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Various Topics WGISS 17 - Troms Ø May 10, 2004

Various Topics WGISS 17 - Troms Ø May 10, 2004. I.Petiteville, ESA. List of Topics. User Vice-Chair “Projects & Applications” SG Chair & Vice-Chair Future WGISS meetings. User Vice-Chair. User Vice-Chair - History. Two User vice-chairs in the past: IGPB then UNEP

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Various Topics WGISS 17 - Troms Ø May 10, 2004

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  1. Various TopicsWGISS 17 - TromsØMay 10, 2004 I.Petiteville, ESA

  2. List of Topics • User Vice-Chair • “Projects & Applications” SG Chair & Vice-Chair • Future WGISS meetings

  3. User Vice-Chair

  4. User Vice-Chair - History • Two User vice-chairs in the past: IGPB then UNEP • User Vice-Chair vacant after the departure of M.Wilson (UNEP) • WGISS-15 (Toulouse) concluded that this role had to be continued. • Adhoc group (Antikidis, Clark, Cudlip, Faundeen, Petiteville) redefined the Terms of References of the WGISS User Vice-Chair. • Call for candidates e-mailed on Jan. 15, 2004

  5. User Vice-Chair – Terms of References • Summary of the TORs: • interact with science and environment organizations to understand their EO requirements • engage less active agencies • coordinate with non-space organizations • pursue CEOS agencies for easier access to data, information and S/W products In addition: • The User Vice-Chair shall have a deep knowledge of the worldwide User Community. • Presence required at every WGISS Plenary meeting.

  6. User Vice-Chair - Candidates • Call for candidates closed on March 15, 2005 • Two candidates: Dr. Liu Chuang Professor and Director Global Change Information and Research Center Institute of Geography and Natural Resources Chinese Academy of Sciences L.Czaran GIS Officer United Nations, Headquarters UN Geographic Information Working Group Secretariat

  7. User Vice-Chair Co-chairs • Two excellent candidates with complementary backgrounds • Agreement by adhoc group to extend the TORs of the User Vice-chair in order to have Two User Vice-Chair Co-Chairs • WGISS requested to approve the nominations of both Liu and Lorant

  8. “Projects & Applications” SG Chair & Vice-Chair

  9. “Projects & Applications” SG Chair & Vice-Chair • Current Chair and Vice-Chair: • Ivan Petiteville (ESA) . Also WGISS Vice-Chair since Nov. 2003 • Osamu Ochiai (JAXA) • Ivan to be replaced as “P&A” Chair at the end of WGISS 17. • According to the SG Chair & Vice-Chair TORs, the SG Vice-Chair should become SG Chair

  10. “Projects & Applications” SG Chair & Vice-Chair (cont’) • Osamu has confirmed that he is ready to become Chair. • WGISS requested to approve his nomination. • Call for candidates for the Vice-Chair role. • Call open until last day of WGISS 17. • Vice-Chair nomination at the end of WGISS 17 (Friday May 14).

  11. Technology & Services SG Chair & Vice-Chair • Chair & Vice-Chair will be renewed at the end of the next WGISS 18 (China, September 2004)

  12. Next Vice-Chair ?

  13. Future WGISS meetings

  14. Future WGISS meetings • WGISS-18 China • Organiser National Remote Sensing Center of China • Date 6-10 September 2004 • Location Beijing (TBC) • ContactDr. Liu Dingsheng(dsliu@ne.rsgs.ac.cn) • WGISS-19 Argentina (joint with WGCV) • OrganiserCONAE • Date February (date TBC) 2005 • Location ? • ContactHugo Marraco(hmarraco@conae.gov.ar)

  15. Future WGISS meetings (cont’) • WGISS-20 Ukraine • Organiser NSAU,Space Research Institute • Date August 2005 (TBC) • Location Kiev (TBC) • Contact Dr. Oleksandr Kolodyazhnyy (ok@space.is.kiev.ua ) • WGISS-21 Hungary • Organiser ? • Date April or May 2006 • Location ? • Contact L.Czaran (UN)

  16. Future WGISS meetings (cont’) • WGISS 22: • Organiser ? • Date September / October 2006 • Location ? • Contact ?

  17. New – Real Time Transfer ESA Web Map Services Previous - Manual Transfer 20 ESA and non-ESA satellite / sensors, More than 7 million entries, More than 200 thousands passes of browse. More than 10 thousands access per month. ESA EO Multi-mission User Services

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