ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics
The ISO/TC 211
Geographic information/Geomatics
(2008-06)
… building the foundation of the geospatial
infrastructure, brick by brick ...
ISO/TC 211
The goal of ISO/TC 211...
... is to develop a family of international standards that will
 support the understanding and usage of geographic
information
 increase the availability, access, integration, and sharing
of geographic information, enable inter-operability of
geospatially enabled computer systems
 contribute to a unified approach to addressing global
ecological and humanitarian problems
 ease the establishment of geospatial infrastructures on
local, regional and global level
 contribute to sustainable development
ISO/TC 211
Scope of ISO/TC 211
• Standardization in the field of digital geographic
information.
• This work aims to 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.
• This work shall link to appropriate standards for
information technology and data where possible, and
provide a framework for the development of sectorspecific applications using geographic data.
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ISO/TC 211 organization
Jinsoo You
Paul Smits
Chairman
Olaf Østensen
Secretary
Bjørnhild Sæterøy
Norway
JAG
Andrew Jones
Jinsoo You
Vacant
WG 4
Morten Borrebæk
Norway
Geospatial
services
TMG
TF 211/204
Imagery
AG Outreach
HMMG
Chairman
Henry Tom,
Hans Knoop
John Herring
PMG
TF 211/SC 24
WG 6
Douglas O’Brien
Canada
AG Strategy
Serena Coetzee
WG 7
Antony Cooper
South Africa
Information
communities
WG 9
Hiroshi Imai
Japan
WG 10
Sang-Ki Hong
Korea
Information Ubiquitous
management Public Access
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Who are we ? ...member list
Active members (P-members), 31 countries
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
China
Czech Rep.
Denmark
Ecuador
Finland
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Japan
Rep. of Korea
Malaysia
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Peru
Portugal
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
United Kingdom
United States of
America
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Member list
Observing members 30
Argentina
Iceland
Philippines
Bahrain
India
Poland
Brunei Darussalam
Indonesia
Romania
Colombia
Isl. Rep. of Iran
Slovakia
Croatia
Ireland
Slovenia
Cuba
Jamaica
Tanzania
Estonia
Kenya
Turkey
France
Mauritius
Ukraine
Greece
Oman
Uruguay
Hong Kong
Pakistan
Zimbabwe
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External liaisons, 1 of 2
CEOS, Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
DGIWG, Digital Geographic Information Working Group
EuroGeographics
EuroSDR, European Commission Joint Research Centre
ESA, European Space Agency
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 Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
IHB, International Hydrographic Bureau
ISCGM, International Steering Committee for Global Mapping
ISPRS, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
JRC, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
OGC, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.
OGP, International Association of Oil and Gas Producers
PAIGH, Panamerican Institute of Geography and History
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External liaisons, 2 of 2
PCGIAP, The Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure
for Asia and the Pacific
PC IDEA, Permanent Committee on Spatial Data
Infrastructure for the Americas
SCAR, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
UN Economic Commission for Africa
UN Economic Commission for Europe, Statistical Division
UNGEGN, United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical
Names
UNGIWG, United Nations Geographic Information Working
Group
UN FAO, Food & Aggriculture Organization
of the United Nations
WMO, World Meteorological Organization
CEN/TC 287, Geographic information
CEN/ISSS Workshop on Metadata for Multimedia
Information - Dublin Core
CEN/TC 278, Road Transport and Traffic Telematics
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Internal liaisons
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24 Computer graphics and image processing
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31 Automatic identification and data capture
techniques
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32 Data Management and Interchange
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36 Information technology for learning, education
and training
ISO/TC 20 /SC 13 Space data and information transfer systems
ISO/TC 46/WG 2 - Coding of country names and related entities
ISO/TC 59/SC 13 Organization of information about construction works
ISO/TC 69 – Applications of statistical methods
