Open Call for participation to
CIPA TG5 – Cookbook
Dear colleagues,
I wish to inform you about the first steps of our Task Group:
- 19-4-2016: Official announcement of the establishment of the TG5 to CIPA Community
- 26-4-2016: Official announcement of the establishment of the TG5 to ISPRS Community and GEO Secretariat
- 26-4-2016: 1st Cummunique – Open call for participation to TG5
- 23-5-2016: Announcement and Open call for participation through the ISPRS e-Bulletin #2.
- 31-5-2016: Establishment of CIPA TG5 Website
- xx-6-2016: Establishment of the first core group of TG5 members
- xx-6-2016: 2nd Cummunique – Open call for participation to CIPA TG5 – Cookbook
With this Communique, I would like to invite you to:
- Visit our new website
- Make a free Registration in order to receive all future Communications
- Decide to join our TG as regular member and help us advance our activities
- Participate at the TG5 Cookbook
In the near future we schedule to develop:
- a yearly Activities Plan,
- an exclusive member area for exchange of information/data,
- a regular update of the members/friends lists,
- active links to social media,
- a regional/national repository of good practices,
- a strategic priority for engaging other disciplinary societies as well as less representing regions of the world.
General concept of the TG5 Cookbook:
- The whole report will be about 50 pages
- One editor per chapter
- Invite also other experts to contribute
- Only digital with e-link/downloadable from the Project website
- Achieve sustainability (ie. beyond the project lifetime) through links to interested scientific communities.
| Draft Contents of TG5 Cookbook | ||
| Chapter | Topics of interest/notes | ca. pages |
| 1. Preamble/Overview | 3 | |
| 2. Literature Review – Availability of resources | o Publications
o Test data o Best practices o Workshops/Congresses o Useful links to communities |
10 |
| 3. Tools and Technologies | o Remote Sensing
o Aerial photography, UAV o Availability of free tools o Availability of data o International repositories o Capacity building |
10 |
| 4. Best practices | o National cases
o Regional cases o Special cases |
20 |
| 5. Gaps & Bottlenecks, SWOT | o Issues well covered on regional/world level
o Issues requiring additional work on regional/world level o Geographical gaps o Existence of common guidelines, standards etc |
5 |
| 6. The way ahead | 2 | |
TG5 Coordinator
Petros Patias