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ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics

ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics is responsible for the ISO geographic information series of standards. Further information about the committee can be found at www.isotc211.org where it is also possible to make contact with the committee secretariat if you have any queries. You can also obtain a copy of the fact sheets and an overview document from this web site.

Many bodies are actively engaged in the work of ISO/TC 211. These include national standardization bodies, the OpenGIS Consortium (OGC), international professional bodies (such as FIG and ICA), UN agencies, and sectoral bodies (such as DGIWG and ICAO)

ISO/TC 211 Scope

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.

The work shall link to appropriate standards for information technology and data where possible, and provide a framework for the development of sector-specific applications using geographic data.

ISO/TC 211 Projects

The links in the table point to the individual fact sheets.

Project Issue Project Issue

6709:2008 - Standard representation of latitude, longitude and altitude for geographic point locations
6709/Cor 1

IS 19129:2009 - Imagery, gridded and coverage data framework TS
19101:2002 - Reference model (under revision) IS 19130 - Sensor and data models for imagery and gridded data TS 2007-12

19101-2:2008 - Reference model - Part 2: Imagery

TS 19131:2007 - Data product specifications IS
19103:2005 - Conceptual schema language (under revision) TS 19132:2007 - Location based services - Reference model IS
19104:2008 - Terminology TS 19133:2005 - Location based services - Tracking and navigation IS
19105:2000 - Conformance and testing IS 19134:2007 - Multimodal location based services for routing and navigation IS
19106:2004 - Profiles IS 19135:2005 - Procedures for registration of geographical information items IS
19107:2003 - Spatial schema IS 19136:2007 - Geography Markup Language IS
19108:2002 - Temporal schema
19108/Cor 1
IS 19137:2007 - Core profile of the spatial schema IS
19109:2005 - Rules for applicaiton schema IS 19138:2006 - Data quality measures (under revision as PT 19157) TS
19110:2005 - Methodology for feature cataloguing
19110 Amd 1 under development
IS 19139:2007 - Metadata - XML schema implementation TS

19111:2007 - Spatial referencing by coordinates

IS

19141:2008 - Schema for moving features IS

19111-2:2009 - Spatial referencing by coordinates - Part 2: Extension for parametric value

IS

19142 - Web Feature Service IS 2010-09
19112:2003 - Spatial referencing by geographic identifiers IS 19143 - Filter encoding IS 2010-09
19113:2002 - Quality principles (under revision as PT 19157) IS 19144-1:2009 - Classification Systems – Part 1: Classification system structure IS
19114:2003 - Quality evaluation procedures (under revision as PT 19157)
19114/Cor. 1
IS 19144-2 - Classification Systems – Part 2: Land Cover Classification System LCCS IS 2012-01
19115:2003 - Metadata (under revision)
19115/Cor. 1
IS 19145 - Registry of representations of geographic point location IS 2011-07
19115-2:2009 - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for imagery and gridded data IS 19146 - Cross-domain vocabulary IS 2010-06
19116:2004 - Positioning services IS 19147 - Transfer nodes Stage 0
19117:2005 - Portrayal (under revision) IS 19148 - Linear referencing IS 2011-05
19118:2005 - Encoding (under revision) IS 19149 - Rignts expression language for geographic information - GeoREL IS 2011-05
19119:2005 - Services
19119/Amd. 1
IS 19150 - Ontology Stage 0
19120:2001 - Functional standards TR 19151 - Logical location identification scheme IS 2012-01
19121:2000 - Imagery and gridded data TR 19152 - Land Administration Domain Model (LADM) IS 2011-07
19122:2004 - Qualifications and Certification of personnel TR 19153 - Geospatial Digital Rignts Management Reference Model (GeoDRM RM) IS 2011-12
19123:2005 - Schema for coverage geometry and functions IS 19154 - Standardization Requirements for Ubiquitous Public Access Stage 0
19124 - Imagery and gridded data components RS 19155 - Place Identifier (PI) Architecture IS 2012-02
191251:2004 - Simple feature access - Part 1: Common architecture (under revision) IS 19156 - Observations and measurements IS 2011-12
19125-2:2004 - Simple feature access - Part 2: SQL option (under revision) IS 19157 - Data quality IS 2011-12
19126:2009 - Profile - FACC Data Dictionary IS 19158 - Quality assurance of data supply TS 2011-05
1912:2005 - Geodetic codes and parameters TS 19160 - Addressing Stage 0
19128:2005 - Web Map server interface IS    
       
       

Note 1 Full title of projects are prefixed with "Geographic information -".
Note 2 See ISO/TC 211 web site for the status of each project (programme of work).

ISO/TC 211 members and liaisons

Factsheet AG on outreach

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ISO/TC 211, through its Advisory Group on Outreach, seeks to promote the awareness, adoption, and advocacy of ISO/TC 211 standards in user communities. Organizations interested in participating or funding such activities are invited to contact the ISO/TC 211 Advisory Group on Outreach Chair,
Henry Tom, e-mail: henrytom at verizon.net
Hans Knoop †

Updated 2009-12-10

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