Standardization provides quality criteria for technical products and a basis for development and economic success. CEN (Comité Européen de Normalisation) is the official European standards body and contributes to this aim in close cooperation with ISO and national standards bodies such as DIN, this year‘s host of the Plenary of CEN/TC 287 Geographic Information and the joint Working Groups. After developing its first standards, CEN/TC 287 established the Geo-Standards in Practice - CEN/TC 287 Interoperability Workshop which is organized by the Advisory Group on Outreach of CEN/TC 287 in cooperation with DIN, the hosting national body.

The Workshop is a forum where interested geoprofessionals can learn about the highly sophisticated standards published by CEN, the background of the standards, and how you can benefit from them in practice. Research by DIN and the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, in cooperation with the Austrian and Swiss standardization bodies, established that the economic benefits of standardization in Germany alone amount to more than 15 billion annually (www.din.de).

Aims of the Workshop

The use of geoinformation standards will be presented by a number of experienced professionals, with the focus on the great variety of applications. In addition, information on international standardization projects and on the successes and limitations of standardization will be available.

Participants will also have an opportunity to report on their own experience with standards and put forward their ideas for improvement and for future standardization projects.

Pre-registration is required at: astrid.balada [at] din.de

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