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XXII Congress of ISPRS
24th August, 2012 – 3rd September, 2012
At the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Congress in Beijing during July 2008, the Spatial Sciences Institute was elected as the host of the next Congress, to be held at Melbourne during Friday 24 August to Monday 3 September 2012. The venue for the XXII Congress of ISPRS will be the new Melbourne Convention Centre, located at the south west corner of the central business district. Delegates are assured of a first class technical program, a state-of-the-art congress facility, an exciting social program and a very welcoming conference environment.
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Contact: Cliff Ogleby,
Congress Director
3rd Conference on Earth Observation for Global Changes
13th April, 2011 – 15th April, 2011
The EOGC2011 Conference is jointly organized by the Technical University of Munich (Germany) and the Peking University (China), University of Waterloo (Canada); co-sponsored by International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), International Cartographic Association (ICA), International Association of Geodesy (IAG), and International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE). The local host for 2011 is the Technical University of Munich (TUM).
Location: TUM, Munich, GERMANY
Contact: Uwe STILLA,
Alternatively you may contact:
Liqiu MENG,
+49-89-28922826
Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (URBAN 2011 + URS 2011)
11th April, 2011 – 13th April, 2011
A joint urban remote sensing event.
URBAN 2011: 6th IEEE GRSS/ISPRS Joint Workshop on Remote Sensing and Data Fusion over Urban Areas
URS 2011: 8th International Symposium of Remote Sensing of Urban Areas
Location: TUM, Munich, GERMANY
Contact: Prof. Uwe Stilla,
+49-89-28922671
SPIE Europe Remote Sensing Symposium 2010
20th September, 2010 – 23rd September, 2010
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, will be holding their annual remote sensing symposium 20-23 September 2010. The event will be collocated with the SPIE Europe Security + Defence symposium.
Further details to follow soon.
Location: Toulouse, France
Contact: Karin Burger,
+44-(0)29 – 2089 4747
http://www.spieeurope.org/remote-sensing.xml
http://www.spieeurope.org/security-defence-europe.xml
EH Thompson Centenary Event
17th September, 2010 – 17th September, 2010
An afternoon meeting, followed by an evening social event, is planned to celebrate the contributions of EH Thompson to photogrammetry.
Further details will follow shortly.
Location: Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, University College London
Contact: Bob Taft,
Alternatively you may contact:
RSPSoc Office
International Aerial Archaeology Conference
16th September, 2010 – 17th September, 2010
Organised by the Institute for Cultural Memory (CIMEC)
and the Aerial Archaeology Research Group
- Proposals for sessions, papers and posters are invited**
16 – 17 September: Conference Papers
18 September: Field Trip
Neolithic sites south of Bucharest, towards the Danube
Closing date for proposals of papers, posters and sessions is 31st May 2010
Conference Organising Committee
Professor Dr hab. Wlodek Rączkowski (AARG, University of Poznań)
Irina Oberländer-Tarnoveanu (CIMEC), Dave Cowley (AARG, RCAHMS)
Carmen Bem (CIMEC), Lidka Żuk (AARG, University of Poznań
STUDENT/YOUNG RESEARCHERS BURSARIES FOR AARG 2010
These are to support bona fide students and young researchers who are interested in aerial archaeology and wish to attend the conference. Applications to Dave Cowley at: RCAHMS, 16 Bernard Terrace, Edinburgh, EH8 9NX, Scotland, by letter or email (see below). There is no formal application form but please provide the following information: your interests in archaeology and aerial archaeology; place of study; the name and contact details of a supervisor or employer who can provide a reference; an estimate of travel costs to attend. Closing date for applications is 31st May 2010.
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Contact: Dave Cowley, RCAHMS,
http://www.univie.ac.at/aarg/php/cms/Next-AARG-Events/aarg-meeting-bucharest-2010
15th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference
13th September, 2010 – 17th September, 2010
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Abstracts can be uploaded via our website http://www.15.arspc.com/abstracts
The Organising Committee invites abstracts for the 15th ARSPC. All intending oral and poster presenters are required to submit an abstract of no more than 300 words by Monday 1 February 2010.
