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5 Liaison members ofISO/TC211
EO initiatives, thereby enabling users at global, regional and local level to exploit
more effectively and benefit from data generated by EO satellites and other sourees.
Scope:
Objectives:
Chair:
Homepage:
Members:
In 1995, CEOS established the W orking Group on Information
Systems and Services (WGISS). It addresses the issues of capture,
description, processing, access, retrieval, utilisation, maintenance
and exchange of spaceborne EO data and supporting information,
enabling improved interoperability and interconnectivity of information systems and services.
• To enable EO data and information services to be more accessible and usable to data providers and data users worldwide
through international coordination.
• To enhance the complementarity, interoperability and standardisation of EO data and information management and services.
• To foster the easier exchange of EO data and information
through networks and other means.
Canada
http://wgiss.ceos.org
36 members
Examples are: NASA (USA), ESA (Europe), NASDA (Japan),
BNSC (United Kingdom), CNES (France), CSA (Canada), RSA
(Russia), DLR (Germany), FAO (UN, food and agriculture),
ISPRS (photogramrnetry and remote sensing), and UNEP (UN, environment)
Digital Geographie Information Working Group (DGIWG)
Digital Geographie Information Exchange Standard
(DIGEST)
DGIWG represents the experts on digital geographie information in the military
agencies primarily ofthe NATO countries. It maintains the DIGEST geographie data
exchange standard for vector data, raster data, and topological information.
Objectives:
Established in 1983, the DGIWG developed the Digital Geographie Information Exchange Standard (DIGEST) to support effi-
5 Liaison members ofISO/TC211
EO initiatives, thereby enabling users at global, regional and local level to exploit
more effectively and benefit from data generated by EO satellites and other sourees.
Scope:
Objectives:
Chair:
Homepage:
Members:
In 1995, CEOS established the W orking Group on Information
Systems and Services (WGISS). It addresses the issues of capture,
description, processing, access, retrieval, utilisation, maintenance
and exchange of spaceborne EO data and supporting information,
enabling improved interoperability and interconnectivity of information systems and services.
• To enable EO data and information services to be more accessible and usable to data providers and data users worldwide
through international coordination.
• To enhance the complementarity, interoperability and standardisation of EO data and information management and services.
• To foster the easier exchange of EO data and information
through networks and other means.
Canada
http://wgiss.ceos.org
36 members
Examples are: NASA (USA), ESA (Europe), NASDA (Japan),
BNSC (United Kingdom), CNES (France), CSA (Canada), RSA
(Russia), DLR (Germany), FAO (UN, food and agriculture),
ISPRS (photogramrnetry and remote sensing), and UNEP (UN, environment)
Digital Geographie Information Working Group (DGIWG)
Digital Geographie Information Exchange Standard
(DIGEST)
DGIWG represents the experts on digital geographie information in the military
agencies primarily ofthe NATO countries. It maintains the DIGEST geographie data
exchange standard for vector data, raster data, and topological information.
Objectives:
Established in 1983, the DGIWG developed the Digital Geographie Information Exchange Standard (DIGEST) to support effi-