Szakmai eseménytörténet : A 2000. év eseménytörténete a HUNAGI szemszögéből

A HUNAGI 2000. ÉVI TEVÉKENYSÉGE

Főtitkári beszámoló

A HUNAGI 7. Közgyűlése által jóváhagyott 2000. évi tervezett feladatok

1. Részvétel az Európai Térinformatikai Ernyőszervezet munkájában

· Részvétel az EUROGI 2000. évi Közgyűlésén

- Kiegyensúlyozottabb (pld az egy főre eső GDP alapú) tagdíjpolitika bevezetése. Áttörés német ellenállás miatt nem volt. 2000. Márciusában ismét napirendre kerül a közgyűlésen

- A „tagszervezetek napján” a honi térinformatikai helyzet átfogó ismertetése az égető kérdések előtérbe állításával

· Részvétel az EUROGI Végrehajtó Bizottsági ülésein

- Mind a négy VB ülésen jelen volt a HUNAGI főtitkára, aki egyben 2000. márciusáig az európai szervezet kincstárnoka is. Mély betekintést szerzett a szakmapolitikai tervezés és megvalósítás mechanizmusába és ezek a tapasztalatok, szerzett ismeretek elősegítik a HUNAGI költségkímélő működését a „láttatásra” vonatkozó cél egyidejű elérésével.

- A térinformatika sikeres nemzetgazdasági alkalmazásairól reprezentatív európai körképet készít az EUROGI és a CERCO az EU intézményei számára. Az IB tagja, a norvég földmérési szolgálat képviselője irányítja a munkát, melyhez nemzeti levelezőket kerestek. Jelöltünk Sikolya Zsolt volt. Eddig magyar anyag nem került az első 20 közé. 1999 október 29-én újabb két magyar javaslati anyagot továbbítottunk, visszajelzés egyelőre még nincs.

- A három legfontosabb esemény az EUROGI-ban:

- az EUROGI és a JRC együttműködési megállapodást készít elő stratégiai témakörökben, az adatpolitikában (vö. -információ/tudás/versenyképesség), valamint a földügyi informatikában. A JRC ugyanis a vidékfejlesztés, agrár-környezetgazdálkodás és földalapú támogatásellenőrzés kapcsán nem nélkülözheti a földügyi-térképészeti alapokat és a hozzá kötődő technológiákat (GPS, távérzékelés, GIS/LIS).

- Romano Prodi az Európai Bizottság elnöke kevező választ adott az EUROGI új elnöke Ian Masser professzor levelére. A megkereső levelet a Közgyűlés résztvevői kézhez kapják. A válasz drótposta üzenettel érhető el. A válaszban az európai intézményekben megerősítendő intenzív GIS eszközhasználat előkészületeire utal az elnök, míg a másik kiemelt terület a Zöld Könyv (közhivatali információk elérése). A GI2000 stratégiai anyag további érlelésére azonban számítani kell.

- 1999 októbere óta új főtitkára van az EUROGI-nak Anton Wolfkamp személyében, akit a holland Kataszteri Szolgálat delegált (fizetését és a titkárság fenntartását a Kadaster biztosítja). Mindez elősegítheti annak a nyomokban nálunk még előforduló szemléletmegváltoztatását, mely szerint az ingatlan-nyilvántartástól és kapcsolódó szolgáltatásaitól a térinformatika távol áll, vagy akár idegen. Az új idők új alapfeladatai ezen eszközök nélkül végre sem lesz hajtható. Az EU csatlakozás szerencsére időben felgyorsítja a szükséges előkészületeket. Ehhez kiváló közvetítő fórum lehet maga az EUROGI is.

2. A HUNAGI részvétele hazai, EUROGI és EU pályázatokban

· Pán-európai térinformatikai intézmény-kapcsolaterősítési projekt (PANEL-GI) szerződés szerinti végrehajtása

· Megvalósulása FÖMI, SE FFFK HUNGIS Alapítvány közreműködéssel. Sikeres értekezletek, előadások, műhelyek külföldön és belföldön. Kapacitásgond miatt mintegy negyedéves csúszás következett be az időarányos ütemtervhez képest.

· Az ”Európai térinformatikai metaadat szolgáltatási infrastruktúra” (ESMI - European Spatial Metadata Infrastructure) projektben való közreműködés az 1998.december 2-i ajánlásoknak megfelelően, vagyis a. hazai METATÉR térinformatikai metaadatbázis szolgáltatás illeszkedjen az európai ESMI térinformatikai metaadat infrastruktúrához.

· Kapcsolatépítés a GIPSIE projekttel, amely az EU által támogatott európai térinformatikai ipar és szolgáltatók közötti interoperabilitás fokozását tűzi ki célul. A Bécsi Műegyetemmel kialakult munkakapcsolat keretei között valósult meg (PANEL-GI, ESMI-MeH műhely).

· A KEK országok közigazgatási határadatbázis szolgáltatás, (ABDS) projektben vállalt feladatok teljesítése. Elsősorban dokumentumok véleményezése és a projekt eredményeinek nemzetközi megjelenítése. Folyamatban van, vállalt szerepünket teljesítjük.

· Max. 5 KKE országra vonatkozóan a szerzői jogi és kapcsolódó jogszabályi környezettel összefüggő helyzet leírása az EUROGI részére a CAGI és POLGIS szervezetekkel karöltve, HUNAGI vezetéssel. A HUNAGI javaslatát az EUROGI végrehajtó bizottsága 2000.január 17-i ülésén tűzi ismét napirendre. Ez év végi akciót igényel az Iparjogédelmi Kamarával és az elsődleges adatszolgáltatók bevonásával. Az EU-12 és az EFTA országokra az anyagok korábban elkészültek, országonként mindössze 2-3 oldalas anyagot kell összeállítani a Zöld Könyv, az informatikai szabályozási törekvések, a szellemi jogok védelme nem könnyű témakörében.

· Az 1999. évi EUROGI tagdíj biztosítása érdekében az év első felében OMFB Mecenatúra pályázatot készítése tagdíj-támogatási kategóriában megtörtént 50%-os sikerrel..

· A lundi Európai Térinformatikai konferenciára való kiutazáshoz a HUNAGI Mecenatúra pályázatok beadása. Helyette az EC GIS Workshopot részesítették a HUNAGI tagszervezetek előnyben.

Az OMFB hathatós támogatásával valósult meg a GSDI tanácsadó ülési és az USA hadsereg térinformatikai/távérzékelési szimpóziumára való kiutazás 1999-ben. Mindkettő magas színvonalú, szűk körű és meghívásos volt, ahol az aktív szerepvállalás jelentős mértékben járult hozzá a hazai műhelyek eredményeinek megismertetéséhez és elismertetéséhez.

3. Információ áramlás előmozdítása a szaksajtón keresztül

· Az elmúlt évi hagyományokhoz hűen, a Bonaventúra kiadóval való jó munkakapcsolatban tovább élt a Térinformatika "Európai Kapcsolatok" rovata, mely a HUNAGI híreit adja közre, esetenként euró-atlanti kitekintéssel, felhívva a figyelmet a közeljövő eseményeire is. A munkavégzés honorárium-nélkül, önkéntesség elvén történik. A híranyagok összeállításának viszont a rendelkezésre álló csekély szabadidő korlátot szab.

· Rendszeres a közlés (rövid hírek, szemlék, eredeti cikkek) a Geodézia és Kartográfia szakfolyóiratban.

· Interjúk, hírek a Geomatika és más szakfolyóiratok számára a tervezethez képest ritkábban fordultak elő.

· A HUNAGI-t és tagszervezetet bemutató legszélesebb körben terjesztett kiadvány az a 10 oldalas brosúra, amely a fontosabb térinformatikai tárgyú rendezvények résztvevői számára kerülnek időről-időre terjesztésre. Mintegy 12 alkalommal, jelentős nemzetközi fórumokon került terjesztésre (EUROGI, GSDI, EC-GIS Workshop, ISPRS vezetőségi, ISSSR, MOLA, FAO-EC-MOLA rendezvények, 5FP IST, ABDS, PANEL-GIS műhelyek, Vándorgyűlés, Phare és Világbank találkozók stb.)

4. Aktív részvétel konferenciák, rendezvényeken, részvétel előkészítésükben, lebonyolításukban

· Cseh Térinformatikai Társulás CAGI konferenciájára meghívott előadásanyag kiküldése Sikolya Zsolt: a magyarországi térinformatikai stratégia és infrastruktúra program címmel, amely tudomásunk szerint bekerült az előadáskötetbe. 1999. január 26

· Cseh agrár- és erdészeti informatikai konferencia az EU csatlakozás jegyében Sec, 1999. Február. Nem valósult meg (1998-ban jelen voltunk).

· A ISPRS kongresszus „Térinformatika mindenki számára” előkészítése az erőforrás és környezeti monitoring szakterületen 2000. július, Amszterdam. Ez a munka 1999.szeptember óta jelentős munkát ad, e napokban is mintegy 280 előadás szakmai zsűrizése van hátra, mely munka a hétvégeken folyik a FÖMI-ben.

· Az 1999. évi UNISPACE III (Bécs) részvétel előkészítése (MÜI, MFTTT, FVM, FÖMI és mások). Megtörtént, rendkívül sikeresen. MÜI, a HUNAGI tagszervezete külön standon állította ki a hazai eredményeket.

· A debreceni „”Informatikai kutatások, fejlesztések és alkalmazások az agrárgazdaságban” konferencia 1999 augusztus (HUNAGI programbizottsági részvételre való felkérést kapott) 1999. augusztus 26 Külön térinformatikai szekció is volt, HUNAGI tagok aktív közreműködésével. Előadáskötete magas színvonalon elkészült.

· A IX. Országos Térinformatikai Konferencia Szolnok, 1999. Szeptember. PANEL-GI Magyar Nemzeti Panel nemzetközi műhelynek (HUNAGI-FÖMI-SE FFFK) mint a konferencia külön szekciójának több mint 100 fős hallgatósága volt. Az előadók között voltak a legjelentősebb hazai szakmai intézmények képviselői valamint az EUROGI főtitkára és a GISIG elnöke.

· A FIG III. (térinformatikai) Bizottság szimpóziuma (SE FFFK-FÖMI, Budapest) 1999. Október. Magas színvonalú szervezés mellett a HUNAGI tagok aktív közreműködésével bonyolították le.

· A TAMA Számítógéppel segített birtokrendezés és vidékfejlesztés nemzetközi műhely 1999 december 6-7 Budapest. Előttünk álló feladat, programja jelen Közgyűlésen lett kiosztva.

Mindezeken felül jelentős túlteljesítés történt, melyet a 2.rész tanusít.

5. HUNAGI honlap létrehozása saját infrastruktúrán

· Honlap gondozás a PANEL-GI projekt keretében. Főszerkesztő: a HUNAGI főtitkára, hálómester: Király Tibor (FÖMI). Az aláírt PANEL-GI szerződés lehetőséget teremtett a HUNAGI honlap javítására, megvalósulhatott a naprakész nyilvántartás a tagszervezetekről (tevékenységeik bemutatásáról kijelölt levelezőkkel, vagy kereszthivatkozással), a híranyag figyelés és továbbítás, továbbá a tagok és a honlap szerkesztő kapcsolatának megszervezése. A főtitkárt az első vezetőségi ülésre utaztában ért rablás miatt a HUNAGI-t veszteség érte, melyben a Biztosító és az EUROGI csak részben enyhített. Köszönet illeti a HUNAGI vezetőségét, hogy az elrabolt eszközök pótlását is lehetővé tette. Ugyancsak ez évben lett biztosítva a főtitkár részére a folyamatos e-mail elérési lehetőség is. Mindazonáltal az e-mail üzenetek fogadására és elküldésére továbbra is az FVM Földügyi és Térképészeti Főosztály infrastruktúrája jelenti az elsőszámú segítséget.

