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Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards

ISPRS StatusA Report to 19th CEOS/WGISS Meeting

Liping Di

NASA/GMU

[email protected]

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Reorganization of ISPRS

• In 2004 ISPRS Congress in Istanbul, Turkey, ISPRS is re-organized. – both technical commissions and their working groups are re-

organized.– 8 technical commissions are set and their charts are set.– The technical commissions have a 4-year life period.– The current ISPRS leadership and commission will be

changed in Year 2008.

• The next ISPRS congress will be in Beijing China in July 2008

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Commission I: IMAGE DATA ACQUISITION - SENSORS AND PLATFORMS

• President: Alain Baudoin of CNES • TERMS OF REFERENCE

– Design and realization of digital aerial and spaceborne missions for Earth observation

– Design, construction, characterization, and installation of imaging and non-imaging sensors (including Optical, IR, SAR, IFSAR, LIDAR, etc.)

– Standardization of definitions and measurements of sensor parameters – Integration of imaging and non-imaging sensors with other relevant systems – Geometric and radiometric properties, quality standards, and factors affecting

data quality – Test, calibration and evaluation of sensors (including laboratory, in-flight, inter-

calibration and test fields) – Integrated platform guidance, navigation, positioning and orientation – Data reception and pre-processing – On-board preprocessing of data and autonomous systems – Systems and media for recording sensor data, auxiliary data (time, position,

attitude, etc.) and film scanners – Image and non-image data transfer standards

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Commission-I Working Groups

• Inter-commission working groups– ICWG I/V - AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE NAVIGATION– ICWG V/1 - INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE

MAPPING

• Working Groups– WG I/1 - STANDARDS, CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION – WG I/2 - SAR AND LIDAR SYSTEMS – WG I/3 - MULTI-PLATFORM SENSING AND SENSOR NETW

ORKS

– WG I/4 - AIRBORNE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRIC SENSOR SYSTEMS

– WG I/5 - GEOMETRIC MODELLING OF OPTICAL SPACEBORNE SENSORS AND DEM GENERATION

– WG I/6 - SMALL SATELLITES – WG I/7 - INTELLIGENT EARTH SENSING

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Commission-II: THEORY AND CONCEPTS OF SPATIO-TEMPORAL DATA HANDLING AND INFORMATION

• President: Wolfgang Kainz of University of Vienna• Terms of Reference

– Fundamentals of spatial database design, spatial data structures, spatial analysis and geostatistics, spatial querying, spatial reasoning, spatial and temporal modeling

– Aggregation, generalization, abstraction and rendering of image and vector data

– Spatial decision support systems – Processing, analysis and modeling of multi-dimensional geospatial

data – System integration and modeling aspects for data and geoinformation

processing – Interoperability of heterogeneous spatial information systems – Semantic and geometric integration of heterogeneous spatial

information – Communication and visualization of spatial data – Data mining, filtering, retrieval and dissemination – Spatial data quality and spatial model quality

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Commission II Working Groups

• Inter-Commission Working Group– ICWG II/IV - DYNAMIC AND MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS AND

APPLICATIONS

• Working groups– WG II/1 - SPATIO-TEMPORAL MODELING – WG II/2 - SPATIAL REASONING, ANALYSIS, AND DATA

MINING – WG II/3 - MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIONS OF IMAGE AND

VECTOR DATA – WG II/4 - SPATIAL PLANNING AND DECISION SUPPORT SYST

EMS

– WG II/5 - COMMUNICATION AND VISUALIZATION OF SPATIAL DATA

– WG II/6 - SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND INTEROPERABILITY – WG II/7 - QUALITY OF SPATIO-TEMPORAL DATA AND MODELS

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Commission III-PHOTOGRAMMETRIC COMPUTER VISION

• President-Wolfgang Förstner, Bonn University.• Terms of Reference

The goal of the work in Commission III is to design, develop and evaluate mathematical models and methods for automatic

– orientation and calibration of images, – surface reconstruction, – fusion of multi-modal data, – processing and interpretation of laser range data, – interpretation of images and – image sequence analysis

with emphasis on – integration of geometry, statistics and semantics, – modeling of spatial objects and temporal events, – modeling context, – scale behaviour of appearance models, – use of graphical models, especially Markov random fields and

Bayesian networks.

