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Joan Masó Pau

Dr. Joan Masó (m) is a Principal investigator of CREAF leading specialized group on geospatial interoperability, GIS, remote sensing. (PhD in Geography, MSc in Physics, and a MSc in Electronic Engineering all in the UAB). Since 1995 he is a researcher at CREAF and GIS developer. Co-creator of the MiraMon compressed map in 1997 that has evolved into a distribution and preservation format. Teacher in a RS and GIS master in the UAB.
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Dr. Joan Masó (m) is a Principal investigator of CREAF leading specialized group on geospatial interoperability, GIS, remote sensing. (PhD in Geography, MSc in Physics, and a MSc in Electronic Engineering all in the UAB). Since 1995 he is a researcher at CREAF and GIS developer. Co-creator of the MiraMon compressed map in 1997 that has evolved into a distribution and preservation format. Teacher in a RS and GIS master in the UAB. Creator of Remote Sensing imagery visualization and download software for web data portals (the MiraMon Map Reader). Expert in JPEG2000 format.

He is an active member of the TC of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) since 2003 (editor OGC 07- 057r7 WMTS standard among others and chair of the Iberian and Latin American Forum; ILAF). Spanish representative in the TC 211 and editor of the ISO 19165 Preservation of geospatial data and metadata. OGC Gardels gold medal in 2019. Coordinator of GeoViQua FP7 project (research project about visualization of quality information in GEOSS) and H2020 ConnectinGeo. Participant in H2020 ECOPOTENTIAL, H2020 GroundTruth 2.0, H2020 WeObserve H2020 ERA-PLANET, H2020 E-Shape, H2020 BestMap, H2020 COS4Cloud (INTRAEOSC project), ESA-IHE Phenotandem as well as some other national and local projects related both with remote sensing and geospatial standards and applications.

Member of the H2020 Landsense and GEOCradle scientific advisory board. Earth and Space Science Informatics (ESSI) former division president in the European Geosciences Union (EGU). Chair of the OGC API Common, OGC API Tiles y OGC API Maps working groups and member of the OGC Architecture Board. Co-chair of the Citizens Science GEOSS working group. Senior member of IEEE and member of the International Society of Digital Earth (ISDE) council. Chair of the Community of Practice in Interoperability for Citizen Science.

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Methods and applications in remote sensing and geographic information systems

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2023 | Journal Article

On the recent passing away of Jeff de La Beaujardière: A necessary tribute / Sobre el reciente fallecimiento de Jeff de La Beaujardière: un homenaje necesario

Pons, Xavier; Maso, Joan

On the recent passing away of Jeff de La Beaujardière: A necessary tribute / Sobre el reciente fallecimiento de Jeff de La Beaujardière: un homenaje necesario. 1-3

2023 | Journal Article

New names for evolutions of the original concept: the distributed geospatial data for the Digital Earth / Nuevos nombres para la evolución del concepto original: los datos geospaciales distribuidos para la tierra digital

Masó, Joan; Pons, Xavier

New names for evolutions of the original concept: the distributed geospatial data for the Digital Earth / Nuevos nombres para la evolución del concepto original: los datos geospaciales distribuidos para la tierra digital. 45383-

2023 | Journal Article

(ca) - Earth Observations for Sustainable Development Goals,Earth Observations for Sustainable Development Goals

Maso, Joan;Zabala Torres, Alaitz;Serral, Ivette

(ca) - Earth Observations for Sustainable Development Goals,Earth Observations for Sustainable Development Goals. 2570-

2023 | Journal Article

G-reqs, a New Model Proposal for Capturing and Managing In Situ Data Requirements: First Results in the Context of the Group on Earth Observations,(ca) - G-reqs, a New Model Proposal for Capturing and Managing In Situ Data Requirements,(en) - G-reqs, a New Model Proposal for Capturing and Managing In Situ Data Requirements: First Results in the Context of the Group on Earth Observations

Maso, Joan;Brobia, Alba;Voidrot, Marie Francoise;Zabala Torres, Alaitz;Serral, Ivette

G-reqs, a New Model Proposal for Capturing and Managing In Situ Data Requirements: First Results in the Context of the Group on Earth Observations,(ca) - G-reqs, a New Model Proposal for Capturing and Managing In Situ Data Requirements,(en) - G-reqs, a New Model Proposal for Capturing and Managing In Situ Data Requirements: First Results in the Context of the Group on Earth Observations. -