1. ISO/TC211 Geographic information/Geomatics
Overview of ISO Series
ISO/TC211
Geographic information/Geomatics 1

2. The Scope of ISO/TC
Standardization in the field of digital geographic information.
Establish a structured set of standards for information concerning objects or phenomena that are directly or indirectly associated with a location relative to the Earth.
These standards may specify, for geographic information, methods, tools and services for data management (including definition and description), acquiring, processing, analyzing, accessing, presenting and transferring such data in digital/electronic form between different users, systems and locations.
The work shall link to appropriate standards for information technology and data where possible, and provide a framework for the development of sector – specific applications using geographic data.

3. Using geographic information to advance world sustainability
Qualified decisions need information – geographic information an important part
Geographic information from various sources needs to be integrated and interoperable
Geographic information needs to be discovered, used - and reused
Spatial data infrastructures provides an unified approach these issues
Standards are an essential and necessary part

4. SDIs supporting user needs
User Applications drawing on
& supporting SDIs
regional,
multi-national,
global
E Government
E Commerce
Disaster Management
Meteorology
Health Monitoring
Market Development
and many others…
national
Global
local
Standards supporting
Infrastructure & Applications

5. The infrastructure content
Core Data
Other Thematic Data
Meteorological data
Cadastral
Flood Zones
Transportation
Demographic
Hydrography
Landcover
Government Units
Biological
Geodetic Control
Economic
Elevation
Social
Imagery

6. ISO Central Secretariat
ISO/TC 211
National body
National body
Liaison body
National body
National body
Liaison body
National body
National body
Liaison body
National shadow committee

7. ISO/TC 211 organization Geospatial services Imagery
Chairman
Olaf Østensen Secretary Bjørnhild Sæterøy Norway
AG Strategy
Chairman
AG Outreach
TMG
Henry Tom, Hans Knoop
Andrew Jones
HMMT
TF 211/204
Chris Gower
John Herring
WG 4 Morten Borrebæk Norway
WG 6
Douglas O’Brien Canada
WG 7 Antony Cooper South Africa
WG 8 John Rowley UK
WG 9 Hiroshi Imai Japan
Geospatial services
Imagery
Information communities
Location based services
Information management 5

8. ISO/TC 211 disbanded working groups
Working group 1 Framework and reference model
Working group 2 Geospatial data models and operators
Working group Geospatial data administration
Working group Profiles and functional standards

9. Who are we ? ...member list Active members (P-members), 28 countries
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
China
Czech Rep.
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Japan
Republic of Korea
Malaysia
Morocco
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Serbia and Montenegro
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States of America 3

10. Member list Observing members 30
Argentina
Bahrain (corr.)
Brunei Darussalam (corr.)
Colombia
Cuba
Estonia (corr.)
France
Greece
Hong Kong (corr.)
Iceland
India
Isl. Rep. of Iran
Ireland
Jamaica
Kenya
Mauritius
Netherlands
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia
Tanzania
Ukraine
Uruguay
Zimbabwe 3

11. External liaisons (23) CEN/TC 287, Geographic information
CEOS, Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
DGIWG, Digital Geographic Information Working Group
EPSG, European Petroleum Survey Group
FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
FIG, International Federation of Surveyors
GSDI, Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
IAG, International Association of Geodesy
ICA, International Cartographic Association
ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
IEEE Geo_science and Remote Sensing Society
IHB, International Hydrographic Bureau
ISCGM, International Steering Committee for Global Mapping
ISPRS, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 4

12. External liaisons JRC, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
OGC, Open GIS Consortium, Incorporated
PC IDEA, Permanent Committee on Spatial Data Infrastructure for the Americas
PCGIAP, The Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific
SCAR, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
UN Economic Commission for Europe, Statistical Division
UNGEGN, United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
UNGIWG, United Nations Geographic Information Working Group
WMO, World Meteorological Organization 4

