Global Reference Grids for Big Earth Data

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Notes

1. Gibb, R.: OGC 20-040r3, Topic 21 – Discrete Global Grid Systems – Part 1 Core Reference System and Operations and Equal Area Earth Reference System. Open Geospatial Consortium (2021). http://www.opengis.net/doc/AS/dggs/2.0.

2. ISO: ISO 19170-1:2021, Geographic information – Discrete Global Grid Systems Specifications – Part 1: Core Reference System and Operations, and Equal Area Earth Reference System. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva (2021). https://www.iso.org/standard/32588.html.

3. Gibb, R. (Ed): OGC 20-047r0, Topic 21 - Discrete Global Grid Systems – Part 2 Three Dimensional and Equi-volume DGGS Reference Systems. Open Geospatial Consortium (Draft Abstract Specification – in Prep).

4. Gibb, R (Ed): OGC 20-048r0, Topic 21 - Discrete Global Grid Systems – Part 3 Spatio-temporal DGGS Reference Systems. Open Geospatial Consortium (Draft Abstract Specification – in Prep).

5. Gibb, R. (Ed): OGC 20-049r3, Topic 21 - Discrete Global Grid Systems – Part 4 Axis Aligned DGGS Reference Systems. Open Geospatial Consortium (Draft Abstract Specification – in Prep).

6. Purss, M. (Ed): OGC 21-038r0, OGC API – Discrete Global Grid Systems – Part 1: Core. Open Geospatial Consortium (Draft Specification – in Prep). https://github.com/opengeospatial/ogcapi-discrete-global-grid-systems.

7. Purss, M. (Ed): OGC API – Discrete Global Grid Systems – Part 1: Core. Open Geospatial Consortium (Draft schema – in Prep). https://developer.ogc.org/api/dggs/index.html.

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Notes on contributors

Robert G. Gibb

Robert Gibb is passionate about the environment and dedicated to addressing the climate, ecosystem and societal crises the world faces, and he developed the rHEALPix DGGS as a technology to address these issues. Robert recently retired after a 35-year career as a GI researcher and innovator with Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, New Zealand, where he led the Informatics Team. He is now a Research Associate in Informatics, focusing on OGC & ISO standards. Robert was co-founder and co-chair of the OGC DGGS SWG, is an OGC co-chair of the OGC–ISO TC 211 Joint Advisory Group and editor of the recently published DGGS Specifications ISO/19170-1:2021 & OGC AS Topic 21 – Pt 1 v2.

Matthew B.J. Purss

Matthew B.J. Purss is a geophysicist, data scientist, thought leader and entrepreneur with over 24 years’ experience in the exploration, research and government sectors. He is a world leader in the standardisation, development and implementation of DGGS technologies through his roles as Founding Co-Chair of the OGC DGGS Standards and Domain Working Groups, Co-Chair of the OGC-ISO/TC211 Joint Advisory Group and Co-Chair of the OGC Points of Interest Standards Working Group. He is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pangaea Innovations Pty. Ltd., a spatial data technology startup company developing commercial applications of 3D & 4D DGGS technologies.

Zoheir Sabeur

Zoheir Sabeur investigates natural phenomena, behaviour and processes using experimental sensor observations for science and knowledge discovery. He uses OGC DGGS standards on spatial and temporal Earth data for enabling the scalability of his multi-modal data fusion and deep learning distributed methods. These aim at capturing advanced situational awareness in the context of understanding potential critical events and forecasting. Zoheir has been working in this domain for more than 25 years and validating his research and development on environmental, health and security driven intelligent agents. He is currently Professor of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at Bournemouth University, Department of Computing and Informatics, United Kingdom.

Peter Strobl

Peter Strobl, during more than 30 years in a broad range of Earth Observation topics, Peter recognised spatial representation and architecture as a key to interoperability of diverse geospatial data. He works as a Senior Scientist in the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre advising the Copernicus Earth Observation programme on questions of references and standards and on the development of future sensors and data technologies. He is a member or chair of various working groups and expert panels within OGC, CEOS, ESA and NASA/USGS.

Tengteng Qu

Tengteng Qu is currently a Research Assistant Professor of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics in the College of Engineering, Peking University of China. Her research interests focus on geospatial big data analysis and global subdivision grids. Since 2019, she has served as a Standard Expert of Geographic Information Science in OGC DGGS SWG and ISO/TC211. In particular, she is now in charge of the drafting of “OGC 20-049r3, Topic 21 – Discrete Global Grid Systems – Part 4 Axis Aligned DGGS Reference Systems”.