UN SPIDER informs that the United Nations/Colombia/United States of America Workshop on the Applications of Global Navigation Satellite Systems will be held in Medellin from 23 to 27 June 2008.
The programme of the Workshop will include, but not be limited to, the following topics: (a) use of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) technology in precision agriculture, climate change, landscape epidemiology, e-learning; (b) regional/national experiences and case studies on GNSS applications; (c) sharing experience of implementing GNSS applications projects in the region, particularly on issues, concerns and lessons learned during the implementation; (d) exploring the possibility of setting up national and regional coordinating mechanisms; (e) review the status of currently existing plans and projects on GNSS; (f) group discussion sessions to exchange views and to identify priority areas for pilot projects to be launched.
Additionally, the working groups will be established to examine the following items: (a) establishment and consolidation of specific regional and national working groups and their workplan for particular projects; (b) definition of ways and means of supporting specific pilot projects, resources, work schedules and the project leaders; (c) definition of a regional coordination mechanism that could serve as an interface to the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG); (d) an update of GNSS inventory document for the Latin American and Caribbean region.
