Members:
Chair:
Homepage:
See also:
5.2 Externalliaison organizations to ISO/TC211
195
cient exchange of digital geographie information among nations,
data producers and data users.
Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France,
Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, USA, United Kingdom
UK
http://www.digest.orgiOverview2.htm
ISO 19120 (Functional standards)
European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG)
EUROPEAN PETROLEUM SURVEY GROUP
The EPSG is a European group gathering the interests ofthe oil company surveyors. EPSG has assembled an almost complete dataset ofthe parameters describing all
global coordinate systems being used worldwide.
Objectives:
Meetings:
Chair:
Homepage:
Founded in 1986, the EPSG maintains and publishes a dataset of
parameters for coordinate system and coordinate transformation
description. The parameters are maintained in an MS Access relational database and may be downloaded from the homepage. The
EPSG geodetic parameters have been included as reference data in
the GeoTiFF data exchange specifications and in other international data models.
Twice a year
United Kingdom
http://www.epsg.org
Food and Agriculture Organization ofthe United Nations (FAO/UN)
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (F AO) was
founded in 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to
improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations.
Today, F AO is one of the largest specialized agencies in the United Nations system
and the lead agency for agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural development.
Chair:
Homepage:
See also:
5.2 Externalliaison organizations to ISO/TC211
195
cient exchange of digital geographie information among nations,
data producers and data users.
Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France,
Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, USA, United Kingdom
UK
http://www.digest.orgiOverview2.htm
ISO 19120 (Functional standards)
European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG)
EUROPEAN PETROLEUM SURVEY GROUP
The EPSG is a European group gathering the interests ofthe oil company surveyors. EPSG has assembled an almost complete dataset ofthe parameters describing all
global coordinate systems being used worldwide.
Objectives:
Meetings:
Chair:
Homepage:
Founded in 1986, the EPSG maintains and publishes a dataset of
parameters for coordinate system and coordinate transformation
description. The parameters are maintained in an MS Access relational database and may be downloaded from the homepage. The
EPSG geodetic parameters have been included as reference data in
the GeoTiFF data exchange specifications and in other international data models.
Twice a year
United Kingdom
http://www.epsg.org
Food and Agriculture Organization ofthe United Nations (FAO/UN)
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (F AO) was
founded in 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to
improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations.
Today, F AO is one of the largest specialized agencies in the United Nations system
and the lead agency for agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural development.