1. Liaison’s Report
on GSDI Association
An update on selected activities
since WGISS-38
again with some examples from EUROGI and HUNAGI
Dr. Gábor Remetey-Fülöpp
Secretary-general, HUNAGI
Source: ESA ESRIN
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2. ¡ GSDI Updates
¡ GSDI Regional level member activities Example: EUROGI
¡ GSDI National-level member activities Example: HUNAGI
¡ Conclusions
Outline
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3. ¡ Former President Abbas Rajabifard and GSDI President David
Coleman attended the full UN-GGIM meeting in Beijing in
October, 2014
¡ Roger Longhorn has ben appointed as Secretary-general of
GSDI Association. His coordinates are:
GSDI Updates (1)
Former GSDI President Prof. Bas Kok passed away
Prof.Bas Kok and Pakorn Apaphant at GEO V in Bucharest
rlonghorn@gsdi.org
http://gsdi.org
Skype: ralonghorn
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogerlonghorn
GSDI LinkedIn:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/GSDI-Association-3794985
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4. GSDI Updates (2)
The current members of the JBGIS are the Presidents or equivalent officers of:
Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI)
International Association of Geodesy (IAG)
International Cartographic Association (ICA)
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (IEEE-GRSS)
International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)
International Geographical Union (IGU)
International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
International Map Industry Association (IMIA)
International Steering Committee for Global mapping (ISCGM)
International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)
MoU-based cooperation with ICA, ISPRS.
Ongoing preparation with OGC. Planned: ISDE
High-level cooperation with learned societies of
the geospatial world
Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
Geoinformation for
Disaster and Risk Management
Examples and Best Practices
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5. GSDI Activities in Marine (Coastal and Sea) Spatial Data Infrastructure include
¡ Active participation in the IHO’s Marine SDI Working Group (
http://www.iho.int/srv1/index.php?
option=com_content&view=article&id=483&Itemid=370&lang=en) 4-6 March in London.
Meeting report from the tech meeting available. The draft workplan mention
GSDI explicitly and GSDI Secretary-general Roger Longhorn has specific tasks
between 2015-2018. Highlights from the new workplan include:
¡ a) Focus on capacity building with adoption of a new Marine/Coastal SDI
Training Syllabus (which GSDI also introduced at its workshop in Cape Town
on 21 April and will include in the workshop on 30 May in Lisbon post-INSPIRE
Conference),
¡ b) Identifying and promoting national and regional best practice in
implementing Marine/Coastal SDIs,
¡ c) Extending and updating IHO Publication MSDI C-17 (the IHO's introductory
document on Marine SDI – already available) and incorporating relevant
parts of C-17 into the GSDI SDI Cookbook wiki,
¡ d) Continuing work on development of the new IHO sponsored S-100 series of
hydrographic and marine information standards (in which our member OGC
also are playing an important role as so many of their specifications affect
work in the marine/coastal realms, especially relating to EO, sensor webs, big
data issues, etc.).
GSDI Updates (3)
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6. ¡ GSDI expert Joep Crompvoets gave a keynote presentation and moderated a
discussion at the IHO-sponsored ‘Marine SDI Open Forum’ meeting on 3 March in
London. GSDI member Esri (Rafael Ponce) made a presentation on Marine GIS
while Hugo de Groof of EC DG Environment also made a keynote presentation
on how INSPIRE data themes will support development of marine/coastal SDIs in
European coastal states.
¡ GSDI role on the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
IODE International Coastal Atlas Network (ICAN) Project should be mentioned,
This project builds on and supports the Coastal/Marine SDI work, where Roger
Longhorn serves on the Steering Group.
http://www.iode.org/index.php?
option=com_content&view=article&id=335&Itemid=100065)
¡ Successful completion of the ‘GSDI Marine/Coastal SDI Capacity Building
Workshop’ on 21 April in Cape Town, South Africa – a full-day workshop
conducted between the ICAN meeting (19-20 April) and CoastGIS 2015
Conference (22-24 April) – agenda available – attendance was 34 people from
various African governmental and academic institutions.
