FIG Commission 3 
	   
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			Work Plan 2003-2006
 
Original work plan in .pdf-format.  
Title
  Spatial Information Management
   
Mr. Gerhard Muggenhuber, Chairperson of Commission 3 
    
Terms of reference
  
    - Management of spatial information on land, property and hydrographical 
	facts (including related processes, procedures and resources); 
 
    - Spatial data infrastructure – data models, standards, availability and 
	legal aspects; 
 
    - Management and transfer of knowledge and skills needed for SIM; 
 
    - Impacts on organizational structure, business models, professional 
	practice and administration; 
 
    - Management of spatial information supporting environment protection, 
	sustainable development and poverty reduction. 
 
 
    Mission Statement
  
    - Bringing awareness to successful SIM approaches in the “Information Age” 
	by showing good practice like reliable spatial information for better 
	decision making. Decision makers on all levels expect reliable spatial 
	information and not only maps. 
 
    - Supporting the use of SIM-tools for decision makers and citizens 
    to support the goals of participatory democracy 
 
    - Share good practice on managerial processes and infrastructure needed 
	for handling data, using information and distributing knowledge. 
 
    - Encouraging decision-makers for a more extensive use of spatial 
	information also within good e-government and e-commerce. 
 
    - Criterion of success: to initiate and provide activities so interesting 
	that colleagues will regard the commission as one base on their professional 
	lives. 
 
    - Progress activities mainly through working groups (WGs) and Joint-WGs, 
	which will participate in the planning of workshops and short seminars held 
	during and outside FIG working weeks; submit progress reports about these 
	events. 
 
    - Present the final outcomes of Commission work as reports, statements 
	and/or publications accessible also through the web. 
 
 
General
  Commission 3 –Working Groups (WG) focuses on contribution of spatial 
  information for sustainable development. The elements for achieving this goal 
  are on national as well as international level with contributions to “e-Government 
  and SIM”; clarification on needed “SIM infrastructure” for GSDI; 
  sharing experience best practice with „State of the art of SIM“. The WG 
  on “Knowledge in SIM” provides the overarching principle for sharing 
  and transferring knowledge achieved. 
 
  
  
  Interactive Information Flow between providers, partners and customers 
  (PPP). 
  Policy Issues
  SIM is a facilitator for IT based services for administration as 
  well as for citizens. By thus SIMS will have even the role of an 
  integrator of components for a Spatial Information Infrastructure within an 
  Information society.  
  - Services and workflows for decision makers and citizens in 
  participatory democracy 
 
  - Government – business – customers: relations and activities 
 
  - Integration and cooperation in a distributed environment 
 
  - Individual vs. business in SIM 
 
  - Mobile society 
 
  - SIM and LBS in an e-Government context
 
 
  Chair
  
    
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      Kari Strande 
        Norway 
        E-mail: kari.strande[at]statkart.no  | 
     
   
  
   
  Co-Chair: Peter Laarakker (the Netherlands), e-mail: 
  peter.laarakker[at]kadaster.nl   
  Specific projects and outputs
  Based on cooperation with other WG and other Commissions this WG will:  
  - Report on good practice of Spatial Information within e-Government 
  supporting citizens in participatory democracy 
 
  - Facilitate experience exchange 
 
  - Show consequences for administration and citizens of SIM and LBS 
  accessible on the web 
 
  - Provide recommendations to the way we go within SIM and LBS 
 
  - Provide links to information and minutes of workshops 
 
  - Work out a Web-demo, if supported by OGC, ESRI or other sponsors
 
 
A detailed work plan with milestones will be published on the website of 
Commission 3.  
  Workshops
  
    - Workshop on Mobile Society and Location Based Services in an 
	e-Government context
 
   
  Beneficiaries
  Surveyors and citizens accessing and contributing to e-Government on 
  a national as well as on a local level. Contributing to better access to 
  general users of spatial data. 
 
  
  
  Harmonization of data, information, tools (LBS) and workflows as components 
  of GSDI. 
  Policy Issues
  
    - NSDI / GSDI: Spatial Data + Information Infrastructure 
 
    - modelling, geo-visualisation 
 
    - Legal aspects in SIM 
 
    - Standards Network on international (ISO/TC 211, OpenGIS Consortium, 
	etc.) and on regional level. 
 