Presenters will receive notification by email of the acceptance of their paper by Thursday 15 April 2010.
See the website for Symposia topics.
Abstracts will be assigned to the most appropriate category by the Program Committee.
Any queries with regard to your abstract submission, please contact the
Program Committee Chair: Paul Dare, email:
We look forward to seeing you in Alice!!
ABSTRACTS CLOSE ON MONDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2010
Location: Alice Springs Convention Centre, Northern Territory, Australia
Contact: Dr Paul Dare,
Program Committee Chair
RSPSoc2010 From The Sea-bed to the Cloud-tops
1st September, 2010 – 3rd September, 2010
In 2010 the first joint UK Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society and Irish Earth Observation Symposium conference will be held in Cork, Ireland. It will be hosted by University College Cork and the National Maritime College of Ireland from 31st August to 3rd September 2010.
The theme of the conference is Visualising the World: From the Sea-bed to the Cloud-tops
The first call for papers will be issued on January 4th 2010
In recent years the volume and diversity of imagery acquired by satellite, airborne, ground and ship-based sensors has grown enormously, and the number of application domains in which the images are used has similarly multiplied. At the same time, digital mapping tools such as Google Earth, and the media use of images, after natural disasters for example, have brought remotely sensed imagery into the public domain as never before. But how can we best communicate the results derived from imagery, or from integrating images with other spatial data? How can we use these data to depict the world of today, as well as predict how it might change in the future? How can the world invisible to our eyes be made visible?
These and many other questions will be explored through the following themes:
Marine and coastal management
Ocean governance and security
Underground and underwater
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Polar and high altitude regions
Forests, food and vegetation
Atmosphere and weather
Vertical profiling
Close range sensors
New sensors and processing technologies
Four keynote speakers will present their expert views on the themes of –
End users of imagery from a UK and Irish perspective (Ian Greenway)
Remote Sensing for the marine environment (Peter Heffernan)
Remote Sensing for the terrestrial environment and GMES (Alan Belward)
Photogrammetric measurements of environmental change (Hans-Gerd Maas)
Full details of the event can been found at the RSPSoc2010 website
Location: University College Cork, Ireland
Contact: Dr Fiona Cawkwell,
Organiser
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC COMPUTER VISION and IMAGE ANALYSIS Conference
1st September, 2010 – 3rd September, 2010
PCV is an ISPRS selective conference covering all the aspects of computer vision and image analysis dealing with geomatics data (or geographic data).
For full details, visit the links below.
Location: Paris, France
Contact: Nicolas Paparoditis,
General Chair
International Spatial Accuracy Research Association (ISARA) Ninth Int. Symp.
20th July, 2010 – 23rd July, 2010
International Spatial Accuracy Research Association (ISARA) Ninth International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
TOPICS:
All topics concerned with spatial accuracy and uncertainty in a natural resources and environmental sciences context are appropriate, for
example:
- Semantic uncertainty and vagueness
- Modelling uncertainty using geostatistics
- Propagation of uncertainty in GIS
- Visualizing spatial uncertainty
- Uncertainty in Remote Sensing
- Spatio-temporal uncertainty
- Accuracy and uncertainty of DEMs
- Modelling scale in environmental systems
- Positional uncertainty
PUBLICATION:
Symposium proceedings, an edited book planned as part of Springer’s Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography series and possibly an international journal.
MODES OF PARTICIPATION:
Oral papers and posters. Pre-conference workshop proposals also welcome.
DEADLINES:
- Abstract submission: 28.09.09
- Abstract acceptance notification: 1.11.09
- Workshop proposals: 19.10.09
- Workshop acceptance notification: 1.11.09
Location: Leicester, UK
+44 (0)116 223 1320
http://www.spatial-accuracy.org
GEOBIA 2010 - GEOgraphical Object-Based Image Analysis
29th June, 2010 – 2nd July, 2010
After the successful events of OBIA 2006 in Salzburg, Austria and GEOBIA 2008 in Calgary, Canada, we now present GEOBIA 2010 in Ghent, Belgium.
