include hyperspectral sensing, environmental risk
and/or site analysis, global and regional and local mon-
itoring, as well as assessments related to sustainable
developments. The synergetic integrated use of RS
and GIS technologies was the case in the majority of
applications. By recommendation of the TCP, Peter
Winkler, Secretary of the Commission VII was invited
by Editor-in-Chief Dr. Manos Baltsavias to serve the
Editorial Board of ISPRS Journal.
Information distribution related to ISPRS Commission
VII activities.
The early results of the ECO BP'98 were presented for
the audience of the Annual GIS Workshop held in Cluj,
Romania by dr. Gábor Remetey-Fülópp in October,
1998. The event was organised for the third time by the
Dennis Gábor Foundation with the main objectives of
promoting the application of IT-based technologies with
special emphasis on spatial data handling and analysis.
ISPRS on the agenda of the Annual Space Day
attended by COSPARs President.
The Annual Space Day was held in Budapest on Octo-
ber 20, 1998 in the presence of Dr. Gerhard Haerendel,
President of COSPAR, Director of the Max Planck Insti-
tut für Extraterrestrische Physik. Based on the presen-
tation material compiled by the Technical Commission
President, Peter Winkler delivered a lecture on the
ISPRS Symposium. The event was hosted by the Hun-
garian Space Research Office directed by dr. Elód
Both, and the Hungarian Astronautical Society under
the presidency of dr.lvan Aimar. It should be men-
tioned, the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
celebrated its 40th year in 1998.
Remote sensing content in applications related to Euro-
pean integration.
At the Database Service Providers’ Annual Conference,
the use of GIS/RS as tools in European integration-
related tasks were discussed in Budapest, in Novem-
ber, 1998. Four presentations were in line with the
Commission VII activities: *CORINE Land Cover" (Gy.
Büttner), “GEIX the European Geological Information
eXchange System” (G.Erdélyi), “UNDP project on the
applicability of DAIS for hyperspectral survey of Hun-
gary" (P. Kardeván) and the "Multipurpose parcel-
based information system" (A. Podolcsak et al).
3rd Conference on the Global Spatial Data Infrastruc-
ture.
According to the recommendation of the 3rd Global
Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) Conference, "The
organisational model recommended for the GSDI in the
long run is the umbrella organisation which brings
together regional committees, national committees,
and other relevant international institutions e.g. ISO,
OGC, ISCGM, ISPRS , ICA, etc in the context of
action-oriented principles of flexibility, inclusivity and
simplicity. As member of the GSDI Steering Commit-
tee, G. Remetey-Fülópp attended the event hosted by
AUSLIG in Canberra, between 17-19 November 1998.
Before the conference, he had the opportunity to hold
a two days consultancy on the workplan and follow-on
actions at UNSW with ISPRS Secretary General Prof.
John Trinder, Prof. Tony Milne and Prof. Bruce Forster.
UN ECE MOLA Workshop on Land Market.
Over 120 registered participants of 20 countries
attended the first workshop of the Meetings of Officials
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of Land Administrations hosted by the Ministry of Agri-
culture and Regional Development of the Republic of
Hungary under the auspices of the United Nations Eco-
nomic Council for Europe. The Workshop held in
Budapest in December 1998, highlighted and discussed
the technological aspects and tools with special empha-
sis on photogrammetry, remote sensing and GIS.
European Spatial Metadata Infrastructure (ESMI)
Workshop.
Three countries were selected (Netherlands, Portugal
and Hungary) to ensure direct feedback from the data
provider, data broker and data user communities on a
national level. The full day international meeting
devoted to the metadata standards and services was
held in Budapest. Relevant ISO, FGDC, CEN and OGC
standards were discussed. The ESMI project is part of
the INFO2000 Program of the European Union, partic-
ipated in also by the Space Application Institute of the
Directorate General JRC of the European Commission,
providing expertise in cataloging and servicing
remotely sensed data.
Hemote Sensing for sustainable agriculture and rural
development.
The early results of the German-Hungarian pilot project
on land consolidation called TAMA, as well as the
applicability of the by-products of the remote sensing-
based Hungarian Crop Monitor-ing Program were
demonstrated and discussed at the Dutch-Hungarian
expert meeting. TAMA Project, lead by Dr.W.D.Kneib,
utilised merged SPOT panchromatic and multispectral
imageries for site assessments and landscape plan-
ning in five pilot areas, while the Crop Monitoring Pro-
gram lead by Gabor Csornai of FOMI RSC uses
AVHRR, Landsat, SPOT and IRS data.
ISPRS Council and Technical Commission Presidents’
Joint Meeting.
Commission VII was represented at the ISPRS Council
and Technical Commission Presidents' Joint Meeting
held in Stuttgart and Bad Wildbad in September, 1998.
Conference on structural change in the farming sector
in Central and Eastern Europe.
Organised by FAO, the European Commission and the
World Bank in Warsaw, in June 1999, the conference
was devoted to the structural change in the farming
sector in Central and Eastern Europe. The Hungarian
approach using remote sensing in monitoring was pre-
sented by G. Remetey-Fülópp.
EARSeL/ISPRS workshop on “Fusion Sensor Data,
Knowledge Resources and Algorithms for Extraction
and Classification of Topographic Objects” took place
in June, 1999 in Valladolid, Spain. The workshop was
organised by ISPRS WG IIl/5 “Remote Sensing and
Vision Theories for Automatic Scene Interpretation”,
WG IV/3 “Integration of Image Analysis and GIS” and
WG VII/4 “Computer Assisted Image Interpretation and
Analysis” together with EARSeL SIG. The Valladolid
symposium, also an inter-commission action, had been
very successful and the income generated had been
allocated to award travel grants to some students to
attend the ISPRS Congress in Amsterdam in July 2000.
GSDI Steering Committee meeting.
At the meeting held in St.John’s College, University of
Cambridge in July, 1999, Tim Foresman, leader of NASA
‘s Digital Earth Concept was invited to deliver a presen-
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