    - SIM and LBS as tools:
    
      - Making geo-database suitable for mobile phones 
 
      - Improve basic references (geo-referencing, transport-internet) 
 
      - Role of surveyors in LBS 
 
      - Share current experiences and technical visions of the future. 
 
      - Gain knowledge from industry. 
 
      - Inform future decisions and implementations. 
 
      - Inform the big picture on drivers, trends and technologies.
 
     
     
 
    Chair
  
    
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      Keith Murray 
        United Kingdom 
        E-mail: 	  Keith.Murray[at]ordnancesurvey.co.uk   | 
     
   
  
   
  Co-chair: Martin Scheu (Germany), e-mail: 
  scheu[at]grit.de   
  Specific projects and outputs
  Based on cooperation with other WG and other Commissions this WG will: 
  
    - Contribute to the Inter-Commission activity (COM3, 5 leaded by COM3) on
 
      "Mobile society and Location based services"
      
        - Co-Chair of Commission 3: Keith Murray (UK), e-mail: 
        KMurray[at]ordsvy.gov.uk 
 
         
       
     
    - Contribute to the Inter-Commission-cooperation on "Standardization"
      
        - Co-Chair of Commission 3: Martin Scheu (Germany), e-mail: 
        scheu[at]grit.de 
 
       
     
   
  A detailed work plan with milestones will be put on 
  the web site of Commission 3. 
  Workshops
  
    - Joint COM3/5-Workshop on Mobile Society and Location Based Services
 
   
  Beneficiaries
  
    - Surveyors, associations engaged with spatial data and users of spatial 
	data and spatial information.
 
   
 
 
  
  Development and State of the Art of SIM (analysis of the nation-wide 
  activity in SIM among participating countries, and world-wide picture and best 
  practice of institutional structures, as well as contents of data bases) and 
  establishment of a FIG - metadata base about SDI. 
  Policy Issues
  
    - To increase cooperation between different jurisdictions, disciplines, 
	professional groups, Public-Public and Public-Private-Partnerships 
 
    - To positively influence organizing and business models as well as 
	procedures on different layers of administration 
 
    - To raise awareness and encourage participation regarding:
    
      - Institutional structures and Spatial Information Infrastructure 
 
      - Data availability and Spatial Data Infrastructure 
 
     
     
    - To work towards capacity building and transfer of experience within
    a detailed work plan with milestones will be 
	published on the web site of Commission 3.
    
      - Com3 
 
      - To facilitate the development of NSDIs
 
     
     
 
  Chair
  
    
      
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      Chryssy Potsiou 
        Greece 
        E-mail: chryssyp[at]survey.ntua.gr | 
     
   
  
   
  Co-Chair: Uzo Okafor (Namibia), e-mail: 
  uzookaf[at]mweb.com.na  
  Specific projects and outputs
  Based on cooperation with other WG and other Commissions this WG will:  
  - Create a metadata base with information about the state of the art of SIM 
  at national level and maintain an up to date web site WEB-Inventory of best 
  practice in regarding “State of the art of SIM” 
 
  - Show good practice on the managerial processes 
 
  - Share and provide experiences in SIM and NSDI 
 
  - Contribute to the Inter-Commission activities 
 
  - Contribute to the Inter-Commission activity (COM3, 5, 7, leaded by COM5) 
  on 
 
  “Low Cost Surveying Technology and Techniques for Developing Countries”.
   
  Co-Chair of Commission 3: Chryssy Potsiou 
  (Greece), e-mail: 
  chryssyp[at]survey.ntua.gr   
 
A detailed work plan with milestones will be published on the web site of 
Commission 3. 
Workshops
  - Joint Workshop: UN/ECE-WPLA, FIG Com3 and Com7 on "Spatial Information 
  Management for Sustainable Real Estate Market - Best Practice Guidelines in 
  nation-wide Land Administration“ will be held in Athens, Greece, 4-7 June 2003
 
 
  Beneficiaries
  Surveyors, associations engaged with spatial data and users of spatial data 
  and spatial information.  
 
