About Standards for Earth Observations
Mission
Standards activities provide a proven path to advancing technology implementation and are a natural extension to the technical activities carried out within IEEE Societies and Councils.
In 2017 the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society formed the Standards for Earth Observations Technical Committee to support the development and promotion of technical standards related to the generation, distribution, and utilization of interoperable data products from remote sensing systems. By 2020 five standards development projects, sponsored by the GRSS Standards Committee (GRSS/SC), had been initiated with the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA).
Recognizing the uniqueness and importance of standards work within the Society, the GRSS Standards for Earth Observation (GSEO) was created to function as the managing organizational unit within GRSS to handle standards development. The GSEO continues to foster the creation of standards that address identified needs. This is being accomplished by:
- Liaising with the GRSS Technical Committees to identify where standardization of a remote sensing product or service could lead to greater adoption in some target market
- Engaging representatives from remote sensing companies, research institutions, and standards laboratories in standards development activities that it sponsors
- Exploring the creation of working groups within Standards Development Organizations such as IEEE, OGC, CEOS, and ISO
- Soliciting sponsors for standards development work
- Performing education and outreach to maximize standard adoption
Scope
The scope of the GRSS Standards for Earth Observation (GSEO) Technical Committee includes all types of Earth-observing systems and products. Standards development efforts will be undertaken via an open consensus process by an appropriate Standards Development Organization.
Membership is open to all interested parties.
Contact Information:
The GRSS Standards for Earth Observation (GSEO) encourages participation from all its members.
Chair
 | Dr. Siri Jodha Khalsa National Snow and Ice Data Center USA |
Co-Chair
 | George Percivall GeoRoundtable USA |
| Hugo Carreno-Luengo |
Current Standards Projects
- Characterization and Calibration of Hyperspectral Imaging Devices Working Group (P4001)
- Synthetic Aperture Radar Metadata Content Working Group (P4002)
- Global Navigation Satellite System-Reflectometry Data and Metadata Content Working Group (P4003)
- Calibration of microwave radiometers Working Group (P4004)
- Standards and protocols for soil spectroscopy Working Group (P4005)
- Remote Sensing RFI Impact Assessment Working Group (P4006)
Working Groups:
Characterization and Calibration of Hyperspectral Imaging Devices Working Group (P4001)
This standard defines performance characteristics for hyperspectral cameras, as well as metadata for hyperspectral images, for a set of use cases defined to represent a wide range of applications.
Synthetic Aperture Radar Metadata Content Working Group (P4002)
The scope of this standard involves the metadata for describing airborne and spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data. This standard specifies the metadata content structure, as well as the text representation.
Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry Data and Metadata Content Working Group (P4003)
The scope of this standard involves the metadata for describing airborne and spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data. This standard specifies the metadata content structure, as well as the text representation.
Standards and Protocols for Soil Spectroscopy (P4005)
Standards and Protocols for Soil Spectroscopy (P4005)This Standard defines protocols and schemes for sensors and measurement methods when merging, comparing and utilizing Soil Spectral Libraries (SSLs) from many sources, as well as monitoring their measurement scheme before performing data manipulation or quantitative analyses. Using the standard SSLs is an important stage while utilizing Hyperspectral (HSI) data for monitoring and mapping soils.
RFI in Remote Sensing Working Group (P4006)
RFI in Remote Sensing Working Group (P4006)This standard defines the quantitative assessment of man-made RFI in a given frequency band. Specifically, this standard is intended to be used in RFI impact evaluations and monitoring of frequency bands allocated to space-based remote sensing. The standard provides a definition of RFI as it relates to space-based remote sensing operations.
