The use of Spatial Information Management (data, tools,
procedures, regulations, standards);
The support of Good governance (sustainable development, poverty
reduction, social and economic growth, social security);
Spatial data infrastructure;
Research on the use of crowdsourced VGI data and derived
information to geoscientific disciplines that make use of mapping,
GIS, and Geo-SDI systems and procedures;
The research of the methods for the sustainable development
especially of mega cities and emerging countries with high index of
development;
The study and monitoring, as control of the fragility and
vulnerability of the territory.
Mission statement
The mission of Commission 3 is to:
Increase awareness about successful SIM approaches and
achievements within the “e-Society” by showing good practice like
availability, reliability, efficiency and accessibility of spatial
information for better decision making and processes.
Support the use of spatial information and SIM-tools by surveyors
and by all participants in decision-making to serve the goals of good
governance.
Share good practice on managerial processes and infrastructure
required for data handling, using information and distributing
knowledge.
Share good practice and develop high-level methods and techniques
for merging and managing updated spatial information at various levels
according to market requirements.
Establish and maintain data - and data-quality-standards relevant
to SIM, while cooperating with international spatial data standard
committees.
Encourage the use of spatial information within e-government and
e-commerce.
Cooperate and coordinate with the related United Nations
Committees and other geospatial information societies and
organizations active in the field based on request from the Council,
they key focus will be in co-operation with ISPRS (Commission IV on
Geodatabases and Digital Mapping), ICA (commission on Geospatial Data
Standards), GSDI, EUROGI.
General
Most of the objectives, topics and scope of the previous term will be
continued. Therefore the 3 previous working groups are confirmed in the
new term and a new working group is established about crowdsourcing and
VGI.
Commission 3 delegates have expressed their interest in continuing
organizing Commission 3 annual meetings and workshops focused on the
specific and identified current topics.
Commission 3 will continue to address the phenomena of rapid
urbanization and its impact focusing on identifying new solutions for the
survey of spatial data and general principles.
As new projects, Commission 3 will:
address the phenomena of Crowdsourcing and Volunteered Geographic
Information. This neogeography revolution has started to fundamentally
transform how geographic data are acquired, maintained, analysed,
visualized and consequently used. SDI as well as SIM can benefit
greatly from the use and integration of this type of data, all of
which with the focus of contributing to the surveyor role;
follow the management of the environment, monitoring and
supporting the legalization process and progress of land, property
registration, planning reforms;
assist good governance, efficient operations of property markets,
affordable planning, affordable housing, and appropriate environmental
management - by providing innovative and reliable land tools and
spatial information solutions addressing to global challenges.
address the research of the methods for the sustainable
development especially of mega cities and emerging countries with high
index of development (China, India, South America).
address the research for the reuse of the built and the savings of
the territory with the incentive of specialized crops;
study and monitor (as control of the fragility and vulnerability
of the territory, for the defense from natural phenomena and from the
consequences of the human intervention dangerous for the wellbeing and
for the goods of properties, and for the prevention of hydrological
disasters that have interested in a strong way and with severe damages
e many dead different parts of the world.
participate in the organization of an International Summerschool
for Young Surveyors following the model of the International Training
Courses organized by Consiglio Nazionale Geometri e Geometri Laureati
in the last years.
Summarizing, the topics of general interest of Commission 3 are:
SDI at all levels – local, regional, national and global
SIM challenges – natural and environmental risk prevention and
disaster management, mitigation, waste management, etc.
VGI collection, dissemination, analysis, applications, maintenance
and visualization
e-Governance and SDI in supporting decision making – theory,
applications and best practice
Integration of SDIs – cadastre, land use, utilities, environment,
socio-economic
SIM has the role of an integrator of components for a Spatial
Information Infrastructure especially for urban areas within the
information society. SIM is a facilitator for IT based services for
planners, administration as well as for citizens.
The on-going development of tools, techniques and policies for spatial
management of urban areas, in particular cities/megacities but also rural,
forest and coastal areas leads to the need for collection, management and
integration of various spatial data, such as: optical and SAR satellite
and aerial images, images derived from various kinds of UAV, images
derived from the Internet, orthophotos, point clouds derived from LiDAR
and terrestrial laser scanners, global DTMs, etc. These data and the need
for their management in real time or in a short time, in order to monitor
growth and change across the urban environment and to forecast areas of
risk, leads to the development of specific techniques for Big Data
management. The on-going development of 3D and 4D spatial or city models,
using photogrammetric or computer vision techniques, demands the
development of interoperable formats and tools for the exchange of
geometric and semantic 2D/3D data and information. The improvement and
enrichment of data and spatial product quality control methods and
techniques is an important issue as the variety of data collection sources
and information management and integration procedures become wider.
Low-cost methods and tools for environmental monitoring,
Standardization of information and metadata,
3D and 4D spatial data recording and management,
Visualization of information in 2D/3D/4D,
Big data management,
Integration and update of spatial data-bases, 3D GIS and BIM,
Content and 2D/3D semantic modelling,
Quality control.