  Working Group 3.4 - Knowledge Transfer in SIM (education, 
  training) 
  A Joint Working Group with Commission 2
  Policy Issues
  Integration of resources of FIG Com.2 and 3 using the experiences in 
  knowledge transfer on one hand and the know-how of spatial information 
  management on the other hand.  
  - Where to get knowledge, training etc. 
 
  - Not only data are needed and information is not yet knowledge. 
  Infrastructure is changing quite fastly, but also methods of training have to 
  be adopted because the “half-life-time” of knowledge becomes shorter. 
 
  - How to bridge tangible information with intangible knowledge. 
 
  - Cooperation between sister organizations, optimizing regional structures
  
 
 
  Chair
  
    
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      Prof. Bela Markus 
        Hungary 
        E-mail: mb[at]cslm.hu 
        
        (appointed by Commission 2) | 
     
   
  
   
  Co-Chair: Mohammed Timoulali (Morocco), e-mail: 
  timoulali[at]atlasnet.net.ma (appointed by Commission 3)  
  Specific projects and outputs
  Based on cooperation with other WG and other Commissions this WG will : 
  
    - Develop methods and share experience on education, training in SIM
 
    - Develop a position paper on a regional approach for a NSDI.
 
   
  Workshops
  
    - Joint COM2/3-Workshop on "Education and Training in SIM"
 
   
  Beneficiaries
  Teachers and students within any education, learning and training 
  environment. 
  Integration of COM2 and COM3 resources using the experiences of 
  professionals in knowledge transfer from one side and the know-how of spatial 
  information management (SIM) from the other side. 
 
Co-operation with Sister Associations
  Cooperation on Spatial Information Management for Sustainable Real Estate 
  Market with UN-ECE-WPLA
Commission 3 contributes to the joint UN/ECE-WPLA and FIG Workshop in Athens, 
4-7 June 2003.  
  Cooperation on GSDI with GDSI and EUROGI
  Commission 3 contributes to 6th GSDI Conference in Budapest, 16-19 
  September 2002 
  Cooperation on international standards on spatial data with ISO and 
  OPENGIS
  Especially promoting implementation of ISO TC211. 
  Contacts and cooperation with sister organizations
  
  Inter-Commission Activities
  
    - Joint WG of Commissions 2 (lead) and 3 on:
      
        - "Knowledge in SIM"
 
        - Co-Chair of Commission 3: Mohammed Timoulali (Morocco), e-mail: 
        timoulali[at]atlasnet.net.ma 
 
         
       
     
    - Contribution to the Inter-Commission activity (Commissions 3 and 5 
	leaded by Commission 3) on:
      
        - "Mobile society and Location based services"
 
        - Co-Chair of Commission 3: Keith Murray (United Kingdom), e-mail: 
        KMurray[at]ordsvy.gov.uk 
 
         
       
     
    - Contribution to the Inter-Commission-cooperation on
      
        - "Standardization"
 
        - Co-Chair of Commission 3: Martin Scheu (Germany), e-mail: 
        scheu[at]grit.de 
 
         
       
     
    - Contribution to the Inter-Commission activity (Commissions 3, 5 and 7, 
	leaded by Commission 5 on
      
    
 
    - Contribution to the Inter-Commission activity (Commissions 3 and 7, 
	leaded by Commission 7) on
      
        - "3D-Cadastre"
          
 
        - Achieving a common understanding of the terms and issues involved in 
		a 3D-Cadastre. 
 
        - Integrating advanced Spatial Information Management with legal and 
		organizational settings needed for a 3D-Cadastre. 
 
        - Developing the frame and strategy for an ongoing improvement process 
		of existing spatial information considering additional dimensions of 
		geodata (3rd dimension, temporal data, etc.).
 
        - Co-Chair of Commission 3: Yerahmiel Doytsher (Israel), e-mail: 
        doytsher[at]technion.ac.il 
 
       
     
   
Co-operation with the United Nations Agencies
  
Other Activities
  Active involvement of regions
  Commission 3 will actively involve underrepresented regions like Africa, 
  Latin America, Middle East, and Asia by exchanging information. Commission 
  will try to reduce conference fees in order to enable or to encourage regional 
  participation and try to raise money for funding participation of groups like 
  students. Commission will also encourage participation by using e-mail and 
  web.  
Respect cultural and linguistic issues
Commission 3 endorses the underlying concept that respect for Cultural and 
Linguistic issues is very important and that the Commission will be sensitive to 
these issues in the way it works. This will be implemented by encouraging 
multilingual abstracts and presentations in general meetings and through the use 
of an appropriate regional language during regional meetings. 
Information delivery
Commission 3 has an ambitious approach on management of information and 
communication. This includes an active Commission 3 home page, linkages to other 
relevant information and events in order to keep commission delegates and all 
FIG members informed about the work of the Commission (including former 
activities of secretary): Commission 3 Vice-Chair for Administration and 
Information: Reinfried Mansberger (e-mail:
mansberger@boku.ac.at).  
  
