The Prague Declaration final

ISPRS

General Assembly 2016

XXIII

rd

Congress

12-19 July 2016, Prague

Prague Declaratio

A De laratio ratified y delegates at the XXIII ISPRS Co gress alls o i ter atio al o u ities to ork together a d pro ote ulti-dis ipli ary olla oratio to ards pro idi g relia le geospatial i for atio to support so ietal tra sfor atio s to ards glo al sustai a ility. This state e t e phasizes the ISPRS o it e t to realize the full pote tial of i for atio fro i agery through resear h a d de elop e t, s ie tifi et orki g, i ter atio al o-operatio , i ter-dis ipli ary i tegratio a d edu atio a d trai i g. The de laratio proposes ad a e e t of a glo al geospatial i for atio fra e ork/ i frastru ture to e for ed through olla oratio et ee ISPRS a d other i ter atio al o u ities. The De laratio as ade at the Ge eral Asse ly of ISPRS at its XXIII Co gress held i Prague, Cze h Repu li , i July 6.

We, the e e s of The I te atio al So iet fo Photog a et a d Re ote Se si g ISPRS a d pa ti ipa ts of the XXIII ISPRS Co g ess i P ague, e og ize the e e i easi g appli atio of i age i a aspe ts of life a d o k toda , a d the u ge t de a ds o de i i g s ie tifi e ide e f o i age to o ito a d u de sta d glo al ha ge, suppo t sustai a le de elop e t a d o f o t glo al p o le s.

Noti g that:

 go e e ts ha e ag eed to the i ple e tatio of the U ited Natio s Sustai a le De elop e t Goals SDGs UN Age da fo Sustai a le De elop e t he e elia le geospatial i fo atio is ital to o ito p og ess;

 the U ited Natio s F a e o k Co e tio o Cli ate Cha ge UNFCCC Co fe e e of the Pa ties de ided i Ma 5 to e ou age ou t ies to use the est a aila le s ie e to assess, o ito , odel, p epa e a d adapt fo li ate ha ge;

 the Se dai F a e o k fo Disaste Risk Redu tio 5- , adopted at the Thi d U ited Natio s Wo ld Co fe e e, e uests the use of geospatial a d spa e- ased te h ologies a d elated se i es to assess disaste isk a d asso iated p epa ed ess;

 the G oup o Ea th O se atio GEO a d its p og a e to esta lish a Glo al Ea th O se atio S ste of S ste s GEOSS , has ade e t ao di a p og ess i e ou agi g i te atio al oope atio i all a eas of geospatial i fo atio fo the e efit of hu a ki d;

 the Future Earth i ter atio al resear h platfor pro ides k o ledge a d support for s ie tists of all dis ipli es, i ludi g atu al, so ial, e gi ee i g, hu a ities a d la , to a elerate our tra sfor atio s to a sustai a le orld;

 the I te atio al Cou il of S ie tifi U io s ICSU GeoU io s a d the Joi t Boa d of Geospatial I fo atio So ieties JBGIS ha e de ided to o k togethe i o e ti g geospatial o u ities ith de isio ake s.

Recalli g that:

 s ste ati , satellite- ased Ea th o se atio , o e i g ith the La dsat p og a e i 97 , has p o ided a o ti uous se ue e of i age that is pu li l a aila le at o ost to the use a d is idel used i te atio al o u ities to de i e s ie tifi - ased i fo atio a out the e i o e t;

 sig ifi a t te h ologi al ad a es ha e ee a hie ed i the field of Ea th o se atio , geospatial i fo atio s ie es a d se i e-o ie ted o puti g;

 a u e of e e pla , f eeof ha ge glo al data sou es, of hi h the Glo eLa d glo al la d o e data set is a e e t e a ple, o p o ide ope a ess to o ld ide geospatial i fo atio ;

 a olla o ati e glo al geospatial i fo atio f a e o k/ i f ast u tu e a p o ide high ualit i fo atio f o i age to e a le ad a ed geospatial o puti g a d suppo t olla o ati e p o le sol i g.

We e phasize our co it e t to realize the full pote tial of i for atio fro i agery a d its deli ery to users through resear h a d de elop e t, s ie tifi et orki g, i ter atio al o-operatio , i ter-dis ipli ary i tegratio a d edu atio a d trai i g. We the efo e all o i te atio al o u ities to suppo t the ad a e e t of a olla o ati e glo al geospatial i fo atio fra e ork/i frastru ture th ough oss- o de a d t a s-dis ipli a

olla o atio ased o a sustai a le a d se u e go e a e i o de to:

 e gage i o st u ti e dialogue a o g s ie tists, go e e ts, pu li a d p i ate se to s, o -go e e tal o ga izatio s, itize s a d so iet ;

 o ti ue p o idi g elia le a d sta da dised geospatial i fo atio a d se i es to suppo t glo al sustai a ilit ;

 de elop a p o essi g st ateg , o e i g all ele e ts f o i teg ated se si g to spatio- te po al e og itio a d og itio , fo the auto ati ge e atio of i fo atio a d k o ledge, also i eal-ti e;

 sha e esou es dist i uted a oss egio s a d dis ipli es fo eas a d ope a ess to the assi e ua tities of a aila le geospatial data a d p odu ts;

 i spi e a d edu ate futu e ge e atio s i appl i g geospatial data fo lo al to glo al sustai a ilit studies a d i itiati es;

 o f o t glo al p o le s su h as e i o e tal ha ge, pa de i s, atu al a d a th opoge i disaste s, displa ed populatio s, al ut itio , ate sho tages, isi g o ea le els, a d a othe s.