RESOLUTIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM 2ND MEETING
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
29 SEPTEMBER - 4 OCTOBER 1996

Resolutions

Resolution 2
That the Permanent Committee foster a close liaison with appropriate international professional and coordination bodies, such as ISPRS, FIG, ICA, IHO, IAG, ICAO and UNGEGN, and with regional economic and development initiatives, such as Global Mapping, SPREP (South Pacific Regional Environmental Program), SEMIS (Subregional Environmental Monitoring and Information Systems) and SOPAC (South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission), to ensure that:

• the APSDI is compatible with other regional and global initiatives; and
• the Permanent Committee avoids duplication of effort between these various bodies.

Resolution 3
That the Permanent Committee endorses regional training initiatives on geographic information infrastructure issues, such as the toponymy training course to be held by UNGEGN in Darwin, Australia, in mid-1997, and encourages member nations to participate in those initiatives.

Resolution 4
That the Permanent Committee establish a liaison with the European Umbrella Organization for Geographic Information (EUROGI) and similar regional coordinating bodies.

Resolution 5
That the Permanent Committee prepare a statement to the 14th UN Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific, to be held in Bangkok in February 1997, noting the importance of making use of the services of the public, academic and private sectors for the development of jurisdictional cadastral infrastructure and cadastral management systems.

Resolution 6
That the new DMA geopotential model be adopted as the reference geoid for the Asia Pacific region but that individual countries are encouraged to continue their gravity, GPS and levelling activities for the development of an improved geoid.

Resolution 7(a)
That ITRF be adopted as the reference frame for Geodesy in the Asia Pacific region and that the values produced can be regarded as WGS84 for practical purposes for spatial data.

Resolution 7(b)
That the joint cooperative Asia and the Pacific Regional Geodetic Project be supported as a step towards the establishment of a regional geodetic infrastructure and the maintenance of a geodetic network for GIS applications.

Resolution 8
That a World Wide Web home page be established for the Permanent Committee on the Internet.

Resolution 9
That the papers relating to Permanent Committee meetings be indexed and numbered in a manner suitable for permanent referencing.

Resolution 10
That the papers relating to Permanent Committee meetings be submitted in a standard digital format, with abstract and keywords, suitable for dissemination through the Internet and other computer media.

Recommendations

Recommendation 2
Attachment 2 to the report by Working Group 1 contains a draft definition of the Asia Pacific Spatial Data Infrastructure and the Working Group recommended that the Permanent Committee endorse the definition. This recommendation was accepted by the Permanent Committee.

Recommendation 3 (a)
Attachment 1 to the report by Working Group 2 contains a draft action plan and the Working Group recommended that the Permanent Committee endorse the plan. This recommendation was accepted by the Permanent Committee.

Recommendation 3 (b)
Working Group 2 also recommended that the Permanent Committee support the principle that, when Permanent Committee meetings are held, visits to local technical organizations be arranged. This recommendation was accepted by the Permanent Committee.

Recommendation 3 (c)
The report of Working Group 2 recommended that the name and role of the Working Group be amended. The Permanent Committee agreed that the title of Working Group 2 be amended to 'Issues Relating to Cadastral Infrastructure' and that its role should be: To assist the Executive Board and Permanent Committee to determine principles and options for the development of jurisdictional cadastral infrastructure and cadastral management systems.

Recommendation 4 (a)
Working Group 3 proposed that its name and roles should be changed to remove a reference to international boundaries. The Permanent Committee agreed that the name of the Group should be 'Regional Geodetic Networks' and that its role should be: To design a strategy for the development of a regional geodetic network infrastructure as the basis for the Asia Pacific Spatial Data Infrastructure.

Recommendation 4 (b)
That the Permanent Committee endorse a draft action plan containing seven projects to be undertaken by Working Group 3. The Permanent Committee endorsed the action plan with a modification to the aim of Project 1 to reflect the changes to the role of the Group. Thus, the aim of Project 1 is now: To establish and maintain a precise relationship between permanent geodetic observation sites across the region to provide a base on which to build a homogeneous Asia Pacific Spatial Data Infrastructure.

Recommendation 4 (c)
That a WWW site be established with a Geodesy section.

Recommendation 4 (d)
That the Permanent Committee encourage expert countries to arrange geodetic training courses.

Recommendation 4 (e)
That the name of the Working Group be changed to Asia and the Pacific Regional Geodetic Networks.

Recommendation 5
That the title of Working Group 4 should be: Legislation and administrative arrangements for the acquisition and sharing of spatial data, with the following role: To assist the Executive Board to provide guidance on the nature of legislation and administrative arrangements appropriate to the design, acquisition, management and sharing of spatial data.

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