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mobile services in the near future and is pushing for standardisation at the
boundaries of geographic information, general databases, and mobile positioning
systems.
3. The base standards only focused on vector geometries as the field of gridded data
- digital images, coverages, and elevation models seemed - too large and unknown to be included in the first attempt at geomatics standards. The projects on
imagery standards started in 200 I.
The new direction of the ISO/TC211 is formally reflected in the reorganization of
the Working Groups (WGs). The only remaining original group is WG 4 (Geospatial
services). The titles of the new WGs are WG 6 (lmagery), WG 7 (Information communities), WG 8 (Location based services), and WG 9 (Information management).
As yet, only a few of the standards of the ISO 19100 family have been published
as International Standards. However, most of the standardisation projects of
ISO/TC211 will be completed in near future. Therefore, aIl standardisation projects
are addressed as "ISO standards" in this book.
Olaf 0stensen is Norwegian born in Oslo. He is
the chairman of the ISOITC211 since its beginning
and has led the committee successfuIly in view of
the approximately 15 International Standards already completed. In the year 2000 he also became
the director of the National Geographie Information Centre, a new unit of the Norwegian Mapping
Authority.
During his career Mr. 0stensen worked in the Defence Research Establishment and at the Ministry
of Environment. He holds a M .
Sc. in Mathematics (algebraic geometry) of the
University of Oslo. In his research-projects he became familiar with the important programming languages, operating systems, and Internet protocols. He developed and maintained the Norwegian geographic information description and
exchange standard (SOSI) for more than a decade.
Since that time Mr. 0stensen has always been involved in the work of international standardisation. He was convenor of Working Group I (Framework of
standardisation) of CEN/TC287 and Norwegian Head of Delegation to the CENmeetings. He also participated in the standardisation work of ICA (cartography)
and DGIWG (military). Recently he took part in the architecture & standards
Working Group of INSPIRE, an initiative for a spatial data infrastructure of
Europe.
mobile services in the near future and is pushing for standardisation at the
boundaries of geographic information, general databases, and mobile positioning
systems.
3. The base standards only focused on vector geometries as the field of gridded data
- digital images, coverages, and elevation models seemed - too large and unknown to be included in the first attempt at geomatics standards. The projects on
imagery standards started in 200 I.
The new direction of the ISO/TC211 is formally reflected in the reorganization of
the Working Groups (WGs). The only remaining original group is WG 4 (Geospatial
services). The titles of the new WGs are WG 6 (lmagery), WG 7 (Information communities), WG 8 (Location based services), and WG 9 (Information management).
As yet, only a few of the standards of the ISO 19100 family have been published
as International Standards. However, most of the standardisation projects of
ISO/TC211 will be completed in near future. Therefore, aIl standardisation projects
are addressed as "ISO standards" in this book.
Olaf 0stensen is Norwegian born in Oslo. He is
the chairman of the ISOITC211 since its beginning
and has led the committee successfuIly in view of
the approximately 15 International Standards already completed. In the year 2000 he also became
the director of the National Geographie Information Centre, a new unit of the Norwegian Mapping
Authority.
During his career Mr. 0stensen worked in the Defence Research Establishment and at the Ministry
of Environment. He holds a M .
Sc. in Mathematics (algebraic geometry) of the
University of Oslo. In his research-projects he became familiar with the important programming languages, operating systems, and Internet protocols. He developed and maintained the Norwegian geographic information description and
exchange standard (SOSI) for more than a decade.
Since that time Mr. 0stensen has always been involved in the work of international standardisation. He was convenor of Working Group I (Framework of
standardisation) of CEN/TC287 and Norwegian Head of Delegation to the CENmeetings. He also participated in the standardisation work of ICA (cartography)
and DGIWG (military). Recently he took part in the architecture & standards
Working Group of INSPIRE, an initiative for a spatial data infrastructure of
Europe.