British Standards Institution

Sector: Governance & Resilience

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 (61)

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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 : 2025-08-08	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 Proposal begins :	Proposal
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 Comment resolution begins : 2025-04-29	Comment resolution
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 (112)

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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 (83)

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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

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Committee members

Nominating organizations

Association for Geographic Information
BORO Solutions Limited
British Association of Remote Sensing Companies (BARSC)
British Geological Survey
Committee Manager
GeoData Institute
GeoPlace LLP
Harrod Booth Consulting
Ministry of Defence
Open Geospatial Consortium
Ordnance Survey
Registers of Scotland
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Satellite Applications Catapult Ltd
The Improvement Service
U K Location Programme
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
University of Bristol

Liaisons with other committees

Co Opted – ISO 19111
Individual Capacity - Geodesy Expert
Individual Capacity - land administration Expert
Individual Capacity - Land Cover Mapping Satellite Imagery Expert
Individual Capacity - Metadata Expert
Liaison - IST/40
Secretary - CEN/TC 287

BSI roles

Committee Chair

Standards Development

IST/36 - Geographic information

Committee standards activity