· Tagtársunk, a MAGISZ honlapja, melyet Pitlik kolléga (GATE) gondoz, példamutatóan egyszerű megoldással biztosítja az agrárinformatikusok számára a HUNAGI tevékenység bemutatását. A MAGISZ honlapról a szervezet december 13-i fórumán (KÉE) külön bemutatót terveznek.

6. Az európai szintű versenyképesség fokozása érdekében a honi térinformatikai szereplők érdekeinek képviselete, képességeinek, eredményeinek tükröztetése pld. az Európai Unió, és az EUROGI tematikus adatbázisaiban.

· EC Joint Research Centre adatbázisában

· CORDIS (Community Reseach and Development Information System) adatbázisában

· EUROGI honlapján

· GIS International Group, Genova adatbázisában stb.

Ezzel a lehetőséggel akkor lehet hatékonyan élni, ha minden HUNAGI tagszervezet megadja honlapcímét a keresztreferencia biztosítása céljából.

Terven felül

§ elkészült 5 sikeres honi térinformatikai alkalmazás/szolgáltatás bemutatása a „Térinformatika a társadalom számára” c. nemzetközi kampány keretében

§ elkészült a HUNAGI által ajánlott térinformatikai szakértői jegyzék, melyhez az EUROGI tagszervezetei és a megfelelő EU intézmények egyes tisztségviselői hozzáférhetnek.

7. HUNAGI részvétele az Észak-Karolina (NC)- Északrajna-Vesztfália (NRW) és Magyarország együttműködésének előkészítésében és megvalósításában

· Kapcsolattartás folyamatos és kölcsönös informálás útján.

· Metaadatok és közhivatali adatok szolgáltatásának korszerű megoldásai. NC felkérés közreműködésre. A novemberi projektesemény időközben 2001.évre halasztva.

· NRW felkérés EU pályázatban való részvételre. EXADINT projektjavaslat kidolgozása. Adatfolyam modellezés, adatpolitikai egyezmények előkészítése céljából. Internet alapú szolgáltatások, szabványosítás. A projekt sorsa: Brüsszel elvetette, de a magyar tervezett hozzájárulást értékelte.

· NRW-DDGI meghívás érkezett a főtitkár részére a berlini Reichstagba és a Német Parlamenti Bizottság zárt ülésére, mely J.Dangermond megnyitó előadását követően a térinformatika politikában és a gazdaságfejlesztésben való lehetőségeivel foglalkozott. A HUNAGI képviselője mellett dr.Kozma Imre FVM FTF főosztályvezetője is kapott meghívást. A mintegy 70 résztvevőnek mintegy 10 %-a volt külföldi.

8. Részvétel a GSDI tanácsadó testületében

Részvétel a Globális Térinformatikai Adatinfrastruktúra (GSDI) Tanácsadó Bizottságában valamint a Műszaki feladatcsoportjai munkájában. A HUNAGI tagszervezetek szakértőinek információ-ellátása és bevonásuk a nemzetközi együttműködésbe mindenekelőtt a szabványosítás és a metaadat szolgáltatások területén. Mihály Szabolcs kijelölése a Metaadat bizottságba illetve az FGDC ISO TC 211 transzlációs munkacsoportjába az EUROGI/ESMI részéről megtörtént. A hálón megindult a GSDI műszaki vitfórum, ebbe a HUNAGI tagok bekapcsolódása kívánatos. A GSDI honlapját az EUROGI ápolja „távmunkában”.

9. Középtávú HUNAGI stratégia

HUNAGI tagsági politika továbbfejlesztése

· Ismét felmerült annak szükségessége, hogy a HUNAGI működésbiztonságának fokozása érdekében a tagszervezetek között legyenek minisztériumok és cégek is (a német DDGI mintájára). A magánszférát illetően a HUNAGI vállalta, hogy közvetítő szerepét tovább erősíti.

· Magánszemélyek továbbra is szervezetük vagy intézményükön keresztül tudnak közreműködni.

Szakmapolitikai stratégia

Az év során az egyes tevékenységek összhangban álltak a 6.Közgyűlés által elfogadott stratégiai ajánlásokkal, melyek szerint:

· Erősítendő a nemzetközi együttműködés euró-atlanti irányultsága, a felhalmozott kapcsolati és erkölcsi tőke hasznosításával, az EU csatlakozás előkészületeinek szolgálatában.

· A HUNAGI támogatása kormányzati és főleg a szakterületi irányítás oldalról alapvető jelentőségű, annál is inkább, mivel mind a társ-szervezetek, mind az EUROGI vezető befolyásos szakemberei többnyire a térképészeti szakterület irányítói körét képviselik.

· A működési feltételek eddigieknél megbízhatóbb biztosítása érdekében jobb munkamegosztást szükséges megvalósítani.

· További pályázatok, szerződéses feladatok vállalása kizárólag a HUNAGI tagszervezetek képviselőinek érdemi közreműködésével történjen

· Internet honlap és elektronikus tájékoztatás és brosúrák továbbra is nélkülözhetetlenek.

· HUNAGI tagszervezeteinek képviselőinek munkacsoportokba szervezése az NTS megvalósításának témaköreiben ésszerű és hasznos lehet. Ezek megtervezését az elnök útmutatásai alapján a főtitkár vezette ad hoc bizottság tekintette át a MeH, OMFB és HUNGIS Alapítvány bevonásával. A napi gyakorlat azt mutatja, hogy az egyes tagszervezetek, tagintézmények felismerik érdekeltségüket és annál többet kaphatnak a HUNAGI-n keresztül, minél aktívabbak.

Ennek ellenére a kapacitásgondok tetemesek, számos elszalasztott lehetőség adótott:

· NRW-NC-Magyarország formális együttműködés az IT- térinformatika-PPP és oktatás terén (NC megkeresés)

· Magyar szakértő pályázása a Galileo szakzsűribe (DG VII-EUROGI megkeresés)

· A Kyoto-i Egyezmény betartásának monitoringja a távérzékelés és térinformatika eszközeivel, különös tekintettel a földhasználat és erdők változásaira (DARA-CNES-DLR megkeresés az 5FP keretében)

Az elnök és a főtitkár között az elmúlt években kialakított rendszeres és részletesen dokumentált munkakapcsolat (munkaterv szerinti egyeztetések) ez évben is jellemzőek voltak és hatékonynak bizonyultak. Külön meg kell említeni Detrekői akadémikus úr, BME rektora évközbeni hasznos és előremutató szakmai segítségét. A HUNAGI adminisztratív pénzügyeit ez évben is pontosan és gondosan kezelte dr.Berencei Rezső úr, a HUNGIS Alapítvány ügyvezető igazgatója. Munkáját Közgyűlési határozatban foglalva javasoljuk megköszönni.

ISPRS Commission VII on Resources and Environment Monitoring
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A 2000. év HUNAGI eseménytörténete - GIS events of the year 2000

Eseménytörténet, ahogy a HUNAGI azévben feljegyezte:

The Millenium on Maps. Image: HUNAGI Visual Resources

· Third Vienna Conference on the Development and Maintenance of Property Right arranged for the TACIS countries. As invited speaker, G.Remetey-Fülöpp held a key note speech on the Experiences of the Land Administration in the CEC: The Case of Hungary. The presentation focused on the land reform, the institution building and the role of international co-operation where ABDS and PANEL-GI was explicitely referred. Organised by the Austrian Government, UN FAO, European Commission and the Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank. Vienna, 12-15 January 2000.
· By request of GeoEurope’s Editor Mr.Peter FitzGibbon, information has been submitted by HUNAGI on the objectives and activities of the association for the issue with special focus on GIS in Hungary. Besides the private sector representatives, also HUNAGI member WHU CSLM gave valuable contribution to the journal. GeoEurope just published the correspondance between Prof I.Masser, President of EUROGI and Mr. Prodi, President of the European Commission.
· EUROGI Executive Committee Meeting (Apeldoorn, 17 January) was attended by G.Remetey-Fülöpp, Treasurer of the European Umbrella Organisation for Geographical Information. Topics discussed included strategics issues, preparation of the General Board Meeting and co-operation with European Institution such as DG JRC SAI
· First Web Conference of the Steering Committee of the ABDS project has been started on January 20. Closing day: 26th January. More information: http://abds.fomi.hu
Initiated and prepared by Dr.L.Csemniczky, President of gita Hungary (a HUNAGI member organisation) a high level meeting of representatives of HUNAGI and the Geospatial Information & Technology Association “gita” (Aurora, CO, USA) will be hosted by Zs.Sikolya, President of HUNAGI at the Prime Minister’s Office on 26th January. The Meeting will be participated by Executive Director.Robert M.Samborski, Dave DiSera, Treasurer, L.Csemnicky, I.Nikl of gita Hungary and the Secretary General of HUNAGI.
· On January 29, a project proposal on Land Consolidation and Integrated Rural Development (TAMA-2) has been drafted by experts dr.P.Riegler and Iván Papp of the Baranya County Land Office, as well as Advisor Ms.Lili Csanády and representatives of relevant departments of MARD (Ms.Zs.Hamza, G.Remetey-Fülöpp) in co-operation with Péter Winkler , Ms.Enikő Kovács of FÖMI, Wolfram D.Kneib of bfb, Kiel and Fritz Rembold, FAO SEUR.
· The preparatory arrangements and the follow-on actions have been discussed and approved by the Executive Committee of the Hungarian Society for Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing. The Society will host the international seminar devoted to the theme “Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in the New Millennium” scheduled for April 7 in Budapest.
· Dr.Dieter Link and Guido Winter of the Phare twinning experts in CAP and IACS related institution building have paid their first visit of the Lands and Mapping, Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development, wheredr.L.Niklasz, acting Director General of the Department and its staff members incl. G.Csornai, CROPMON Project Leader held introduction. The EU CAP experts were informed on the already achieved results and the elaborated in-depth concept in the subject. The CAP experts paid an organised visit also at the Buda-vicinity District Land Office of the Pest County Land Office, where they expressed their positive impressions. The overal CAP IACS project.is the driver of the ANP related lands and mapping activities having dominant GI/LIS and remote sensing content. Started in 1999 and to be continued in 2000.
· February 12-15, Bucharest: FAO has launched a multilateral research work on “Comparative study on land fragmentation and its economic and social impacts on rural society in four EU accession countries: Bulgaria,Czech Republic, Hungary and Roumania”.. The first expert meeting was moderated by Fritz Rembold and Marc Duponcel of FAO SEUR and lessons learned was introduced by invited expert Karl Kollmer on his experiences in Portugal. Hungary is represented in the project by AKII (Agricultural Research and Informatics Institute) of Budapest. The land administration and land use related issues will highlight the importance of spatial planning and the GIS/LIS as inevitable tool. As known, SAPARD, the Community Support for Preadherence Measures regarding Agriculture and Rural Development programme will run for seven years, between 2000-2006, with a total EU contribution of over 540 M Euros, for all candidate countries.(To this sum will be added a compulsory contribution from all of the candidate countries’ government , which is 25% of the EU contribution.) HUNAGI leaflet has been submitted to Mr.Bernhard d’Avis, Chief, Policy Assistance Branch of UN FAO Regional Office for Europe in a social evening in Bucharest.
· Intersectorial meeting has been arranged by the MARD Department of Rural Development Programmes on 21st February 2000. The meeting chaired by Ms.E.Szendrő-Font and Ms.Zs.Hamza was devoted to the establishment of a GI based information and system for administrative monitoring of the SAPARD programme. The system concept will be elaborated by HUNAGI member VÁTI in cooperation with the Research Institute for Agroeconomics and Informatics (AKII). Besides representatives of the relevant department of MARD, State Forestry Service, Agrarian Innovation and Rural Development Public Service and the Central Statistical Office, invited participants include the following HUNAGI member associations and institutions: FÖMI (Sz.Mihály and P.Winkler), AKII (I.Bognár), VÁTI (Zs.Barkóczi, K.Jávor), PMO (Zs.Sikolya), StStephen University (L.Podmaniczky represented by B.Csonka) as well as Prof.Zs.Harnos.
· Hosted by FÖMI RSC and chaired by Asst.Prof .G.Mélykúti of the Budapest Technical University, the newly formed Subcommittee of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing of the Geodetic Scientific Committee, Hungarian Academy of Sciences held its first meeting on 22nd February. Three FÖMI developments and applications have been introduced:
G.Büttner: Corine Land Cover 1:50k for Hungary
L.Martinovich: Vineyard cadastre using satellite remote sensing
I.Lelkes: Waterlog survey in Hungary in 1999
The academic subcommittee members include representatives of the following HUNAGI member associations and institutions: P.Kardeván (MÁFI), Gy.Iván and P.Winkler (FÖMI), G.Mélykúti (Chair of Photogrammetry, BTU). G.Remetey-Fülöpp(MARD) introduced the concept “Case studies”, the initiative of EUROGI and CERCO and invited the speakers to put their presentation .on the Internet accordingly.
· Initiated by HUNAGI, ad-hoc meeting was devoted to the overview of the working plan related to the EU project Panel-GI implementation. The meeting of 23rd.February, attended by B.Márkus, P.Lévai, T.Palya R.Berencei and E.Kovács was moderated by G.Remetey-Fülöpp and hosted by Sz.Mihály, director of FÖMI. The actions agreed
· Curators of the HUNGIS Foundation held their first annual meeting under the chairmanship of academician Á.Detrekői, Rector of the Budapest Technical University. Hosted by Geometria GIS System House members of the Curatorium were attend the meeting include R.Berencei,
· Director of HUNGIS Foundation, R.Mészáros, Rector of Atilla József University of Szeged, Gy.Szabó, Acting Director General of the Mapping Agency of Home Defense Forces, J.Cseri, former Director General of the Mapping Agency of Home Defense Forces T.Tenke, CEO of Geometria, M.Havass, President of SZAMALK System House and former president of HUNAGI, P.Szegvári, Deputy State Secretary of PMO, J.Horváth former Deputy State Secretary of PMO, L.Niklasz, Acting Director General, Department of Lands and Mapping of MARD, Prof.A.Csemez, St.Stephen University at Buda, Sz.Szilárd Editor-in-Chief, Térinformatika and CEO of Bonaventura plc as well as Gy.Jakab of MATAV ((Hungarian Telecom) and G.Remetey-Fülöpp of DLM-MARD/HUNAGI. Presentations were given on the activities of Geometria in AM/FM applications by T.Tenke as well as on the working plan of HUNGIS Foundation by R.Berencei with co-refereates delivered by J.Cseri on the National Topographic Programme as well as by G.Remetey on the activities of HUNAGI.
· The first regular meeting of the Working Group on Geographic Information of the Inter-ministerial Committee on Informatics was held at the PMO chaired by Zs. Sikolya on 28th February 2000. The meeting was participated by representatives of the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development, Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Economics, FÖMI, Mapping Agency for the Home Defense Forces, R+D Under Secretariat of the Ministry of Education, Hungarian Geological Service as well as the Hungarian Geological Institute.
· Arranged by the PMO under the supervision of Zs.Sikolya and chaired by Mr.Kleinheincz the Governmental Metadata Service concept KIKERES was highlighted by Scriptum president Dr.Z.Vas and discussed by invited experts including the GI area represented by P.Kardeván of MÁFI, T.Prajczer of GeoX and the Dept. of Lands and Mapping of MARD.
· The meeting of the Geodetic Science Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences chaired by Prof.István Joó was hosted by the Institute of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing (FÖMI) on March 2, 2000. The ISPRS Seminar on "Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing at the new Millennium" hosted by the Society for Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing was introduced by Peter Winkler, Secretary of the ISPRS Commission VII.
· The new composition and action plan of the Subcommittee on Geo-information of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences has been accepted by the HAS Committee on Geodetic Sciences on 2nd March, 2000. The newly formed Subcommittee is chaired by Dr.Szabolcs Mihály, Director of FÖMI. The major goil of the Subcommittee is to provide scientific support for the development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure by
· Study the impact of the information revolution on the geo-information, the adoption of the relevant achievements,
· Comparative studies and evaluation of GI-related standards, regulations; knowledge transfer and discussions
· Elaboration documents related to the NSDI (definition of components, conceptual design, feasibility studies etc.)
· Elaboration of proposals to be accepted and submitted by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Members of the Subcommittee are as follow:
L.Alabér, MH TÉHI
V.Bognár, OMFB
Academician Á.Detrekői, BME
Dr.Béla Márkus, NyME
Dr.L.Niklasz, FVM FTF
Dr.G.Remetey-Fülöpp, FVM FTF
Dr.F.Sárközy, BME
Dr.J.Závoty, GGKI
T.Prajczer, GeoX
Zs.Sikolya, MeH
Dr.Gy.Szabó BME
D.Szendrő, FÖMI
P.Zalaba FVM FTF
The work of the Subcommittee is assisted by Secretary Dr.Á.Barsi.
· A meeting was held at the Hungarian Space Research Office chaired by Dr.Előd Both on March 3. Participated by HUNAGI members FÖMI (P.Winkler), CSLM UWH (B.Márkus) and HSRO (E.Both), as well as representatives of the RTD Under-Secretariat of the Ministry of Education (V.Bognár), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ambassador J.Jelen and J.Kuszinger) as well as HUNAGI (G.Remetey-Fülöpp), the meeting was devoted to projects having GI content to be launched in joint venture.
· The potentials of aerial measurements and remote sensing tehnology from Japan and Germany using helicopter as platform was introduced for environmental and forestry applications at the Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development by service providers on March 10. Technical details will be discussed in-depth at the FÖMI Remote Sensing Centre and a leaflet on the Hungarian GI/LIS activities was submitted to Dr.Zoltán Csomós, Senior Advisor of the MARD’s State Secretary Dr.Károly Tamás.
· 4th GSDI Conference was participated by Zsolt Sikolya of PMO, President of HUNAGI. Cape Town, March 12-14, 2000 HUNAGI is represented by the fifth consecutive case in a Global Spatial Data Initiative meeting. (last time in Cambridge at the joint Advisory and Steering Committee Meeting)
· Open Day has been organised by HUNAGI member FÖMI as requested by the Office of Natural Protection of the Ministry of Environment (ONP MoE). Opened by FOMI Director Sz.Mihály, the following presentations were given:
Gy.Büttner: SPOT-4 Satellite Image Database for Hungary
O.Petrik: Preprocessing of SPOT-4 data
G.Maucha: Ideas for use of SPOT-4 in natural protection
Gy.Büttner: Overview of the present stage of the CORINE Land Cover 1:50 000 (CLC50) Project and the prospectives
M.Biró: interpretation for CLC50 – live demonstration
P.Winkler: The nationwide aerial survey campaigne and the digitisation of the 1:10 000 topographic maps having unified projection system
The follow-on discussion devoted to data availability and data policy (including dissemination and copyright issues) was attended by the representatives of the MARD (I.Fésüs and G.Remetey-Fülöpp), FÖMI (P.Winkler, Gy.Büttner, É.Csató), St.Stephen University (Prof.J.Ángyán, L.Podmaniczky), ONP MoE (Ms.Vajna, R.Szekeres-Érdy) and the Environment Management Institute (Z.Zsemberi and M.Néváth). HUNAGI leaflet (March 6 Edition) was distributed among the environmental specialists. The database is used especially in
· Delineation of environmentally sensitive areas (ESA)
· Delineation of Less Favourable Areas (LFAs)
· National Ecological Network
· Environmental Information and Monitoring System
· Other projects related to the National Agro-environmental Management Program to be launched in the year 2000.
· Natura 2000
· P.Winkler, Scientific Vice-Director of FOMI and head of the Remote Sensing Centre has received the Fasching Medal from the Minister of MARD for his professional excellence at the National Holiday of March 15.
· GIS OPEN 2000. Theme: GIS in the Millennium. Venue: Székesfehérvár, March 16-17, 2000.
Presentations include:
Rural Development and the SAPARD (Ms.Zsofia Hamza)
Ensuring Land Information as required for the EU accession (L.Niklasz)
Present stage of the Hungarian Topographic Programme (Gy.Szabó)
The institutional building in lands and mapping: the National Programme for the adoption of Acquis Communautaire (G.Remetey-Fülöpp)
The aerial survey project (P.Winkler)
BEV – the EU accession and the first years in the EU (G.Muggenhuber)
Direct data acquisition methods (M.Gross et al)
The Administrative Data Bounderies Service Project (Sz.Mihály)
Experiences with TAMA project (P.Riegler)
Land Administration as institutional tool for sustainable development (A.Osskó)
Digital transformation of surveying base maps by scanning (J.Szabó)
The update of the technical regulation “F2” (S.Tóth)
On the supervision of the toporaphic maps (P.Engler)
The DDM at 1:10 000 (Gy.Iván and F.Fülöp)
Area-based subsidies and compensation (G.Csornai)
Digital data and product service at FÖMI (T.Vass)
Applications using AUTODESK (S.Simonkovics)
Prof.B.Márkus and Gerhard Muggenhuber at the GIS Open 2000
Developments at Bentley (A.Kozma)
ORACLE 8i Spatial applications (Z.Tóth)
GI at the Millenium (Gy.Domokos of ESRI Hungary)
Orthophotos and GIS (T.Hennel of Intergraph Hungary)
Complete conference material is available on CD. For more information write: gisopen@cslm.hu Attn.: A.Kulcsár
International Advisory Board Meeting of the Tempus Phare Institution Building Joint European Project SDILA (Staff development in Land Administration)
Székesfehérvár, 16th March. Chaired by L.Niklasz (MARD) and M.Ágfalvi (UWH CSLM) the meeting was participated by Prof. Allan Brimicombe and Graham Brown (University of East London) as well as Prof.Josef Strobl University of Salzburg, Gerhard Muggenhuber and Gert Steinkellner (BEV, Austria), Prof.B.Márkus, P.Engler (UWH CSLM), Sz.Mihály (FÖMI), G.Apagyi (MARD), J.Heilmann (IPDA) and G.Remetey-Fülöpp (HUNAGI)
GEOEurope devoted a full page introduction of the Hungarian Association for Geo-information in his Geofocus: Hungary issue entitled “HUNAGI builds for the future”. According to the article, with “a small but enthusiastic membership, a key role in Hungary’s NSDI, and its positioning at the heart of Europe gives HUNAGI an influential voice”.(GEOEurope March 2000, p.35)
· On behalf of the Chair of Landscape Planning and Regional Development.of the St.Stephen University at Budapest, Prof.dr.A.Csemez has applied for membership in HUNAGI on March 13. The membership application was accepted and confirmed.
· HUNAGI President Zs.Sikolya has been invited to participate the ETeMII Project Meeting held in Luxembourg in 22-24 March.
· FAO – DLM MARD meeting. Mr..Manuel Pavery of FAO HQ in Rome and Fritz Rembold, Land Tenure and Rural Development Officer at FAO SEUR has visited Dr. Imre Kozma, Head of the Department of Lands and Mapping at MARD, who has informed the guests on the preparation related to the FAO TCP proposal on the Pilot “Land Consolidation in Rural Development”, a methodological joint venture to support the SAPARD implementation.
· Invited by the ECA Initiative participation of the 2nd Steering Committee Meeting of the Eastern and Central Europe (ECE) and Central Asia (ECA) Initiative on Real Property Rights of the World Bank, UN FAO and the Government of Austria. Hosted by the Center for Legal Competence (CLC) in Vienna, on March 25. The meeting was dealing with topics of the organisational structure and near future operations of the Initiative to support the coordination of international agencies and bilateral donors’ work with the aim of optimizing their respective comparative advantages. Hungary and Romania was
invited to the Steering Committee of the Initiative. The meeting was attended by
Franz Kaps, Senior Adviser for the Vice President of the World Bank,
Fritz Rembold, Chairman of the Steering Group, UN FAO SEUR,
Otto Oberhammer, Chairman of the Board, CLC, Austria,
Mario Thurner, Managing Director, CLC Austria,
Hans-Peter Steigerwald, Project Manager, CLC Austria,
Helge Onsrud, Senior Adviser, Statens Kartwerk, Norway,
Willy Zimmermann, Senior Adviser, GTZ, Germany,
Aleksey Overchuck, Director, Information Analysis Directorate, Land Administration, Russian Federation,
Jack Damen, DLG International Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, The Netherlands,
Vivien Gyuris, Research Analyst, The World Bank ACE Group in Hungary,
Virgil Pamfil, Project Coordinator, Ministry of Justice, Romania,
Gábor Remetey-Fülöpp, Senior Counsellor,Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development
· Workshop on Public-Private Partnership was organised by UN ECE Working Parties of Land Administration chaired by Bozena Lipej in Tirana, 29 March - 1 April. Invitation has been sent to EUROGI by Prof.David Stanfield, USAID partner University of Wisconsin. On behalf EUROGI, the establishment of HUNAGI and its experiences were highlighted entitled: The role of PPP in establishment of the Hungarian National Spatial Data Infrastructure and in support of the EU accession. The Workshop was opened by the Albanian Prime Minister Iier Meta.
· 2nd ExCom meeting of EUROGI. April 3, Luxembourg. For memo, the composition of the EUROGI Executive Committee for the period 1998-2000 was as follows: Ian Masser President, Anton Wolfkamp Secretary General (seconded by the Dutch Cadaster), representative of the Nordic countries Norway, as well as Italy, United Kingdom, France, Germany, CERCO and Hungary.
· EUROGI Member’s Day. April 3, Luxembourg, hosted by the DG Information Society in the Room M5 of the Jean Monnet Building at Kirchberg. The ongoing EC founded projects were highlighted such as CoGIS, the GIS for the Commission.
· EUROGI General Board Meeting. April 4, Luxembourg, hosted by the DG Information Society in the Room M5 of the Jean Monnet Building at Kirchberg. Chaired by Prof.Ian Masser, in presence of Martin Littlejohn of DG InfoSoc, the new GB has voted three categories namely Full member, Affiliate status, Candidate status. The new composition of the ExCom was accepted consisting CERCO, Germany, UK, Italy, France, Nordic(Denmark) and HUNAGI of Hungary.

”Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing at the New Millennium”
International Seminar
Budapest, April 7, 2000
Venue:
Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development

Hosted by the Hungarian Society for Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Supported also by HUNAGI
· ISPRS Council Meeting Budapest, Hotel Agro and FÖMI RSC, April 5-6 and 11
· ISPRS Seminar on Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing at the Millennium. Budapest, April 7
Chaired and co-chaired by ÁkosDetrekői, Lawrence Fritz, Klaas Beek, György Büttner, John Trinder, Dieter Fritsch, Gábor Mélykúti, Lukman Aziz, Gábor Remetey-Fülöpp
Keynote presentation: ISPRS - A Strategic Plan for the 21st Century
Lawrence W. Fritz, President, ISPRS
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Rockville, MD USA
Efficient generation and management of 3-D city models
Professor Dr. Armin Grün
Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich
Automatic registration and feature extraction for urban landscape models.
Professor Ian Dowman
Department of Geomatic Engineering, University College London
Experiences with documentation and visulisation of heritage sites
Heinz Ruther, Treasurer ISPRS
Professor and Head of Department, Department of Geomatics University of Cape Town
Relics modeling and visualization in virtual environment
Professor Dr. Hirofumi CHIKATSU
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tokyo Denki University
The monitoring of fuzzy spatial objects
Professor Martien Molenaar
ITC, Geoinformatics and Spatial Data Acquisition, Eschede, The Netherlands
Per capita productivity in major river basins in Asia
Shunji MURAI and Shiro OCHI
Institute of Industrial Science, Univ. of Tokyo
Operational countrywide crop monitoring and yield estimation
Gábor Csornai, Scientific Project Leader
FÖMI Remote Sensing Centre, Budapest, Hungary
National land cover mapping at scale 1:50.000 using spot-4 imagery
György Büttner, Scientific Project Leader
FÖMI Remote Sensing Centre, Budapest, Hungary
Laser Scanning - revolution in DTM data collection.
Professor Dr.-Ing. Dieter Fritsch
Institute for Photogrammetry (ifp), University of Stuttgart, Germany
Impact of high resolution satellites
Lawrence W. Fritz, President, ISPRS
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Rockville, MD USA
Definition and implementation of a nationwide digital orthophoto program
Peter Winkler, Scientific Vice Director and Head,
FÖMI Remote Sensing Centre, Budapest, Hungary
Pathfinder technology programs for operational use
Dr.Gábor Remetey-Fülöpp
Department of Lands and Mapping, Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development, Budapest, Hungary
Highlights of the achievements in the ISPRS scientific Communities
Professor John C.Trinder, Secretary General of ISPRS
School of Geomatic Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
http://www.isprs.org
Progress and statistics of the ISPRS 2000 Congress
"Geo-information for All"
Professor Klaas Jan Beek, ISPRS Congress Director
I.T.C. Land Resources and Urban Sciences, Enschede, The Netherlands
http://www.itc.nl/~isprs

The role of the ISPRS Journal in scientific publishing and knowledge transfer in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Prof.Dr. Emmanuel P. Baltsavias, Editor-in-Chief, ISPRS Journal
Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürichhttp://www.elsevier.nl/locate/isprsjprs
· ISPRS Joint Council and Technical Commission President Meeting. Budapest, April 8-9
· HUNAGI member Hungarian Space Research Office’s Director E.Both deliver a lecture devoted to the Day of the Spaceflights. On the event organised by the Hungarian Astronautical Society and hosted by HUNAGI member FÖMI, Space Shuttle austronaut Robert Stewart will share his experiences of his two spaceflights in 1994 and 1995.
· In the Phare twinning framework, Xavier Rousselin, representative of ONIC at the European Commission has visited FÖMI and its Remote Sensing Centre, as near-future partner of the selected paying agency AIK (Agrar-intervention Centre) on April 11. The twinning, MARD and AIK experts were informed by a series of presentations on the following topics:
G.Csornai: CROPMON: nationwide operational crop monitoring and production forecast, with special emphasis on the applicability for use in the land based agricultuarl subsidy control, based on pilots executed in 1999.
Dr.L.Martinovich: Comparative overview of the relevant EU and Hungarian regulations, the potentials of remote sensing in the establishment of the vineyard cadastre based on experiences of the last year's rapid vineyard survey and mapping by remote sensing.
G.Csornai and M.Lelkes: Recent flood disaster monitoring by remote sensing (please see special report on this topic on the rear cover)
· HUNAGI leaflet on the Hungarian GI/GIS/LIS activities has been distributed for participants of the conference organised by EUROGI and the French Association for Geographic Information (AFIGÉO) devoted to the topic "Cadastre and NSDI in Europe". The conference was held in the Studio of the Comedie Francaise in Carroussel du Louvre – Paris on 19 April, 2000 as a satellite event of the Exhibition MARI EUROPE 2000 - Le Geo Evenement®. Invited by AFIGEO and EUROGI, a series of presentations was delivered at the EUROGI badged GI Conference:
Introduction Jean Berthier (President, AFIGEO)
Overview of NSDIs in European countries (with examples from NL, UK, PT and HU) Ian Masser (President, EUROGI)
Presentation of the following national situations:
Belgium: Joel de Smet CC Belgium:
France: Hugues Perrin, French Cadastre
NRW Germany Jens Riecken (DDGI)
Hungary G.Remetey-Fülöpp (HUNAGI )
Netherlands: M.C.D.Magis (Kadastre)
In the context of the “European Commission and Cadastre”, needs and experiences were highlighted with special emphasis on the Common Agricultural Policy and the Information Society by Jean Meyer-Roux DG JRC.
The Hungarian GI private sector was represented at the
Exhibition MARI EUROPE 2000 by the Hungarian L&MARK Térinformatika as qualified competence partner of Siemens SICAD between April 18-20, 2000.
Interest expressed by the Montpellier based NMG and the Toulouse based GEOSYS were discussed informally.
· Presentation has been organised by Satellitbild on the Ikonos’ high resolution satellite capabilities for members of the Commission on Environment of the Hungarian Parliament on their meeting on 27th April. The Lands and Mapping sector was represented by dr.L.Niklasz of DLM MARD and Gy.Büttner of FÖMI. FÖMI RSC has already received the first Ikonos imageries covering Budapest. Further preprocessing is made using the Remote Sensing Center’s infrastructure.
· The bilateral Hungarian-German co-operation on “Computer assisted land consolidation” (TAMA) was extended to 1-1 small region in counties Baranya and Somogy. The presents of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs have been submitted to the representatives of the local NGOs by dr.Wolfram D.Kneib on behalf of the German Embassy in Budapest during an Information Day on TAMA in Sásd and Somogytúr on April 27 and 28. Rural development plans, GIS based works have been highlighted by the local representatives incl. HungaroCAD, Geonet2000 and others. In Sásd, the meeting were participated by Zoltán Páva, Member of the Parliament, dr.Ferenc Kékes, President of the County Assembly, and heads of governmental agencies and municipalities. The Information Days were moderated by representative ofthe DLM MARD, and actively participated by Zs.Hamza of the Rural Development Programmes, MARD (on SAPARD) as well as by P.Winkler, Scientific Deputy Director of FÖMI (on the Aerial Survey of Hungary). The presentation on land consolidation was delivered by dr.Kneib, while drs.P.Riegler and I.Papp gave additional co-referendum.
· FAO’s Sub-Regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe was represented by Fritz Rembold and Marc Duponcel, officers on land tenure/rural development and agricultural policy affairs respectively.
· 1st International Seminar on Cadastral Systems, Land Administration and Sustainable Development May 3-5 2000 University “Distrital Francisco José de Caldas”, Bogota. Speakers invited by Prof.Orlando Rodriguez Pabón include Prof. Béla.Márkus of UWH CSLM, (also representing HUNAGI). With presentation entitled: “GIS Education ans Spatial Data Infrastructure”. Other speakers of the Seminar includes Jo Anne Disano of UN Sustainable Development, Prof. Peter Dale Prof.Ian Williamson, Dr. Paul Munro-Faure, Dr. Tommy Osterberg, Dr. Jürg Kaufmann, Prof. Don Grant, Prof. John McLaughlin and Prof. Stig Enemark.
· ABDS project meeting in Brussels
The meeting was participated by dr.Szabolcs Mihály, Director of FÖMI on 4th May, 2000
· Geospatial Information & Technology Association (Hungary):
Fifth Conference on Urban Management and Utility Information Systems. Organised by gita Hungary (member of HUNAGI), sponsored by Geometria GI System House. Venue: Hotel Hélia, Budapest, May 29-30 gita@mail.datanet.hu and www.gita.hu . Introductory presentations were given by
D.R:Bowditch (President of gita North America): British Columbia Hydro’s Enterprise GIS
Dave DiSera (gita NA): Enterprise GIS Deployment: the Minneapolis Model
Tibor Tenke (Geometria GI System House): Impact of market trends on the technology informatics
P.M.Batty (Smallworld System): Technologies for Uniting the Enterprise .
Additional 28 lectures will be delivered mainly by GI service
providers and users in utility applications, representing the
largest part of the GI market in Hungary.