These technical aspects will be dealt in relation to legal, social,
economic, educational, and policy implications.
Workshop(s)
Participations in FIG Working Weeks and other major Commission events
with dedicated technical sessions and/or workshops as appropriate.
Publication(s)
FIG-publication on “Management of big data” by the end of the 4-years
period –to be published for the FIG Congress 2018.
Timetable
Special sessions on Technical Aspects of SIM at the Annual Meetings of
Commission 3 and FIG Working Weeks.
Beneficiaries
Surveyors, private and public firms and associations engaged with
spatial data, and users of spatial data and spatial information.
Working Group 3.3 – 3D Cadastre (Joint Working Group with Commission
7)
Policy issues
The results of the previous term (2010-2014) of the working group
provide a solid basis for the next 4-year phase of the working group. The
concept of 3D Cadastres is here to stay and the number of implementations
is increasing, quite often with ambition to become LADM (ISO 19152:2012)
compliant.
In 3D, it is even more important to connect land administration to
other registrations via SDI: buildings, tunnels, cables/pipelines, terrain
elevation, etc. (physical and legal 3D objects should be aligned). The
main objective of the working group is to establish an operational
framework for 3D-Cadastres. The operational aspect addresses the following
issues:
A common understanding of the terms and issues involved.
Concepts should be refined and agreed based on the ISO 19152 Land
Administration Domain Model.
A description of issues that have to be considered (and to what level)
before whatever form of 3D-cadastres can be implemented. These will
provide 'best practices' for the legal, institutional and technical
aspects.
Chair
Peter van Oosterom, The Netherlands
email:
P.J.M.vanOosterom[at]tudelft.nl
Special topic(s)
Topics to be dealt within the activity of the working group are:
3D-Cadastre: models, SDI and time
3D-Cadastre and the usability
Options for realization of a 3D cadastre model will include:
Minimalistic 3D cadastre (no cables, pipelines etc.)
Topographic 3D cadastre
Polyhedral vs. Non-polyhedral Legal 3D cadastre
Topological Legal 3D cadastre
Additional emphasis on the following topics:
Collect and exchange experiences of operational 3D Cadastral
systems (law, organization, technology) 2. 3D Cadastre in mega-cities,
often in Latin-America (Brazil, Mexico), Asia (China, Malaysia, Korea,
Singapore) and Africa (Nigeria)
3D Cadastre usability studies, web-dissemination and 3D
cartography
3D Cadastre as part the full life cycle of spatial development in
3D: spatial plan, zoning, register restrictions, design solutions,
acquire space/land, request/provide permits, obtain financing,
realize/develop, survey/ measure results, submit final RRRs/SUs,
check/validate submitted RRRs/SUs, store/ analyse data, disseminate,
visualize and use the 3D (cadastral) objects
Contribute to the upcoming revision of ISO19152:2017 or 2018
(LADM) by further developing the 3D aspects in this international
standard; e.g. provide a more formal taxonomy of different types of 3D
parcels (spatial units).
Workshop(s)
Participations in FIG Working Weeks with 3D Cadastre sessions and other
major Commission events above all with Commission 7.
Publication(s)
Maintain the website and FIG publication on 3D-Cadastre
Timetable
2015-2018: Maintain website and interest-group www.gdmc.nl/3DCadastres (inc.
literature) 2015: Analyse and complete second questionnaire status
3D Cadastres 2014-2018
2015-2017: 3D Cadastres session at FIG working weeks
2016: Organize 5th workshop on 3D-Cadastres
2017-18: FIG-publication on 3D-Cadastres
2018: Conduct third questionnaire status 3D Cadastres 2018-2022
2018: Presentation of the results FIG-congress
Beneficiaries
Surveyors, land developers, national cadastral agencies, land registry
administrations, local and regional municipalities.
As of 2010, 90% of the data that existed in the world were created
within the previous two years, while personal location data has been
singled out as one of the five primary 'big data' streams in the 2011
McKinsey report. By 2020, the volume of existing data will increase by
fifty-fold, where a large percentage of this volume will be associated
with geospatial data. The term Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI)
encapsulates the idea of using the internet to create, share, visualize,
and analyse geographic information and knowledge, envisioned via the use
of numerous computing devices and platforms. This neogeography revolution
has started to fundamentally transform how geographic data are acquired,
maintained, analysed, visualized, and consequently – used. Thus, it has
the potential to influence common practices, since it captures a broad
knowledge of the environment we live in, in all aspects of life,
encompassing new services to take place, applications and processes to be
developed – all of which are location based. Spatial Data Infrastructure
(SDI), as well as Spatial Information Management (SIM) can benefit greatly
from the use and integration of this type of data. The diversity of
research disciplines that explore the potential of VGI – data and working
methodologies - arguments its current usability relevance: ranging from
transportation network analysis, to air pollution and air quality and to
natural disaster decision-making systems.
VGI is becoming more and more a legitimate and reliable spatial,
environmental and sustainable infrastructure on local, as well as on
global scales, thus it encompasses vast geospatial potential that can
contribute significantly, and is highly relevant to various geoscience
research areas.
