GSDI 1 Bonn, Germany

4-6, September, 1996

Theme: The Emerging GSDI

Conference Program

September 4, 1996 

18:30                   
Icebreaker Party:  Welcome Address

Franz-Josef Kniola, Minister of the Interior
of Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany

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September 5, 1996

09:30 – 10:00      Greetings and Opening Remarks                          

Michael Brand, President of EUROGI, Northern Ireland

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Fritz Petersohn, Atlantic Institute, Chair Advisory Board, U.S.

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James McCrystal, Open GIS Consortium, U.S.

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Bishop Dansby, Esq. Representative of ILI, U.S.

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Klaus Barwinski, President of DDGI, Germany

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R. Frans de Bruïne, Director DG XIII/E, European Commission

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10:00 – 10:20      Towards a Global Spatial Data Infrastructure

Lance McKee, Open GIS Consortium, U.S.

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10:20 – 10:40      A European View to Global Spatial Data Infrastructure

Prof. Peter A. Burrough, EGIS, The Netherlands

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10:40 – 11:15      Coffee Break

The Architectures and Economic Benefits of
National SDI’s Reports of various NSDI developments with consideration towards a common
global approach.

11:15 – 12:00      NSDI – An Australian Viewpoint

Michael Smith, Director of Office of Geographic DataCoordination, Australia

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12:00 – 13:30      Lunch

Navigating the Global Information Highway –
Infobahn

Jane Smith Patterson, Senior Advisor to the Governor of North Carolina, and
member U.S. Advisory Council for the National Information Infrastructure,
U.S.     

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13:30 – 14:00      NSDI – An Asian Viewpoint

Akihiro Yamaura, Chairman Foreign Affairs Committee of NSDIPA, Japan

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14:00 – 14:30      NSDI – An Canadian Viewpoint

Dr. Edryd Shaw, Director General of Canada Center for Remote Sensing, Canada

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14:30 – 15:00      NSDI – An European Viewpoint

Ing. Bas Kok, Chairman of RAVI, The Netherlands

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15:00 – 15:30      NSDI – A United States Viewpoint

Gale TeSelle, Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S.

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15:30 – 16:00      NSDI – An African Viewpoint

Unis Muftah, Secrétaire Général de l’Organisation Africaine de Cartographie
et de Teledetection, Algeria

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16:00 – 16:30      Coffee Break

Global Spatial Data Programs in Progress

16:30 – 17:00      Earthmap/USA & Global Mapping/Japan Projects are at the
Feasibility Phase:  A Dream or a Future Reality?

Frédéric Dupont de Dinechin, Technical Director of IGN France International,
France

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17:00 – 17:30      Global Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure

Neil Anderson, Vice-president of International Business Development Nautical
Data International Inc., Canada

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17:30 – 18:00      Global Geo-Spatial Information and Services – A Vision for
the Future

Henry Tom, Defense Mapping Agency, U.S.

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19:00                    Reception:  U.S. Embassy, Bonn

September 6, 1996

09:00 – 11:00      Discussion Group Sessions I

Group 1:  The Benefits of Global SDI

Michael Smith, Director of Office of Geographic Data Co-ordination, Australia

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Group 2:  Potential Global SDI Engineering
Projects

Prof. Dr. Dieter Fritsch, Head of Institute of Photogrammetry, University of
Stuttgart, Germany

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Group 3:  Legal Barriers to and Unifying Elements of GSDI Development

Bishop Dansby, Esq. Representative of ILI, U.S.

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Group 4:  Political, Social, Economic and Legal
Issues

Prof. David Rhind, Director General and Chief Executive of Ordnance Survey,
United Kingdom

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11:00 – 11:30      Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:30      Plenary Session

Each group will select a recorder to report to
the plenary session.

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12:30 – 14:00      Lunch

14:00 – 16:00      Discussion Group Sessions II

Group 1:  Critical GSDI Political Processes

Harlan Onsrud, Chairman of FIG – Commission 3, Norway

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Group 2:  The Need for Plan of Action

Dr. John McLaughlin, Atlantic Institute/University of New Brunswick, Canada

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16:00 – 16:30      Plenary Session

Each group will select a recorder to report to
the plenary session.

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16:30 – 17:00      Coffee Break

17:00 – 17:30      Closing Remarks

Michael Brand, President of EUROGI, Northern Ireland

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Fritz Petersohn, Atlantic Institute, Chair Advisory Board, U.S.

[abstract] [slides] [paper]

James McCrystal, Open GIS Consortium, U.S.

[abstract] [slides] [paper]

Bishop Dansby, Esq. Representative of ILI, U.S.

[abstract] [slides] [paper]

Klaus Barwinski, President of DDGI, Germany

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