1. Page 1 LAITS Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards ISPRS Status A Report to 19 th CEOS/WGISS Meeting Liping Di NASA/GMU ldi@gmu.edu

2. Page 2 LAITS Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards Reorganization of ISPRS In 2004 ISPRS Congress in Istanbul, Turkey, ISPRS is re- organized. –both technical commissions and their working groups are re- organized. –8 technical commissions are set and their charts are set. –The technical commissions have a 4-year life period. –The current ISPRS leadership and commission will be changed in Year 2008. The next ISPRS congress will be in Beijing China in July 2008

3. Page 3 LAITS Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards Commission I: IMAGE DATA ACQUISITION - SENSORS AND PLATFORMS President: Alain Baudoin of CNES TERMS OF REFERENCE –Design and realization of digital aerial and spaceborne missions for Earth observation –Design, construction, characterization, and installation of imaging and non-imaging sensors (including Optical, IR, SAR, IFSAR, LIDAR, etc.) –Standardization of definitions and measurements of sensor parameters –Integration of imaging and non-imaging sensors with other relevant systems –Geometric and radiometric properties, quality standards, and factors affecting data quality –Test, calibration and evaluation of sensors (including laboratory, in-flight, inter-calibration and test fields) –Integrated platform guidance, navigation, positioning and orientation –Data reception and pre-processing –On-board preprocessing of data and autonomous systems –Systems and media for recording sensor data, auxiliary data (time, position, attitude, etc.) and film scanners –Image and non-image data transfer standards

4. Page 4 LAITS Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards Commission-I Working Groups Inter-commission working groups –ICWG I/V - AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE NAVIGATION –ICWG V/1 - INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE MAPPING Working Groups –WG I/1 - STANDARDS, CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONWG I/1 - STANDARDS, CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION –WG I/2 - SAR AND LIDAR SYSTEMSWG I/2 - SAR AND LIDAR SYSTEMS –WG I/3 - MULTI-PLATFORM SENSING AND SENSOR NETWORKSWG I/3 - MULTI-PLATFORM SENSING AND SENSOR NETWORKS –WG I/4 - AIRBORNE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRIC SENSOR SYSTEMSWG I/4 - AIRBORNE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRIC SENSOR SYSTEMS –WG I/5 - GEOMETRIC MODELLING OF OPTICAL SPACEBORNE SENSORS AND DEM GENERATIONWG I/5 - GEOMETRIC MODELLING OF OPTICAL SPACEBORNE SENSORS AND DEM GENERATION –WG I/6 - SMALL SATELLITESWG I/6 - SMALL SATELLITES –WG I/7 - INTELLIGENT EARTH SENSINGWG I/7 - INTELLIGENT EARTH SENSING

5. Page 5 LAITS Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards Commission-II: THEORY AND CONCEPTS OF SPATIO- TEMPORAL DATA HANDLING AND INFORMATION President: Wolfgang Kainz of University of Vienna Terms of Reference –Fundamentals of spatial database design, spatial data structures, spatial analysis and geostatistics, spatial querying, spatial reasoning, spatial and temporal modeling –Aggregation, generalization, abstraction and rendering of image and vector data –Spatial decision support systems –Processing, analysis and modeling of multi-dimensional geospatial data –System integration and modeling aspects for data and geoinformation processing –Interoperability of heterogeneous spatial information systems –Semantic and geometric integration of heterogeneous spatial information –Communication and visualization of spatial data –Data mining, filtering, retrieval and dissemination –Spatial data quality and spatial model quality

6. Page 6 LAITS Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards Commission II Working Groups Inter-Commission Working Group –ICWG II/IV - DYNAMIC AND MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Working groups –WG II/1 - SPATIO-TEMPORAL MODELING –WG II/2 - SPATIAL REASONING, ANALYSIS, AND DATA MINING –WG II/3 - MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIONS OF IMAGE AND VECTOR DATA –WG II/4 - SPATIAL PLANNING AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMSWG II/4 - SPATIAL PLANNING AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS –WG II/5 - COMMUNICATION AND VISUALIZATION OF SPATIAL DATAWG II/5 - COMMUNICATION AND VISUALIZATION OF SPATIAL DATA –WG II/6 - SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND INTEROPERABILITYWG II/6 - SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND INTEROPERABILITY –WG II/7 - QUALITY OF SPATIO-TEMPORAL DATA AND MODELSWG II/7 - QUALITY OF SPATIO-TEMPORAL DATA AND MODELS

