<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Hi Serena</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I am very interested in participating in this work. I will also distribute this questionnaire to the mapping agencies across Australia.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Gaby</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 September 2017 at 20:01, Serena Coetzee <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:serenacoetzee@gmail.com" target="_blank">serenacoetzee@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>Dear all, </div><div><br></div><div>this email is to Commission members from countries that are not members of EuroGeographics….</div><div><br></div><div>At the business meeting of the ICA Commission on SDI & Standards during the ICC 2017 in Washington DC July 2017, EuroGeographics offered to the Commission that their questionnaire be used for collecting information about the use of ISO standards in National Mapping and <wbr>Cadastral Authorities (NMCAs) in countries that are not members of EuroGeographics. The questionnaire is attached to this email.</div><div><br></div><div>We are looking for Commission members from countries that are not members of EuroGeographics to fill in the questionnaire about the use of ISO standards for quality in their NMCAs. It should take no more than <wbr>15 minutes to complete the <wbr>questionnaire. </div><div><br></div><div>If possible, we need a response by 22 September so that we can compile and submit an abstract for the workshop in Malta by 1 October. </div><div><br></div><div>If you are interested in contributing, please let me know at <<a href="mailto:serenacoetzee@gmail.com" target="_blank">serenacoetzee@gmail.com</a>> (Franz-Josef is on leave at the moment). </div><div><br></div></div><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>Regards</div><div>--<br><div>Serena Coetzee and Franz-Josef Behr</div><div>Chairs: ICA Commission on SDI & Standards<br><br></div><div><div>On 24 Aug 2017, at 04:48, Serena Coetzee <<a href="mailto:serenacoetzee@gmail.com" target="_blank">serenacoetzee@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_-4696824736822805385Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Dear Commission members,<div><br></div><div>At the business meeting of the ICA Commission on SDI & Standards during the ICC 2017 in Washington DC July 2017, Commission Members expressed their interest in working on quality management of geographic information. Subsequently, EuroGeographics invited the Commission to participate in the 2nd International Workshop on Spatial Data Quality. The two-day event, to be held on Valletta, Malta on 6th and 7th February 2018, aims at providing innovative and original contributions to the ongoing debate on spatial data quality. </div><div><br></div><div>Papers are invited on all topics related to spatial data quality, including (but not limited to):<br><br><div><span class="m_-4696824736822805385Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>• Quality evaluation of spatial data<br></div><div><span class="m_-4696824736822805385Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>• Quality certification and accreditation of spatial data<br></div><div><span class="m_-4696824736822805385Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>• Use of international metadata and quality standards<br></div><div><span class="m_-4696824736822805385Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>• Quality issues in spatial data infrastructures (e.g. national, INSPIRE)<br></div><div><span class="m_-4696824736822805385Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>• Communication/visualization of spatial data quality<br></div><div><span class="m_-4696824736822805385Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>• Spatial data usability / quality from the users perspective<br></div><div><span class="m_-4696824736822805385Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>• Impact of data quality on decision making<br></div><div><span class="m_-4696824736822805385Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>• Spatial data quality assessment<br></div><div><span class="m_-4696824736822805385Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>• Spatial data quality vs scales / resolution<br></div><div><span class="m_-4696824736822805385Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>• Applications of spatial data quality<br></div><div><span class="m_-4696824736822805385Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>• Quality of data from alternative sources<br></div><div><span class="m_-4696824736822805385Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>• Quality of geospatial services</div></div><div><br></div><div>Abstracts or complete papers should be submitted by 1st October 2017. Looking forward to receiving contributions from Commission Members!</div><div><br></div><div>The full invitation is attached and also available here <a href="http://www.eurogeographics.org/event/2nd-international-workshop-spatial-data-quality" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>eurogeographics.org/event/2nd-<wbr>international-workshop-<wbr>spatial-data-quality</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Let me know if there are any questions. </div><div><br></div><div></div></div><span id="m_-4696824736822805385cid:07C728ED-E885-43E2-9B94-BAA0D8767BCC@home.gateway"><Workshop_announcement_V2.0.<wbr>pdf></span><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><br><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>
--<br>Serena Coetzee<br><br>Geography Building 3-5<br>Centre for Geoinformation Science, Department Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028, South Africa<br>email: <a href="mailto:serena.coetzee@up.ac.za" target="_blank">serena.coetzee@up.ac.za</a><wbr> · Web: <a href="http://www.up.ac.za/cgis" target="_blank">www.up.ac.za/cgis</a> · Mobile: <a href="tel:+27%2082%20464%204294" value="+27824644294" target="_blank">+27 82 464 4294</a> · Tel: <a href="tel:+27%2012%20420%203823" value="+27124203823" target="_blank">+27 12 420 3823</a><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span><br></span></span>
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