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Commission III Working Group

• Inter-Commission WG– ICWG III/V - IMAGE SEQUENCE

• Commission Working Groups– WG III/1 - AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION AND ORIENTATION O

F OPTICAL SENSORS

– WG III/2 - SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION

– WG III/3 - PROCESSING OF POINT CLOUDS FROM LASER SCANNERS AND OTHER SENSORS

– WG III/4 - AUTOMATIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION FOR CITY-MODELLING

– WG III/5 - MODELS AND ALGORITHMS FOR ROAD EXTRACTION AND TRAFFIC MONITORING

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Commission IV:GEO-DATABASES AND DIGITAL MAPPING

• President: Shailesh Nayak of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)

• Terms of Reference– Development, access and management of spatio-temporal databases – Spatial data infrastructures – Image-based geo-spatial databases – Data libraries, data clearinghouses, data warehouses, distributed archives and access to remote

data sources, including metadata and digital data standards – Web based access, retrieval and dissemination of spatial data, including web-based location-based

services – Integration of spatial information systems and image analysis for database-driven change detection,

data capture and updating – Dynamic spatial information systems, spatial data revision and versioning – Interfacing 3D models with facility management systems – Database generation for digital topographic and thematic mapping (including Ortho-images and

digital terrain models) – Digital landscape modelling and visualization, and large scale urban models – Global environmental databases and mapping – Extraterrestrial mapping and spatial information systems – Analysis of systems and their components for automated and semi-automated digital mapping and

geo-information systems – Analysis of industry needs and design of systems for production and update of Geo-information

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Commission IV Working Groups

• Inter-Commission Working Groups– ICWG II/IV - DYNAMIC AND MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS AND APPLICATI

ONS

– ICWG VII/IV - DERIVATION OF GLOBAL DATA, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS

• Commission Working Groups– WG IV/1 - SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE– WG IV/2 - IMAGE-BASED GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION MANAGEME

NT– WG IV/3 - AUTOMATED GEO-SPATIAL DATA ACQUISITION AND MA

PPING– WG IV/4 - LANDSCAPE MODELLING AND VISUALISATION– WG IV/5 - WEB-BASED GEO-INFORMATION SERVICES AND APPLI

CATIONS– WG IV/6 - LOCATION BASED SERVICES– WG IV/7 - EXTRATERRESTRIAL MAPPING– WG IV/8 - SPATIAL DATA INTEGRATION FOR EMERGENCY SERVI

CES– WG IV/9 - MAPPING FROM HIGH RESOLUTION DATA

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Commission V:CLOSE-RANGE SENSING: ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS

• President: Hans-Gerd Maas, Dresden University of Technology, Germany

• Terms of Reference– Investigation of systems and algorithms for real-time imaging – Development, evaluation and promotion of vision metrology

technology with special consideration of CAD/CAAD and spatial information systems

– Integration of three-dimensional modeling concepts into image analysis processes

– Integration of multiple sensors and data fusion for advanced object extraction

– Design and development of image sequence analysis procedures – Development of vision-based techniques for visualization, virtual

environments and animation – Support and promotion of a variety of existing and potential

applications, such as industrial, heritage, mobile mapping, medical, biomechanics and robotics

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Commission V Working Groups

• Inter-Commission Working Groups– ICWG V/I - INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE MAPPING

– ICWG I/V - AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE NAVIGATION

– ICWG III/V - IMAGE SEQUENCE

• Working Groups– WG V/1 - INDUSTRIAL VISION METROLOGY SYSTEMS AND

APPLICATIONS

– WG V/2 - CULTURAL HERITAGE DOCUMENTATION

– WG V/3 - TERRESTRIAL LASERSCANNING

– WG V/4 - VIRTUAL REALITY AND COMPUTER ANIMATION

– WG V/5 - DEVELOPMENT IN IMAGE SENSOR TECHNOLOGY

– WG V/6 - MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS, HUMAN MOTION AND BODY MEASUREMENT

