This special forum brought together the “stakeholders” in the geospatial community for a discussion of three emerging issues affecting users and producers alike –

Licensed Data – private firms are increasingly bringing to the marketplace commercial off the shelf (COTS) data.

Certification of Data – with the advent of commercial data, some believe there is a need for “certification” of data to assure its accuracy and integrity.

Licensing Photogrammetrists and Other GIS Practitioners – Legislation to license photogrammetry and GIS activities has been introduced and indeed enacted in some States

 

Introduction
Kathyrn Clement - Deputy Director, USGS
Kass Green – President, MAPPS
Susan Lambert - State of Kentucky and NSGIC
Greg Tilley - Vargis, LLC

Data Licensing
John Moeller - Federal Geographic Data Committee
Bill Burgess - GIS Division, Maryland Dept of Natural Resources
Bill Crow - Tobin International, Inc.
Barb McGrath - Commercial Imagery Program Manager, NIMA
Bishop Dansby - Director, GIS Law & Policy Institute

Licensing Photogrammetrists & Other GIS Practitioners
John Palatiello - MAPPS Executive Director
Jim Plasker – ASPRS Executive Director
Karen Schuckman - PLS, Earth Data of North Carolina
William Huxhold - University of Wisconsin/President,UCGIS

Geospatial Product Certification
Ron Birk - Intermap Technologies
Bruce Davis - NASA Stennis Commercial Remote Sensing Program
Dejan Damjanovic - Licensing & Certification of Aeronautical Data
Jan Mikalsen - Director, NECSA, Inc.
K. Thirumalai, US Dept of Transportation, Office of Innovative R & E
Dewitt Braud - Lousiana State University, Dept of Geography and Anthropology