GSDI Updates (4)
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7. ¡ GSDI was asked to run a Round Table Discussion on Open and Big Data at the
Defense Geospatial Intelligence Conference in London (January 2015)
¡ GSDI participation at the 4th GEO Workshop on “Concepts, Technologies,
Systems and Users of the Next GEOSS,” organised by the GEOSS Science and
Technology Stakeholder Network (STSN) in Norfolk VA (March, 2015)
http://www.gstss.org/2015_Norfolk_4th as follows
¡ Session summarized the results of the previous GEOSS 3rd Workshop on
“Navigating Sustainability on a Changing Planet”
¡ At the AIP-8 Kick-off Meeting chaired by OGC Interoperability progrem Bart De
Lathouwer , GSDI introduced the recent results (survey and study) in the field of
Marine (Coastal and Sea) Spatial Data Infrastructures – relates services.
AIP-8 CFP
¡ GSDI emphasized the concept Internet of Spaces/Locations among IoTs at the
EU BYTE project’s breakout-session chaired by Bob Chen of CIESIN
¡ GSDI took part of the Meeting on descriptive Label initiative for GEO
¡ GSDI participated the GEOSS IDIP meeting’s discussion
¡ GSDI contributed to the EU BYTE Project “The Big data roadmap and cross-
disciplinarY community for addressing socieTal Externalities” www.Byte-project.eu
at a brainstorming workshop in Vienna on 13 April, 2015 participated by GEO
experts and Osamu Ochiai of GEO Sec
GSDI Updates (5)
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8. ¡ GSDI-GIKNET (Geographic Information Knowledge
Network of GSDI) http://www.giknet.org
¡ GSDI-IGS (International Geospatial Society)
http://www.igeoss.org/
¡ 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
¡ Dissemination and promotion:
GEO Apps Development Call in GEOSS Architecture
Implementation Project framework
http://www.gsdi.org/node/1382
www.hunagi.hu/G/pub/Globalis/
CFP8GEOSSAIPCALL.pdf
GSDI Updates (6)
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9. ¡ 2nd EUROGI imaGIne Conference hosted
by DDGI, supported by ESA and DLR
Berlin, 8-9 October, 2014 with Intergeo
http://www.imagine2014.eu/about-imagine-2014/
¡ COPERNICUS and the
Big Geospatial Data Challenge
Final Workshop of Market-Pull-Pack Germany
Supported by ESA and EUROGI
http://www.imagine2014.eu/about-imagine-2014/
¡ Policy papers on hot issues prepared for the
Geospatial World Forum/INSPIRE 2015 Conf
Discussed topics includes:
Open Data
Internet of Things
Big and Linked Data
Urban & Regional Development
The promotion of SMEs in the GI/GT sector and
the use of GI/GT in the wider SME sector
GSDI Regional level member activities
Example: update on EUROGI
Activities related to the Earth Observation
www.eurogi.org
Roberto Viola DG Connect
EU’s champion for Open data and
Data driven economy policy
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10. ¡ EURISY Regional event
supported by HUNAGI
and HUNSPACE.
Debrecen 11 December 2015
GSDI National-level member activities
Example: HUNAGI (1)
EO/GI: REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVEMENT
-This end-user focused event offered excellent opportunity to discuss how
innovative geoinformation services based on satellite imagery and/or
satellite navigation can help regional administrators to improve their public
services and make better informed decisions.
HUNAGI invitation was accepted by JRC DRDSI, Debrecen University, and
Centropa. As follow on action, Dept of Physical Geography of the
Debrecen University was invited by ESA to a Meeting held in Prague.
