483-204245 +44-1483-278312 syl@mssl.ucl.ac.uk

 

WG IV/6 Terms of Reference

• Review technical progress on global DEM creation which meets the GEO goal of public domain, 30m, freely available data of the entire Earth's land surface and the bathymetry of the Earth's continental shelves
• Discuss and promote best methods for characterising the errors of these DEMs including best practice for validation in the context of GEO guidelines on Cal/Val
• Assess co-registration and data fusion based on error characterisation of multiple DEM data sources
• Discuss issues of standardised formats for DEM data and their map visualisations and display
• Discuss and promote best methods for interoperability through OGC-compliant protocols

 

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WG IV/7 - Planetary Mapping and Databases

 

Chair	Co-Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Jürgen Oberst	Kaichang Di	Paul M. Schenk	Marita Wählisch
Institute of Planetary Research German Aerospace Center (DLR) Rutherfordstrasse 2 D - 12489 Berlin Germany + 49 30 67055 336 + 49 30 67055 402 juergen.oberst@dlr.de	Institute of Remote Sensing Applications Chinese Academy of Sciences PO.Box 9718 Datun Road, Chaoyang District Beijing 100101 China +86-10-64868229 kcdi@irsa.ac.cn	Planetary Geology Lunar and Planetary Institute 3600 Bay Area Blvd. Houston, Texas 77058 USA +1-281-486-2157 schenk@lpi.usra.edu	Institute for Planetary Research German Aerospace Center (DLR) Planetary Geodesy Rutherfordstrasse 2 D - 12489 Berlin Germany +49 30 67055-348 +49 30 67055-402 marita.waehlisch@dlr.de www.dlr.de/pf/

 

WG IV/7 Terms of Reference

• Development of advanced techniques in data acquisition, processing, and analysis pertaining to the mapping of celestial bodies
• Definition or evaluation of reference systems, coordinate systems, map sheet definitions, etc. and their standardization
• Development of spatial information systems to support extraterrestrial exploration and science
• Web based delivery of extraterrestrial map products and GIS data
• Cooperation with related working groups viz. IAU, NASA, ESA, ISRO, JAXA and other space organisations and liaisons with the ICA Commission on Planetary Cartography

 

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WG IV/8 - 3D Spatial Data Integration for Disaster Management and Environmental Monitoring

 

Chair	Co-Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Sisi Zlatanova	Bo Huang	Jiyeong Lee	William Sin
OTB Research Institute for Housing, Urban and Mobility Studies Technical Univ. Delft Jaffalaan 9, 2628 BX ,Delft The Netherlands + 31-15-278-2714 + 31-15-278-2745 S.Zlatanova@otb.tudelft.nl www.gdmc.nl/zlatanova	Department of Geography and Resource Management Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong China +852-2609-6536 +852-2603-5006 bohuang@cuhk.edu.hk www.grm.cuhk.edu.hk/en/ people/4_staff_fm_16.htm	Department of Geoinformatics The University of Seoul 90 Jeonnong-dong, Dongdaemun-gu Seoul 130-743 South Korea +82-2-2210-5750 +82-2-2246-0186 jlee@uos.ac.kr	Department of Geography and Resource Management Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China +852-2609-6536 +852-2603-5006 hualeung.sin@gmail.com

 

WG IV/8 Terms of Reference

• 3D data models (geometry, topology, semantics), algorithms and standards for integration of data from different domains (e.g. geology, meteorology, ocean)
• 3D data structures, algorithms and standards for integration of BIM, CAD and GIS models for seamless (indoor/outdoor) navigation and evacuation
• 3D data models for management of geo-sensor data and their integration with other 3D information
• Data models allowing for efficient 3D visualization (including indoor) on different front-ends
• Analysis of 3D disaster management and environmental modelling needs for production and updating of spatial information

 

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ICWG IV/II - Geo-Sensor Networking and GEOGRID

 

Chair	Co-Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Anthony Stefanidis	Steve H. L. Liang	Matt Duckham	Caixia Wang
Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science George Mason University 4400 University Drive MS 6C3 Fairfax, VA 22030 USA + 1 703 993 9237 + 1 703 993 9299 astefani@gmu.edu	Department of Geomatics Engineering Schulich School of Engineering The University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4 Canada +1 403 220 4703 +1 403 284 1980 steve.liang@ucalgary.ca	Department of Geomatics Engineering University of Melbourne Victoria 3010 Australia +61 3 8344 6935 +61 3 9347 2916 matt@duckham.org	Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science George Mason University 4400 University Drive, MS 6C3 Fairfax, VA 22030 USA + 1 703 993 1212 + 1 703 993 9299 cwangg@gmu.edu

 

ICWG IV/II Terms of Reference

• Geo-sensor networks including their use in dynamic scenarios
• Investigate efficient ways to visualise and analyse the resulting, sometimes rather unconventional data streams
• Investigate data models for dynamic management, analysis and archiving of sensor data
• In-network computing versus centralized data processing
• Grid computing for geoinformatics
• Collaboration with ISPRS WG IV/5, IV/8

 

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ICWG IV/VIII - Updating and Maintenance of Core Spatial Databases

 

Chair	Co-Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Ammatzia Peled	Costas Armenakis	Zhao Renliang	Andrea Ajmar
University of Haifa Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies Haifa 31905 Israel +972-48-240148, +972-48-343591 +972-48-249605 peled@geo.haifa.ac.il geo.Haifa.ac.il/ www.rjb-3d.com	Geomatics Engineering Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering York University 4700 Keele Str Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada +416-736-2100 x55221 +416-736-5817 armenc@yorku.ca www.yorku.ca/esse	Research Lab. of Dynamic and Multidimentional GISs Natiaonal Geomatics Center of China (NGCC) 1, Baishengcun, Zizhuyuan Beijing, 100048 China +8610-6843-9095 +8610-6842-4101 zhaorl@sina.com zrl@nsdi.gov.cn	Information Technology for Humanitarian Assistance, Cooperation and Action (ITHACA) Politecnico di Torino Turin 10138 Italy +39 011 1975 1852 +39 011 1975 1122 andrea.ajmar@ithaca.polito.it www.ithacaweb.org

 

ICWG IV/VIII Terms of Reference

• Automated and autonomous processes for imaging data-based updating of core spatial databases
• Development of strategy and processes for efficient maintenance of core spatial databases at the 2 5-D and 3D levels at local, regional and global scales
• Updating process through efficient use of information intelligence embedded within the spatial databases
• Theoretical and operational aspects of incremental updating and versioning of vector and raster core spatial databases
• Automated algorithms for security and commercial-based versioning of core spatial databases
• Study of the special needs for maintaining spatial database subsets for disaster response and recovery efforts and for search and rescue operations
• Collaboration with national mapping agencies for understanding operational needs for updating and maintenance of core databases and other groups, such as EuroSDR, Global Mapping, UNSDI, GSDI and ISPRS WGs

 

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