ISO/TC 154 Processes, data elements and documents in
commerce, industry and administration
ISO/TC 184/SC 4 Industrial data and global manufacturing languages
ISO/TC 204 Transport Information and Control Systems
ISO/TC 207 Environmental management
ISO/TC 241 Project Committee: Road-Traffic Safety Management
System
SCIT, The ISO Steering Committee for Image Technology
The Study Group on Sensor Networks
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Deliverables of ISO
ISO standard
ISO/PAS – ISO Publicly Available Specification
ISO/TS – ISO Technical Specification
ISO/TR – ISO Technical Report
IWA – International Workshop Agreement
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ISO standardisation procedure
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Proposal stage; New Work Item Proposal (NWIP)
Preparatory stage: Working Draft (WD)
Committee stage: Committee Draft (CD)
Enquiry stage: Draft International Standard (DIS)
Approval stage: Final Draft International Standard
(FDIS)
• Publication stage: International Standard (IS)
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ISO/TC 211 Publications (1)
ISO 6709:1983 – Standard representation of latitude, longitude and altitude for
geographic point locations (under revision)
ISO 19101:2002 – Reference model
ISO 19101-2:2008 – Reference model – Part 2: Imagery
ISO/TS 19103:2005 - Conceptual schema language (under revision)
ISO 19105:2000 – Conformance and testing
ISO 19106:2004 – Profiles
ISO 19107:2003 – Spatial schema
ISO 19108:2002 – Temporal schema
ISO 19109:2005 – Rules for application schema
ISO 19110:2005 – Feature cataloguing methodology
ISO 19111:2007 – Spatial referencing by coordinates
ISO 19112:2003 – Spatial referencing by geographic identifiers
ISO 19113:2003 – Quality principles (under revision)
ISO 19114:2003 – Quality evaluation procedures
ISO 19115:2003 – Metadata
ISO 19116:2004 – Positioning services
ISO 19117:2005 – Portrayal (under revision)
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ISO/TC 211 Publications (2)
ISO 19118:2005 – Encoding (under revision)
ISO 19119:2005 – Services
ISO/TR 19120:2001 – Functional standards
ISO/TR 19121:2000 – Imagery and gridded data
ISO/TR 19122:2004 – Qualification and certification of personnel
ISO 19123:2005 – Schema for coverage geometry and functions
ISO 19125-1:2004 – Simple feature access – Part 1: Common architecture
(under revision)
ISO 19125-2:2004 – Simple feature access – Part 2: SQL Option (under revision)
ISO/TS 19127:2005 – Geodetic codes and parameters
ISO 19128:2005 – Web Map Server Interface
ISO 19131:2007 – Data product specification
ISO 19132:2007 – Location-based services – Reference model
ISO 19133:2005 – Location-based services – Tracking and navigation
ISO 19134:2007 – Location-based services – Multimodal routing and navigation
ISO 19135:2005 – Procedures for item registration
ISO 19136:2007 – Geography Markup Language (GML)
ISO 19137:2007 – Core profile of the spatial schema
ISO/TS 19138:2006 – Data quality measures
ISO/TS 19139:2007 – Metadata – Implementation specification
ISO 19141:2008 – Schema for moving features
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ISO/TC 211 Projects
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WG 4 - Geospatial services
WG 4
Morten Borrebæk
Norway
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ISO 19117 – Portrayal (revision)
ISO 19118 – Encoding (revision)
ISO 19125-1 – Simple feature access – Part 1: Common architecture
(revision)
ISO 19125-2 – Simple feature access – Part 2: SQL Option (revision)
ISO 19142 – Web Map Server
ISO 19143 – Filter encoding
ISO 19149 – GeoREL
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WG 6 - Imagery
WG 6
Douglas O’Brien
Canada
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ISO 19115-2 – Metadata – Part 2: Extensions for imagery
and gridded data
ISO 19129 – Imagery, gridded and coverage data framework
ISO 19130 – Imagery sensor models for geopositioning
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WG 7 – Information communities
WG 7
Antony Cooper
South Africa
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ISO 19110 Amd. 1 - Methodology for feature cataloguing – Amd 1
ISO 19126 – Feature concept dictionaries and registers
ISO 19144-1 – Classification Systems – Part 1: Classification system
structure
ISO 19144-2 – Classification Systems – Part 2: Land Cover Classification
System LCCS
ISO 19150 – Ontology
ISO 19152 – Land Administration Domain Model (LADM)
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WG 9 – Information management
WG 9
Hiroshi Imai
Japan
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ISO 6709 – Standard repr. of geographic point location by coordinates