7. Page 7 LAITS Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards Commission III-PHOTOGRAMMETRIC COMPUTER VISION President-Wolfgang Förstner, Bonn University. Terms of Reference The goal of the work in Commission III is to design, develop and evaluate mathematical models and methods for automatic –orientation and calibration of images, –surface reconstruction, –fusion of multi-modal data, –processing and interpretation of laser range data, –interpretation of images and –image sequence analysis with emphasis on –integration of geometry, statistics and semantics, –modeling of spatial objects and temporal events, –modeling context, –scale behaviour of appearance models, –use of graphical models, especially Markov random fields and Bayesian networks.

8. Page 8 LAITS Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards Commission III Working Group Inter-Commission WG –ICWG III/V - IMAGE SEQUENCEICWG III/V - IMAGE SEQUENCE Commission Working Groups –WG III/1 - AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION AND ORIENTATION OF OPTICAL SENSORSWG III/1 - AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION AND ORIENTATION OF OPTICAL SENSORS –WG III/2 - SURFACE RECONSTRUCTIONWG III/2 - SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION –WG III/3 - PROCESSING OF POINT CLOUDS FROM LASER SCANNERS AND OTHER SENSORSWG III/3 - PROCESSING OF POINT CLOUDS FROM LASER SCANNERS AND OTHER SENSORS –WG III/4 - AUTOMATIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION FOR CITY-MODELLINGWG III/4 - AUTOMATIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION FOR CITY-MODELLING –WG III/5 - MODELS AND ALGORITHMS FOR ROAD EXTRACTION AND TRAFFIC MONITORINGWG III/5 - MODELS AND ALGORITHMS FOR ROAD EXTRACTION AND TRAFFIC MONITORING

9. Page 9 LAITS Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards Commission IV:GEO-DATABASES AND DIGITAL MAPPING President: Shailesh Nayak of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Terms of Reference –Development, access and management of spatio-temporal databases –Spatial data infrastructures –Image-based geo-spatial databases –Data libraries, data clearinghouses, data warehouses, distributed archives and access to remote data sources, including metadata and digital data standards –Web based access, retrieval and dissemination of spatial data, including web-based location- based services –Integration of spatial information systems and image analysis for database-driven change detection, data capture and updating –Dynamic spatial information systems, spatial data revision and versioning –Interfacing 3D models with facility management systems –Database generation for digital topographic and thematic mapping (including Ortho-images and digital terrain models) –Digital landscape modelling and visualization, and large scale urban models –Global environmental databases and mapping –Extraterrestrial mapping and spatial information systems –Analysis of systems and their components for automated and semi-automated digital mapping and geo-information systems –Analysis of industry needs and design of systems for production and update of Geo-information

10. Page 10 LAITS Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards Commission IV Working Groups Inter-Commission Working Groups –ICWG II/IV - DYNAMIC AND MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONSICWG II/IV - DYNAMIC AND MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS –ICWG VII/IV - DERIVATION OF GLOBAL DATA, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORSICWG VII/IV - DERIVATION OF GLOBAL DATA, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS Commission Working Groups –WG IV/1 - SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTUREWG IV/1 - SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE –WG IV/2 - IMAGE-BASED GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENTWG IV/2 - IMAGE-BASED GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT –WG IV/3 - AUTOMATED GEO-SPATIAL DATA ACQUISITION AND MAPPINGWG IV/3 - AUTOMATED GEO-SPATIAL DATA ACQUISITION AND MAPPING –WG IV/4 - LANDSCAPE MODELLING AND VISUALISATIONWG IV/4 - LANDSCAPE MODELLING AND VISUALISATION –WG IV/5 - WEB-BASED GEO-INFORMATION SERVICES AND APPLICATIONSWG IV/5 - WEB-BASED GEO-INFORMATION SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS –WG IV/6 - LOCATION BASED SERVICESWG IV/6 - LOCATION BASED SERVICES –WG IV/7 - EXTRATERRESTRIAL MAPPINGWG IV/7 - EXTRATERRESTRIAL MAPPING –WG IV/8 - SPATIAL DATA INTEGRATION FOR EMERGENCY SERVICESWG IV/8 - SPATIAL DATA INTEGRATION FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES –WG IV/9 - MAPPING FROM HIGH RESOLUTION DATAWG IV/9 - MAPPING FROM HIGH RESOLUTION DATA

