COMMISSION II
Systems for Data Processing, Analysis and Representation

Chair

Rongxing LI
Department of Civil & Environmental
Engineering and Geodetic Science
The Ohio State University
470 Hitchcock Hall
2070 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210-1275
USA
Tel: +1 614 292 6946
Fax: +1 614 292 2957
E-mail: li.282@osu.edu

Co-Chair

Holger SCHADE
Leica AG
CH-9435 Heerbrugg
SWITZERLAND
Tel: +41 71 727 3239
Fax: +41 71 727 4691
E-mail: hschah@lah.leica.ch

Secretary

Charles TOTH
Center for Mapping
The Ohio State University
1216 Kinnear Road
Columbus, OH 43212
USA
Tel: +1 614 292 7681
Fax: +1 614 292 8064
E-mail: toth@cfm.ohio-state.edu

WG II/1 - Terms of Reference:

• Design and development of integrated real time mobile data collection systems and autonomous vehicle navigation systems including: techniques such as GPS, INS and wheel sensors and mapping sensors such as CCD cameras, laser rangers and radar devices
• Research in real time processing of mobile mapping data
• Systems aspects related to sensor calibration, data reduction and optimisation, and sensor information processing
• Automation of information extraction from mobile mapping sensor data
• Integration of navigation and mapping sensors

WG II/1 - Home Page:

URL: gscrl.eng.ohio-state.edu/wg2-1/Index.html

Chair

Manfred EHLERS
ISPA
University of Vechta
PO Box 1553
D-49364 Vechta
GERMANY
Tel: +49 4441 15423
Fax: +49 4441 15445
E-mail: mehlers@ispa.uni-vechta.de

Co-Chair

Mark Gahegan
Dept. of GIS
Curtin University of Technology
PO Box U 1987
Perth 6001 WA
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +619 351 3309
Fax: +619 351 2819
E-mail: mark@cs.curtin.edu.au

Secretary

Magdalena GELHAUS
Environmental Sciences
University of Vechta
P.O. Box 1553
D-49364 Vechta
GERMANY
Tel: +49 4441-15420
Fax: +49 4441-15445
E-mail: mgelhaus@ispa.uni-vechta.de

WG II/2 - Terms of Reference:

• System design for integration of GIS and image analysis
• Determination of appropriate procedures for data exchange and interoperability through open GIS standards and intelligent interface design
• Data fusion within integrated GIS
• Development of new benchmark procedures for the whole range of integrated GIS functionality
• Visualisation techniques especially to support data quality assessment
• Interaction between humans and machines
• Low cost mapping and GIS integration systems
• Collaboration with others on spatial-temporal aspects of GIS

WG II/2 - Home Page:

URL: www.cs.curtin.edu.au/gis/isprs/

Chair

Henrik OSTERLUND
Swedish Space Corporation
P.O. Box 4207
SE-171 04 Solna
SWEDEN
Tel: +46 (0)8 627 6232
Mobile: +46 (0)705 363197
Fax: +46 (0)8 98 70 69
E-mail: hos@ssc.se

Co-Chair

Wyn CUDLIP
Space Department
DRA
Farnborough
Hants GU14 0LX
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 1252 392 238
Fax: +44 1252 522 959
E-mail: w_cudlip@scs.dra.hmg.gb

WG II/3 - Terms of Reference:

• Composition and transmission of raster data formats
• Vector data format and topological models
• Spatial data models
• Data base management systems for spatial data in a heterogeneous environment
• High volume storage media
• High performance I/O sub-systems
• Cataloguing and data dictionaries
• Data exchange between heterogeneous environments, hardware and software, use of WWW and other networks

Chair

Douglas CORR
Room 1004, A8 Building
Space Department
DERA, Farnborough
Hampshire GU14 0LX
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 1252 392 781
Fax: +44 1252 396 331
E-mail: d_g_corr@scs.dra.hmg.gb

Co-Chair

David STANLEY
PCI Enterprises Ltd
50 West Wilmot Street
Richmond Hill
Ontario
CANADA L4B 1M5
Tel: +1 905 764 0614
Fax: +1 905 764 9604
E-mail: stanley@pci.on.ca

Secretary

Dawn WILLIAMSON
Room 1004, A8 Building
Space Department
DERA, Farnborough
Hampshire GU14 0LX
UNITED KINGDOM

WG II/4 - Terms of Reference:

• Integration of algorithms for processing SAR data, such as geocoding, stereoscopic matching, feature extraction, into accessible user systems
• Integration of SAR data with other data
• Provision of information on SAR to improve accessibility
• Promotion of user-friendly SAR software

WG II/4 - Home Page:

URL: www.pci.on.ca/ISPRSWGII-4

Chair

vakant

The topics of this WG will be managed by the Commission.

WG II/5 - Terms of Reference:

• Design of systems for specific processes or applications which involve the use of multiple sensors and image processing techniques, for example, for monitoring crop growth
• Integration of techniques for correction and analysis
• Standards for systems
• Methods of design and of testing performance

Chair

John THORPE
Analytical Surveys Inc
1953 Jamboree Drive
Colorado Springs
CO 80920
USA
Tel: +1 719 593 0093
Fax: +1 719 528 5093
E-mail: jthorpe@anlt.com

Co-Chair

Jose COLOMER
Institut Cartographic de Catalunya
Parc de Montjuic
08038 Barcelona
SPAIN
Tel: +34 3 425 29 00
Fax: +34 3 426 74 42
E-mail: colomer@icc.es

Secretary

Wolfgang SCHICKLER
Analytical Surveys Inc
1953 Jamboree Drive
Colorado Springs
CO 80920
USA
Tel: +1 719 593 0093
Fax: +1 719 528 5093
E-mail: wolfgang@anlt.com

WG II/7 - Terms of Reference:

• Establishment of a forum for exchange of information and ideas between manufacturers, researchers and users
• Discussion and determination of user requirements with manufacturers, and preparation of action plans for implementation
• Discussion and reporting on standard data transfer formats for digital systems
• Collaboration with other groups such as OEEPE and Open GIS Consortium (OGC)

WG II/7 - Home Page:

URL: www.anlt.com/isprs/main.html

Chair

Christian HEIPKE
Institute for Photogrammetry
University 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

Co-Chair

Tapani SARJAKOSKI
Finnish Geodetic Institute
Geodeetinrinne 2 (PL15)
FIN-02431 Masala
Finland
Tel: +358 9 2955 5206
Fax: +358 9 2955 5200
E-mail: tapani.sarjakoski@fgi.fi

Secretary

Konrad EDER
Chair for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
TU Munich
Arcisstrasse 21
D-80333 Munich
Germany
Tel: +49 89 2892 2671
Fax: +49 89 2809 573
E-mail: konni@photo.verm.tu-muenchen.de

WG II/8 - Terms of Reference:

• Procedures and systems for automatic image orientation, generation of digital terrain models, and orthoimage generation from airborne and space-borne sensors
• Semi-automatic extraction of GIS and CAD data
• Procedures and systems for revision of spatial data bases
• Implementation and study of effects of data compression
• Integration of input and output devices such as image scanners and raster plotters
• Practical issues of digital photogrammetric systems including efficiency, quality control and economy

WG II/8 - Home Page:

URL: www.photo.verm.tu-muenchen.de/isprs/wgII8/wgII8.html