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LMO Description
Organisation European Space Agency
Details
Level of authority International
European
Formal Mandate See ESA Convention at http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/SP1271En_final.pdf
Main Activities See GMES Preparatory Activities http://www.esa.int/esaLP/SEMYU10DU8E_LPgmes_0.html
LMO URL http://www.esa.int 
Comments
LMO CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact Person Marchetti Pier Giorgio
Organisation European Space Agency
Function EOP Ground Segement Dept. HMA Project Manager
Address 8-10 rue Mario Nikis 75738 Paris Cedex 15 France
Country FRANCE 
Tel +39 0694180413
Fax  
PROPOSED ROLE IN INSPIRE DEVELOPMENT
Which role(s) do you foresee for the LMO in INSPIRE development
  1. allocate experts to Drafting Teams
  2. submit reference material as input to the Drafting Teams
  3. register a project to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules
  4. participate in the review process
  5. implement pilot projects to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules
Area of work/experience
Geographic Domain: International
Description of geographic extent: European
Societal Sector intergovernemental, European space research
Specific Expertise
Metadata
Data Specifications
Network services
Data and Service Sharing
INSPIRE Data Themes
Theme UserProducerCoordinator
Orthoimagery  
Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development ESA fosters standardisation activties related to INSPIRE,ESA participates in CEOS, OGC CCSDS and other standardisation releted bodies.
Primary Business Earth Observation Programme 
Environmental application domains see

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