11. Page 11 LAITS Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards Commission V:CLOSE-RANGE SENSING: ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS President: Hans-Gerd Maas, Dresden University of Technology, Germany Terms of Reference –Investigation of systems and algorithms for real-time imaging –Development, evaluation and promotion of vision metrology technology with special consideration of CAD/CAAD and spatial information systems –Integration of three-dimensional modeling concepts into image analysis processes –Integration of multiple sensors and data fusion for advanced object extraction –Design and development of image sequence analysis procedures –Development of vision-based techniques for visualization, virtual environments and animation –Support and promotion of a variety of existing and potential applications, such as industrial, heritage, mobile mapping, medical, biomechanics and robotics

12. Page 12 LAITS Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards Commission V Working Groups Inter-Commission Working Groups –ICWG V/I - INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE MAPPINGICWG V/I - INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE MAPPING –ICWG I/V - AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE NAVIGATIONICWG I/V - AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE NAVIGATION –ICWG III/V - IMAGE SEQUENCEICWG III/V - IMAGE SEQUENCE Working Groups –WG V/1 - INDUSTRIAL VISION METROLOGY SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONSWG V/1 - INDUSTRIAL VISION METROLOGY SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS –WG V/2 - CULTURAL HERITAGE DOCUMENTATIONWG V/2 - CULTURAL HERITAGE DOCUMENTATION –WG V/3 - TERRESTRIAL LASERSCANNINGWG V/3 - TERRESTRIAL LASERSCANNING –WG V/4 - VIRTUAL REALITY AND COMPUTER ANIMATIONWG V/4 - VIRTUAL REALITY AND COMPUTER ANIMATION –WG V/5 - DEVELOPMENT IN IMAGE SENSOR TECHNOLOGYWG V/5 - DEVELOPMENT IN IMAGE SENSOR TECHNOLOGY –WG V/6 - MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS, HUMAN MOTION AND BODY MEASUREMENTWG V/6 - MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS, HUMAN MOTION AND BODY MEASUREMENT

13. Page 13 LAITS Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards Commission VI: EDUCATION AND OUTREACH President: Kohei Cho, Tokai University, Japan Terms of Reference –Promotion of education and training at fundamental, advanced and professional levels (WG1, 3), –Promotion of technology transfer, considering regional needs and resources (WG3), –Computer-assisted teaching and training, and distance learning (WG1, 2), –Innovative techniques for information dissemination on the Internet (WG4), –Promotion of student consortium and innovative outreach activities (WG5), –Assistance of the Council in promotion of ISPRS activities in the regions (WG3), –Quality enhancement of content and format of ISPRS publications and Internet web site (WG4).

14. Page 14 LAITS Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards Commission VI Working Groups WG VI/1 - EDUCATIONAL FRAMEWORKS AND METHODOLOGIES WG VI/2 - E-LEARNING WG VI/3 - INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING WG VI/4 - INTERNET RESOURCES AND DATASETS WG VI/5 - PROMOTION OF THE PROFESSION TO STUDENTS SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP "TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CARAVAN"WG VI/1 - EDUCATIONAL FRAMEWORKS AND METHODOLOGIES WG VI/2 - E-LEARNING WG VI/3 - INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING WG VI/4 - INTERNET RESOURCES AND DATASETS WG VI/5 - PROMOTION OF THE PROFESSION TO STUDENTS SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP "TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CARAVAN"

