United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management

The United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) is one of the nine expert groups of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and to foster the global development geospatial information.^[1]

In 2011 the British geographer Vanessa Lawrence was elected to serve as the inaugural co-chair of United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM).^[2]^[3] She served in this role continuously for four years, and was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the Under-Secretary-General, Dr Wu Hongbo^[4]

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society

International Association of Geodesy

International Cartographic Association

International Federation of Surveyors

International Geographical Union

International Map Industry Association

International Society for Digital Earth

International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

The UN-GGIM Geospatial Societies (UN-GGIM GS), previously Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies (JBGIS), is a coalition recognized by the UN-GGIM:^[5]

Other than the full members above, there are the following observing members of the UN-GGIM GS:

British geographer, and first Co-chair of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (2011-2015)

Vanessa Lawrence

Belgian geographer and new Co-chair of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (2022-)

Ingrid Vanden Berghe

Mexican geographer and new Co-chair of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (2022-)

Paloma Merodio Gómez

Ivorian geographer and new Co-chair of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (2022-)^[6]