http://www.eurisy.org/event-spatial-planning-and-geospatial-services-for-regional-development_26/outline-programme
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11. ¡ IGIT 2015, Székesfehérvár, January, 2015
¡ Topic: Integrated geo-spatial information and its
application to land and environment monitoring
¡ Host: Óbuda Egyetem Faculty of Technology, Institute of
Geoinformatics (member of HUNAGI)
¡ Participated by GEO Sec, ITC, RADI,Beijing, also HUNAGI
¡ Developments and applications discussed include water
management, environmental investigations
¡ HUNAGI’s contribution:
advocating GEOSS benefits and
leveraging technologies,
awareness raising and dissemination
GSDI National-level member activities
Example: HUNAGI (2)
International Conference
Dr. Tamás Jancsó
organiser
GEO Sec
Representative
Douglas Cripe PhD
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12. Hungary 's accession agreement
with ESA was signed on 24th
February 2015. During his office
period of DG J.-J- Dordain the number of
full members of ESA increased from 15 to
22. The ceremony was followed by a
series of presentations (including
HUNAGI) in the Palace of Arts, Budapest
GSDI National-level member activities
Example: HUNAGI (3)
Hungary became 22nd Full Member of ESA
Jean-Jacques Dordain DG, ESA and Ákos Kara,
State Secretary MoNational Development
HUNAGI has a seat in the National Space Council
Hung. Space Office’s Dir. Dr. Előd Both is Chair of STSC of COPUOS
New Director of HSA is Dr Fruzsina Tari since November, 2014
Hungarian Space Office is founder member of HUNAGI (1994)
HUNAGI was invited as governmental
delegation member to meet the French
Space Industry representatives of the
Toulouse area. Director dr. Zoltán Zboray
of FÖMI took part on behalf HUNAGI
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13. ¡ ESA EARTHNET Meeting hosted by MoA and FÖMI first time in outside of EEA
¡ Workshop on Remote Sensing for Agriculture Hung. Academy of Science
GSDI National-level member activities
Example: HUNAGI (3)
Hungary became Full Member of ESA – A Flashback 1986
Photo: Remetey
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14. ¡ NASA World Wide Europa Challenge 2015
¡ Deadline: June 1, 2015. Details:
¡ Evaluation by international board (JRC, FAO, NASA etc)
¡ NASA WWEC 2015 Award Ceremony for university teams and
professionals at the 2nd FOSS4G Europe Conference, Como, July , 2015
¡ Submitted Applications (as of 15 May)
GSDI National-level member activities
Example: HUNAGI (4)
Involvement in the NASA WWEC 2015
eurochallenge.como.polimi.it
The Crystall Bull Prize
GeoSim
Cloud-based 5D-
Geovisualization
University of Denver
wGlobe: Interactive
Visualization/Analysis
of Spatial Data
State University of
New York at Buffalo
LiDAR Data
Visualization
and Analysis
University of Kansas
Global Earthquake
Forecast System
Trillium Learning &
Kodiak Island
Borough District
Wildfire
Management Tool
also with Web Version
EMXSYS
Navigational
Knowledge
Extraction from
Crowd Trajectories
Univers. of Nottingham
ZEUS Easy Track
Krisztián Fehér
wwwOSM
Web World Wind –
OpenStreetMap
Trilogis srl
Steady-State
Water Rise
4D Visualization
International Institute of
Information Technology,
Hyderabad
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15. GSDI National-level member activities
Example: HUNAGI (5)
Innovative development by individual member
http://feherkrisztian.magix.net/public/easy/vision.html
Vision: ZEUS Easy track's goal is to give
the possibility to everyone to create
custom, universal real-time tracking
and analyzis systems for nearly no
extra cost.
Potential app areas, which can be
Supported include
- transport, - public traffic
- law enforcement,- defence
- disaster management, - logistics
- traffic analysis,- airplane tracking
- sports and outdoor activities
- remote supporting activities.
Result of a 4 man-year development
Features: opensource, website
contains manual, detailed info on
architecture, real-world examples,
Download and setup, sourcecode
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16. GSDI National-level member activities
Example: HUNAGI (6)
Promotion of EO-Related API Calls
SMEs, start-ups, entrepreneurs, students and everyone with a
brilliant idea is welcome to join and submit their entries from 15
April to 13 July 2015 at www.copernicus-masters.com.
MYGEOSS" CALL ANNOUNCEMENT on smart mobile or web-based
applications to inform European citizens on the changes affecting their
local environment
March 18-April 30
DG JRC 2015 http://digitalearthlab.jrc.ec.europa.eu/mygeoss/call.cfm
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17. ¡ EU MacroRegional Strategies
Baltic (2009), Danube (2011),
Adria-Ionian (2014), Alpes
¡ Danube Region strategy
¡ Danube Region Data Service
Infrastructure (1700+ datasets so far)
¡ Danube Community
¡ Danube-Net
GSDI National-level member activities
Example: HUNAGI (7)
HUNAGI- JRC DRSDI link
Courtesy of Antal Ferenc Kovács dr.
