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IST/36 - Geographic information

Sector: Governance & Resilience

Categories: Information technology applications. General | Information technology. | IT applications. Science | Astronomy. Geodesy. Geography | Postal services | Satellite | Information technology applications | | Information coding. Character sets | Fuels. Solid | Law. Administration | | Geology. Meteorology. Hydrology | Environmental economics | Mathematics. Natural sciences | Paints and varnishes | Sociology. Demography | Software

Overview: Under the direction of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee, is responsible for the UK input to ISO/TC 211 and CEN/TC 287 and the preparation, revision and amendment of British Standards relating to digital geographic information

Committee standards activity

In Progress (60)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD ISO/TS 19176-1 Geographic information — Analysis ready data — Part 1: Framework and fundamentals

Categories: Unclassified documents

Drafting begins : 2025-08-15 		Drafting
PD ISO/TS 19166 Geographic information — BIM to GIS conceptual mapping (B2GM)

Categories: IT applications. Science

Approval begins : 		Approval
PD ISO/TS 19163-2 Geographic information — Content components and encoding rules for imagery and gridded data — Part 2: Implementation schema

Categories: Unclassified documents

Drafting begins : 2025-10-02 		Drafting
PD ISO/TS 19158 Geographic information — Quality assurance of data supply

Categories: Unclassified documents

Proposal begins : 		Proposal
PD ISO/TS 19144-4 Geographic information — Classification systems — Part 4: Registration and implementation aspects

Categories: Unclassified documents

Drafting begins : 2025-10-17 		Drafting
PD ISO/TS 19130-2 Geographic information — Imagery sensor models for geopositioning — Part 2: SAR, InSAR, lidar and sonar

Categories: Unclassified documents

Drafting begins : 2025-02-15 		Drafting
PD ISO/TS 19124-4 Geographic information — Calibration and validation of remote sensing data and derived products — Part 4: Lidar

Categories: Unclassified documents

Proposal begins : 		Proposal
PD ISO/TS 19124-3 Geographic information — Calibration and validation of remote sensing data and derived products — Part 3: Optical sensors

Categories: Unclassified documents

Proposal begins : 		Proposal
PD ISO/TS 19124-2 Geographic information — Calibration and validation of remote sensing data and derived products — Part 2: SAR

Categories: IT applications. Science

Approval begins : 		Approval
PD ISO/TS 19123-4 Geographic information — Schema for coverage geometry and functions — Part 4: Tiling Schema

Categories: Unclassified documents

Drafting begins : 2025-06-01 		Drafting
Published (114)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD ISO/TS 19166:2021 Geographic information. BIM to GIS conceptual mapping (B2GM)

Categories: IT applications. Science

Published standard begins : 2021-05-27 		Published standard
PD ISO/TS 19163-2:2020 Geographic information. Content components and encoding rules for imagery and gridded data. Implementation schema

Categories: IT applications. Science

Published standard begins : 2020-07-08 		Published standard
PD ISO/TS 19163-1:2016 Geographic information. Content components and encoding rules for imagery and gridded data. Content model

Categories: IT applications. Science

Published standard begins : 2016-01-22 		Published standard
PD ISO/TS 19159-4:2022 Geographic information. Calibration and validation of remote sensing imagery sensors and data. Space-borne passive microwave radiometers

Categories: IT applications. Science

Published standard begins : 2023-01-06 		Published standard
PD ISO/TS 19159-3:2018 Geographic information. Calibration and validation of remote sensing imagery sensors and data. SAR/InSAR

Categories: IT applications. Science

Published standard begins : 2018-05-16 		Published standard
PD ISO/TS 19159-2:2016 Geographic information. Calibration and validation of remote sensing imagery sensors and data. Lidar

Categories: IT applications. Science

Published standard begins : 2016-05-11 		Published standard
PD ISO/TS 19158:2012 Geographic information. Quality assurance of data supply

Categories: IT applications. Science

Published standard begins : 2013-01-23 		Published standard
PD ISO/TS 19157-2:2016 Geographic information. Data quality. XML schema implementation

Categories: IT applications. Science

Published standard begins : 2016-12-09 		Published standard
PD ISO/TS 19150-1:2012 Geographic information. Ontology. Framework

Categories: IT applications. Science

Published standard begins : 2012-12-12 		Published standard
PD ISO/TS 19139-2:2012 Geographic information. Metadata. XML schema implementation. Extensions for imagery and gridded data

Categories: IT applications. Science

Published standard begins : 2013-04-12 		Published standard
Withdrawn (82)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD ISO/TS 19115-3:2016 Geographic information. Metadata. XML schema implementation for fundamental concepts

Categories: IT applications. Science

Withdrawn begins : 2023-09-05 		Withdrawn
PD CR 13436:1999, CR 13436:1998 Geographic information. Vocabulary

Categories: Mathematics. Natural sciences | Astronomy. Geodesy. Geography

Withdrawn begins : 2012-06-18 		Withdrawn
PD CR 13425:1999, CR 13425:1998 Geographic information. Overview

Categories: Astronomy. Geodesy. Geography | IT applications. Science

Withdrawn begins : 2012-06-18 		Withdrawn
PD CR 12660:1999, CR 12660:1998 Geographic information. Processing. Query and update: spatial aspects

Categories: IT applications. Science | Astronomy. Geodesy. Geography

Withdrawn begins : 2012-06-18 		Withdrawn
PD CEN/TR 15449:2011 Geographic information. Standards, specifications, technical reports and guidelines, required to implement Spatial Data Infrastructures

Categories: Astronomy. Geodesy. Geography | IT applications. Science

Withdrawn begins : 2013-09-11 		Withdrawn
PD CEN/TR 15449:2006 Geographic information. Standards, specifications, technical reports and guidelines, required to implement spatial data infrastructure

Categories: Astronomy. Geodesy. Geography | IT applications. Science

Withdrawn begins : 2011-08-16 		Withdrawn
DD ISO/TS 19139:2007 Geographic information. Metadata. XML schema implementation

Categories: IT applications. Science

Withdrawn begins : 2010-02-09 		Withdrawn
DD ISO/TS 19138:2006 Geographic information. Data quality measures

Categories: IT applications. Science

Withdrawn begins : 2013-12-20 		Withdrawn
DD ISO/TS 19130:2010 Geographic information. Imagery sensor models for geopositioning

Categories: IT applications. Science

Withdrawn begins : 2018-09-06 		Withdrawn
DD ISO/TS 19127:2005 Geographic information. Geodetic codes and parameters

Categories: Astronomy. Geodesy. Geography | IT applications. Science

Withdrawn begins : 2019-02-15 		Withdrawn