Highlights of gita Hungary (founder member of HUNAGI):

1990 First links with AM/FM European Division. Miklós K.Hoffmann, President of the AM/FM ED in Budapest
1991 Hungary takes part as observer at the Meeting of Board of Directors AM/FM ED in Milano
1992 Meeting of the Board of Directors, AM/FM ED in Budapest. In October, official membership of AM/FM GIS Hungary in AM/FM ED.
1993 AM/FM-GIS Hungary legally founded by 10 legal entities (mainly utilities) Participation of the AM/FM Conference in Strasbourg
1994 Participation of the AM/FM Conference in Heidelberg
1995 Participation of the JEC-GI Conference in the Hague,
1st Domestic Conference and Exhibition in Budapest
1996 2nd Domestic Conference and Exhibition in Budapest
1997 Participation of the JEC-GI Conference in Vienna
1998 3rd Domestic Conference and Exhibition in Budapest. Links with gita, the former AM/FM
1999 Participation of the gita NA Conference in Charlotte SC, USA, 4th domestic Conference and Exhibition in Budapest
Today, gita Hungary has 15 members including utility companies, service providers and educational institutions and technical high schools.
Hungarian delegation head Gy.Benoit ® and Chair Rainer Muthmann (l) of EUROSTAT at the Land Use Working Group Meeting
· The EUROSTAT’s Working Party on Land Use held its meeting in Luxembourg between 29-30 May, participated by Csilla Bárdos, György Benoit of the Central Statistical Office and Gábor Remetey-Fülöpp of DLM MARD. Presentation on the MARD’s landuse/land cover programme in the NPAA framework of EU harmonisation was presented.
· PANEL GI Reviewer's and Project Meeting was attended by representatives of HUNAGI in Sofia, June 5-6, 2000. The working event was participated by the DG InfoSoc, GISIG, DG JRC and other project partners from EU member states: Italy, France, Portugal and Austria, CEE countries: Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. Hungarian achievements have been highlighted by Tamás Palya.
§ At the ABDS project meeting held in Sofia, HUNAGI provided information on the EC15 NUTS as well as on the CEE Regional Statistics related documents available at EUROSTAT including the most recent methodological guidelines.
· At the “GII-2000” National Conference on Geographic Information Infrastructure held in Sofia, presentation on the "Establishment of the Hungarian GII " has been provided by the Secretary General of HUNAGI.
· The Committee of Regional Development of the Hungarian Parliament hold its last meeting at the Institute of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing (FÖMI). Hosted by dr.Szabolcs Mihály, Director, the meeting was also attended by Mr. Ferenc Kassai, Advisor of the State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development, Dr.Imre Kozma, Head of the Department of Lands and Mapping as well as Mr.Róbert Wittmann, Head, Department of Informatics and Analysis at MARD.

Referring to the conversation on the Hungarian GIS developments during the event, ESRI President has been invited to deliver a welcome address at the Hungarian GIS Day.
· PANEL GI poster was provided by GISIG - in co-operation with HUNAGI at the 6th EC GIS Workshop held in Lyon, France in June 26-28. ABDS project was presented by experts of FÖMI. Ms.Piroska Zalaba has delivered a lecture on the IT development of the Land Office Network supported by Phare. Ms.Zalaba of DLM MARD and of FÖMI have submitted the latest edition of HUNAGI brochure for AFIGÉO, DG JRC, DG INFSO.
· TAMA2 Project Meeting devoted to the topic “land consolidation in rural development” was hosted by MARD on 29th June,2000. Participated by TAMA2 Project team lead by Dr.W.D.Kneib, representatives of FÖMI (Ms.E.Kovács), the Somogy and Baranya County Land Offices (Messrs.I.Nagy and dr.I.Papp), as well as the selected three Small Regions and their consultants were attended the meeting. The capabilities of the HungaroCAD GIS has been demonstrated with data collected by HAS RISSAC and HungaroNet 2000. The project implementation depends on the financial support of MARD ensuring the core data and the sustainability of the local workshops. MARD was represented by Ms.Dr.E.Szendrő-Font and Ms.Zs.Hamza of the Dept. of Rural Development Programs (DRDP) as well as Dr.G.Remetey-Fülöpp of Department of Lands and Mapping (DLM).
· The Final Workshop of the Comparative Study on “Impacts of Land Fragmentation” chaired by UN FAO SEUR was held in Budapest on July 2-3, 2000 at the premises of the World Bank Office. Arranged by Mr.Fritz Rembold (FAO) and Ms.V.Gyuris (WB), the meeting was participants from Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria. Among the co-operating Hungarian experts of AKII (Research Institute for Agroeconomics and Informatics) and DLM MARD, Ms.Zs.Hamza of DRDP gave an overview on the TAMA2 project objectives and implementation.
· Joint INFO2000 Project Proposal has been elaborated coordinated by the Surveying and Mapping Agency of the Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany, in co-operation with the Hellenic Cadastral Service and DLM MARD entitled “Exploitation of and Access to Cadastral and other Public Geographic Data over the Internet”. The Hungarian contribution was duly signed by Dr.Imre Kozma, Head of DLM MARD on 3rd July, 2000.
· Two new membership applications have been accepted in HUNAGI: The GIS Laboratory of RISSAC, the Research Institute of Soil Sciences and Agrochemistry, as well as the VITUKI Consulting. Both institutions are pioneers in the introducing GIS methodology and systems in the field of their research, developments and applications.
P.Winkler of FÖMI speaks about the implementation of the Aerial Survey of Hungary as backbone for the NSDI at the "Synergy of integrated use of Remote Sensing and GIS , a special Session of the ISPRS Congress
G.Csornai of FÖMI at the "Synergy of integrated use of Remote Sensing and GIS , a special Session of the ISPRS Congress introduces the Hungarian nationwide, operational Crop Monitoring and Yield Estimation Programme