EC JRC DRDSI Danube_Net
http://danube-region.eu/
www.jrc.ec.europa.eu
National coordinator in Hungary: MoFA
Priority Areas with Hungarian co-
coordination:
• PA2: Sustainable energy –with
Chech Republic
• PA4: Water quality –with Slovakia
• PA5: Environmental risk –with
Romania
DRDSI expert network
http://drdsi.jrc.ec.europa.eu
14 countries,100 M population
CONNECT
PROTECT
PROSPERITY
REINFORCE
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18. GSDI National-level member activities
Example: HUNAGI (8)
JRC DRDSI Data Platform
Courtesy of Antal Ferenc Kovács dr. EC JRC DRDSI Danube_Net
¡ Regional, cross-border, thematic concepts
¡ Themes linked to Priorities and Nexi
¡ Linked to national data infrastructures and INSPIRE
¡ European, regional projects
¡ Enhancing harmonization of data and services
¡ Spatial and non-spatial data
¡ Community platform
¡ Data and data services
DRDSI platfom – http://drdsi.jrc.ec.europa.eu
in development, access to over 1700 datasets in the Danube region
Source: JRC DRDSI
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19. GSDI National-level member activities
Example: HUNAGI (9)
HUNAGI- DRDSI links established
Courtesy of Antal Ferenc Kovács dr. EC JRC DRDSI Danube_Net
A) CONNECTING THE DANUBE REGION
1.
A
mobilitás
és
a
mul0modalitás
fejlesztése
(1a)
Naviga0on
(1b)
Road,
rail
transport
“
Mul%modal
terminals
in
Danube
harbors”
“
Compe00ve,
high
speed
passanger
transport
between
major
ci0es”
2.
Sustainable
energy
“EU2020
climate
and
energy
goals”
3.
Culture
and
tourism
„Green
tourism
services”
B)
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT
4.
Restore
and
protect
water
qulity
„Water
management
plans
for
par%al
catchment
areas”
5.
Managing
environmental
risks
„Flood
risk
management”
6.
Protect
biodiversity
„To
reduce
the
spread
of
invasive
alien
species”
C)
BUILDING PROSPERITY
7.
Knowledge
society
„Broadband
internet”
8.
Entreprise
compe00veness
„Reinforce
IP
ac%vity”
9.
Human
resource
competences
„Contribute
to
EU2020
educa%on
strategy“
D)
STRENGTHENING THE DANUBE REGION
10.
Ins0tu0onal
coopera0on
“
Reduce
bureaucracy”
11.
Promote
security
tackle
organized
and
serious
crime
„
Efficient
ins0tu0onal
coopera0on
”
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20. ¡ Start of Bertalan Farkas’ spaceflight was on 26 May
1980. One of his task was Earth observation
¡ Anniversary Ceremony will take place at the
Budapest University of Technology on 26th May, 2015
followed by a seminar devoted to the development
related to his research domains. Under the auspices
of Dr. Miklós Seszták, Minister, Ministry of National
Development
¡ One of the follow-on action was to establish the FÖMI
Remote Sensing Centre. The institute performs today
EO and GI-based services on operational basis
having significant economic and societal benefits.
Today FÖMI is a major stakeholder in the EO and GI-
related programmes.
GSDI National-level member activities
Example: HUNAGI (10)
35th Anniversary of the Hungarian space flight
Bertalan Farkas
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21. ¡ Interoperable spatial data infrastructures and related services
are enabling tools for EO applications
¡ GSDI and its Regional and Country level members are playing
active role not only serving and supporting EO applications, but
also providing awareness raising and user feedbacks by
arranging international networking, regional projects,
conference sessions, thematic workshops and promoting
challenges from local to regional in EO.
¡ The Danube Region Data Service Infrastructure project offers
excellent opportunities to investigate the feasibility to launch a
ESA-supported pilot, with the aim of the establishment of a
Danube Data Cube based on WGISS experiences but with the
feature of cross-border environment. A draft note on this vision
will be submitted to Mirko Albani of ESA ESRIN after 20 May 2015
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22. GSDI related updates/contact:
Roger Longhorn
Secretary-General, GSDI
Editor, GSDI & IGS Global Newsletter
rlonghorn@gsdi.org, http://gsdi.org
NASA WWEC 2015-related updates/contacts:
Patrick Hogan, NASA Ames RC, Moffet Field
patrick.hogan@nasa.gov
Prof.Maria.A. Brovelli, Politecnico Milano at Como
maria.brovelli@polimi.it
Giuseppe Conti, Trilogis Spa.
Giuseppe.Conti@trilogis.it
EUROGI related updates/contact:
Simon Vrečar, Secretary General EUROGI
simon.vrecar@eurogi.org www.eurogi.org
Danube Region Digital Reference Data
Antal Ferenc Kovács dr.
EC JRC Danube_Net
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23. Thank you for your attention!
Photographs taken: Japan Space Museum, ESA ESRIN, internet
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