Standards Process: (Who, What, and How)

• Committee Workflow
• INCITS Proposal Template

Ongoing Standards Activities:

Standards/Guidelines Development

• DRAFT ASPRS Guidelines Horizontal Accuracy Reporting for Lidar Data
• Draft Guidelines for Procurement of Commercial Geospatial Mapping Products
• Draft Guidelines for In Situ Metric Camera Calibration

ASPRS Standards, Guidelines, and Best Practices:

Standards

• LASer (LAS) Common Data Exchange Format Activity
• ASPRS Interim Accuracy Standards for Large Scale Maps  

Guidelines

• ASPRS Guidelines Vertical Accuracy Reporting for Lidar Data
• ASPRS Guidelines for Procurement of Professional Aerial Imagery, Photogrammetry, Lidar and Related Remote Sensor-based Geospatial Mapping Services with Accompanying Material (PDF-1.8M)

Best Practices

 Standards Committee Documents and Meeting information:

Documents

• ASPRS Policy on the development, maintenance, approval, and compliance of ASPRS Authored Geographic Information Standards - August 2007/Modified July 2009
• ASPRS Policy on Recognition of Non-ASPRS Authored Geographic Information Standards and Specifications-August 2007
• ASPRS Policy on the development, maintenance, and approval of ASPRS Authored Geographic Information Specifications, Best Practices, Guidelines, and Handbooks - July 2009
• ASPRS Standards template

Meeting Agenda and Reports

Spring 2006, Fall 2006

 Standards Organizations

• International Standards Organization www.iso.org
• ISO Technical Committee 211 - Geographic Information www.isotc211.org/
• American National Standards Institute www.ansi.org
• ANSI INCITS L1 - Geographic Information www.incits-l1.org/
• Open Geospatial Consortium www.opengeospatial.org
• Federal Geographic Data Committee Standards www.fgdc.gov/standards
• Standards Setting Organizations www.consortiuminfo.org/links/
• Standards.Gov standards.gov

Standards Resources

• NASA Standards Cost Benefit Study