Conclusion

Task 5 addresses the issues of making various sorts of remotely sensed data accessible and useable at an appropriate level of processing, together with documented standards. Important tools for this task have been obtained at no cost to CSIRO, via interaction with the Working Group on Information Systems and Services (WGISS) of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS). This technical group comprises data management specialists from space agencies and international organisations which produce and make use of Earth Observation products.

In the past CSIRO has been involved with CEOS at various levels from the Plenary through to the working groups and task teams. We have gained a number of benefits from this involvement. It is important that the EOC remains involved with this group to ensure that we remain compatible with the emerging standards for data processing, standardisation, access and distribution of remote sensing data.

Reference URLS

• Trial home page for CSIRO COSSA/EOC "Data Management Project" provides handy access to both the IMS and IDN nodes at CSIRO and internationally.

http://atlas.eoc.csiro.au:8000/dmp/

http://ceos.esrin.esa.it:8000/infosys/

• General home page for the CEOS Access Sub-group.

http://ceos.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/

• WGISS Network Subgroup home page.

http://nic.nasa.gov/ceos-ns/

• WGISS Data Subgroup home page.

http://gds.esrin.esa.it/WGD.CEOS

• WGISS YellowPages task home page.

http://www.smithsys.co.uk/yp/

• WGISS CILS task home page.

http://www.dfd.dlr.de/CILS/

• Home page for the Remote Sensing group at JRC Ispra.

http://wwwmtv.jrc.it

• Home page for TREES project at JRC.

http://wwwmtv.jrc.it/projects/treeswww/trees2.html

• Home page for FIRE project at JRC.

http://wwwmtv.jrc.it/projects/fire/home.html

• Home page for Vegetation Instrument involvement at JRC.

http://wwwmtv.jrc.it/intproj/intproj.html

• Main home page for Vegetation Instrument.

http://www-vegetation.cst.cnes.fr:8050/

• A useful page containing ideas on sensible web design, for those who are sick of fancy sites where the designer is intent on using every conceivable flashing gizmo at once.

http://www.useit.com/

• Home page of the 1997 EO/GEO Workshop

http://ulabhp.gsfc.nasa.gov/~jpals/workshop97.html

• Summary paper for EO/GEO 97 Workshop.

http://www.ceo.org/eogeo98/summary.html

• Home page for "DAAC in a Box"

http://hops.stx.com:8080/dibhome.html

• Technical Paper about design and capabilities of "DAAC in a Box"

http://spsosun.gsfc.nasa.gov/DaacinaBox.html

• Home page for IDN (Master site at NASA)

http://gcmd.nasa.gov/

• IDN newsletter and mail archive.

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/hypermail/interop/

• Site demonstrating simple searching technique for web access to databases.

http://www.ceo.org/hgs/

Appendix A - Agenda

Appendix B - Background to the Access Subgroup

Appendix C - Background to the Information Management System (IMS)

Appendix D - Background to the CEOS International Directory Network (IDN)

Appendix E - CINTEX Workshop April 1997 (Draft minutes)

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