ISPRS WG IV/4
Data Management for Spatial Scenarios
Our Mission
ISPRS working group IV/4 brings together interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners from all over the world to share knowledge and to design new trends of research in data management for all geospatial scenarios.
The working group enhances research including data management, NoSQL databases, cloud databases, data lakes, autonomous databases, big data management, intelligent data preparation, real-time remote sensing big data analytical architecture, spatial databases, spatio-temporal databases (3D/4D), multi-dimensional databases (data cubes), sensor databases as well as data integration for geospatial scenarios such as digital twins, BIM/GIS, sub-surface/above-surface, indoor/outdoor, 3D voxel/vector.
The working group appreciates theoretical research as well as practical results from academia, industry and authorities. To this purpose, the WG organises workshops as an open forum to exchange latest research results in theory and practice.
The WG will especially cooperate with WG IV/x on spatial data interoperability, standards, and linked data; WG IV/x on spatial analysis and artificial intelligence; WG IV/x on geosimulation and virtual analytics; and WG IV/x on spatially-enabled digital twins, BIM, GIS and sensor integration. The WG will also disseminate its research results by publication of joint papers in the ISPRS Journals.
Working Group Officers | ||
Chair | ||
 | Emmanuel Stefanakis Department of Geomatics Engineering University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4 CANADA +1 403 220 4113
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Co-Chair | ||
 | Martin Breunig Geodetic Institute Chair of Geoinformatics Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Englerstr. 7 76131 Karlsruhe GERMANY +49 721 608 Ext. 42302
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Co-Chair | ||
 | Mulhim Al Doori Roads and Transport Authority 118899, Dubai U.A.E. +97 1507549151
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Secretary | ||
 | Paul Vincent Kuper Geodetic Institute Chair of Geoinformatics Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Englerstr. 7 76131 Karlsruhe GERMANY +49 721 608 Ext. 46787
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Terms of Reference
The working group investigates new ways and best practices to manage multi-dimensional geometric, topological, and semantic dynamic data from a broad range of sources such as sensors, digital twins, BIM, GIS, mobile devices, and others. By doing so it advances the enhancement of standards for data, metadata, and services as well as data integration from different geospatial scenarios.
The WG plan includes the following:
- Advance interfaces to other commissions and working groups such as the WG IV/1 on spatial data interoperability; WG IV/2 on spatial analysis and artificial intelligence; WG IV/3 on geosimulation; WG IV/9 on spatially enabled digital twins; WG II/3 on Point Cloud Processing; and ICWG II/Ib, and ICWG IV/II on BIM.
- Review technical progress and OGC/ISO standards for Geospatial Data Management.
- Explore and develop new ways to model, store, integrate, and manage voluminous and heterogeneous geospatial data for knowledge discovery. This includes the development of semantically rich spatial data structures, spatial indexing schemes and generic analytical tools for model validation.
- Advance knowledge in intelligent data preparation and analysis, geospatial data access methods, geometric and topological relations, data aggregation, integration, and scalability. This includes the investigation of federated spatial data models and linked data considering different representations, data uncertainty, and data quality.
- Explore and develop strategies for fusion of multi-dimensional spatial models, Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), socio-economic models, and IoT data.
WG IV/4