15. Page 15 LAITS Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards Commission VII: THEMATIC PROCESSING, MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF REMOTELY SENSED DATA President: John L. van Genderen, ITC, The Netherlands Terms of Reference –Relationship between spectral, radiometric and temporal properties of objects and surfaces, their physical and chemical properties and their variations; –Image classification and analysis methodologies; –Analysis of characteristics of multi-spectral, hyperspectral, multi-sensor, microwave and multi-temporal image data for extraction of attribute information; –Methodologies of computer-assisted interpretation and analysis of remotely sensed data; –Validation of data and information using laboratory and in-situ methodologies –Improving atmospheric modeling for radiometric correction; –Multi-source data fusion and integration techniques; –Modeling of satellite data derived parameters; –Global databases and determination of indicators of change for global modeling, monitoring and sustainable development; –Integration of remote sensing and GIS techniques; –Aerosol and particulate detection and identification

16. Page 16 LAITS Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards Commission VII Working Groups Inter-Commission Working Group –ICWG VII/IV - DERIVATION OF GLOBAL DATA, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORSICWG VII/IV - DERIVATION OF GLOBAL DATA, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS Commission Working Groups –WG VII/1 - FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS AND MODELLINGWG VII/1 - FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS AND MODELLING –WG VII/2 - INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM SAR DATAWG VII/2 - INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM SAR DATA –WG VII/3 - INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM HYPERSPECTRAL DATAWG VII/3 - INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM HYPERSPECTRAL DATA –WG VII/4 - ADVANCED CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUESWG VII/4 - ADVANCED CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES –WG VII/5 - PROCESSING OF MULTI TEMPORAL DATA AND CHANGE DETECTIONWG VII/5 - PROCESSING OF MULTI TEMPORAL DATA AND CHANGE DETECTION –WG VII/6 - REMOTE SENSING DATA FUSIONWG VII/6 - REMOTE SENSING DATA FUSION –WG VII/7 - INNOVATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING METHODOLOGIES FOR LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIESWG VII/7 - INNOVATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING METHODOLOGIES FOR LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

17. Page 17 LAITS Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards Commission VIII:REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS and POLICIES President: Ammatzia Peled, University of Haifa, Israel Terms of Reference –General consideration for all aspects o Sustainable development o Ecological and environmental considerations o Human Impact –Supporting o Decision-making by providing useful information to the user in near real time on operational basis. o Forecasting o Monitoring o Solving problems and conflicts

18. Page 18 LAITS Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards Commission VIII Working Groups WG VIII/1 - HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND IMPACT ANALYSIS WG VIII/2 - HAZARDS, DISASTERS AND PUBLIC HEALTH WG VIII/3 - ATMOSPHERIC, CLIMATE AND WEATHER RESEARCH WG VIII/4 - MANAGEMENT OF TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS RESEARCH WG VIII/5 - POLICIES, TREATIES AND DATA ACCESS WG VIII/6 - COASTAL MANAGEMENT OCEAN COLOUR AND OCEAN STATE FORECASTING WG VIII/7 - WATER RESOURCES SECURITY AND MANAGEMENT WG VIII/8 - POLAR AND ALPINE RESEARCH WG VIII/9 - ARID LANDS, LAND DEGRADATION AND DESERTIFICATION WG VIII/10 - PRECISION FARMING AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION WG VIII/11 - SUSTAINABLE FOREST AND LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT WG VIII/12 - GEOLOGICAL MAPPING, GEOMORPHOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOMETRYWG VIII/1 - HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND IMPACT ANALYSIS WG VIII/2 - HAZARDS, DISASTERS AND PUBLIC HEALTH WG VIII/3 - ATMOSPHERIC, CLIMATE AND WEATHER RESEARCH WG VIII/4 - MANAGEMENT OF TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS RESEARCH WG VIII/5 - POLICIES, TREATIES AND DATA ACCESS WG VIII/6 - COASTAL MANAGEMENT OCEAN COLOUR AND OCEAN STATE FORECASTING WG VIII/7 - WATER RESOURCES SECURITY AND MANAGEMENT WG VIII/8 - POLAR AND ALPINE RESEARCH WG VIII/9 - ARID LANDS, LAND DEGRADATION AND DESERTIFICATION WG VIII/10 - PRECISION FARMING AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION WG VIII/11 - SUSTAINABLE FOREST AND LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT WG VIII/12 - GEOLOGICAL MAPPING, GEOMORPHOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOMETRY