Guide to Role of Geospatial Standards
** Please note that both the Guide & Companion Document have been revised and new versions were presented to the UNGGIM in August 2018. The revised versions can be found at the links below. If you have any queries regarding this update please contact Denise McKenzie at dmckenzie [at] opengeospatial.org**
Link to: Guide to the Role of Geospatial Standards
Link to: Companion document on Standards Recommendation by Tier
At its substantive session in July 2011, ECOSOC considered the report of the Secretary General (E/2011/89) and adopted a resolution to create the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (2011/24).
The priorities and work programmes of the Committee of Experts are driven by Member States. The Committee of Experts is mandated, among other tasks, to provide a platform for the development of effective strategies on how to build and strengthen national capacity on geospatial information, as well as disseminating best practices and experiences of national, regional and international bodies on geospatial information related to legal instruments, management models and technical standards.
2. Development of a global map for sustainable development
3. Geospatial information supporting Sustainable Development and the post 2015 development agenda
4. Adoption and implementation of standards by the global geospatial information community
5. Development of a knowledge base for geospatial information
6. Identification of trends in national institutional arrangements in geospatial information management
7. Integrating geospatial statistics and other information
8. Legal and policy frameworks, including critical issues related to authoritative data
9. Development of shared statement of principles on the management of geospatial information
10. Determining fundamental data sets
Under these areas of work the OGC works jointly with IHO & ISO TC211 on item 4 and its deliverables.