Readings from the other desks

Readings from the other desks: cross-references to their editions for the same scope, not copies of them.

In preparation. This chapter is seeded with Nexus Standards’s reading printed in the GCRI edition; Nexus Standards replaces it with its own text when it writes the edition.
Contents
  1. ·Edition home
  2. 1Where standards are needed
  3. 2Adoption findings
  4. 3Domain and industry profiles
  5. 4Conformance and assurance
  6. 5Change scenarios
  7. 6Readings from the other desks
    1. 6.1 Standards and regulatory watch: the Nexus Standards reading in the GCRI edition
    2. 6.2 Readings from the other desks
    3. 6.3 Contribute to this chapter
  8. 7Standards work programme
  9. 8Crosswalks

6.1Standards and regulatory watch: the Nexus Standards reading in the GCRI edition

The instruments that shape the systems of Earth Observation and Geospatial Intelligence, as printed in the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) Systems Evidence edition. Instruments and published guidance that shape the systems in this edition, by status on the retrieval date. The edition assesses no one’s compliance.

InstrumentBodyScopeStatusRelevance
OGC standards suite [17]OGCglobalPUBLISHED · VOLUNTARYinteroperability
STAC specification [16]STAC communityglobalPUBLISHED · VOLUNTARYcatalogue metadata
Landsat free and open data policy [3]USGSUSIN FORCEdata access
Remote sensing principles [39]UN General AssemblyglobalPUBLISHED 1986principles
Outer Space Treaty [43]United NationsglobalIN FORCEspace activities
15 CFR Part 960 [22]US Department of CommerceUSIN FORCEprivate remote sensing licensing
Regulation (EU) 2021/696 [41]European UnionEUIN FORCEUnion Space Programme
EU Space Act proposal [40]European CommissionEUPUBLISHED 2025safety and sustainability
EASA and IATA mitigation plan [23]EASA and IATAglobal aviationPUBLISHED 2025navigation interference
UN-IGIF [25]UN-GGIMglobalPUBLISHED · VOLUNTARYnational geospatial frameworks

6.2Readings from the other desks

Cross-references to the other desks’ editions for the same subject, never copies of them.

DeskEditionStateIdentifier
Standards ProgressStandards Progress: Earth Observation and Geospatial Intelligence 2026In preparationNR-NXS-XT-19-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
GCRI Systems EvidenceSystems Evidence: Earth Observation and Geospatial Intelligence 2026Drafted, in stewardship reviewNR-XTECH-EOGEO-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0
GRF Public DeliberationOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit
GRA Capital ReadinessOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit
Academy CapabilityCapability: Earth Observation and Geospatial Intelligence 2026In preparationNR-RA-XT-19-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
Index MeasurementOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit

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