13. Internal liaisons ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 Coded character sets
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24 Computer graphics and image processing
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32 Data Management and Interchange
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35 User interfaces
ISO/TC 20 /SC 13 Space data and information transfer systems
ISO/TC 23/SC 19 Agricultural electronics
ISO/TC 46/WG 2 - Coding of country names and related entities
ISO/TC 82 - Mining
ISO/TC 184/SC 4 Industrial data and global manufacturing languages
ISO/TC 204 Transport Information and Control Systems 4

14. The process NWIP AWI WD CD DIS FDIS IS -3 6 12 24 33 36
Ballot
Ballot
Ballot
Ballot
Working group/Project team
NWIP
AWI WD CD
DIS
FDIS IS
New work item proposal
Approved work item
Working draft
Committee draft
Draft International Standard
Final Draft International Standard
International Standard -3 6 12 24 33 36
timetable in months (in theory!)

15. ISO Series
ISO 6709:1983, Standard representation of latitude, longitude and altitude for geographic point locations
ISO Reference model
ISO – Overview - deleted
ISO/TS Conceptual schema language
ISO Terminology
ISO Conformance and testing
ISO Profiles
ISO Spatial schema
ISO Temporal schema
ISO Rules for application schema
ISO Feature cataloguing methodology

16. ISO 19100 Series ISO 19111 - Spatial referencing by coordinates
ISO Spatial referencing by geographic
identifiers
ISO Quality principles
ISO Quality evaluation procedures
ISO Metadata
ISO Positioning services
ISO – Portrayal
ISO Encoding
ISO – Services
ISO/TR Functional standards

17. ISO 19100 Series ISO/TR 19121 Imagery and gridded data
ISO/TR Qualifications and certification of personnel
ISO Schema for coverage geometry and functions
ISO/RS Imagery and gridded data components
ISO Simple feature access – Part 1-3
ISO Profiles for feature data dictionary registers and feature catalogue registers
ISO Geodetic codes and parameters
ISO Web Map Server Interface
ISO Imagery, gridded and coverage data framework
ISO Sensor and data model for imager and gridded data

18. ISO 19100 Series ISO 19131 - Data product specification
ISO/RS Location based services possible standards
ISO Location based services tracking and navigation
ISO Multimodal location based services for routing and navigation
ISO Procedures for registration of geographic information items
ISO – Geography Markup Language (GML)
ISO Generally used profiles of the spatial schema and of similar important other schemas
ISO – Data quality measures
ISO Metadata – Implementation specifications
ISO Technical Amendment to the ISO 191** Geographic information series of standards for harmonization and enhancements
ISO Schema for moving features
ISO Web Feature Service
ISO – Filter Encoding
ISO Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for imagery and gridded data

19. Model Driven Architecture (MDA)
Real World
Universe of
Discourse
defines
Conceptual
Conceptual
formalism
provides concepts
Model
for describing
basis for one or more
formally represented in
Conceptual Schema Language(s)
Lexical Languages
Conceptual Schema is
digitally
represented by
provides formal
Graphical Languages
language for
representing
data
ISO Geographic information – Refence model

20. Classification of standards
Foundation standards
Basic standards
Tools
Generic content
Generic services
Content standards
Reference data
Thematic data
Services standards
Implemented services
global
regional,national,local

21. A decomposition of SDI Organization Content (data) Access, technology
Education
Standards

22. Organization and education
ISO/TR Qualifications and certification of personnel
Standards
Access, technology
Content (data)
Organization
Education
ISO – Reference model ISO – Terminology ISO – Conformance and testing ISO – Profiles ISO/TR – Functional standards ISO – Procedures for registration of geographic information items

23. Documentation Standards Access, technology Content (data) Organization
Education
ISO Conceptual schema language ISO Spatial schema ISO Temporal schema ISO Rules for application schema ISO Feature cataloguing methodology ISO Spatial referencing by coordinates ISO Spatial referencing by geographic identifiers ISO Quality principles ISO Quality evaluation procedures ISO – Metadata ISO Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO/TR Imagery and gridded data ISO Schema for coverage geometry and functions ISO Imagery and gridded data components ISO Profile - FACC Data Dictionary ISO Geodetic codes and parameters ISO Imagery, gridded and coverage data framework ISO Sensor and data model for imagery and gridded data ISO Data product specification ISO Generally used profiles of the spatial schema and of similar important other schemas ISO – Data quality measures
Documentation
Standards

