1. CEOS Working Group on Information Systems and Services - 1 Working Group on Information Systems & Services (WGISS) Trends & Progress in Data & Information Services for EO Applications Workshop September 2004 WGISS-18 Beijing, China John Faundeen

2. CEOS Working Group on Information Systems and Services - 2 Outline o Objectives o Liaisons o Infrastructure Task Team o User Vice-Chair Role o Structure

3. CEOS Working Group on Information Systems and Services - 3 Objectives o Provide easy access to & applications for EO data/info o Improving the efficiency of EO operations o Maximizing the utilization of EO data and information o Specifically address n Capture n Description n Processing n Access n Retrieval n Utilization n Maintenance n Archiving n Exchange o Interoperability, interconnectivity, standards

4. CEOS Working Group on Information Systems and Services - 4 Liaisons o Open GISAlan Doyle, NASA/ o CCSDS Wyn Cudlip, BNSC/QinetiQ o ISPRS Liping Di, NASA o ISO TC211Lorant Czaran, UN o Climate & Meteorology Howard Diamond, NOAA o Global Map Osamu Ochiai, JAXA

5. CEOS Working Group on Information Systems and Services - 5 Infrastructure Task Team o Chaired by Stuart Doescher, USGS o Established in 2002 o Promotes internal and external communications n Email list services n WGISS web services n Facilitates Network services, analysis & coordination

6. CEOS Working Group on Information Systems and Services - 6 User Vice-Chair o Co-Chaired n Dr. Liu, NRSCC n Lorant Czaran, UN o Established in 2004 at WGISS-17 The role of the User Vice-Chair will be to assess the extent to which user needs are being addressed by WGISS and the extent to which their requirements are being met. This will include reporting the findings to WGISS, which will contribute to the Chair report to the Plenary. The WGISS User Vice-Chair, or co- Chairs will monitor, coordinate, and report to the WGISS Chair on the overall effectiveness of the WGISS Test Facilities and projects.

7. CEOS Working Group on Information Systems and Services - 7 WGISS Structure WGISS Technology and Services Subgroup Projects and Applications Subgroup Task Team: WGISS Info Infra Team – Stu Doescher Task Teams: International Directory Network (IDN) – Lola Olsen CEOS Interoperable Catalog System (ICS) – Martin Data Services (DS) – Bernhard Buckl Archive – Stu Doescher EOGEO Workshop – Clive Best GRID – Yonsook Enloe Task Teams: Global Datasets – Lorant Czaran Global Mapping Book – Wyn Cudlip WTF CEOP – Osamu Ochiai WTF Core Test Sites – John Faundeen Oil Spill Drift Prediction Project – Petiteville CEOS EO Data Portal Project – Czaran / Cudlip John Faundeen, Chair Ivan Petiteville, Vice-Chair Chuang Liu Co-User Vice-Chair Lorant Czaran Co-User Vice-Chair Wyn Cudlip, Chair Paul Kopp, Vice-Chair Osamu Ochiai, Chair Pakorn Apaphant, Vice-Chair