A conference on all aspects of GEOGRAPHIC OBJECT-BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS
Scientists and practitioners from all over the world
29 June — 2 July in Ghent, Belgium
Call for Abstracts : June 2009
Keynote Speakers
Dr Martien Molenaar, ITC, The Netherlands
Dr Gilson Costa, Catholic University Of Rio De Janeiro, Brasil
Dr Elisabeth Addink, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
A short update:
• the call for abstracts was launched on June 5th and the abstracts are progressively coming in;
• we negotiated sponsorship and collaboration with Definiens and ITT and we are talking with two other providers;
• the Belgian Science Policy and Springer already committed financial support while we are in close contact with other sponsors;
• we achieved a confirmation on a special issue in Elsevier’s Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation to be published in 2011;
• GIM International will be our media partner.
For your information: the abstract submission deadline is October 15, 2009. Details on the topics and online abstract submission facilities can be found at http://geobia.ugent.be.
Location: Ghent, Belgium
Contact: Dr Elisabeth Addink
+31 (0)30 2533888
ISVD 2010
28th June, 2010 – 30th June, 2010
The 7th ISVD International Symposium on Voronoi Diagrams in Science and Engineering (ISDV) devoted to one of the most fascinating data structures in Computational Geometry – the Voronoi diagrams, and their applications will be held in Quebec City, Qc, Canada. The symposium is intended to provide an interdisciplinary forum for leading researchers to present the latest developments and applications of the Voronoi diagrams, to discuss cutting-edge techniques, to exchange research ideas and to promote international collaboration in this field.
TOPICS:
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Authors are invited to submit papers (up to 10 pages) describing original research works related to the following topics: – Theoretical aspects of Voronoi diagrams and Delaunay triangulations – Generalizations of Voronoi diagrams and Delaunay triangulations – Algorithmic aspects of Voronoi diagrams – Mathematical properties of Voronoi diagrams – Computational and implementation aspects of Voronoi diagrams – Conceptual and logical data models based on Voronoi diagrams – Terrain modeling and meshes using Delaunay triangulation – 2D and 3D spatial topological data structures based on Voronoi diagram – Visualization, animation and morphing using Voronoi diagrams – Pattern analysis and recognition using Voronoi diagrams – Motion analysis and planning using Voronoi diagrams – Collision detection, navigation and obstacle avoidance using Voronoi diagrams – Network analysis and communication using Voronoi diagrams – Clustering and districting using Voronoi diagrams – Dynamic data modeling and simulation using Voronoi diagrams – Spatial and autocorrelation analysis using weighted metrics and Voronoi diagrams – Image processing using Voronoi diagrams – Molecular, Biological and Physical modeling using Voronoi diagram – Voronoi diagrams in Bioinformatics, astronomy, geography, chemistry, material science, location science, Solid modeling and operations research – Other applications – Voronoi art
Location: Quebec City, Canada
Contact: Prof. Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi,
ISVD 2010 Chair
(418) 656-2131 Poste 2750
ISPRS Commission V Mid Term Symposium
22nd June, 2010 – 24th June, 2010
The 2010 Symposium will have special sessions to cover all of the Commision V Working Groups and the Intercomission Working Groups. Topics will include:
- Systems and algorithms for real-time imaging, mobile mapping and video processing
- Photogrammetric vision metrology technologies with special consideration of CAD/CAM and spatial information systems
- Integration and fusion of multiple data sources for advanced object extraction and modeling
- Laser scanning for 3-D representation of objects and scenes
- Close-range image sequence analysis procedures
- Vision-based techniques for visualization, simulation, robotics and animation
- Vision metrology systems and industrial applications
- Photogrammetric techniques in biomedical engineering and human motion studies
- Techniques for architectural, archaeological and cultural heritage applications
First Call for Papers [pdf] is out now –
Location: Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Commission V Secretary
http://www.isprs-newcastle2010.org/index.htm
Alternatively you may contact:
Preofessor Jon Mills,
Commission V President
3D Modelling in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage 2010
17th June, 2010 – 20th June, 2010
We are organizing the 3rd Int. Summer School on “3D Modelling in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage” which will take place in Durham (UK) on 17-20 June, 2010.
