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CONTENTSReport from CEOS Workshop on Developing Country Activties
Activities of CEOS Ad Hoc Working Group on Networks
Second CEOS User Requirements Workshop
FAO Contribution to Developing Countries
Fourth CEOS Ad Hoc Data Policy Meeting
The International Directory Network (IDN)---This page
Report from CEOS Workshop on Developing Country Activities
CEOS Activities in 1994/News Highlights/CEOS Meeting Calendar
The International Directory Network (IDN)
Lola M. OlsenProject Manager, Global Change Master Directory
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
Through the CEOS Working Group on Data, representatives from the American, Asian, and European continents have collaborated to provide information about their countries' scientific data sets. This working group represents many agencies, universities, and other organizations within each country.
- The system of networked connections among the coutries that offer and
exchange data set information is called the CEOS International Directory
Network (IDN). Earth science data set references presently dominate the
directory. A recent brochure displays access, assistance, and other services
available within each country's domain. The brochures are available through
the Global Change Master Directory's (GCMD) User Support Office - Code
902, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771. One can also
reach the user support office by phone: +1(301)441-4202 or by FAX: +1(301)441-9486,
or through the Internet: mduso @gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov. To access the American
node of the IDN through the Internet: telnet gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov (192.107.190.77)
and login as "gcdir"; or use the Uniform Resource Locator (URL), http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/
through World Wide Web. No password is required. Both X-Windows and ASCII
interfaces are supported.
Argentina Joins CEOS IDN As Cooperating Node
The CEOS IDN is an operational system with three coordinating nodes representing the international science community: (1) American - at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA; (2) Asian - at National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA/EOC) in Saitama, Japan; (3) European - at the European Space Agency/European Space Research Institute (ESA/ESRIN) in Frascati, Italy. These coordinating nodes maintain duplicate copies of the database and the operational software. Japan (JICST), Canada (CCRS), France (CNES), Germany (DLR), the UK (NRSC), Italy (PNRA), countries represented by UNEP/GRID, and several agency nodes in the USA represented by NOAA, USGS, and CIESIN have each been considered "cooperating" nodes. These nodes provide a path for researchers within these countries to exchange information with the CEOS IDN. In March, 1994, a new cooperating node was installed in Argentina (CONAE). Russia, Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, and possibly China will join the network in the coming years. Several data set entries have already been received from these countries.
Committee on Earth Observation Satellite' (CEOS)
INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY NETWORK (IDN)
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