24. Service related standards
Access and services
ISO Positioning services ISO – Portrayal ISO – Encoding ISO – Services ISO Simple feature access – Common architecture ISO – SFA – SQL option
ISO – SFA – COM/OLE ISO Web Map Server Interface ISO Location based services possible standards
ISO Location based services tracking and navigation
ISO Multimodal location based services for routing and navigation ISO – Geography Markup Language (GML)
ISO Metadata – Implementation specifications
Standards
Standards
Access, technology
Content (data)
Organization
Education

25. Agreement ISO/TC 211 - OGC Why cooperation ? common objectives
similar work programmes
complementary approach
joining resources gives strength
avoiding inconsistent standards - de jure / de facto / industrial
… and more
Agreement
… has led to establishment of a cooperative agreement between Open GIS Consortium and ISO/TC 211, others have followed: DGIWG, IHO

26. OGC President David Schell:
”Our strategic relationships with other standards organizations have helped us steer the best course relative to broad technology trends, helped our OpenGIS Specifications gain acceptance, and helped other organizations fill gaps in their approaches to spatial processing. Most notably, our relationship with ISO TC/211 has evolved to become a model for cooperation between industry consortia and de jure standards organizations, setting a precedent that shapes our relationship with TC/ ”

27. OGC specifications = ISO 19125-3 = ISO 19125-2 = ISO 19128 = ISO 19136
Title
Rev
OpenGIS® Simple Features Specification for OLE/COM
 1.1
OpenGIS® Simple Features Specification for CORBA
 1.0
OpenGIS® Simple Features Specification for SQL
OpenGIS® Catalog Services Implementation Specification
 1.1.1
OpenGIS® Grid Coverages Implementation Specification
OpenGIS® Coordinate Transformation Services Implementation Specification
OpenGIS® Web Map Service Implementation Specification
OpenGIS® Geography Markup Language (GML) Implementation Specification
 3.0
OpenGIS® Web Feature Service Implementation Specification
OpenGIS® Filter Encoding Implementation Specification
OpenGIS® Styled Layer Descriptor Implementation Specification
= ISO
= ISO
= ISO 19128
= ISO 19136

28. Example INSPIRE architectural model
User applications
EC, MS, national bodies, citizens
Clients
Internet web-browser
GIS software
Management Inf. Syst.
Access to transformed
data, pictures, maps, reports,
multi-media content
Metadata search and retrieval for
data and services
Middleware
Service chaining:
search, display, access, e-commerce, ….
Geo-processing
Services
Direct
data
access
Catalogs
Metadata update
Other data
e.g., administrative,
statistical, env. reporting
Content
Repositories
Servers
Coverages
Features
Distributed Geographic reference data
Data content

29. INSPIRE architecture and standards
User applications
Clients
ISO /WMS
WFS, WCS, WTS
ISO 19119
ISO 19125
ISO 19128
OGC Web Registry Services
Middleware
ISO ISO ISO ISO Dublin core ISO 23950
Catalogs
ISO WFS
ISO ISO 19135
Distributed
Content
Repositories
Servers
ISO ISO ISO 19108
ISO ISO ISO 19112
ISO ISO ISO 19123
ISO ISO 19109

30. Future challenges ... Finalize current programme
Establish registries for
Terminology (already provisional)
Feature catalogues
Geodetic codes and parameters
Develop globally standardized feature catalogues
Global Map?
Land Cover Classification
More detailed geographic information

31. Future challenges ...
Continue cooperation with our liaison organizations
Market the results
Training and education – capacity building
Address new requirements

32. Thank you !
ISO/TC … building the foundation of the geospatial infrastructure, brick by brick ...