The previous 2 editions where held in 2008 in Ascona (Switzerland) and in
2009 in Trento (Italy).
The school is co-organized by Fabio Remondino (FBK Trento, Italy), Danny Donoghue (Durham University, UK) and Jon Mills (Newcastle University, UK). The School aims to bring together young scientists, developers and advanced users from geomatics and related fields of application (photogrammetry, remote sensing, LiDAR, GIS, Cultural Heritage, archaeology, environmental monitoring and mapping) to study and discuss the latest developments in digital recording and 3D modelling of complex objects and sites, with emphasis on those of Cultural Heritage value.
The summer school will consist of theoretical and practical lectures, data acquisition and processing, discussions and interactive labs. The topics will be: geomatics techniques for Cultural Heritage documentation, airborne LiDAR and terrestrial scanning technologies, multi-spectral imaging, photogrammetry, data archiving and GIS in Cultural Heritage.
The labs (based on software installed on local PCs) will deal with satellite and terrestrial image processing and 3D modelling, LiDAR and terrestrial scanning, GIS. Certificates of participation and ECTS credits will be delivered upon request and agreements with the organizers.
The REGISTRATION FEE of the school is 250 £ and it includes the participation to labs and theoretical lectures, the material of the lectures, the welcome party and the social dinner of the event.
The DEADLINE for the registration is May 2nd, 2010. Please send an email to with a CV in attachment. The selection of the participants will be based on the CV and on the criteria first-come first-serve. An online registration tool system will be soon available.
We have reserved some rooms at special price for the participants. Please contact Freda Denby, for more information.
Location: Durham University, UK
Contact: Fabio Remondino,
Co-Organiser
30th EARSeL Symposium
31st May, 2010 – 3rd June, 2010
Contributions are invited on all topics within geoinformation and remote sensing applications, especially those listed below, since sessions will be organised according to these topics:
- Scientific applications of remote sensing, emerging methods and technologies – Education and training in school, university, and public life – Capacity building at organisations and authorities involved in environmental monitoring and protection – Activities dealing with natural and cultural heritage – Land use and land cover, degradation and desertification – Urban remote sensing – Oceans, coastal zones and inland waters – Natural and man-made disasters – Forestry and forest fires – Applications related to assist developing countries: mapping, monitoring and change analysis – Remote sensing andits associated support to the understanding of climate change – Hydrological applications: water management, underground water sources, land ice and snow – New instruments and methods, including ground truth
Please submit your one page abstract via the website interface http://www.conferences.earsel.org.
The programme will offer paper presentation sessions, poster sessions, round table meetings, social events, and an excursion, to share your ideas, explore on-going research, future developments, including state-of-the-art applications, and to network with the professionals from academia, government and industry who are interested in promoting remote sensing activities among remote sensing laboratories at the European level and beyond.
Important Dates: – Due date for submission of abstracts: 15th February 2010 – Notification of acceptance of papers for oral or poster presentation:
15th March 2010 – Preliminary Programme: 30th March 2010 – Due date for full papers: 4th June 2010
For more information on abstract submission, registration information, prices and continuous conference updates please visit http://www.earsel.org/symposia/2010-symposium-Paris/.
Location: Paris, France
Contact: Gesine Boettcher,
EARSeL Secretariat
+49-511-762 2482
http://www.earsel.org/symposia/2010-symposium-Paris
The 14th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling
26th May, 2010 – 28th May, 2010
The International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling (SDH) is the premier biennial international research forum for Geospatial Information Science (GISc). It commenced in 1984, in Zurich, Switzerland and has been held in Seattle, USA; Sydney, Australia; Zurich, Switzerland; Charleston, USA; Edinburgh, UK; Delft, The Netherlands; Vancouver, Canada; Beijing, China; Ottawa, Canada; Leicester, UK; Vienna, Austria; and Montpellier, France. The 14th SDH will be a major event in the international community of GISc in 2010. It aims to bring together scholars and professionals from the international community of GISc to present latest achievements and to share experience in GISc research. The Symposium program will feature keynote speeches delivered by leading GISc scholars, technical sessions with reports of the latest research outcomes, student forum on meeting with GISc legends and commercial exhibitions showing the latest development of GISc technology.
