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