FIG Comm 3 on Geospatial Information Management Event in Valencia

In the spotlight: Megacities and SDI
The event devoted to SDI and Megacities will be actively participated by Dr. Szabolcs Mihály, DG of FÖMI (presenting the case of Budapest) and Dr. Béla Márkus, Dean of the Faculty of Geoinformatics, West Hungary University, Chair of the Commission 2 of FIG. Both institutions are member of HUNAGI. The Hungarian e-media will be represented at the event by Dr. Szilárd Szabó Editor of Térinformatika-online.
FIG Commission 3 under the Chairwomenship of Dr. Chryssy Potsiou has a Working Group on Spatial Data Infrastructure chaired by Paul Kelly from Australia. Hungary participation in the WG is provided by HUNAGI (representing also EUROGI in Cap Sounio, 2007) and FÖMI (now in Valencia, 2008). HUNAGI provided assistance to establish contacts in order to involve Mexico City and London (via Board and ExCom members of GSDI and EUROGI respectively).
At a short meeting of DG of FÖMI and SG of HUNAGI on 15th February in Budapest, the IYPE document on Megacities released by the International Year of the Planet Earth at the Global Launch Event hosted by the UNESCO HQ earlier this week was submitted to dr. Szabolcs Mihály.