ISO/TC 211 is a standard technical committee formed within ISO, tasked with covering the areas of digital geographic information (such as used by geographic information systems) and geomatics. It is responsible for preparation of a series of International Standards and Technical Specifications numbered in the number range starting at 19101. Current Chairman of this committee is Olaf Østensen.
ISO/TC 211 is concerned with the standardization in the field of digital geographic information. This work aims to establish a structured set of standards for information concerning objects or phenomena that are directly or indirectly associated with a location relative to the Earth.
Project specification areas within the ISO/TC 211 technical committee include:
The ISO/TC 211 work is closely related to the efforts of the Open Geospatial Consortium. ISO/TC 211 have numerous liaisons with other organizations that often results in identical or nearly identical standards often being adopted by both organizations.
The work within ISO/TC211 is done in working groups, each with a specific focus. The currently active working groups are:
There are also a number of disbanded Working Groups:
Revision of standards that were previously part of these working groups are now done directly under the TC since the disbandment of the groups.
The list of standards by the ISO/TC 211 committee:
ISO 6709:2008 Standard representation of geographic point location by coordinates
ISO 19101:2002 Geographic information -- Reference model
ISO/DIS 19101-1 Geographic information -- Reference model - Part 1: Fundamentals
ISO/TS 19101-2:2008 Geographic information -- Reference model -- Part 2: Imagery
ISO/TS 19103:2005 Geographic information -- Conceptual schema language
ISO/TS 19104:2008 Geographic information -- Terminology
ISO 19105:2000 Geographic information -- Conformance and testing
ISO 19106:2004 Geographic information -- Profiles
ISO 19107:2003 Geographic information -- Spatial schema
ISO 19108:2002 Geographic information -- Temporal schema