1. Global Spatial Data INFRASTRUCTURE Association Report On ACTIVITIES RELEVANT TO WGISS AND GEOSS

2. GSDI Association Report CEOS WGISS Meeting 26 Hosted by NOAA Boulder CO Sept 22-26, 2008 CONTENT Refreshing updates on the Basics Activities since the WGISS 24 Meeting GSDI and the GEO/GEOSS GSDI in Professional Societies’ Fora GSDI-10 Conference SDI - European Activities SDI - International Activities UNSDI IYPE and the SDI ISDE Position Paper of Vespucci Initiative New Tendencies Preparing the GSDI-11 Conference Conclusions Refreshing updates on the Basics Activities since the WGISS 24 Meeting GSDI and the GEO/GEOSS GSDI in Professional Societies’ Fora GSDI-10 Conference SDI - European Activities SDI - International Activities UNSDI IYPE and the SDI ISDE Position Paper of Vespucci Initiative New Tendencies Preparing the GSDI-11 Conference Conclusions

3. GSDI Association Report CEOS WGISS Meeting 26 Hosted by NOAA Boulder CO Sept 22-26, 2008 GSDI and the GEO/GEOSS GSDI at the GEO 4th Plenary and Ministerial Summit Activities in the Committees Architecture and Data, User Interface, Capacity Building Taking part the 4th Plenary Interventions and contributions (Cape Town Declaration) Taking part the Ministerial Summit (GSDI Statement) Preparation to the 5th Plenary will be held in Bucarest Data sharing policy, eContent/re-use of PSI, RFIDs & SensorWebs GSDI at the GEO 4th Plenary and Ministerial Summit Activities in the Committees Architecture and Data, User Interface, Capacity Building Taking part the 4th Plenary Interventions and contributions (Cape Town Declaration) Taking part the Ministerial Summit (GSDI Statement) Preparation to the 5th Plenary will be held in Bucarest Data sharing policy, eContent/re-use of PSI, RFIDs & SensorWebs

4. GSDI Association Report CEOS WGISS Meeting 26 Hosted by NOAA Boulder CO Sept 22-26, 2008 GSDI on Professional Societies’ Fora Examples of Contributions: FIG World Conference GSDI President Bas Kok’s presentation Partcipating the WG on SDI focusing on SDI support managing Megacities ISPRS XXI Congress GSDI President Bask Kok’s presentation Chairing two of the ISPRS WG IV/1 Sessions devoted to SDI GSDI President and Secretary (with ISPRS Congress Committee Chairlady Dr. Jie Jiang) Spin-off: taking part IJDE Editorial Board Examples of Contributions: FIG World Conference GSDI President Bas Kok’s presentation Partcipating the WG on SDI focusing on SDI support managing Megacities ISPRS XXI Congress GSDI President Bask Kok’s presentation Chairing two of the ISPRS WG IV/1 Sessions devoted to SDI GSDI President and Secretary (with ISPRS Congress Committee Chairlady Dr. Jie Jiang) Spin-off: taking part IJDE Editorial Board

5. GSDI Association Report CEOS WGISS Meeting 26 Hosted by NOAA Boulder CO Sept 22-26, 2008 GSDI-10 Conference Topic: GEOSS/related programmes: TS 29 A.Annoni, O.Ochiai, I.Deloatch, Compusult TS 31 R.Chen, L. Di, D. Nebert Trends: Unprecedented growth of the users SDI - effective tool for sustainable development and for e/Gov’t PPP Topic: GEOSS/related programmes: TS 29 A.Annoni, O.Ochiai, I.Deloatch, Compusult TS 31 R.Chen, L. Di, D. Nebert Trends: Unprecedented growth of the users SDI - effective tool for sustainable development and for e/Gov’t PPP

6. GSDI Association Report CEOS WGISS Meeting 26 Hosted by NOAA Boulder CO Sept 22-26, 2008 SDI - European Activities Inspire Directive - Legislative Framework for the EU Member States and Beyond Kopernikus/GMES Showcase at the Lille GMES Forum 2008 Galileo SEIS INSPIRE KONFERENCIA MARIBOR Session on INSPIRE-SES-GMES Projects Humboldt DATA AND SERVICE HARMONISATION eSDI/Net+ NETWORKING, EVALUATION, BEST PRACTICE, SUSTAINABILITY GIGAS FP6 PROJECTS, GMES, GEOSS, INSPIRE Inspire Directive - Legislative Framework for the EU Member States and Beyond Kopernikus/GMES Showcase at the Lille GMES Forum 2008 Galileo SEIS INSPIRE KONFERENCIA MARIBOR Session on INSPIRE-SES-GMES Projects Humboldt DATA AND SERVICE HARMONISATION eSDI/Net+ NETWORKING, EVALUATION, BEST PRACTICE, SUSTAINABILITY GIGAS FP6 PROJECTS, GMES, GEOSS, INSPIRE

