Terms of Reference:

• Design and realization of digital aerial and spaceborne missions for Earth observation;
• Design, construction, characterization, and installation of imaging and non-imaging sensors (including Optical, IR, SAR, IFSAR, LIDAR, etc.);
• Standardization of definitions and measurements of sensor parameters;
• Integration of imaging and non-imaging sensors with other relevant systems;
• Geometric and radiometric properties, quality standards, and factors affecting data quality;
• Test, calibration and evaluation of sensors (including laboratory, in-flight, inter-calibration and test fields);
• Integrated platform guidance, navigation, positioning and orientation;
• Data reception and pre-processing;
• On-board pre-processing of data and autonomous systems;
• Systems and media for recording sensor data, auxiliary data (time, position, attitude, etc.) and film scanners;
• Image and non-image data transfer standards.

• Working Group I/1 Update

Technical Commission Officers:

President	Vice President	Secretary
Dr. Naser El-Sheimy Department of Geomatics Engineering University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta Canada Tel.: +403-220-7587 Fax: +403-284-1980 E-mail: elsheimy AT ucalgary DOT ca http: mms.geomatics.ucalgary.ca/	Dr. Mohamed MR Mostafa Applanix - A Trimble Company 85 Leek Cr, Richmond Hill, Ontario Canada L4B 3B3 Tel.: +416-648-3926 E-mail: mmostafa AT applanix DOT com http: www.applanix.com	Dr. Steve Liang Department of Geomatics Engineering University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta Canada Tel.: +403-220-4703 Fax: +403-284-1980 E-mail: steve.liang AT ucalgary DOT ca http: sensorweb.geomatics.ucalgary.ca/