INTERCOMMISSION WG of ISPRS COMMISSION IV

ICWG II/IV - DYNAMIC AND MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS
ICWG VII/IV - DERIVATION OF GLOBAL DATA, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS

WG IV/1 - SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
WG IV/2 - IMAGE-BASED GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
WG IV/3 - AUTOMATED GEO-SPATIAL DATA ACQUISITION AND MAPPING
WG IV/4 - LANDSCAPE MODELLING AND VISUALISATION
WG IV/5 - WEB-BASED GEO-INFORMATION SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS
WG IV/6 - LOCATION BASED SERVICES
WG IV/7 - EXTRATERRESTRIAL MAPPING
WG IV/8 - SPATIAL DATA INTEGRATION FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES
WG IV/9 - MAPPING FROM HIGH RESOLUTION DATA

Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Jie Jiang National Geomatics Center of China 1 Baishengcum, Zizhuyuan, Beijing, 100044 China Tel: + 86 10 68483218 Fax: + 86 10 68424101 E-mail: jjie@nsdi.gov.cn E-mail: jiangjie_263@263.net	Arpad Barsi Dept of Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics Budapest University of Technology and Economics H-111 Budapest, Muegyetem rkp.3 Hungary Tel: + 36 1 463 1186 Fax: + 36 1 463 3084 E-mail: barsi@eik.bme.hu	Gang Han National Geomatics Center of China 1 Baishengcum, Zizhuyuan, Beijing, 100044 China Tel: + 86 10 68483218 Fax: + 86 10 68424101 E-mail: hangang@nsdi.gov.cn E-mail: hgbj0001@sohu.com

WG IV/1 - Terms of Reference:

• Development and management of multi-scale national, regional and global databases
• Data harmonisation and synergy approaches of multi-scale vector data and imagery
• Integration of spatial data with socio-economic and environmental data for various geographic information services
• Standards for content, access, evolution and update of data framework
• Development of comprehensive metadata, quality evaluation procedures and their standardization
• Cooperation and Liaison with GSDI, WGISS, ICA, OGC and ISO.

Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Peggy Agouris Dept. of Spatial Information Science & Engineering University of Maine 348 Boardman Hall Orono, ME 04469-5711 USA Tel: +1 (207) 581 2180 Fax: +1 (207) 581 2206 E-mail: peggy@spatial.maine.edu Web: www.spatial.maine.edu/~peggy	Matt Duckham Department of Geomatics University of Melbourne Victoria 3010 Australia Tel: + 61 3 8344 6935 Fax: + 61 3 9347 2916 E-mail: mduckham@unimelb.edu.au Web: www.sli.unimelb.edu.au/matt/	Arie Croitoru Dept. of Spatial Information Science & Engineering University of Maine 348 Boardman Hall Orono, ME 04469-5711 USA Tel: +1 (207) 581 2188 Fax: +1 (207) 581 2206 E-mail: arie.croitoru@maine.edu Web: dipa.spatial.maine.edu

WG IV/2 - Terms of references

• Characteristics of Image- and Video-Based Spatial and Temporal Databases
• Content-Based Indexing, Querying, Data Mining, and Information Retrieval in Image- and Video-Based Geospatial Databases
• Spatio-Temporal Imagery Database Management and Organization
• Managing Uncertainty and Redundancy in Large Collections of Imagery
• Geospatial Information Management in Sensor Networks
• Automated Semantic Annotation of Imagery, and Image-Derived Multimedia Metadata
• Imagery-Enriched Virtual Reality Models as GeoSpatial Databases
• Collaboration with TC II and the relevant Special Interest Groups (e.g. SIGMOD, SIGIR, SIGKDD) of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Christian Heipke Institute of Photogrammetry and GeoInformation, University of Hannover Nienburger Str. 1 D-30167 Hannover Germany Tel: + 49 511 762 2482 Fax: + 49 511 762 2483 E-mail: heipke@ipi.uni-hannover.de E-mail: sekretariat@ipi.uni-hannover.de Web: www.ipi.uni-hannover.de	Peter Woodsford Laser-Scan Ltd. Cavendish House, Cambridge Business Park, Cambridge CB4 OWZ UK Tel: + 44 1223 420414 Fax: + 44 1223 420044 E-mail: peter.woodsford@laser-scan.com Web: www.laser-scan.com	Markus Gerke Institute of Photogrammetry and GeoInformation, University of Hannover Nienburger Str. 1 D-30167 Hannover Germany Tel: + 49 511-762 2482 Fax: + 49 511-762 2483 E-mail: gerke@ipi.uni-hannover.de Web: www.ipi.uni-hannover.de

WG IV/3 Terms of references

• Evaluation and development of semi-automated and automated algorithms for update, change detection and quality control
• Facilitation of the integration of these algorithms into digital photogrammetric and GIS workstations
• Adaptation of update processes to increasingly complex data models
• Development of advanced techniques for implementing "near-real-time" mapping
• Collaboration with ISPRS TC II and WG IV.1, IV.2, IV-8 with Euro SDR (formerly OEEPE) and ICA Commission on Updating and Versioning.

Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Jochen Schiewe Department of Geomatics HafenCity University Hamburg 22297 Hamburg Germany Tel: + 49 040 42827 Email: jochen.schiewe@hcu-hamburg.de Web: www.hcu-hamburg.de	Marguerite Madden Centre for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science Dept. Geography The University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-2503 USA Tel: + 1 706 542 2379 Fax: + 1 706 542 2358 Email: mmadden@uga.edu	Thomas Jordan Centre for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science Dept. Geography The University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-2503 USA Tel: + 1 706 542 2379 Fax: + 1 706 542 2358 Email: tombob@uga.edu

WG IV/4 - Terms of references

• Assessment of remote sensing data for generating and visualizing landscape and 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 or web-based environment.

Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Songnian Li Department of Civil Engineering Ryerson University 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5B 2K3 Tel: 416-979-5000-6450 Fax: 416-979-5122 E-mail: snli@ryerson.ca Web: www.ryerson.ca/~snli/	Bert Veenendaal Geographic Information Science Programs Coordinator Department of Spatial Sciences, Curtin University of Technology GPO Box U1987 Perth WA AUSTRALIA 6845 Tel: +61 8 9266 7676 Fax: +61 8 9266 2703 E-mail: B.Veenendaal@curtin.edu.au Web: www.spatial.curtin.edu.au	Suzana Dragicevic Spatial Analysis and Modeling Laboratory Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, CANADA Tel: (604) 291-4621 Fax: (604) 291-5841 E-mail: suzana_dragicevic@sfu.ca Web: http://www.sfu.ca/dragicevic

WG IV/5 - Terms of Reference:

• Web-based geo-spatial data processing, services and applications
• Web-based geo-spatial technology integration
• Adaptation of GRID computing technology for Web services
• Development of adaptive visualizations of spatial information
• Applications of web-based 3D GIS and collaborative geographic visualization
• Application modelling and development of web geo-spatial data processing and services
• Cooperation with related commissions and/or working groups, ICA (Internet and Mapping Commission), WGISS, etc.

Chair	Co-Chair
Michael Hahn Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences Schellingstrasse 24 70174 Stuttgart Germany Tel: + 49 711 121 2663 Fax: + 49 711121 2666 E-mail: michael.hahn@hft-stuttgart.de	Stephan Nebiker FHNW - Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz Institut Vermessung und Geoinformation 4132 Muttenz, Basel Switzerland Tel: + 41 61 467 4336 Fax: + 41 61 467 4460 E-mail: s.nebiker@fhnw.ch

WG IV/6 - Terms of references

• Concepts and data models for LBS, including data structures, formats, compression techniques, 3D LBS and streaming issues
• Processes for real time integration, generalization, updating and visualization of spatial information supporting mobile applications
• LBS system architectures, interoperability, communication technologies and networks
• Advances in mobile positioning, location management, tracking, billing, logistics and emergency services
• Development of personalized mobile services and intelligent agents
• Service content, acquisition and update of non-spatial and spatial content, content management and integration of user content , location enabling and location aware services, info mobility services
• Presentation and user-interaction issues of LBS, usability, mobile interface design, cartographic and multimedia aspects
• Value added services, new applications fields and legal aspects of LBS
• Cooperation with related working groups of ICA; IAG, and others (tbd)

Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Jürgen Oberst Institute of Planetary Research German Aerospace Center (DLR) Rutherfordstrasse 2 D - 12489 Berlin Germany Tel: + 49 30 67055 336 Fax: + 49 30 67055 402 E-mail: juergen.oberst@dlr.de	Paul Schenk Lunar Planetary Institute (LPI) 3600 Bay Area Blvd Houston, TX 77058 USA Tel: + 01 281 486-2157 Fax: + E-mail: schenk@lpi.usra.edu	Marita Wählisch Institute of Planetary Research German Aerospace Center (DLR) Rutherfordstrasse 2 D - 12489 Berlin Germany Tel: + 49 30 67055 348 Fax: + 49 30 67055 402 E-mail: marita.waehlisch@dlr.de