7. GSDI Association Report CEOS WGISS Meeting 26 Hosted by NOAA Boulder CO Sept 22-26, 2008 SDI - Int’l Activities Sentinel, Digital Asia, Countries, Cities... UNSDI UNGIWG Strategy, Global Partners’s Meeting, with strong GSDI representation, UN project launched IYPE (Interational Year of the Planet Earth) Driven by UNESCO and the Geoscience Community Paris Declaration. Contribution by GSDI Secretary Digital Earth Biannual Symposia and Summits: next: SDI and Climate Change with Alessandro Annoni, DG JRC, Member of GSDI Board Vespucci Position Paper The next generation of Digital Earth - Subject for discussion also for GSDI Sentinel, Digital Asia, Countries, Cities... UNSDI UNGIWG Strategy, Global Partners’s Meeting, with strong GSDI representation, UN project launched IYPE (Interational Year of the Planet Earth) Driven by UNESCO and the Geoscience Community Paris Declaration. Contribution by GSDI Secretary Digital Earth Biannual Symposia and Summits: next: SDI and Climate Change with Alessandro Annoni, DG JRC, Member of GSDI Board Vespucci Position Paper The next generation of Digital Earth - Subject for discussion also for GSDI

8. GSDI Association Report CEOS WGISS Meeting 26 Hosted by NOAA Boulder CO Sept 22-26, 2008 Some New Tendencies Traditional GIS: 1M user Geobrowser providers: 1300M Mobile telecom supported solutions will have even more potential users RFIDs and active/intelligent sensor networks Volunteer driven, participative based data collection and upload Emerging involvement in eGovernment, policy implementation and control Traditional GIS: 1M user Geobrowser providers: 1300M Mobile telecom supported solutions will have even more potential users RFIDs and active/intelligent sensor networks Volunteer driven, participative based data collection and upload Emerging involvement in eGovernment, policy implementation and control

9. GSDI Association Report CEOS WGISS Meeting 26 Hosted by NOAA Boulder CO Sept 22-26, 2008 Preparing the GSDI-11 Conference INSPIRE Conference Space for Geo- information (NL) Conference GSDI-11 Conference Call for Workshops INSPIRE Conference Space for Geo- information (NL) Conference GSDI-11 Conference Call for Workshops

10. GSDI Association Report CEOS WGISS Meeting 26 Hosted by NOAA Boulder CO Sept 22-26, 2008 Press Some sources on GSDI activities: GSDI Website Admin: Prof.Harlan Onsrud a rich variety of e-publications: Newslist, eRegional Newsletters, Discussion Forum, Downloadable Cookbook, Standing Committees, Small Grant program, Affiliated projects supported by ESRI and Intergraph GIM Lemmen, NL GEOconnexion Roger Longhorn IJDE Beijing by ISDE Sec IJSDR DG JRC Publishing Houses: ESRI Press, Reed, Francis & Taylor, Elsevier and many more Some sources on GSDI activities: GSDI Website Admin: Prof.Harlan Onsrud a rich variety of e-publications: Newslist, eRegional Newsletters, Discussion Forum, Downloadable Cookbook, Standing Committees, Small Grant program, Affiliated projects supported by ESRI and Intergraph GIM Lemmen, NL GEOconnexion Roger Longhorn IJDE Beijing by ISDE Sec IJSDR DG JRC Publishing Houses: ESRI Press, Reed, Francis & Taylor, Elsevier and many more

11. GSDI Association Report CEOS WGISS Meeting 26 Hosted by NOAA Boulder CO Sept 22-26, 2008 Some of the Key Players Prof. Bas Kok (GSDI) Prof. Ian Masser (UCL) Ivan Deloatch (FGDC) Alessandro Annoni (DG JRC) Doug Nebert (FGDC) Prof.Max Craglia (DG JRC) Joachim Rix (INI-GraphicsNet Foundation, Fraunhofer Institute) Eva Klien (INI-GraphicsNet Foundation, Fraunhofer Institute) Osamu Ochiai (GEO Sec) Prof.Harlan Onsrud (GSDI) Jarmo Ratia (GSDI) Prof. Bas Kok (GSDI) Prof. Ian Masser (UCL) Ivan Deloatch (FGDC) Alessandro Annoni (DG JRC) Doug Nebert (FGDC) Prof.Max Craglia (DG JRC) Joachim Rix (INI-GraphicsNet Foundation, Fraunhofer Institute) Eva Klien (INI-GraphicsNet Foundation, Fraunhofer Institute) Osamu Ochiai (GEO Sec) Prof.Harlan Onsrud (GSDI) Jarmo Ratia (GSDI)

12. GSDI Association Report CEOS WGISS Meeting 26 Hosted by NOAA Boulder CO Sept 22-26, 2008 CONCLUSION GSDI RELEVANCES WITH WGISS GEOSS INTERFACE BETWEEN THE EO GROUND SEGMENT AND THE END USER COMMUNITY ON LOCAL, NATINAL, REGIONAL AND GLOBAL LEVEL TOPICS INCLUDES STANDARDIZATION, ARCHITECTURE, DATA POLICIES, INTEROPERABILITY, INTERDISCIPLINARITY, AWARENESS RAISING, CAPACITY BUILDING, CONSULTANCY AND LOBBYING INVOLVEMENT OF LOCAL KNOWLEDGE ON ALL LEVEL

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