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Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS)

Working Group on Information Systems & Services (WGISS)

September 2004

John Faundeen

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Outline

CEOS Background CEOS Structure WGISS Background WGISS Structure

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CEOS Background

Established in 1984 Recommendation From a Panel of Experts on R/S

Auspices of Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations– Working Group on Growth, Technology, & Employment

Recognized Cross-Disciplinary Influence Need to Coordinate Satellite Missions

Outgrowth of Two Organizations Coordination on Ocean Remote Sensing Satellites Coordination on Land Observation Satellites

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CEOS Background

Optimize the benefits of spaceborne Earth observations through cooperation in mission planning and development of compatible data products, formats, services, applications & policies;

To serve as a focal point for international coordination of space-related Earth observation activities;

To exchange policy and technical information to encourage complementarity and compatibility among spaceborne Earth observation systems and the data received from them.

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CEOS Structure

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CEOS Background

Organization Country/NGO

ASI Italy BNSC UK CAST China CNES France CONAE Argentina CSA Canada CSIRO Australia DLR Germany EC Europe ESA Europe EUMETSAT Europe INPE Brazil ISRO India KARI Republic of Korea MEXT/JAXA Japan NASA USA NOAA USA NRSCC China NSAU Ukraine ROSHYDROMET Russia Rosaviakosmos Russia SNSB Sweden

Organization Country/NGO

USGS USA CCRS Canada CRI New Zealand SAC & CSIR South Africa UN ESCAP UN UN FAO UN GCOS NGO GISTDA Thailand GOOS NGO GTOS NGO ICSU NGO IGBP NGO IOC UN IOCCG NGO ISPRS NGO NSC Norway OSTC Belgium UNESCO UN UNEP UN UNOOSA UN WCRP NGO WMO UN

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WGISS Background

WGISS aims to assist CEOS participating members and associates, as data and information providers supporting users worldwide towards easy access and application of Earth observation data and information. Thus, WGISS aims to address the needs of data providers by improving the efficiency of operation and maximizing the utilization and benefit of the EO data that they gather. WGISS will also address the needs of data and information users by providing simpler and wider access to the resources they require.

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WGISS Background

The scope of WGISS is to provide a framework for addressing the long-term needs of both data and service providers to better serve the users. As such, WGISS addresses all activities related to the capture, description, processing, access, retrieval, utilization, maintenance, archiving and exchange of space borne Earth Observation data and supporting ancillary data and information, enabling improved interoperability and interconnectivity of Earth observation information systems and services, combining space borne EO data with in-situ data.

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WGISS BackgroundLiaisons

Open GIS Alan Doyle, NASA/ CCSDS Wyn Cudlip,

BNSC/QinetiQ ISPRS Liping Di, NASA ISO TC211 Lorant Czaran, UN Climate & Meteorology Howard Diamond, NOAA Global Map Osamu Ochiai, JAXA

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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) – MartinData Services (DS) – Bernhard Buckl

Archive – Stu DoescherEOGEO Workshop – Clive Best

GRID – Yonsook Enloe

Task Teams:Global Datasets – Lorant CzaranGlobal Mapping Book – Wyn CudlipWTF CEOP – Osamu OchiaiWTF Core Test Sites – John FaundeenOil Spill Drift Prediction Project – PetitevilleCEOS 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-ChairOsamu Ochiai, Chair

Pakorn Apaphant, Vice-Chair