Introduction of EO-related activities in GSDI Association highlighting some relevant actions of its regional member EUROGI and national level member HUNAGI

1. Liaison’s Report
on GSDI Association
An update on selected activities
since WGISS-36
again with some examples from EUROGI and HUNAGI
Dr. Gábor Remetey-Fülöpp
Secretary-general, HUNAGI
Source: ESA ESRIN
GSDI Liaison’s report for CEOS WGISS 37 Meeting hosted by NASA at Cocoa Beach, 14-18 April, 2014

2. Outline
¡ GSDI and GEO
¡ The GSDI 14 World Conference
¡ Geospatial strategies - examples from US and Canada
¡ GSDI members having strong EO links
¡ Selected EUROGI activities
¡ Selected Hungarian activities
¡ Conclusions
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3. GSDI and the GEO (1/2)
¡ GSDI expert Doug Nebert of USGS is team member of
the “GEOSS Recommendations for Community Portals”
in the GEOSS Common Infrastructure framework
¡ GSDI experts Ivan DeLoatch of FGDC and Alessandro
Annoni of JRC IES DERD are active in the GEO
Architecture and Data Committee
¡ Invited by CEOS, GSDI was invited to the GEO
Architecture and Vision -related discussion held in ESA
ESRIN, Frascati September, 2013
¡ GSDI took part in the discussion emphasizing the
expected positive societal-economic impact of the
use of available and proven open source tools
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4. GSDI and the GEO (2/2)
¡ GSDI took part at the GEO – X Plenary and Ministerial
summit with a 3-member delegation Carmelle Terborgh (Esri),
IvanDeLoatch (FGDC) and me(HUNAGI)
GSDI delegation formulated
an official statement, which
was submitted to the GEO
Secretariat and read at the
Ministerial Summit.
www.hunagi.hu/G/GSDIStatementGEOGenevaMinisterial.pdf
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5. GSDI 14 World Conference
Africa GIS 2013 and the GSDI 14 World Conference
UNECA Conference Center in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia November 4-8, 2013 http://www.gsdi.org/gsdi14
Topics discussed: design and development of
spatial data infrastructures. 500 participants from
60 countries
A joint Conference with the Biennial AfricaGIS
conference and exhibition, which had its 20 year
anniversary last year. Media feedback:
Meeting of the International Geospatial Society
http://www.igeoss.org/
http://www.gim-international.com/issues/articles/id2050-SDI_in_Africa_Reflections_following_GSDI.html
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6. Geospatial strategies (1/2)
Besides the INSPIRE, PSI Directive and the European
Open Data Policy in the EU, among others recent
Canadian and US strategy and open data policy
initiatives will also influence future SDI developments.
¡ The Pan Canadian Geospatial Strategy has been
drafted in 2014 based on wide public discussion
http://cgcrt.ca/draft-strategy-3/
¡ G8 Open Data Charter
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/
207772/Open_Data_Charter.pdf
¡ Canada’s Action Plan
http://data.gc.ca
Sources: Prof. David Coleman GSDI Strategic Planning: Two New North American Examples
in GIM International, March 2014
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7. Geospatial strategies (2/2)
Recent initiatives from the US
¡ NSDI Strategic Plan (2014-2016) www.fgdc.gov/nsdi-plan
Approved by FGDC Board in Dec 2013, Time coverage: 2014-2016
Strategic Plan Drivers include
An OMB Circular
A GAO Report : Geospatial Information – OMB and Agencies Need to Make
Coordination a Priority to Reduce Duplication
NGAC Paper: Toward a National Geospatial Strategy
Digital Government Strategy
Open Government Directive
Open Data Policy http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2013/m-13-13.pdf
Sources: Prof. David Coleman GSDI Strategic Planning: Two New North American Examples
in GIM International, March 2014 and FGDC Homepage
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8. GSDI features: IGEOS, GIKNET
and SDI Regional Newsletters
¡ International Geospatial Society
http://www.igeoss.org/
IGEOS is the individual membership arm of the
GSDI. It was established to motivate interested
individuals to join on global level, providing access
to information disseminated by GSDI. President:
Sives Govender.
¡ Geographic Information Knowledge Network of
GSDI http://www.giknet.org
GSDI has established the Geographic Information
Knowledge Network (GIKnet) to gather and share
knowledge accumulated at its members. The
network is open for the EO community.
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9. GSDI features: IGEOS, GIKNET
and SDI Publications
¡ SDI Regional Newsletters, GSDI & IGS Global News
(edited by Roger Longhorn) GSDI home page
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters
¡ Publications http://www.gsdi.org/publications
The International Program of the U.S. Federal
Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) maintains a
collection of documents:
¡ The Spatial Data Infrastructure Cookbook
¡ GSDI and SDI Regional Newsletters
¡ GSDI Conference Proceedings
¡ GSDI Open Access Books
¡ SDI Instructional Videos
¡ Other SDI-Related Documents
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10. GSDI members having strong
EO links
Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Develop. - RCMRD – Kenya
http://www.rcmrd.org/index.php/projects/remote-sensing
The Centre has a large Landsat Data Archive, dating back to 1972, for all
African Countries.
