CEOS Working Group on Information Systems and Services - 1 USGS DSTT Report To WGISS-16 September 2003 Chaing Mai, Thailand

CEOS Working Group on Information Systems and Services - 2 Status of OGC Specifications for Delivery of Information Over the World Wide Web o WMS (web map services) n A specification in widespread use n Forms the enabling technology behind The National Map – Allows map services to be rendered on a clients interactive map viewer from multiples servers o WCS (web coverage services) n In draft form n Recently demonstrated in the Critical Infrastructure Protection Initiative (CIPI- 1) phase 1 test bed o WFS (web feature services) n In draft form n Also demonstrated in the CIPI- 1 test bed

CEOS Working Group on Information Systems and Services - 3 The National Map Gisdata Viewer o

CEOS Working Group on Information Systems and Services - 4 The National Map Gisdata Viewer

CEOS Working Group on Information Systems and Services - 5 The National Map Gisdata Viewer

CEOS Working Group on Information Systems and Services The National Map Gisdata Viewer o Initial Viewer o Elevation Datasets From Two Different Servers o High Resolution Orthimages o From Microsoft Terraserver o From Pixxures in Canada o 1 Meter to 1/3 Meter Resolution

CEOS Working Group on Information Systems and Services - 7 Critical Infrastructure Protection Initiative (CIPI) - Phase 1 o Area: Detroit, Michigan, USA & Windsor, Ontario, Canada. n Emphasize the sharing of data between national and local governmental agencies and other jurisdictions. n Examine response opportunities to hypothetical events in the border area between Canada and the United States. o Demo: March 27, o Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada / Detroit, Michigan. o Industry sponsors: Autodesk, BAE SYSTEMS, Intergraph, others.  Government sponsors: USGS, FEMA, FGDC, GeoConnections / Natural Resources Canada.

CEOS Working Group on Information Systems and Services - 8 CIPI Develops, Tests, and Validates Technology and Architectures for Interoperable Information Sharing o Accessing network-distributed geoprocessing resources: n Vertically - information sharing among federal, local, and state departments/agencies, and private sector n Horizontally - information sharing between federal, local, or state departments/agencies, and private sector n Transnationally - information sharing across national borders Transnational National Regional Field

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