Annex 12
Back to AnnexuresRegional Fundamental Data
To the meeting of the
Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure
for Asia and the Pacific
Held in Tehran, Iran
28 February - 4 March 1998
Working Group Facilitators
Mr. Saeid Noori Bushehri, Iran
Mr. Hiroshi Une, Japan
Reporter
Mr. Peter Holland, Australia
Issues raised during working group discussions
Annex 1 - Summary of briefing for WG2 facilitators
Annex 2 - Issues raised during working group discussions
- A new working group on Regional Fundamental Data was agreed at the Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific (PCGIAP) meeting in Tehran, Iran, 28 February to 4 March 1998. This was designated Working Group 2 (WG2).
- The working group met on 2-3 March and reported to the final plenary session on 4 March.
- The President of PCGIAP nominated Mr. Saeid Noori Bushehri, Iran, and Mr. Hiroshi Une, Japan, as facilitators of WG2 discussions. The working group nominated Mr. Peter Holland, Australia, as reporter and presenter of discussions.
- The working group facilitators received a briefing from Executive Board members before discussions commenced. A summary of this briefing is described at Annex 1.
- The following countries and organisations participated in working group discussions.
- China
- Iran
- Malaysia
- Brunei Darussalam
- Vietnam
- Pakistan
- Australia
- Japan
- MEGRIN
- EUROGI
- Many significant issues were raised by participants during WG2 discussions. A summary of these issues is described in Annex 2.
- The proposed terms of reference for WG2 are as follows.
Objectives
To establish regional fundamental datasets and mechanisms for sharing these data, and to foster an understanding of the benefits of use of regional fundamental data.
Actions
(a) Develop a practical policy for sharing fundamental data
(b) Develop regional fundamental datasets
(c) Develop a network of APSDI data nodes
(d) Develop regional GIS application demonstrations - The working group identified four (4) major activities in its workplan.
- Development of policy for sharing fundamental data
- Development of regional fundamental datasets
- Development of network of APSDI data nodes
- Development of regional GIS application demonstrations
- The draft workplan, describing tasks and timetables associated with these major activities, is being prepared.
- The following structure was determined for WG2.
- Chairman
- Vice-Chairman
- Project Coordinator, Regional Fundamental Data
- Task Coordinator, APSDI Data Nodes
- Task Coordinator, Regional GIS Application Demonstration
- This group would comprise the WG2 Executive Group
- The Executive Group will jointly develop the policy for sharing regional fundamental data.
- The following nominations for Executive Group positions were proposed and accepted.
- The working group structure, Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Coordinators are shown in Figure 1.
- The working group facilitators thanked participants for their excellent contributions to discussions and encouraged participation in future WG2 activities.
- The following recommendations are presented to the Tehran PCGIAP meeting.
(i) That the working group be known as Working Group 2 (WG2) Regional Fundamental Data.
(ii) That the terms of reference for the working group be:
Objectives
To establish regional fundamental datasets and mechanisms for sharing these data, and to foster an understanding of the benefits of use of regional fundamental data.
Actions
(a) Develop a practical policy for sharing fundamental data
(b) Develop regional fundamental datasets
(c) Develop a network of APSDI data nodes
(d) Develop regional GIS application demonstrations
(iii) That the draft workplan at Annex A be accepted.
(iv) That the working group structure, and nominees for Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Project and Tack Coordinators, as shown in Figure 1, be adopted.
(v) That nominations be called for Task Coordinator, APSDI Data Nodes - Further details about the activities of the working group can be obtained by contacting the following people.
- Chairman
Mr. Peter Holland
General Manager
Australian Surveying & Land Information Group
Tel: +61-2-6201-4262
Fax: +61-2-6201-4368
Email: peterholland@auslig.gov.au - Vice-Chairman
Professor Chen Jun
Deputy Director
National Geomatics Centre of China
Tel: +86-10-6842-4072
Fax: +86-10-6842-4101
Email: jchen@gps.ceic.gov.cn - Project Coordinator, Fundamental Datasets
Mr. Saeid Noori Bushehri
Deputy of GIS Department
National Cartographic Centre of Iran
Tel: +98-21-600-1391
Fax: +98-21-600-1971
Email: ncc2@dci.iran.com - Elect a reporter to take notes and make presentation
- Discuss projects
- Develop workplans
- Design working group structure
- Prepare report to PCGIAP
- Many significant issues were raised by participants during WG2 discussions. A summary of these issues is described below.
- Iran
- China
- EUROGI
- MEGRIN
- Malaysia
- Iran
- China
- Vietnam
- Iran
- Pakistan
- China
- Malaysia
Issues raised during working group discussions
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Position |
Nominee |
Proposer |
Seconder |
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Chairman |
Mr. Peter Holland |
Iran |
China |
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Vice-Chairman |
Prof. Chen Jun |
Australia |
Pakistan |
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Project Coordinator |
Mr. Saeid Bushehri |
Australia |
China |
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Task Coordinator |
Vacant. China, until another member takes this position |
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Task Coordinator |
To be advised |
Australia |
Iran |
Annex 1 - Summary of briefing for WG2 facilitators
Scope
Timeframe
Resources
Who, What, When
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Project |
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Activity |
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Responsible |
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Date |
Terms of reference
Sub-groups
Chair, vice-chair
Wednesday morning
20-30 minutes
Description of project
Scope and objectives
Project plan
Structure
Membership
Annex 2 - Issues raised during working group discussions
High resolution remote sensing datasets are a good source of data
Quality issues are important
Need to consider applications and pitfalls
Need sub-tasks
Relate to agenda 21
Leave imagery decision to specification
Project 1
Sub-task 1
Define datasets
Define technical specification
Complete sub-task 1 within 1 year
Sub-task 2
Real work under this sub-task
Survey current data holdings
Integrate data and generate products
Data
Topography priority 1
Thematic data priority 2
Project 2
Identify key institutions that form nodes of network for data sharing
Institution with existing key information system
Administrative arrangements for transfer are a hard problem
May take form of regional agreement
If PCGIAP cannot solve problem then may need to raise to UNRCC
Quality control appropriate to products
What are the datasets to be used for
Knowing this will help define the type of data and nature of nodes
Integration is expensive
Advice based on experience in building an administrative dataset
Break down into manageable tasks
Create something quickly
Content should reflect what the data is to be used for
Aim for what is possible rather than what is ideal
Don't create new standards, wherever possible use existing standards
Megrin offers their prototype dataset for WG2 to assess. Will need a specific request.
There is benefit in interoperability between Megrin and PCGIAP directories
There is a difference between distributed databases and a CD-ROM. The former is the framework. The latter is the product.
The task is to standardise the projection system so that the dataset has the same appearance and accuracy.
Pay attention to end users. What datasets do they need. Talk to Eurogi, Megrin and ESCAP.
Need to address copyright issues.
Some of the problems to be adressed by the dataset are agriculture, water resources, natural disaster monitoring, transport, climate, environment.
The dataset will be used in data modelling.
GIS technology is in its infancy in Pakistan. We want to learn from the activities of the working group.
The fundamental dataset is the first step in creating the APSDI.
Topography first priority then maybe some thematic data.
Not a lot of time is needed to canvass user needs. Don't let this hold up creation of the fundamental dataset.
Don't duplicate the work of the global mapping project.
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