XVIIIth Congress: Commission VI

Kraus, Karl; Waldhäusl, Peter

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Persistent identifier:: 1667435949

Title:: XVIIIth Congress

Sub title:: Vienna, Austria 1996

Type of content:: Konferenzschrift

Year of publication:: 1996

Place of publication:: Vienna

Publisher of the original:: Austrian Society of Surveying and Geoinformation

Identifier (digital):: 1667435949

Reihe:: International archives of photogrammetry and remote sensing

Language:: English

Editor:: Kraus, Karl; Waldhäusl, Peter

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

Contributor:: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

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Persistent identifier:: 1677550198

Title:: Commission VI

Scope:: 149, 110, 92 Seiten

Type of content:: Konferenzschrift

DOI:: 10.14463/KXP:1677550198

Year of publication:: 1996

Place of publication:: Vienna

Publisher of the original:: Austrian Society of Surveying and Geoinformation

Identifier (digital):: 1677550198

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Reihe:: International archives of photogrammetry and remote sensing (31,B6)

Signature of the source:: ZS 312(31,B6)

Language:: English

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

Usage licence:: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Editor:: Kraus, Karl; Waldhäusl, Peter

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

Contributor:: 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

Place of publication of the digital copy:: Hannover

Year of publication of the original:: 2019

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Collection:: Earth sciences

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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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Recently, the restrictions on data that have been initiated by a number of European countries (in part to protect their commercial activities to achieve cost recovery) have been viewed by many in the U.S. scientific establishment as a direct threat to the principle of free and open access to data. The overwhelming U.S. opposition to the Two- Tier proposal (to initiate restrictions on certain kinds of meteorological data) at the WMO Twelfth Congress has been the most visible example of this, as this was seen as a direct attack on free exchange of meteorological data, and one that could lead to “trade wars” between countries over data. It must also be noted that in the U.S, a distinction has long been made when applying the principle of free and open access between meteorological and non- meteorological kinds of data. For example, NASA has in the past charged large fees for foreign access to Landsat data. This is most probably not the last time the viability of the principle will be debated. Copyright of Remote Sensing Data. This issue, perhaps more than any other, highlights major differences between U.S. and European legal structures for remote sensing data. It is integral to any debate on international agreements on data sharing, or cost recovery policies. In most European nations, and indeed in the majority of countries worldwide, governments have the ability to copyright products and data and thus claim exclusive proprietary right. The major European remote sensing countries have clearly asserted their right to copyright government generated data, including France, the UK. and Germany. This gives these countries a clear legal foundation for charging fees‘ *for © access “to their remotely sensed data. The U.S., however, has a dramatically different policy regarding copyright of remotely sensed data, and indeed all government generated information. Federal U.S. law statutes prevent the U.S 44 government from .copyrighting information that it generates (partly to avoid potential conflict with the 1st Amendment to the US. Constitution which guarantees the right of free speech). Also, current interpretations of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) are that data in the possession of the U.S. government must be made available to any requester at the cost of reproduction. Thus, there is no legal basis in the U.S. for a market-based pricing policy to be imposed or enforced. Both copyright and the principle of free and open access to data are issues that have figured largely during disagreements in the on-going negotiations between the U.S. and Eumetsat over Eumetsat sharing of data with the US. from meteorological satellites. Eumetsat has claimed the right to certain types of data from the satellites - based partly on a legal proprietary claim to the data - but has agreed to provide the U.S. with decoder machines. Currently, a debate has arisen over U.S. access to data from U.S. sensors riding on Eumetsat satellite carriers. The U.S. claims free access to the data because of its ownership of the sensors, while Eumetsat claims the right to encrypt the data because the sensors ride on its Similar negotiations are also the U.S. and India Indian IRS carriers. occurring between over access to data from satellites. What is the Role of Government? Underlying any plans to implement cost recovery processes on the part of government data collection agencies is the question of what kinds of data should governments be responsible for gathering? If a meteorological service is completely privatized, for example, will it only gather data for which there is a commercial market? What about the gathering of long-term ecological or meteorological data sets, which the international scientific community increasingly agrees is badly needed? Will a market-driven mechanism support such data collection? International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Vol. XXXI, Part B6. Vienna 1996 KEY ABS "Pho the s way. Phys Engi unde are p For t porta the p asse The i first k plann on th book and t collir conc The assin the ^ Rece Phot inclui chan Comy (CA? advai More techn They mainl form profo has b repla Com chan Photc com possi use o Sensi

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