Hungary took part in the Joint Meeting of ISPRS Council and Technical Commission Presidents held in Amsterdam during the ISPRS Congress
Drs.Methild Roessler of UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Prof.Peter Walhaeusl , President of CIPA at the panel discussion on promoting the use of GIS/RS in UNESCO and CIPA/ICOMOS related activities
ISPRS General Assembly during the Congress held in Amsterdam, July, 2000. Hungarian delegate Prof.Á.Detrekői (centre) with advisers Drs. G.Mélykúti and G.Remetey-Fülöpp (all linked with HUNAGI)
· Some of the members of HUNAGI (e.g. Chair of Photogrammetry, Budapest Technical University and FÖMI attended actively the XIXth Congress of the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing held in Amsterdam, 16-23 July, 2000. The Hungarian Delegation was lead by Academician Ákos Detrekoi, President of MFTTT, with members of Asst.Prof.G.Mélykúti and P.Winkler, Deputy Vice Director of FÖMI, Dr.M.Gross of MFTTT.
· The St.Stephan’s Day Conference on Agro-informatics on August 23 included presentations provided by HUNAGI member associations and institutions
St.Stephan University (Prof.J.Ángyán, Prof.Zs.Harnos, L.Pitlik)
DATE (M.Herdon)
MAGISZ (M.Vörös)
HUNAGI/MARD (G.Remetey-Fülöpp)
as well as the representatives of the Research Institute of Agroeconomics and Informatics (AKII) and the Central Statistical Office (KSH).
· Second European GIS Education Seminar (EUGISES): GIS Education in the Millennium International conference organised by HUNAGI member CSLM in co-operation with the University of West-Hungary, HAS Resarch Institute of Geography as well as the University of Agricultural Sciences at Debrecen As keynote speakers, Ambassador Janos Jelen and Gabor Remetey-Fülöpp of HUNAGI were invited by Prof. Bela Markus to deliver lectures on “Monitoring of World
Cultural Heritages” as well as “GI as enabling technology for eEurope” respectively. As part of the event PANEL-GI Workshop with international participation was organised by GISIG in co-operation with HUNAGI. Budapest, September 7-10, 2000.
· ABDS Workshop was hosted by FÖMI in Budapest. September 8-9, 2000. Mr.Vilmos Bognar, IST national contact person, ABDS Steering Committee Secretary made an in-depth summary on ABDS achievements and planned follow-up activities for the participants of the PANEL GI Workshop on 8th of September.
· An Infoday and project brokerage has been organised by the R+TD Under State Secretariat of the Ministry of Education devoted to the IST Action line I.5.4
· The event on Intelligent systems for improved tourism and travel services, participated by Dr.József Pálinkás, State Secretary MoE, Dr.Peter Kraft, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Mr.Brice Lepape of the DG InfSo of the EU. In the Tourism section chaired by Mr.János Jelen of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs several GI content presentation were provided on the topics e.g. “The comprehensive European World Heritage Monitoring System”, “ABDS – basic spatial data for destination management in tourist information systems”. The fourth IST call for proposals has been highlighted by Vilmos Bognár, Hungarian IST contact point in Budapest on 11th September 2000.
§ HUNAGI leaflet was submitted to Ms.Klára Akóts, Deputy Director General at the State Secretariat for Integration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary on 12th of September. An appointment has been assured to discuss details related to the GI Workshop on EU Accession hosted by the European Commission scheduled for 16-17 November, 2000 in Brussels.
§ Hungary’s Millenium on Maps – The Exhibition organised by the Hungarian Society for Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing under the patronage of the Minister of Agriculture and Regional Development was opened by Dr.Péter Szegvári, Under State Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office on September 15, 2000
· Illustrated by historical photo documents and artistic snapshots of the Angkor World Cultural Heritage site, the Angkor GIS project, aerial photographs, radar imageries including the video loop of NASA JPL and the activities of the Royal Angkor Foundation was introduced in Budapest Nador street Gallery on 18th September 2000 (left picture). The protection of Natural Heritages and Cultural Landscapes using monitoring tools as remote sensing and GIS are one of the major task of the ISPRS Commission VII Working Group VII/4 devoted to Human settlements and impact analysis under Hungarian-German leadership for the next 4 years. The Hungarian experts lead by Mr. Janos Jelen, Ambassador have already a decade-long experiences in this field especially in the Angkor project in high level, UNESCO supported co-operation with UK, US/NASA etc.
· UN ECE WPLA Workshop on the Securtiy of Property Registration Systems held in Madrid between 27-30 September, 2000. Organised by the Working Party of Land Administration and hosted by the Ministry of Justice in Spain, the Workshop was devoted to the Safety Mechanism in Creation of Immovable Property Markets. Tools including GIS were discussed. The GIS/LIS brochure was submitted to Mr.G.Vinogradov of the UN Economic Commission for Europe, Committee on Human Settlements.
WPLA works among others in the following areas: Land Information Systems (real property register, land register, assessment data, land use data, cadastral maps etc). At the Madrid Workshop special emphasis was given to the land development process and the Land Registry, as well as the specific ways of the Land Registry can help in Land Development.
· The 10th National GIS Conference was held in Szolnok with the active participation of HUNAGI members. PANEL-GI National Workshop was co-chaired by Prof.B.Márkus (CSLM) and G.Apagyi (MARD). Achievments and knowledge dissemination strategy have been presented by the chairs as well as by Tamás Palya of FÖMI.
· The Meeting on Potentialities in Geoinformation for the Information Society was organised by DDGI, the German Umbrella Organisation for Geo-Information. The meeting held in Berlin on 10th October was attended by about 50 invited guests, mostly from Germany. The exceptions included Jack Dangermond (ESRI), Preeth Pulusani (VP Intergraph), Fritz Peterson (Atlantic Institute), Dominique Caillaud (French MP), Ian Masser (President of EUROGI), Joel de Smeet (IGN B), Jarmo Ratia (NBS, SF) and several fairly random representatives from Central and East European countries including Dr.I.Kozma (DLM MARD) and G.Remetey (HUNAGI) from Hungary, invited by DDGI President Dr.Joachim Waechter and Klaus Barwinski, Past President, Director of NRW’s State Surveying Office.
§ HUNAGI member organisation HUNGIS Foundation arranged the 9th National GIS Conference in the Higher Education in conjuction with the Szent István University.on October 18. The PANEL GI project has been introduced by Tamás Palya of FÖMI. Some of the GI-related Diploma works have been awarded by the Foundation and several private companies and governmental insitutions.
· UNECE Committee on Human Settlements will support the proposed 4-years action plan of ISPRS WG VII/4 on Human Settlements and Impact Analysis as it was communicated by G.Vinogradov in Geneva in early October.
· National Conference on Land Information System held on
18-19 October, 2000, at the Jamia Hamdard Universit in New Delhi G.Remetey-Fulopp of HUNAGI was guest of honour and chair of a session and delivered an invited, 40 minutes keynote presentation on “LIS in Hungary and the European Context”. The conference was organised by the Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development and the Centre for Spatial Database Management & Solutions.
The event was actively participated by the Indian central and regional governments, the space research and remote sensing sector, the NMA Survey of India, the National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning. Topics covered include: LIS – Past, Present and Future
§ Rural Land Records with Applications
§ Urban Land Records
§ Technology Trends for Developing LIS
§ Policy Issues in LIS
Both the sessions and the Exhibition were enhanced by the strong presence of the private sector representatives such as Speck Systems, Geotech Datamatics, VisionsLabs, Riding Consultancy Engineers, Ramtech, PanIndia Consultancy, Klüg, SGS Infotech, Nestec Solutions. Indian sister companies of Leica, ESRI and Kampsax were also represented.
In the forthcoming months, planned series of bilateral GI seminar will be tentatively start with the Indian-Hungarian GIS Seminar to be held in Budapest, as anticipated under the patronage of the Embassy of India.
· At the Poster Contest of the ESRI European, Middle Eastern and Africa User Conference held in Istambul, a team of HUNAGI member RISSAC GIS Lab including László Pásztor, József A. Szabó, Zsófia Bakácsi, Balázs Zágoni and Gabriella Csokli has been awarded by the First Prize in the Best cartographic design category. The map entitled Chemical and Physical Soil Properties of the Danube-Tisza Interfluve is based on the Digital Kreybig Soil Information System which contains information on Hungarian soils in a scale of 1:25.000. Congratulations for the authors!
· CERCO Plenary Assembly and MEGRIN Annual Meeting was participated by the Hungarian delegation lead by Dr. Imre Kozma, Director General of DLM MARD including Messrs.László Buga of MA HDF, dr. Szabolcs Mihály of FÖMI as well as Béla Pokoly of DLM MARD.
· FIG Commission 3 (Spatial Information Management)'s annual meeting chaired by Jes Ryttersgaard was participated by P.Zalaba of DLM MARD, Secretary of the FIG Hungarian National Committee and Ms.E.Kovacs, Head Department of FÖMI in Athens, between 4-8 October, 2000.
· GIS Working Party at EUROSTAT, Luxembourg, 17-18 October 2000. The event was organised by Unit 4 (Regional indicators and accounts, population and geographical information system) of EUROSTAT. ABDS project has been invited to the GIS Working Party by Mr.Torbioern Carlquist and the project status and achievements were presented by Katalin Tóth of FÖMI.
· The ABDS and PANEL GI Steering Committee Meetings
As well as the GI Workshop on "Spatially enabling the Information Society" at the IST Conference in Nice between 6-8 November 2000 were participated by ABDS and PANEL GI project representatives Katalin Tóth and Tamás Palya (both of FÖMI).
· The 10th Meeting of the CERCO Working Group on Quality has been hosted by FÖMI in Budapest between 6-7 November, 2000. Organised by Dr.Zoltán Forgács, opened by dr.Szabolcs Mihály the meeting was chaired by Ms.Laure Dassonville. 22 international and 3 domestic expert participated the meeting. For more information visit http://www.fomi.hu
· LIME Steering Committee Meeting chaired by Prof. Béla Márkus was held at MARD on November 9, 2000 in order to discuss the Land Information Management Education curricula
with special emphasis for the GIS assistants of the rural development local workshops elaborated under the guidance of the MARD departments of Rural Development Programmes and the Lands and Mapping respectively.
§ HUNAGI’s updated GI/GIS booklets have been conveyed to Prof.Peter Dale, former president of FIG via Prof. Béla Márkus who attended by invitation the Special Meeting on Capacity Building in Land Registration and Cadastre hosted by ITC in Enschede between 14-16 November.
· International GIS Day in Hungary. Initiated by HUNAGI and organised in conjuction with HUNGIS Foundation, the event devoted to the topics “GIS as supporting tool of the preparation of the EU accession and the economic developments” was hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development on 15th of November. The sessions were chaired by dr.Rezső Berencei, Acting Director of the HUNGIS Foundation. Opened by Gábor Horváth acting Deputy Head of the DLM MARD, welcome addressess dedicated to the Hungarian GIS Day by Zsolt Sikolya, President of HUNAGI, Director General of the Office of the Governmental Commissioner of the Prime Minister’s Office, as well as by Prof.Ian Masser, President of EUROGI and Jack Dangermond, President of ESRI, founder and main promoter of the International GIS Day. Both address were video transmitted. The sessions included the following presentations:
§ GIS and the regional development István Balsay, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Regional Development
§ GIS and the protection of the environment Pál Bozó, Director General, Ministry of Environment
§ GIS in the Agricultural informatics Zsolt Harnos, academician, Vice Rector, Szent István University
§ Public utility applications Tibor Tenke, Acting Mamanager, Geometria GIS Systems House (a solution provider)
§ Conversion of spatial database needed by the EU accession András Paskó Head of the GIS Department, Mapping Agency of the Home Defense Forces
§ Role of GIS in the tasks of the lands and mapping sector related to the EU accession Szabolcs Mihály, Director, FÖMI
§ EU conform education and training of GI/GIS. András Szepes et al., West Hungary University College of Surveying and Land Management
§ The GIS and the media Szilárd Szabó, Editor-in-Chief , Térinformatika
Introduction of GI applications, promoted by the private sector included:
§ Efficient information extraction from aerospace imagery using ERDAS IMAGINE Árpád Barsi, Chair of Photogrammetry and Geo-information, Budapest University of Technology and Economic Sciences
§ The world of GIS András J. Németh, ESRI Hungary.
§ GIS in the electric power supply (Strategy, aims, resent stage and further developments planned) Balázs Péli
§ Digital data and product services provided by FÖMI Tamás Vass, Institut of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing (FÖMI)
§ GPS and GIS, supporting tools for agriculture. Anita Móczár
§ GIS application potentials in the mobil communications Tamás Hennel
§ Celebrating of the publication of the 75th issue of the “Térinformatika”, the near –monthly journal fully dedicated to GIS. Informal discussion moderated by Editor-in-Chief Szilárd Szabó.
The technical programme of the GIS Day has been arranged by R.Berencei (afternoon session) and G.Remetey-Fülöpp (morning sessions). The event was sponsored by private sector companies including ESRI Hungary, Bekes, L&Mark, Bentley, Intergraph Hungary.
§ GI/GIS booklet has been compiled with the following content:
§ LAND INFORMATION AND THE NATIONAL PROGRAMME OF THE ADOPTION OF THE ACQUIS COMMUNAUTAIRE
§ THE ELEMENTS OF THE NATIONAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
§ HUNGARIAN-GERMAN BID FOR RUNNING THE ISPRS WG VII/4 „HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND IMPACT ANALISYS”
§ NEW EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES WITH GIS CONTENT FOR USE IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
§ GIS/LIS EXPERTS RECOMMENDED BY HUNAGI FOR EUROGI
§ CASE STUDIES
§ INTRODUCTION OF HUNAGI AND ITS MISSION GOALS, OBJECTIVES
§ DISCIPLINES REPRESENTED, WEBSITES AND IMPORTANT LINKS
§ JOINTADDRESS OF THE HEAD OF THE HUNGARIAN LAND ADMINISTRATION AND HUNAGI’S PRESIDENT ON THE LAND ADMINISTRATION AND THE NSDI (ALSO IN FRENCH)
§ INTRODUCTION OF EUROGI, HUNAGI IN THE EUROGI
§ PUBLICATIONS AND INFORMATION ON HUNAGI
§ HUNAGI MEMBERS AND POINT OF CONTACTS, ELECTED OFFICERS, MEMBERSHIP POLICY
§ ACTIVITIES IN 2000 SO FAR AND JUST AHEAD, EVENTS, NEWS
RETROSPECTIVE LOOK
§ The booklet “Report on Hungary” has been prepared for the workshop on “GIS and the EU enlargement” with the following content:
§ BASIC FACTS ABOUT THE COUNTRY
§ POPULATION, AREA, ETC
§ DISTRIBUTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN CENTRAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
§ MAIN PROVIDERS OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
§ CADASTRE, NATIONAL MAPPING AGENCY, NATIONAL STATISTICAL OFFICE, ETC.
§ THE INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT OF NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION POLICY
§ POLICIES RELATING TO ACCESS AND DISSEMINATION, LEGAL PROTECTION
§ ELEMENTS OF NATIONAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
§ MECHANISM FOR COORDINATING NATIONAL GI POLICY
§ STRATEGIES FOR PROVISION OF CORE DATA SETS, DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL METADATA SERVICES
§ EXAMPLES OF RELEVANT PROJECTS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF NATIONAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
§ INITIATIVES TAKEN WITH RESPECT TO EU ACCESSION THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON GI
§ CURRENT STATUS OF NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ASSOCIATION
§ LEGAL POSITION, NATURE OF MEMBERSHIP, RELATIONSHIP TO GOVERNMENT
§ The EUROSTAT Working Group on Land Use hold its meeting in Luxembourg on November 16-17. Hungary was represented by Ms.Csilla Bárdos of the Central Statistical Office and Mr. Gergely Maucha of FÖMI, who has delivered a presentation on the Corine Land Cover Database building at the scale of 1:50 000. Up-to-date HUNAGI booklets have been submitted to Mr. Rainer Muthmann of EUROSTAT, chairperson of the meeting which was attended by the EU member states, EFTA and the candidate countries.
§ The GI Workshop on the EU Enlargement has been organised by EUROGI in conjuction with DG JRC and DG InfSo. All the candidate countries have been invited plus Albania and Croatia. Hungary was represented by HUNAGI President Zsolt Sikolya and Vilmos Bognár, Manager of the ABDS project for the CEEC. (Drs.Imre Kozma of DLM MARD and Szabolcs Mihály of FÖMI were unable to attend in the very last minute due to multiple schedule conflict) HUNAGI has introduced the PANEL GI poster for the participants.
§ The 6th Conference on Control with Remote Sensing was organised by DG JRC SAI and hosted by the Irish Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development in Dublin between 16-17 November. Participated by 170 rpresentatives of the EU member states and many of the candidate countries, the area-based subsidy control methodology, experiences and approaches were discussed. Information on new trends, new tools (such as Internet, very high resolution satellite imageries etc) were also handled.
Gábor Csornai delivered an oral presentation on the operational remote sensing applications in Hungary, while FÖMI and DLM MARD prepared 3 posters illustrating the Hungarian approaches. Referring on his recent personal contacts with the Hungarian MARD, detailed information material on the CROPMON, CABS, LISARD and PARCELLA was submitted to Mr.John Walsh Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in Ireland.
§ Chaired by project leader Mr.János Csendes and participated by the German and French twinning experts, the meeting on institution building related to the EU Common Agriculture Policy was held in Budapest on 20th November. The GI community was represented by Szabolcs Mihály, Péter Winkler, Csaba Winhardt (all from FÖMI) and G.Remetey-Fülöpp of DLM MARD.
§ Meeting of the ISPRS Hungarian National Committee chaired by Dr. Gábor Mélykúti was hosted by the Chair of Photogrammetry and Geo-information of the Budapest University of Technology and Economic Sciences on November 24. Three illustrated reports have been prepared for this meeting namely:
§ Report on the activities of the ISPRS Commission VII 1996-2000 (Resources and Environmental Monitoring) as acknowledged by the ISPRS Congress
§ Report on the new structure of the ISPRS Commission VII as accepted by the Joint Council and TCP Meeting in Albuquerque in October, 2000
§ Terms of Reference, Working Plan, Planned Events and Invited Working Partners of the ISPRS WG VII/4 devoted to “Human Settlements and Impact Analysis”
The ISPRS HNC was unanimously agreed to recommend for the ExCom meeting of the Hungarian Society of Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing to approve the planned WG activities planned issuing a supporting letter to the ISPRS accordingly.
§ Organised by the United Nations FAO Land Tenure Division and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and supported by the Italian GIS company ITALECO, the 4th Bertinoro Seminar was hosted by the Bologna University’s Residence Centre at Bertinoro with Hungarian participation. .
Working Group discussion session on Land-related strategic issues
The event held between 25-30 November was devoted to the Bertinoro Initiative 2000 with topic on Developing Land Registration and Cadastre in the countries in transition. A full collection of the HUNGI booklets have been presented to Paul Munro-Faure, Head of the FAO Land Tenure Division and President FIG Commission 7, who was also invited to co-operate with ISPRS WG VII/4 in the implementation of its HABITAT Agenda+5 related programmes. Hungary was the country, which was introduced for the 50 participants from 17 countries as case illustration by two presentation 30 minutes each delivered by Gerhard Muggenhuber of BEV and Gábor Remetey-Fülöpp of DLM MARD with topics “Educational and training support of the Hungarian Land Administration” (with special emphasis on the SDILA project lead by Prof. Béla Márkus) as well as the “Advances of the Development of the Hungarian Land Registry and Cadastre” respectively. The lecturers were invited by the organisers.