    
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       Commission 3 Vice-Chair for Administration and 
	  Information 
        Reinfried Mansberger 
        Austria 
        E-mail: mansberger[at]boku.ac.at. | 
     
   
Calendar of Events
  2003
  
    - 13-17 April 2003 FIG Working Week, 
    Paris, France
 
    - 4-7 June 2003 UN/ECE and FIG 
	joint Workshop, Athens (FIG Com3, Com7)
 
    - Dec. 2003 Commission 3 Annual Meeting (Morocco)
 
   
  2004
  
    - May 2004 FIG Working Week, Athens, Greece
 
    - Sept.-Dec. 2004 Commission 3 Annual Meeting (TBD, preference for Asia)
 
   
  2005
  
    - May 2005 FIG Working Week, Cairo, Egypt
 
    - Sept.-Dec. 2005 Commission 3 Annual Meeting (TBD, preference for Latin / 
	South America)
 
   
  2006
  
    - August-September 2006 FIG Congress, Munich, Germany
 
   
Commission Officers
Commission Chair
  
    
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      Gerhard Muggenhuber 
      Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying (BEV) International Affairs 
      Schiffamtsgasse 1-3 
      A-1025 Vienna 
      AUSTRIA 
      Tel. + 43 676 7354300 
      Fax + 43 1 211 76 4701 
      Mobile phone + 43 676 8210 4700 
      E-mail: geomugg[at]gmx.at  | 
     
   
  Chair Elect 2004-2006 and Chair 2006-2010
  
    
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    Dr. Chryssy Potsiou 
      National Technical University of Athens 
      9 Iroon Polytechniou Str. 
      GR-15780 Zografos 
      GREECE 
      E-mail: chryssyp[at]survey.ntua.gr  | 
   
 
Vice-Chair on Administration and Information
  
    
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      Dr. Reinfried Mansberger, Commission 3 Information 
	  Manager 
      Institute of Surveying, Remote Sensing and Land Information 
      Universität für Bodenkultur Wien 
        Peter-Jordan-Strasse 82 
      A-1190 Vienna 
      AUSTRIA 
      Tel. + 43 1 47654 5115 
      Fax + 43 1 47654 5142 
      E-mail: mansberger[at]boku.ac.at  | 
     
   
  Chair Working Group 3.1 - e-Government and e-Citizen
  
    
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      Kari Strande 
      Statens Kartverk 
      Advicer International affairs 
      Servicebox 15 
      N-3504 Hønefoss 
      NORWAY 
      E-mail: kari.strande[at]statkart.no  | 
     
   
  Chair Working Group 3.2 - SIM infrastructure
  
    
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      Keith Murray 
      Head of Geographic Information Strategy 
      Ordnance Survey 
      Romsey Road 
      Southampton SO16 4GU 
      UNITED KINGDOM 
      E-mail: 	  Keith.Murray[at]ordnancesurvey.co.uk   | 
     
   
  Chair Working Group 3.3 - State of the art of SIM
  
    
      
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      Dr. Chryssy Potsiou 
      National Technical University of Athens 
      9 Iroon Polytechniou Str. 
      GR-15780 Zografos 
      GREECE 
      E-mail: chryssyp[at]survey.ntua.gr  | 
     
   
  Chair Joint Working Group 2.4 - Knowledge in Spatial Information 
  Management
  
    
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    Prof. Bela Markus  
                    College of Geoinformatics  
                    University of West Hungary  
                    P.O.Box 52  
                    H-8000 Szekesfehervar  
                    HUNGARY 
                    Tel. + 36 22 516 522  
                    E-mail: mb[at]geo.info.hu 
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  28 November 2002 
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