Location: Hong Kong
http://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/pems/igugisc/1st%20announcement%20-%20SDH10.pdf
Int. Symp. on 3D Data Proc., Vis., & Trans.
17th May, 2010 – 20th May, 2010
3DPVT 2010
This meeting presents new research ideas and results related to the capture, representation, compact storage, transmission, processing, editing, optimization and visualization of 3D data.
These topics span a number of research fields from applied mathematics, computer science, and engineering: computer vision, computer graphics, geometric modeling, signal and image processing, bioinformatics, and statistics.
This symposium follows previous highly successful events in Padova 2002, Thessaloniki 2004, Chapel Hill 2006 and Atlanta 2008.
IMPORTANT DATES:
5pm GMT December 16, 2009: Submission of full paper
May 17-20, 2010: Conference
Location: Espace Saint Martin, Paris, France
Remote Sensing and the Carbon Cycle
5th May, 2010 – 5th May, 2010
5/3/2010 Update: Registration is now open, and a draft programme available.
Paper Submission guidelines are available here: Paper_Submission_Guidelines.pdf
Conference on Remote Sensing and the Carbon Cycle
RSPSoc will be hosting a one-day conference covering the remote sensing, measuring, mapping and monitoring of Carbon in terrestrial, marine and atmospheric settings.
This conference will bring together research covering a broad range of topics relating to the Carbon Cycle.
This event is being held in conjunction with the RSPSoc Annual Lecture and Conversazione (evening of 5 May), detail of which can be found HERE.
Event flyer & Registration:
The official flyer for these events can be downloaded here [PDF]
To register for the conversazione or Carbon conference please complete a registration form and return it to the RSPSoc Office by post/fax/email.
Registration fees:
RSPSoc/CSMS/GRSG members £40 (£20 concessionary)
Non-members £60 (£40 concessionary)
Discounted joint registrations available for the conference and associated conversazione – see registration form for details.
Registration Form [PDF]
Registration Form [MS Word]
Registration deadline 14 April 2010.
DRAFT Outline Programme (updated 3rd March):
09.00 – Registration
09.30 – Welcome
09.35 – Air-Sea Gas Transfer Velocities from Space; Physical Models and Satellite Retrievals, David Kevin Woolf and Lonneke Goddijn Murphy, National Centre for Earth Observation and Environmental Research Institute (NCEO), North Highland College, UHI Millennium Institute
10.00 – The MODIS NPP (Net Primary Productivity) Product – Concept, Definition and Validation, Arthur P. Cracknell, Emeritus Professor, University of Dundee
10.25 – Biomass Burning Carbon Emissions Estimation via Satellite-Derived Fire Radiative Power Observations Professor Martin Wooster et al., Environmental Monitoring and Modelling Research Group, Department of Geography, King’s College London
10.50 – Exploring possibilities to map the carbon cycle across northern coniferous forest landscapes using data from MODIS, Lars Eklundh, Pontus Olofsson, Per Schubert and Anna Maria Jönsson, Department of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Lund University, Lund Sweden and Department of Geography & Environment, Boston University, Boston, USA
11.15 – Refreshments
11.35 – Assessment of biomass and carbon sequestration in Kazakhstan: comparison of moderate to coarse resolution sensors, Martin W. Kappas, Pavel Propastin, Stefanie M. Herrmann, and Compton J. Tucker, Department of Cartography, GIS and Remote Sensing, Georg-August-University Göttingen
12.00 – Introduction of the PHenology And Vegetation Earth Observation Service (PHAVEOS), Thomas Lankester, Jadunandan Dash, Frédéric Baret and Steven Hubbard, Infoterra Ltd
