<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Commission members, <br></div><div><br></div><div>you are invited to our Commission's pre-conference workshop on spatial data
infrastructures, standards, open source and open data for geospatial
(SDI-Open 2019) will be held on 15 July 2019 in Tokyo, Japan,
immediately before the 29th International Cartographic Conference. The
workshop is jointly organized with the Commissions on Open Source Geospatial
Technologies and Map Production & Geoinformation Management. <br><br>Mr
Reese Plews from Japan, who chairs the ISO/TC 211 Terminology
Maintenance Group, will make a special contribution with a presentation
about the standardization and harmonization of geospatial information
terminology in ISO standards, including the maintenance of a
multi-lingual register of terms. <br><br>Other presentations on the
program cover topics, such as international geospatial information
standards and interoperability, UN-GGIM Europe and GeoSTAT requirements
for spatial data integration, academic SDIs and open science, open
source components for service-oriented mapping, and supply chains. <br><br>The
day is concluded with an interactive and collaborative mapping session
in OpenStreetMap. Delegates should bring their own laptops! The draft program is attached; details are
also available on the website of the Commission on SDI & Standards at <a href="http://sdistandards.icaci.org/" target="_blank">http://sdistandards.icaci.org/</a>. To register, please complete the Google Form at <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16K2IdgAsLHuPPC6JL5jS0gjrszBSFE9sMYXc9Jwvnvw/edit?ts=5cca8f42#responses" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16K2IdgAsLHuPPC6JL5jS0gjrszBSFE9sMYXc9Jwvnvw/edit?ts=5cca8f42#responses</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to seeing many of you there! <br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Serena<br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br>Serena Coetzee (GPr GISc 1245)<br><br>University of Pretoria<br>Director: Centre for Geoinformation Science<br>Professor and Head of Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology<br>Geography Building 1-3.7, Hatfield Campus, Lynnwood Road, Hatfield, 0083, South Africa<br>email: <a href="mailto:serena.coetzee@up.ac.za" target="_blank">serena.coetzee@up.ac.za</a> · Web: <a href="http://www.up.ac.za/ggm" target="_blank">www.up.ac.za/ggm</a> · Mobile: +27 82 464 4294 · Tel: +27 12 420 3823<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>