The Hungarian delegation included Messrs. Mihály Nagy and József Zahorán of the local governments on county and settlement level having the chance to co-operate with the Bologna Province in GIS applications.
The representative of DLM MARD Republic of Hungary was selected as rapporteur by the moderators to synthesize the discussions in two of the working group sessions for the plenary session on topics related to:
Strategic planning, quality management, risk analysis, and technological upgrade as well as
Application oriented product development, customisation, raising awareness.
§ The Executive Committee of the Hungarian Society of Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing held a hearing on 29 November on the activities of the ISPRS Commission VII (1996-2000) and the working plan of the ISPRS WG VII/4 (2000-2004), both under Hungarian leadership. Both reports have been approved.
A letter of professional support will be issued by the Society President academician Prof.Ákos Detrekői for the Secretary General of ISPRS giving the mandate for the officers Péter Winkler, Secretary and G.Remetey-Fülöpp, Chair of the WG on behalf of the Society asap. A detailed multiyear business plan will be necessary to make further decision on future financial support.
§ The potentials of the ECAI Initiative and the way of the implementation scenarios with special emphasis on the possible role of HUNAGI were the subject of the talks arranged by Vivien Gyuris of World Bank Budapest Office on December 1. An up-to date version of the GI/GIS booklet of HUNAGI was submitted to Mr.Franz Kaps, Director introducing the experiences and capabilities of HUNAGI in the international networking. The Europe and Central Asia Initiative is supported by high-level donor organisations, welcomed by the European Commission and directly supported by some EU member states’ governmental agencies. ECAI is subject of preliminary talks already started with MARD via its Department of the European Integration Headed by Dr.László Vajda.
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ECAI Steering Committee Meeting hosted by the Centre of Legal Competence in Vienna in January 2000, participated by FAO (chair Fritz Rembold), WB (co-chair Franz Kaps), DLG (NL), DGTZ (GER), Land Administration (RU), representatives of the Austrian Government, and the newly co-opted invited experts of the Ministry of Justice in Romania and DLM MARD in the Republic of Hungary.
§ Between 5-8 December in Budapest the Seminar devoted to Hungarian civil servants in charge of EU accession negotiations on agriculture has a participant also representing the lands and mapping sector. The harmonisation with the Acquis, the NPAA framework in agriculture has a subchapter on lands and remote sensing. The Seminar was part of the Danish support for the preparation of Hungarian Membership of the EU.
§ Based on a personal interview scheduled for 8th of December, HUNAGI was part of a study of alternative models for national GI associations in Europe. The study, performed by Mr.Koen van Biesen of Kadastre International contracted by EUROGI Secretariat is a comparative analysis of the environmental, organisational and financial aspects of national GI associations to obtain guidelines for capacity building. The typical European examples selected are AGI (UK), AFIGÉO (F), DDGI (GER), RAVI (NL) and HUNAGI.
The interview included questions on HUNAGI's :
Mission:
- What is the reason for existence of the association?- What is the primary role of the association in the environment?- Has this role changed in the past?- Will this role change in the future?
Environment:
- Who are the actors (or groups of actors) in the direct environment[1] of the association.?- What is their occupation or workfield? - What is the relation with the association?- In which way can the actors possibly influence the association? - In which way can the association possibly influence the actors?
- Who are the actors (or groups of actors) in the indirect environment[2] of the association.- What is their occupation or workfield. - What is the relation with the association- In which way can the actors possibly influence the association - In which way can the association possibly influence the actors- Has there been a major change in the environment in the last five years.
Org. Structure:
- What is the organisation structure of the association- What are the objectives and tasks per organisational unit- What are the relations between the units- Where is the decisive power in the association at strategical level- Where is the decisive power in the association at operational level. - Does the association have a cycle for internal policy making[3].- What is the cycle for internal policy making - Has there been a change of organisational structure over the last five years.
Financial Resources:
- What is the breakdown of the revenues this year. - Are the items of the breakdown structural or incidental- Is the amount per item dictated by the association or the environment- What is the history of revenues in the last five years- What is the breakdown of the indirect revenues this year. - Are the items of the breakdown structural or incidental- Is the amount per item dictated by the association or the environment- What is the history of revenues in the last five years
Activities:
- What are the annually activities organised by the association- How do the activities contribute to the mission and objectives of the association - What is the added value of the activities for the environment- What are the running projects executed by the association. - How do the activities contribute to the mission and objectives of the association - What is the added value of the projects for the environment - Has there been a change in type of activities and projects over the last five years.
Comparison:
- Compared with other typical examples[4], what is unique about your association- What are the main influence factors that have shaped this uniqueness.- What is in your opinion typical about the other typical examples.
The interview was made with the Secretary General of HUNAGI after an introductory conversation with President Sikolya.

§ HUNAGI booklets prepared for the recent GI Workshop on the EU Enlargement will be submitted as background information emphasising the importance of geographical information and spatial/temporal data in the preparation of the EU accession and in follow on activities in a single market competitive environment for the Minister of Agriculture and Regional Development, the Governmental Commissioner for Informatics at the Prime Minister’s Office as well as for the State Secretary of the European Integration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Michael Lake, Ambassador of the European Commission's Delegation in Budapest.
§ The Web version of the PANEL-GI Compendium is available at:
http://www.gisig.it/panel-gi/package/pack.htm.
Click on "Core Package" and you will find the book home page at:
http://www.gisig.it/panel-gi/package/BOOK.htm.

The different chapters of the book are accessible throughout the index page of the book: the headlines of each chapter have been included in a html page and it is possible to download the entire chapter (in .pdf format). The List of Contributors (including experts of HUNAGI), the "Foreword" and the "Introduction" can be fully displayed in html pages and can be downloaded as a single .pdf file. Please have a look of this web version of the Compendium and do not hesitate in sending Mr.Giorgio Saio of the project co-ordinator GISIG your comments and suggestions - Geographical Information Systems International Group Via Piacenza, 54 - 16138 Genova Italy E-Mail gisig@gisig.it
Tel. +39 010 8355588, Fax. +39 010 8357190
· TAMA-Project, the co-operation between the Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development (MARD), Republic of Hungary and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture Food Supply and Forestry, Federal Republic Germany, supported by the TRANSFORM programme (1994-2000) held its final Workshop devoted to "LAND CONSOLIDATION AND LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT" on December 11, 2000 Organised by the TAMA Project Group in conjuction with the Department of Lands and Mapping, the Department of Rural Development Programmes supported also by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation, the event was participated by invited experts from Germany, FAO, countries in transition and EU Member States such as Denmark and The Netherlands.
The TAMA Workshop was opened by Dr. Zoltán Kovács Under State Secretary, MARD and Chairman of the morning session
on behalf of State Secretary Dr. Károly Tamás.
Welcome address was given by Jaroslav Suchman, Representative of the FAO UN Subregional Centre
Presentations included:
Ms. Szendrőné, Dr. Erzsébet Font Director General, Department of Rural Development Programme, MARD
Gábor Horváth Deputy Director General, Lands and Mapping, MARD
Fritz Rembold FAO SEUR land tenure and rural development expert
Prof. Dr. Gyula Varga Senior Expert, Institute of Agricultural Research and Informatics
Hans-Thomas Sönnichsen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany)
Noon session Chairman: Gábor Remetey-Fülöpp, TAMA project desk officer, DLM MARD
Dr. Péter Riegler National Co-ordinator, TAMA-Project
Dr.Wolfram D. Kneib Manager, TAMA-Project
Dr. Szabolcs Mihály Director, Institut of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing
Afternoon session Chairman: dr. Péter Riegler, National Co-ordinator, TAMA project
Ms.Tamás Hudák ,
Representatives, 3Brook Small Region
Co-referee: Ms.Lili Csanády Expert for the Small region
János Jáger
Representative, Balaton Park 2000 Small Region
Lőrinc J.Peti
Expert Representative, Hegyhát Small Region
Co-referee: Ms. M.Kovács, Lord-Mayor of Sásd
· The 7th HUNAGI General Assembly was hosted by the Office of the Governmental Commissioner for Informatics at the Prime Minister’s Office On 14th December, 2000. All of the 26 member associations, institutions, governmental agencies and NGOs have been invited plus some permanent guests as Mr.Vilmos Bognár and the Acting Head of the DLM MARD Mr. Gábor Horváth..

