Geospatial Databases and Location Based Services
President | |
 | Jie JIANG
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Secretary | |
 | Hongping ZHANG
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Terms of Reference
- Development, access, management and retrieval of large-volume, spatio-temporal databases;
- Spatial data infrastructures and cyberinfrastructures;
- Image-based, point cloud and crowdsourced updating of geospatial databases;
- Access to remote data sources, including metadata and open source digital data standards;
- Web-based access, retrieval and dissemination of spatial data, including location-based services, dynamic phenomena and moving objects;
- Integration of spatial information systems and image analysis for GIS-driven
- change detection, data capture and updating;
- Dynamic spatial information systems, spatial data revision and versioning;
- Rapid mapping for disaster management;
- Interfacing urban and engineering 3D models with spatial information systems;
- Digital landscape and urbanscape modeling and visualization;
- Extraterrestrial spatial databases and spatial information systems;
- Analysis of systems and their components for automated and semi-automated digital mapping and geoinformation systems;
- Analysis of industry, government and social needs and design of systems for production and update of geospatial information.
WORKING GROUPS of ISPRS COMMISSION IV
INTERCOMMISSION WGs of ISPRS COMMISSION IV
WG IV/1 - Methods for the Update and Verification of Geospatial Databases
Co-Chair
Giorgio Agugiaro
WG IV/1 Terms of Reference
- Development, access, management and retrieval of large-volume, spatio-temporal databases;
- Spatial data infrastructures and cyberinfrastructures;
- Image-based, point cloud and crowdsourced updating of geospatial databases;
- Access to remote data sources, including metadata and open source digital data standards;
- Web-based access, retrieval and dissemination of spatial data, including location-based services, dynamic phenomena and moving objects;
- Integration of spatial information systems and image analysis for GIS-driven
- change detection, data capture and updating;
- Dynamic spatial information systems, spatial data revision and versioning;
- Rapid mapping for disaster management;
- Interfacing urban and engineering 3D models with spatial information systems;
- Digital landscape and urbanscape modeling and visualization;
- Extraterrestrial spatial databases and spatial information systems;
- Analysis of systems and their components for automated and semi-automated digital mapping and geoinformation systems;
- Analysis of industry, government and social needs and design of systems for production and update of geospatial information.
WG IV/2 - Global Status of Mapping and Geospatial Database Updating
Chair
Vladimir A. Seredovich
Co-Chair
Gottfried Konecny
Secretary
Argina Novitskaya
WG IV/2 Terms of Reference
- To collect information on the global status of mapping and its updating in databases. This is of particular importance for countries with large areas for which imagery has provided interim information.
- Investigate and eventually test potentials and possibilities for fast, efficient and accurate means to acquire global basic topographic map information at various scale levels and to maintain and updating it. This shall include governmental and industry efforts.
WG IV/3 - Global DEM Interoperability
WG IV/3 Terms of Reference
- Review technical progress on global DEM data fusion methods and outcomes
- Review technical progress on creation of bathymetry of the Earth's continental shelves and data fusion with coastal zone co-ordinate systems, topography and shorelines from spaceborne EO data
- Discuss the temporal aspects of DEMs including per gridpoint time-tagging, change assessment (e.g. ice-sheets, open-cast mining, landslides, etc..)
- Discuss best methods for bare earth retrieval from Earth Observation-derived Global DEMs and subsequent assessment of global biomass (in association with the IC II/IV on Global land cover)
- Establishment of open source software for evaluation/validation of global DEMs
- Establishment of open source database for evaluation of global DEMs (e.g. Runways, CCPs (Canopy Control Points) ICESat from NASA-GSFC (waveform processed for retrieval of ToC (Top of Canopy) and Bare Earth (DTM)
- Discuss best methods for interoperability through OGC-compliant protocols
WG IV/4 - Geospatial Data Infrastructure
Chair
E. Pattabhi Rama Rao
Secretary
R. Venkata Shesu
WG IV/4 Terms of Reference
- Development and management of multi-level (national, regional and global) geospatial databases
- Highly efficient data acquisition and processing from multi-sources, including field surveying, remote sensing, real-time sensors and crwodsourcing;
- 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
- Methods, strategies and techniques for sustained, dynamic and incremental updating and versioning of the database. And maintain the consistence of multi-scale and multi-resolution datasets in the process of updating.