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Commission VI: EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

• President: Kohei Cho, Tokai University, Japan• Terms of Reference

– Promotion of education and training at fundamental, advanced and professional levels (WG1, 3),

– Promotion of technology transfer, considering regional needs and resources (WG3),

– Computer-assisted teaching and training, and distance learning (WG1, 2),

– Innovative techniques for information dissemination on the Internet (WG4),

– Promotion of student consortium and innovative outreach activities (WG5),

– Assistance of the Council in promotion of ISPRS activities in the regions (WG3),

– Quality enhancement of content and format of ISPRS publications and Internet web site (WG4).

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Commission VI Working Groups

• WG VI/1 - EDUCATIONAL FRAMEWORKS AND METHODOLOGIES WG VI/2 - E-LEARNING WG VI/3 - INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING WG VI/4 - INTERNET RESOURCES AND DATASETS WG VI/5 - PROMOTION OF THE PROFESSION TO STUDENTS SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP "TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CARAVAN"

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Commission VII: THEMATIC PROCESSING, MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF REMOTELY

SENSED DATA

• President: John L. van Genderen, ITC, The Netherlands

• Terms of Reference– Relationship between spectral, radiometric and temporal properties of objects

and surfaces, their physical and chemical properties and their variations; – Image classification and analysis methodologies; – Analysis of characteristics of multi-spectral, hyperspectral, multi-sensor,

microwave and multi-temporal image data for extraction of attribute information;

– Methodologies of computer-assisted interpretation and analysis of remotely sensed data;

– Validation of data and information using laboratory and in-situ methodologies – Improving atmospheric modeling for radiometric correction; – Multi-source data fusion and integration techniques; – Modeling of satellite data derived parameters; – Global databases and determination of indicators of change for global

modeling, monitoring and sustainable development; – Integration of remote sensing and GIS techniques; – Aerosol and particulate detection and identification

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Commission VII Working Groups

• Inter-Commission Working Group– ICWG VII/IV - DERIVATION OF GLOBAL DATA, ENVIRONME

NTAL CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS

• Commission Working Groups– WG VII/1 - FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS AND MODELLING – WG VII/2 - INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM SAR DATA– WG VII/3 - INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM HYPERSPE

CTRAL DATA– WG VII/4 - ADVANCED CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES– WG VII/5 - PROCESSING OF MULTI TEMPORAL DATA AND

CHANGE DETECTION– WG VII/6 - REMOTE SENSING DATA FUSION– WG VII/7 - INNOVATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING

METHODOLOGIES FOR LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

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Commission VIII:REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS and POLICIES

• President: Ammatzia Peled, University of Haifa, Israel

• Terms of Reference– General consideration for all aspects

o Sustainable developmento Ecological and environmental considerationso Human Impact

– Supportingo Decision-making by providing useful information to the user in near real time on operational basis.o Forecastingo Monitoringo Solving problems and conflicts

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Commission VIII Working Groups

• WG VIII/1 - HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND IMPACT ANALYSIS WG VIII/2 - HAZARDS, DISASTERS AND PUBLIC HEALTHWG VIII/3 - ATMOSPHERIC, CLIMATE AND WEATHER RESEARCHWG VIII/4 - MANAGEMENT OF TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS RESEARCHWG VIII/5 - POLICIES, TREATIES AND DATA ACCESSWG VIII/6 - COASTAL MANAGEMENT OCEAN COLOUR AND OCEAN STATE FORECASTINGWG VIII/7 - WATER RESOURCES SECURITY AND MANAGEMENTWG VIII/8 - POLAR AND ALPINE RESEARCHWG VIII/9 - ARID LANDS, LAND DEGRADATION AND DESERTIFICATIONWG VIII/10 - PRECISION FARMING AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTIONWG VIII/11 - SUSTAINABLE FOREST AND LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENTWG VIII/12 - GEOLOGICAL MAPPING, GEOMORPHOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOMETRY

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