WG IV/7 Terms of references

• R&D for 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

Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Sisi Zlatanova OTB Research Institute for Housing, Urban and Mobility Studies, TU Delft Jaffalaan 9 2628 BX Delft, The Netherlands Tel: + 31-15-278-2714 Fax: + 31-15-278-2745 Email: S.Zlatanova@otb.tudelft.nl Web: www.gdmc.nl/zlatanova	Jonathan Li Department of Geography University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 Tel: +1-519-888-4567, ext. 34504 Fax: +1-519-746-0658 Email: junli@fes.uwaterloo.ca Web: http://www.go-geomatics.uwaterloo.ca	Andrea G. Fabbri Spatial Information Laboratory (SPINlab) Free University Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel: + 31-6-2248 3534 Fax: + 31 20 4449553 Email: andrea.fabbri@ivm.vu.nl Web: http://www.spinlab.vu.nl/

WG IV/8 - Terms of references

• Integration of 3D GIS and intelligent image analysis systems for emergency management in urban environments
• Application of low-cost and real-time digital imaging and mobile mapping technologies for emergency response
• Application of 3D data structures, algorithms, and standards for emergency data management and exchange
• Geo-ontology and semantics for emergency response
• Innovative knowledge-based systems for browsing and analysis in distributed environments
• 3D visualization of scenes and situations (including indoor) on different mobile front-ends
• Analysis of emergency management needs for production and updating of spatial information.

Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
David Holland Ordnance Survey Room C580 Romsey Road Southampton UK Tel: + 44 23 80 792808 Fax: + 44 23 80 792078 Email: david.holland@ordsvy.co.uk	Pradeep Srivastava Signal and Image Processing Group Space Applications Centre (ISRO) Ahmedabad 380 015 India Tel: + 91 79 26914150 Fax: + 91 79 26915824 Email: pradeep@ipdpg.gov.in	R. Nandkumar Signal and Image Processing Group Space Applications Centre (ISRO) Ahmedabad 380 015 India Tel: + 91 79 26914723 Fax: + 91 79 26915824 Email: nandkumar@sac.isro.org

WG IV/9 - Terms of references

• To investigate the update of topographic vector datasets; digital terrain models; ortho-images and thematic (land-cover) datasets from high-resolution imagery
• To investigate how synergy may be achieved between the various high resolution and other sensors, for topographic and thematic mapping
• To determine methodologies for the integration of mapping data with high resolution images, to aid in the extraction of terrain information
• In collaboration with ISPRS Working Groups I/4 (airborne digital photogrammetric sensor systems), I/5 and III/4 and to 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.

Chair	Co-Chair	Co-Chair
Chris Schmullius Institute für Geographie, Geoinformatik und Fernerkundung Friedrich-Schiller Universität Loebdergraben 32 D-07743 Jena Germany Tel: + 49-3641-948877 Fax: + 49-3641-948882 E-mail: c.schmullius@uni-jena.de E-mail: schmullius@gmx.net	Hiromichi Fukui Faculty of Policy Management Keio University 5322 Endoh, Fujisawa Kanagawa, 252-8520 Japan Tel: + 81 466 49 3497 Fax: + 81 466 49 1334 E-mail: hfukui@sfc.keio.ac.jp	R.Tsolmon Remote Sensing Lab. Research Centre for Geophysics National University of Mongolia Ulaanbatar 38 P.O. Box 38-625 Mongolia Tel: + 976-9977-6193 Fax: + 976-1132-0159 E-mail: tsolmon91@yahoo.com E-mail: tsolmon@num.edu.mn

ICWG IV/VII - Terms of Reference:

• Develop methodologies for generation and quality evaluation of global databases for global studies
• Develop algorithms for monitoring aspects of global change such as land use, land cover, land changes
• Evolve strategies for assimilating remotely sensed data into global models
• Stocktaking and compilation of existing and planned Global DB and identification of significant gaps and overlaps
• Development of environmental infrastructures for access and use as one of use case of Global DB
• Standardization, harmonization and integration of Global DB on national, regional and global levels and their promotion
• Development User Access the innovative user access interface for browsing an analysis through increase interoperability on distributed network, e.g. open global standard, 3D Geo-browser and Grid computing
• Develop algorithms, models and sustainability indicators for predicting changes in different eco-systems
• Methodologies for global monitoring, modeling and prediction
• Enhance international cooperation by identifying and generating common environmental sustainability indicators amenable to remote sensing with organizations such as ISCGM, WGISS, ICA, Digital Earth, IGBP