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Title: JOINT ESAFAOJRC TECHNICAL WORKSHOP ON CATALOGUEDISCOVERY SERVICES
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- JOINT ESA-FAO-JRC TECHNICAL WORKSHOP ON
CATALOGUE/DISCOVERY SERVICES - FAO Headquarters 27 April 2006
- THE UNGIWG-UNSDI DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
- Jelle U. Hielkema
- FAO UNGIWG Consultant
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- Mapmaking fulfills one of our most ancient and
deep-seated desires understanding the world
around us and our place in it - Katharine Harmon
- Author of You are Here
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What is it?
- A voluntary network of UN specialised agencies,
programmes and funds - Established in March 2000 to
- Facilitate technical collaboration and formulate
policies concerning geographic information in the
UN-system and with member states - Address common geospatial issues maps,
boundaries, data access and exchange, adherence
to international standards, naming conventions
and location - Provide a forum to discuss emerging technologies,
experience with applications, and coordinate
actions
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Membership
- More than 30 UN Specialized Agencies, Programmes
and Funds are currently members of UNGIWG 7th
Plenary Meeting in November 2006 Santiago, Chile
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Overall Goal
- To build a United Nations Spatial Data
Infrastructure (UNSDI) required to enhance
spatial data and information sharing and exchange
and promote and achieve sustainable development
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Organization
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Activities Task Groups
- International and administrative boundaries
- Core Geo-Database
- Remote Sensing
- Interoperable Services
- GIS Map Production Guidelines
- Global Navigation Satellite Systems
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Tangible Outputs
- Yearly Plenary Reports since 2000
- Strategic plan 2001-2002
- Inventory of globally consistent databases
- UN approved standard international boundaries
- De facto ISO and OpenGis compliant metadata
standard - GeoNetwork - SALB/GAUL Administrative Boundaries
- GIS map production guidelines
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UNSDI Contours
- Goals
- Decentralized coordination framework
- Standardization of tools
- Continuity and sustainability
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UNSDI FORMULATION
Barry L. Henricksen
- Rome 6-8 February
- FAO, WFP, UNJLC
- Geneva 9-10 February
- WHO, UNHCR, UNOSAT, UNEP/DEWA/DEPA
- GRID Nairobi telecon
- New York 13-14 February
- DPKO/UNCS, OCHA/FIS, UN-DESA, UN-DPA, DH Library
- GSDI - CIESIN (Chen, Yeatman) telecon (Onsrud)
- GIST telecons (Messick VAAF, Sawyer USAID/OFA
Holcomb ITOS) - Hunter college NY (Ahearn)
- Rome 16-17 February
- FAO WFP debriefing/review
- To be continued during April November period
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Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
GSDI
EU INSPIRE
UNSDI
GMES/GEOSS
GeoConnection / FGDC
NSDI
National Spatial Data Infrastructures
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- UNSDI- National SDI discussions being held with
leading institutions in The Netherlands, the
Czech Republic and F.R. Germany - Progress in the pilot country, The
- Netherlands, can be assessed _at_
- www.unsdi.nl
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