ISO 19103 – Conceptual Schema language (revision)
ISO 19111-2 – Spatial referencing by coordinates – Part 2: Ext. for parametric value
ISO 19113 – Quality principles (revision)
ISO 19131 Amd. 1 – Data product specification
ISO 19145 – Registry of representations of geographic point location
ISO 19146 – Cross-domain vocabularies
ISO 19153 – Geospatial Digital Rights Management Reference Model (GeoDRM RM)
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WG 10 – Ubiquitous public access
WG 10
Sang-Ki Hong
Korea
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ISO 19147 – Location-Based Services - Transfer Nodes
ISO 19148 – Location-Based Services - Linear Referencing System
ISO 19151 – Dynamic Position Identification Scheme for Ubiquitous
Space (u-Position)
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Special groups
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Advisory group on strategy
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HMMG – Harmonized Model Maintenance Group
- harmonization of UML models
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Advisory group on outreach
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JAG – ISO/TC 211 / OGC Joint Advisory Group
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TMG – Terminology maintenance group
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PMG – Programme Maintenance Group
Task force to support convergence between relevant ISO/TC 204 and
ISO/TC 211 projects
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Task force to support convergence between relevant JTC 1/SC 24 and
ISO/TC 211 projects
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Additional groups
Finished work
• Ad hoc group for Catalogue Services
• Ad hoc group on Registry Establishment and Management
• Ad hoc group to review land cover classification
• Ad hoc group on outreach funding
• Ad hoc group for ubiquitous geographic information (UBGI)
• Ad hoc group on evaluation of registry for geodetic codes and
parameters
• Focus group on data producer use of geographic information
standards
ISO/TC 211 Advisory group on
outreach
Mission: Promote the adoption of
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ISO/TC 211 standards in user communities
Terms of reference
• Create awareness
• Enable education and training
• Facilitate adoption and implementation
• Capture user requirements and feedback
• Generate outreach resources
• Maintain Business Plan
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ISO/TC 211 statistics
• More than 1200 persons involved internationally since
start
• More than 750 have attended one or
more plenaries
• 26 plenary meetings have been
convened in 19 different countries
on 5 continents
NB! Figures are approximate and vary over time
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Meeting
Meeting schedule, 1 of 2
Place
Date
1st plenary
Oslo, Norway
November 10-11, 1994
2nd plenary
Reston, VA, USA
August 30-31, 1995
3rd plenary
Seoul, Rep. of Korea
May 30-31, 1996
4th plenary
Sydney, Australia
January 23-24, 1997
5th plenary
Oxford, UK
October 2-3, 1997
6th plenary
Victoria, Canada
March 5-6, 1998
7th plenary
Beijing, China
September 24-25, 1998
8th plenary
Vienna, Austria
March 4-5, 1999
9th plenary
Kyoto, Japan
September 29-30, 1999
10th plenary
Cape Town, South-Africa
March 9-10, 2000
11th plenary
Reston, VA, USA
September 7-8, 2000
12th plenary
Lisbon, Portugal
March 8-9, 2001
13th plenary
Adelaide, Australia
October 25-26, 2001
14th plenary
Bangkok, Thailand
May 23-24, 2002
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Meeting schedule, 2 of 2
Meeting
Place
Date
15th plenary
Gyeongju, Rep. of Korea
November 14-15, 2002
16th plenary
Thun, Switzerland
May 22-23, 2003
17th plenary
Berlin. Germany
October 29-30, 2003
18th plenary
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
May 24-25, 2004
19th plenary
Pallanza, Italy
October 7-8, 2004
20th plenary
Stockholm, Sweden
June 9-10, 2005
21st plenary
Montreal. Canada
September 15-16, 2005
22nd plenary
Orlando, FL, USA
May 25-26, 2006
23rd plenary
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
November 14-15, 2006
24th plenary
Rome, Italy
May 31 – June 1,2007
25th plenary
Xi’an, China
November 1-2, 2007
26th plenary
Copenhagen, Denmark
May 29-30, 2008
27th plenary
Tsukuba, Japan
December 4-5, 2008
28th plenary
Norway
May/June 2009
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ISO/TC 211 web-site
You will find updated information on ISO/TC 211
on the following World Wide Web-server :
http://www. isotc211.org
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Thank you !
ISO/TC 211 ...
… building the foundation of the geospatial
infrastructure, brick by brick ...