Transcript GEOINT Standards Steering Group

MOD Geospatial
Standards
Paul Lacey
[email protected]
Dstl Porton Down
0044 (0)1980 617436
Geospatial Standards Steering Group (GSSG)
• MOD group responsible for the governance of geospatial
standards policy
• It is voluntary and comprises of members from
throughout the MOD Geo Community,
– UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO),
– UK Meteorological Office,
– Defence Geographic Centre (DGC)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratories (Dstl)
– etc..
• Only concerns itself with geospatial standards policy and
governance
13 Jun 2007
UNCLASSIFIED
Dstl is part of the
Ministry of Defence
Web Services Technical Working
Group (WSTWG)
Purpose:
– To define the MOD position on Web Service standards and
recommend (to the GSSG) suitable profiles for their use
throughout the MOD community.
Primary Objective:
– Recommend a suitable profile of WMS for use throughout the
UK MOD community.
13 Jun 2007
UNCLASSIFIED
Dstl is part of the
Ministry of Defence
WSTWG
• 1st meeting was held on December 4th 2009
• Members from throughout MOD and industry attended including
representatives from DSTL, UK Met Office, UKHO, ESRI and Envitia
Conclusions
• MOD requires a profile of WMS to ensure its consistent
implementation throughout MOD.
• The Defence Geospatial Intelligence Working Group (DGIWG)
identified as the most appropriate organisation to ratify and govern
any profile. However…….
– The current DGIWG profile is not suitable in its current form and
requires modification in order to be suitable for use by UK MOD and
requires further work
13 Jun 2007
UNCLASSIFIED
Dstl is part of the
Ministry of Defence
WSTWG Plan of action
WSTWG –
in collaboration
with DGIWG
OGC
Met Ocean
DWG
Other Specialist
Domain
Groups
WMS for MOD
Extensions
Specialist Domain
Generic
Core
Profile
13 Jun 2007
Dimensional
Time & Elevation
Sensors
….
UNCLASSIFIED
Profiles
Aviation
(AIXM)
MCM
Situational
Awareness
Etc…..
Dstl is part of the
Ministry of Defence