- Cooperation and liaison with international efforts (GEOSS, Digital Earth, UNSDI, INSPIRE and GMES), and organizations (GSDI, WGISS, ICA, W3C, and EuroSDR)
- Cooperation with organizations working on interoperability standards and specifications, such as OGC and ISO. Contribution towards open source principles, metadata and open standards of service, system architectures, and geospatial information
WG IV/5 - Web and Cloud Based Geospatial Services and Applications
WG IV/5 Terms of Reference
- Design, development and evaluation of web and cloud based architectures, services and applications for intelligent mapping, multiple geospatial web services, geoweb semantics and ontologies, geospatial analytics, spatiotemporal analysis and online GIS
- Design and development of mobile and ubiquitous geospatial services and applications with adaptive and context-aware processing and multidimensional visualisation
- Design and development of virtual and collaborative geospatial environments and services for crowdsourced spatiotemporal data
- Integration of open source solutions and open standards/specifications
- Development and use of virtual globes for geospatial data integration, visualization and analysis
- Investigation of social and organizational issues related to web and cloud-based services and collaborative environments
- Research into novel online 3D/4D visualization and virtual reality technologies for representing and analysing dynamic phenomena to provide collaborative services in a web and cloud based environment。
- Cooperation with related working groups and organizations including ISPRS WG II/6 and WG II/7, ICA (Commission on Maps and the Internet, Commission on Geovisualization), WGISS, FIG, OSGeo, OGC, etc.
WG IV/6 - Sensor Web and Internet of Things
Co-Chair
Steve H.L. Liang
WG IV/6 Terms of Reference
- Advance and evaluate interoperable Sensor Web standards, algorithms, and system architecture
- Investigate efficient ways to connect, access, and task resource-constrained Internet of Things devices and sensors
- Advance sensor data stream processing algorithms and architecture
- Design, develop, and evaluate innovative Sensor Web and Internet of Things applications
- Design, develop, and benchmark implementation interfaces for the abstract ISO standards
- Collaborate with the large photogrammetric companies to develop and evaluate XML-definitions and software libraries
- Attend and collaborate with the related OGC working groups (e.g., SWE DWG, IoT SWG, etc.), ISO/TC-211 meetings as well as ISPRS WG II/8.
WG IV/7 - 3D Indoor Modelling and Navigation
Co-Chair
Masafumi NAKAGAWA
WG IV/7 Terms of Reference
- 3D reconstruction of indoor environments integrating different types of sensors;
- 3D data structures, algorithms and standards for integration of BIM, CAD and GIS models for seamless (indoor/outdoor) navigation and evacuation.
- Automated semantic description of indoor environments.
- Automated 3D modelling of dynamic indoor environments
- Benchmarking of indoor reconstruction of and semantic algorithms.
- 3D data models for management of geo-sensor data and their integration with other 3D information.
- Data models allowing for efficient 3D visualization and assisted navigation of indoor models
- Promote integrated processing of dynamic sensor data and simulation model data for quick emergency response.
- Analysis of 3D disaster management and environmental modelling needs for production and updating of spatial information.
WG IV/8 - Planetary Mapping and Spatial Databases
Co-Chair
Irina Karachevtseva
Secretary
Marita Wählisch
WG IV/8 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
ICWG IV/II - Computing Optimization for Spatial Databases and Location based Services
ICWG IV/II Terms of Reference
- Reduce the response time for SDB and LBS given specific computing infrastructure
- Optimize Distributed Computing for Enabling Computability of Geosciences and Digital Earth
- Mining and Utilizing spatiotemporal principles to improve cloud computing and other new computing paradigms for SDB and LBS
- Modern hardware and software Accelerating Technologies for GIS
- Spatiotemporal Index for Geosciences and other science domains
ICWG IV/II/VIII - Global Land Cover Mapping and Services
Secretary
Alexander JACOB
ICWG IV/II/VIII Terms of Reference
- Identify scientific/technological/application challenges related to GLC mapping and monitoring
- Utilize new sensor data, SAR data, and longer and denser time-series data for GLC mapping and monitoring
- Identify test sites and develop methods for the validation of GLC datasets at various spatial resolutions
- Develop web services for GLC data sharing, updating, processing and validation
- Collaborate with GEO tasks related to GLC (e.g., SB-02)