12.25 – Assessing the Extent and Severity of Erosion on the Upland Organic Soils of Scotland using Earth Observation and Object Orientated Classification Methods, Mark Jarman (Environmental Systems Ltd)
12.50 – Modelling the distribution of organic carbon stocks in floodplain soils with VHR remote sensing data and additional geoinformation, Suchenwirth, Leonhard, Förster, Michael and Kleinschmit, Birgit, (TU Berlin), Institute of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Department of Geoinformation Processing
13.15 – Lunch
14.00 – Testing hyperspectral remote sensing monitoring techniques for geological CO2
14.25 – Investigation of Radar Backscatter Responses to Carbon for Glen Affric Radar Project, Chue Poh Tan, Dr. Iain Woodhouse, Dr. Shane Cloude, Juan Suarez, Dr. Colin Edwards and Dr. Mike Perks, Edinburgh University storage at natural seeps, Luke Bateson, Jonathan Pearce and Claire Fleming, British Geological Survey
14:50 – Biomass Estimation using Texture Measurements of Dual Polarization SAR Data, Md. Latifur Rahman Sarker and Prof. Janet Nichol, Dept. of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
15.15 – Combining EO data and models to quantify global carbon fluxes. Professor Shaun Quegan (NERC Centre for Terrestrial Carbon Dynamics) and Dr Nick Hardman-Mountford (Plymouth Marine Laboratory)
15:45 – Questions & discussion
16.00– Tea/coffee/refreshments
16:15 – NERC EO Technology Cluster kick-off event
17:15 – Wine Reception / tour of the Geological Society
18:00 – RSPSoc Annual Lecture: Professor Philippe Ciais, LSCE, France.
19.00 – Conversazione / hot buffet dinner
21.00 – Close
Posters:
Measuring the degradation of Peat Swamp Forests in Central Kalimantan using PALSAR radar data, Matt Waldram, Kevin Tansey and Sue Page, Department of Geography, University of Leicester.
IInter-comparability of Leaf Area Index (LAI) Estimated from Medium Resolution Remote Sensing Data in a Broadleaf Deciduous Forest in Southern England, UK, Booker Ogutu, Jadu Dash and Terry Dawson, School of Geography, University of Southampton.
NERC Earth Observation Data Acquisition & Analysis Service (NEODAAS) support of Carbon Cycle Research, Ana Prieto-Blanco and Steve B. Groom, Remote Sensing Group, Plymouth Marine Laboratory.
Study of Carbonaceous Emissions from Australian Biomass Burning using Ground-based DOAS and FTIR Spectroscopy, Tattaris, M., Wooster, M., Smith, T. and Pauguam R.Geography Department, King’s College London.
The Salford Advanced Laser Canopy Analyser (SALCA): A multispectral full waveform LiDAR for improved vegetation characterisation, Gaulton, R., Danson, F.M., Pearson, G., Lewis, P.E.
Measuring carbonaceous trace gasses using Open-Path FTIR spectroscopy: Experimental accuracy evaluation for concentrations appropriate to ambient and highly polluted plumes. Thomas Smith, Martin Wooster and Maria Tattaris, R.Geography Department, King’s College London.
- You can also download the DRAFT programme by clicking HERE
Information:
- For more information on this meeting, please contact the RSPSoc office (
; Tel: +44 (0)115 951 5435; Fax: +44 (0)115 951 5249).
Location: Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BG
Contact: Carolina Hernandez Sanchez,
Conference co-ordinator
Annual Lecture and Conversazione 2010
5th May, 2010 – 5th May, 2010
5/3/2010 Update: Registration is now open
Two events will take place on 5th May 2010. The RSPSoc Annual Lecture is a high-profile (free entry) public lecture, which will be hosted by the Geological Society at their headquarters in Burlington House. Following the Annual Lecture, the Society’s “Conversazione” social event will take place at the same venue. All members and non-members are welcome to come along to both, or either, of these events.
