XVIIIth Congress: Commission VI

Kraus, Karl; Waldhäusl, Peter

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Title:: XVIIIth Congress

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Year of publication:: 1996

Place of publication:: Vienna

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Language:: English

Editor:: Kraus, Karl; Waldhäusl, Peter

Corporations:: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Congress, 18., 1996, Wien; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Adapter:: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Congress, 18., 1996, Wien; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Founder of work:: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Congress, 18., 1996, Wien; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

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Persistent identifier:: 1677550198

Title:: Commission VI

Scope:: 149, 110, 92 Seiten

Year of publication:: 1996

Place of publication:: Vienna

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Additional Notes:: Die Vorlage enthält insgesamt 3 Werke: Commission VI (Seiten 1-149); National reports (Seiten 1-110); Special sessions (Seiten 1-92)

Other Title:: Enthaltendes Werk: National Reports; Enthaltendes Werk: Special sessions

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Editor:: Kraus, Karl; Waldhäusl, Peter

Corporations:: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Congress, 18., 1996, Wien; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Commission Economic, Professional, and Educational Aspects of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Adapter:: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Congress, 18., 1996, Wien; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Commission Economic, Professional, and Educational Aspects of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Founder of work:: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Congress, 18., 1996, Wien; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Commission Economic, Professional, and Educational Aspects of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Other corporate:: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Congress, 18., 1996, Wien; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Commission Economic, Professional, and Educational Aspects of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Publisher of the digital copy:: Technische Informationsbibliothek Hannover

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Title:: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT STATE OF INTERNATIONAL REMOTE SENSING DATA EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER. John Felkner, [...] Commission VI, Working Group 4

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information. It is now possible for almost anyone to purchase personal computer systems and image processing software for very reasonable costs and display and process digital imagery at high speed and with relatively high data storage capacity, in comparison to recent years. Furthermore, as the internet expands and reaches ever more millions of users, access to freely-shared imagery from all over the world is now possible. Because of the decreased cost and increased proliferation of both powerful hardware and easy-to-use software interfaces, applications - in urban planning, pollution monitoring, population management, infrastructure planning, landscape architecture, etc. - of remotely sensed imagery have grown enormously. A World-Wide Trend Towards Privatizing of National Meteorological Services, and “Cost- Recovery.” The growth of a commercial industry for remote sensing data has recently come into direct conflict with another significant international commercial trend: the move towards complete or partial privatization of national meteorological services, and implementation of policies of “cost recovery.” This represents a direct recognition of the existence of a growing commercial market for remote sensing data. This trend has been most noticeable in Europe. In recent years, cost recovery policies have been implemented in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Finland, Ireland, and Denmark, among others, and by facilities multilaterally supported by the European Community. However, various U.S. agencies have maintained cost recovery policies for years, although the legal framework for US. government cost recovery is different than for most European countries. However, countries that are now implementing cost recovery procedures often find themselves in direct competition with private firms selling data products. In some cases, they must compete with firms that are selling data they have originally generated and 42 shared freely with other countries. This is known as “re-exporting” of data, and the recent contentious debate at the Twelfth Congress of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) dealt with this problem, and exemplified the tension between free and open exchange of data and the development and exploitation of a commercial market for that data. A Debate Over The Public/Private Sector Interface. With the growth of the commercial market for remote sensing data, a long-standing debate over commercialization of public remote sensing systems has come to the fore. This debate is different in different countries, because of differences in legal and national policies. The debate has been brewing for many decades and is now becoming more visible partly because of the growing power of economic forces. Currently, there exists significant confusion and ambiguity in both the U.S. and Europe over exactly how to re-shape government services to make them cheaper and more efficient, either through full or partial commercialization, or through privatization. For example, the U.S. government turned over the selling, marketing and distribution of NASA Landsat imagery to the Eosat Corporation with the 1984 Landsat Act. However, shortly thereafter, the price for individual Landsat images rose to a high of $4300 per image, infuriating large sectors of potential users who could no longer afford the data. The difficulty of the commercial transition to Eosat was highlighted by a negotiation between the U.S. government and Eosat to purchase imagery for a global coverage in order to calibrate the Mission to Planet Earth. When Eosat announced that the price would be a hefty $50 million, the failure of the system was clear. By the early 1990s, the transfer to Eosat was largely perceived to be a failure, and with the 1992 Remote Sensing Policy Act, the commercialization of Landsat was reversed. International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Vol. XXXI, Part B6. Vienna 1996 sen agi

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