Reseller Agent in Africa for Digital Globe for QuickBird and WorldView 1/2
HRS imagery.
Supplier of data from GeoEye (GeoEye 1/2, Ikonos & Orbview Imagery),
SPOT Image (SPOT 2.5m, SPOT 5m & SPOT 10m), USGS (Landsat MSS,
Landsat TM & Landsat ETM+).
Low resolution imagery datasets (90m SRTM, NOAA, MERIS, MODIS),
scanned maps and vector data for Africa are also available.
RCMRD official partners include NASA and UNOSAT. The center in
collaboration with ESA and EUMESAT has established a facility for direct
satellite reception for MERIS, MODIS, NOAA and 2ndGen. METEOSAT.
Source: Roger Longhorn, Vice Chair, GSDI Communication and Outreach Committee
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11. GSDI members having strong
EO links
¡ National Space Research and Development
Agency, Nigeria – Nigeria
¡ Taiwan Association of Disaster Prevention Industry
- TADPI - Chinese Taipei
¡ CIESIN - Columbia University - United States
The Center for International Earth Science Information Network are
heavy consumers of space-based remote sensing data and its
integration into information systems and services on a global basis.
In fact, they sit on the GSDI Board of Directors in the capacity of
‘GSDI Related Global Initiatives’ because of their wide connections
in this area. (Sri Vinay from CIESIN was just voted on to the Board on
31 March to replace Mark Becker, who was tragically killed in a car
accident in February).
Source: Roger Longhorn, Vice Chair, GSDI Communication and Outreach Committee
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12. GSDI members having strong
EO links
¡ European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic
Information (EUROGI)
¡ Board member Wolfgang Steinborn orchestrates the
Copernicus Market-Pull Package project for the ESA
¡ EUROGI Members include the European Association of Remote
Sensing Companies and Esri Europe.
¡ Many of the about 6500 members of EUROGI members are
directly involved in the EO as governmental agency, prime data
and service provider, value-added reseller,
academic and/or education institution.
¡ EUROGI will organise its 2nd imaGIne Conference
in Berlin next October
¡ EUROGI proudly sponsors the NASA World Wind Europa Challenge
2014 in the student project track
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13. GSDI members having strong
EO links – the Hungarian case
¡ Hungarian Association for Geo-information (HUNAGI)
http://hunagi8.blogspot.com
¡ Member of the Hungarian Space Council and MoU-based partner of
the Hungarian Space Cluster HUNSpace.
¡ Host, EU Location Framework Workshop (Dec 2013) attended by EU
Institutions, EUROGI members and ESA
¡ Host, 1st Copernicus MPP Workshop (Dec 2013) attended by EU
Institutions, EUROGI members and ESA
¡ Executing the first Copernicus MPP Country Survey
and evaluation for the EUROGI and the ESA
in co-operation with MFTTT
¡ Host, EUROGI Annual Board Meeting and Extended Member’s Day
(Dec 2013) attended by EUROGI members
¡ Promoting the Copernicus Masters and GEO Appathon Calls, and co-organising
the NASA WWEC 2014
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14. GSDI members having strong
EO links
Hungarian Association for Geo-information (HUNAGI)
http://hunagi8.blogspot.com
Some of its members are deeply involved in the EO including:
¡ Space policy, space strategy,
Hungarian Space Research Office at the Ministry of National
Development (where the Hungary - ESA talks on joining have been
started)
¡ Data and service provision
OMSZ Hungarian Meteorological Service
FÖMI Institute of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing
¡ Private sector:
Infoterra Ltd, Esri Ltd, GeoAdat Ltd. InterspectLtd,
¡ Education institutions:
KRF, BCE, BME, NymE GEO etc.
MoU-based partnership
Hungarian Space Cluster
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15. GSDI members having strong
EO links
Hungarian Association for Geo-information (HUNAGI)
http://hunagi8.blogspot.com
¡ Application oriented R+D using EO data and services (an example)
Development of the Agricultural Risk Management System
This flagship project will be carried out in the frame of a consortium led
by ARDA (Agricultural and Rural Development Agency). Further
members are Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, Institute of
Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing, National Food Chain
Safety Office, National Meteorological Service, National Hydrological
Service, Ministry of Rural Development, and National Infocommunication
Service Zrt.
FÖMI’s role in the project is - in case of drought, waterlogs or floods - to
provide thematic maps for the decision makers on damage assessments
using EO data.
Source: Zoltán Zboray, Director, Remote Sensing and Satellite
Geodetic Directorate at FÖMI.
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16. Conclusions
¡ GSDI’s efforts in GEO are to increase the societal benefits of EO
by
• appropriate data sharing policies and
• a common technical architecture including interoperable
spatial data infrastructures and capacity building.
¡ GSDI and its members represents a wide range of data and
service providers, developers, decision makers, users, civil
societies and enterpreneurs
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17. Thank you!
Source: ESA ESRIN
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