· A SABE-ABDS harmonisation meeting was take place in Budapest, on 18 December 2000. The meeting was devoted to assess the potentials of further collaboration between EuroGeographics' SABE and the ABDS for the CEEC projects. It followed a series of (mostly e-mail) communication between the SABE and the ABDS “teams”, with special emphasis to harmonise the SABE and ABDS data policies.The event was attended by Claude Luzet, Heinz Bennat and Mark Probert of MEGRIN (today EuroGeographics), Vaclav Slaboch, Josef Hnojil (Czech Republic) Katalin Toth, Vilmos Bognar, ABDS project co-ordinator Szabolcs Mihály of FÖMI (Hungary).

· The Hungarian Area-based Subsidy Control Program is supported by Phare providing long term technical assistance. Dr.Richard A.Kidd LTTA expert and Tom McHugh managing director of The ICON Group, Ireland has paid a visit in Budapest between 18-19th December to prepare the assistance service for the next 8 months for the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development as well as for the driver of the implementation, the FÖMI Remote Sensing Centre.

· The scenario concerning the realisation of the institutional setup of the Europe and Central Asia Initiative on Property Rights providing service as regional anchor for the EU candidate and Balkan countries was discussed by Franz Kaps of World Bank Regional Office and Dr.Laszlo Vajda, Head of the EU Integration Department of MARD in Budapest on December 20. Official announcement on the present stage will be released later in January.[1] Direct environment: sectors with which the organisation interacts directly and that have a direct impact on the organisation’s ability to achieve its goals.[2] Indirect environment: sectors that may not have a direct impact on the daily operations of an organisation but will indirectly influence it.[3] Policy making is the process of formulating and translating the annual objectives into concrete activities.[4] Typical examples are: AGI, AFIGÉO, DDGI, HUNAGI, RAVIGeospatial Hungary: http://hunagi.blogspot.com

Az ISPRS VII szakbizottsági eredeti, illusztrált jelentése az 1966-2000 időszakról pdf formátumban e-mailen megkérhető.

Jegyzőkönyv
amely készült 2000.év december 14. napján Budapesten, a MeH IKB székház hivatalos helyiségében
(Budapest II. Szilágyi Erzsébet fasor 11/b)
Tárgy: a Magyar Térinformatikai Társaság (HUNAGI) 8. közgyűlése

Jelen vannak a Jelenléti íven szereplő tagszervezetek képviselői. A közgyűlésen képviselt tagszervezetek a következők:
1. Földmérési és Földrendezői Főiskolai Kar, Nyugat-Magyarországi Egyetem (Prof.dr.Márkus Béla meghatalmazottja)
2. Földmérési és Távérzékelési Intézet (FÖMI) (Dr.Mihály Szabolcs meghatalmazottja)
3. Fővárosi Növényegészségügyi és Talajvédelmi Állomás
4. Gábor Dénes Alapítvány (Dr.Berencei Rezső, meghatalmazással)
5. gita Magyarország (Dr.Csemnitczky László),
6. HUNGIS Alapítvány (Dr.Berencei Rezső),,
7. Magyar Agrárinformatikai Szövetség (Prof.Dr.Harnos Zsolt meghatalmazottja),
8. Magyar Állami Földtani Intézet (Dr.Kardeván Péter),
9. Magyar Földmérési, Térképészeti és Távérzékelési Társaság (Dr.Berencei Rezső, meghatalmazással)
10. Magyar Földrajzi Társaság (Prof.dr.Kertész Ádám)
11. MEH Informatikai Kormánybiztosi Iroda (Sikolya Zsolt),
12. MH Térképészeti Hivatal (Kádár István),
13. MTA TAKI GIS Labor (Dr.Pásztor László),
14. Neumann János Számítógéptudományi Társaság (Havass Miklós),
15. Szent István Egyetem Tájtervezési és Területfejlesztési Tanszék (Dr.Kollányi László),
16. Szent István Egyetem Környzet- és Tájgazdálkodási Intézet (Dr.Podmaniczky László),
17. VÁTI Kht (Barkóczi Zsolt).
18. VITUKI Consult Rt (Galambos István meghatalmazottja),
Távol vannak:
Budapesti Műszaki Egyetem Fotogrammetria és Térinformatikai Tanszék (kimentéssel),
DATE Mezőgazdaságtudományi Kar,
GRID Budapest, (kimentéssel),
HUNGARNET Egyesület,
JATE Természetföldrajzi Tanszék,
Magyar Közigazgatási Informatikai Egyesület,
Magyar Településfejlesztők és Felújítók Társasága,
Magyar Űrkutatási Iroda, (kimentéssel),
Az állandó meghívottak közül az FVM FTF vezetőjét felkérés alapján dr. Remetey-Fülöpp Gábor képviselte
Sikolya Zsolt levezető elnök üdvözli a megjelenteket. Röviden bemutatja a Közgyűlésnek helyt adó MeH Informatikai Kormánybiztosságot, annak felépítését. Hangsúlyozza a napokban lezajlott Nizzai Csúcs és a brüsszeli „Térinformatika és az EU bővítés” című műhely tükrében a HUNAGI és vállalt küldetése növekvő időszerűségét és jelentőségét.
1. napirend
Az Elnök megállapítja, hogy a Közgyűlés szavazatképes, mert azon a tagok illetve képviselőik legalább 50%-a jelen van. Az elnök a jegyzőköny vezetésére javaslatot tesz Dr. Remetey-Fülöpp Gábor, a jegyzőkönyv hitelesítésére dr. Berencei Rezső és Barkóczi Zsolt személyére, majd ismerteti a Meghívóban szereplő közgyűlési napirendi javaslatot.
1. Napirend elfogadása
2. Az új tagok bemutatása
3. Főtitkári beszámoló a 2000.évi tevékenységről
4. Pénzügyi beszámoló a 2000.évről (dr.Berencei Rezső)
5. A 2001.év tervezett feladatai (dr.Remetey-Fülöpp Gábor)
6. Egyebek
A Közgyűlés 37. (2000.12.14) számú határozatával a javaslatokat egyhangúlag elfogadja.
2. napirend
Az elnök felkérésére a főtitkár bemutatja az új tagszervezeteket.
􀂃 VITUKI Consult Rt (amely nem azonos a VITUKI-val)
􀂃 MTA TAKI Térinformatikai Laboratóriuma
􀂃 Szent István Egyetem Tájtervezési és Területfejlesztési Tanszék
Az új tagszervezetek megjelent képviselőik röviden bemutatkoznak.
A felvételi kérelmet a Közgyűlés 38. (2000.12.14) számú határozatával egyhangúlag elfogadja.
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3. napirend
A 2000.évi tevékenységről szóló, mintegy 25 percben összefoglalt, de írásban is kiadott főtitkári beszámolót a Közgyűlés 39. (2000.12.14) számú határozatával vita nélkül egyhangúlag elfogadja.
4. napirend
A 2000.évre szóló, írásban is kiadott pénzügyi jelentést, valamint a 2001.évi pénzügyi tervet a Közgyűlés 40. (2000.12.14) számú határozatával egyhangúlag elfogadja azzal a kiegészítéssel, hogy pótlólagos forráshelyek bevonásával a mintegy 300 ezer forintos jövő évi tervezett deficitet eliminálni szükséges. hozzászólás és vita nélkül. A HUNAGI tevékenységének következetes előmozdításáért Dr. Márkus Bélát, a NYME FFFK tanszékvezető egyetemi tanárát és dr. Mihály Szabolcs FÖMI igazgatót, továbbá a szervezet pénzügyeinek rendben tartásáért dr. Berencei Rezsőt, a HUNGIS Alapítvány ügyvezető igazgatóját, valamint Havass Miklós javaslatára dr. Remetey-Fülöpp Gábor főtitkárt végzett munkája alapján a Közgyűlés 41. (2000.12.14) számú határozatával egyhangúlag jegyzőkönyvi köszönetben részesíti.
5.napirend
Beszámoló a HUNAGI 2001.évi tervezett feladatairól. Az írásban kiadott munkatervet a főtitkár szóbeli magyarázattal terjeszti a közgyűlés elé. Hozzászólásában Havas Miklós rámutat: a szervezet esetleg többet mutat mint ahogy az valójában és kockázati tényező lehet a teljesítés túlságosan egy személytől függése. Az elhangzott ECA Kezdeményezés kapcsán javasolja annak megvizsgálását, hogy lehetne a szervezet munkáját elősegíteni hosszabb távon a szükséges működési feltételek biztosítása mellett, legalább két fős titkársággal. Az elhangzottak és a hozzászólások alapján az elnök javasolja a Közgyűlés számára a munkaterv elfogadását. Az előterjesztést a Közgyűlés 42. (2000.12.14) számú határozatával egyhangúlag elfogadja.
6.napirend
Sikolya Zsolt, a HUNAGI elnöke összefoglalóan értékeli a szervezet jelentőségét és szerepét a honi térinformatikai közösség valamint az Európai szervezetekkel, intézményekkel való kapcsolaterősítés terén és kéri a tagszervezetek aktívabb közreműködését, hogy az eredmények euró-atlanti tükröztetésében az összes szervezet térinformatikai fejlesztési, alkalmazási, oktatási, fogadókészség-erősítési és együttműködési eredményei megfelelő hangsúllyal szerepelhessenek.
Bejelenti, hogy az éves munkakapcsolatok nemzetközi szereplőin felül legújabban a HUNAGI tevékenységéről részletes háttérinformációt kaptak
Dr.Vajda László, az EU csatlakozási tárgyalások mezőgazdasági fejezetének főtárgyalója és Dr.Michael Lake az Európai Bizottság Budapesti Delegációjának nagykövete.
A politikai, erkölcsi és pénzügyi támogatás jelentős haszonnal térülhet meg, többek között a tervezett budapesti többcélú kataszteri konferencia megrendezésével, továbbá a 2003.évi GSDI konferencia budapesti helyszínének elnyerésével. Az EU kontextusban lényeges szerepe van a HUNAGI-nak illetve a térinformatikának mint eszköznek egyrszről a versenyképesség erősítése terén (az információk becsatolásával), másrészről az ANP (közösségi vívmányok átvétele nemzeti programjának) megvalósítása terén. Mindezekre is utalva a közeli időszakban a szervezet tevékenységéről tájékoztatást kapnak:
Dr.Gottfried Péter a Külügyminisztérium EU Integrációs Államtitkárság államtitkára,
Sík Zoltán a MeH Informatikai Kormánybiztosság kormánybiztosa, továbbá
Dr.Torgyán József Mezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési miniszter.
Ezt követően Dr. Szalai László ad tájékoztatást a növény-egészségügyi és talajvédelmi szolgálat regionális térinformatikai rendszereinek üzembe állításáról.
További hozzászólás híján Sikolya Zsolt elnök a Közgyűlést bezárja.
- Megjegyzés: a Közgyűlés résztvevői kézhez kapták a HUNAGI által a Brüsszelben 2000. november 16-17-án sorra került „Térinformatika és az EU bővítése” konferenciára összeállított angol nyelvű információs anyagát, a MeH IKB intézményt bemutató brosúrát, továbbá az elhangzott szóbeli beszámolók írásos anyagait. Ezen dokumentumokat a távol maradt tagszervezetek a jegyzőkönyv mellett póstán vehetik kézhez. s) szórólapját
A Közgyűlés egyéb dokumentumai (meghívó a napirenddel, jelenléti ív) a HUNAGI Titkárságán betekintésre hozzáférhető.
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dr.Remetey-Fülöpp Gábor
jegyzőkönyvvezető
jegyzőkönyvvezető
Hitelesítők: ………………….. ……………….
Dr.Berencei Rezső Barkóczi Zsolt.

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