Consequently, it transforms and changes the surveyor's role, as well as
the established working methodologies and protocols; new ideas, concepts
and practices are to be developed and envisioned.
The emphasis of Working Group 4 will be on the investigation and
identification of processes and protocols aimed at handling 'big geodata',
crowdsourced and contributed by the public, on collection, processing,
interpretation, administrative, and analysis levels, all of which with the
focus of contributing to the surveyors role. Working Group 4 will search
and learn new means and technologies on how to exploit and make use of
crowdsourced VG data and derived information to geoscientific disciplines
that make use of mapping, GIS, and Geo-SDI systems and procedures.
Since VG data is relatively easy to acquire, and consequently simple to
access and make use of, Working Group 4 will aspire to motivate and work
with scholars and professionals from developing countries, where it is
believed that this working methodology can contribute utmost. Also,
Working Group 4 will aim to have joined and mutual interests with other
FIG Commissions, specifically Commission 2 (on Professional Education) and
Commission 8 (on Spatial Planning and Development), where it is believed
that this neogeography revolution can bring new ideas.
Chair
Sagi Daylot, Israel
e-mail: dalyot[at]technion.ac.il
Specific topic(s)
Utilization of VGI and crowdsourcing with SDI, SIM and
environmental knowledge
Working methodologies of VGI in developing countries
VGI collection, dissemination, analysis, maintenance, and
visualization
Crowdsourced land management tools and innovative spatial
information solutions addressing global and national challenges
The significance of open source SDIs for managing authorities'
services
Applications of VGI in managing the built environment,
legalization monitoring, property registration, planning reforms
Participatory mapping and citizens science – case studies and
processes
Workshops
Participations in FIG Working Weeks and other major Commission events
with dedicated technical sessions and/or workshops as appropriate.
Co-operation with Other Commissions and organisations
Commission 2;
Commission 7;
Commission 8;
Young Surveyors Network.
Co-operation with United Nation Organisations, Sister
Associations and other Partners
FAO;
UN-HABITAT;
UNESCO;
ISPRS Commission IV on Spatial Information Systems and Digital
Mapping;
ICA – International Cartographical Association;
International Geographical Union, Commission on geographical
Information Science;
GSDI – Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association.
Calendar of Events
May 2015 – Sofia (in conjunction with FIG WW 2015);
November 2015 – Malta (annual workshop in conjunction with Commission
7);
April – June 2016 – Christchurch, New Zealand (in conjunction with FIG
WW 2016);
November 2016 – Hungary or Greece (annual workshop);
May/June 2017 – Finland, Helsinki (in conjunction with FIG WW 2017);
November 2017 – location TBD (annual workshop);
April/May 2018 – Istanbul, Turkey (in conjunction with FIG Congress
2018);
November 2018 – location TBD (annual workshop).
Workshops
Commission 3 is planning to organize, in addition to its activity
during the annual FIG Working Weeks or Congress, also four annual
Workshops during the 2015-2018 term.
Commission Officers
Commission Chair Dr. Enrico Rispoli
Legal Expert and Surveyor
Board Member Consiglio Nazionale Geometri e Geometri Laureati
Piazza Colonna, 361
00187 - Roma
ITALY
Tel. +39 06 4203161
Fax. +39 06 48903894
Email: e.rispoli[at]cng.it ;
m.scorza[at]cng.it
Vice Chair of Administration Dott.ssa Maria Grazia Scorza
Head of the International Office
Consiglio Nazionale Geometri e Geometri Laureati
Piazza Colonna, 361
00187 - Roma
ITALY
Tel. +39 06 4203161
Mob. +39 336 921447
Fax. +39 06 48903894
Email: m.scorza[at]cng.it
Vice-Chair and Chair of Working Group 3.1 Prof. Dr. Hartmut Müller
Lucy-Hillebrand-Str. 2
D-55128 Mainz
GERMANY
Tel. +49 (0) 6131 628 1438
Fax. +49 (0) 6131 628 91438
Email:
hartmut.mueller[at]hs-mainz.de
Vice-Chair and Chair of Working Group 3.2 Prof. Dr. Ioannidis Charalabos
School of Rural & Surveying Engineering, National Technical University of
Athens
9 Iroon Polytechniou St.,
Athens 15780
GREECE
Tel. +30 210 7722686
Mob. +30 6942488497
Fax. +30 210 7722677
Email: cioannid[at]survey.ntua.gr
Vice-Chair and Chair of Working Group 3.3 Prof. Dr. Ir.Peter van Oosterom
Professor and Head of section GISt technology,
Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft
Julianalaan 134, 2628 BL Delft
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel. +31 15 2786950
Fax. +31 15 2784422
Email:
P.J.M.vanOosterom[at]tudelft.nl
Vice-Chair and Chair of Working Group 3.4 Dr. Sagi Daylot
Transportation and Geo-Information Engineering
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rabin Bldg., Room 727
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Haifa 32000
ISRAEL
Tel. +972 4 8295991
Fax. +972 4 8295708
Email dalyot[at]technion.ac.il