RSPSoc Annual Lecture
“Remote Sensing and the Carbon Cycle”
Professor Philippe Ciais
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, France
Date: Wednesday 5 May 2010
Venue: Burlington House
Lecture Commences: 18:00 (N.B. start time brough forward by 30 minutes)
Entry fee: Free entry
RSPSoc Conversazione
Reception and Dinner at Burlington House
Time: 19:00
Date: Wednesday 5 May 2010
Entry fee: £30* for RSPSoc/GRSG/CSMS member, £45 for non-members
- This event is supported by the Geological Society and Challenger Society for Marine Science, and RSPSoc has agreed to extend the reduced RSPSoc Member registration fee to all members of the Geological Remote Sensing Group (GRSG) and CSMS.
Information:
- These events are being held in conjunction with an RSPSoc one-day conference on remote sensing of the Carbon cycle, details of which can be found HERE.
- For more information on this meeting, please contact the RSPSoc office (
; Tel: +44 (0)115 951 5435; Fax: +44 (0)115 951 5249).
Event flyer & Registration:
The official flyer for these events can be downloaded here [PDF]
To register for the conversazione or Carbon conference please complete a registration form and return it to the RSPSoc Office by post/fax/email
Registration Form [PDF]
Registration Form [MS Word]
Registration deadline 14 April 2010
Location: Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BG
Contact: Meredith Williams,
Co-convenor
0191 2226410
Alternatively you may contact:
Richard Teeuw,
Co-convenor
Oceans from Space, Venice 2010
26th April, 2010 – 30th April, 2010
A brief note to bring to your attention the 31 January 2010 deadline, which has been set for both the “Oceans from Space” early-bird registration, at a reduced fee, and the submission of contributions.
Many of you asked about possible contributions: indeed, ALL accepted submissions will be presented as posters. It’s a new feature of the Symposium, which will allow to avoid parallel sessions, and provide a complete overview of current research to all attendees.
More details concerning the most recent updates of the Venice 2010 programme, as well as a bit of information about venue, transportations and accommodations, are available on the Symposium website:
http://oceansfromspace.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
Thank you all for your support. The Organizing Committee would be even more grateful, if you could help out by:
(a) submitting your contributions as early as possible, and certainly before the 31/01/2010 deadline;
(b) registering, and paying the relevant fee (possibly on-line, at the website above), also at a very early stage.
As usual, this message is being sent to the (extended) Venice 2000 emailing list, but I trust that you will also help by spreading the news about the Symposium with your friends & colleagues. I hope to see you all in Venice, in just 3 months!
Location: Venice, Italy
Contact: Vittorio Barale,
+39 0332 789954
oceansfromspace.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting
14th April, 2010 – 18th April, 2010
The AAG invites you to begin making plans to attend the 2010 AAG Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, for the very latest in research, policy, and applications in geography, sustainability, and GIScience. The conference will be held April 14–18, 2010, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.
In addition to thousands of research and scholarly presentations, the 2010 meeting also will feature opportunities for interaction with government agencies and will include keynote speakers from prominent nonprofit groups and influential international organizations located in Washington, DC. The District of Columbia is home to 174 embassies, many important NGOs, and numerous universities.
The program will also include a large “Jobs in Geography” Career Center, an International Networking Reception, and Exhibits showcasing the latest scholarly publications and advanced geographic technologies. Many field trips will also explore the rich cultural and physical geography of Washington and the surrounding region.
Location: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington DC
Contact: Oscar Larson,
Conference Director
(202) 234-1450
XXIV FIG International Congress 2010
11th April, 2010 – 16th April, 2010
XXIV FIG International Congress 2010
Facing the Challenges – Building the Capacity
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Sydney Australia
11 – 16 April 2010
Draft Technical programme will be available soon
Deadline for full papers is 21 January 2010. The technical programme will consist of 80 technical sessions and 40 invited sessions and flash sessions in addition to plenary and keynote sessions and workshops.
Deadline for abstracts has passed but still a few late coming proposals will be considered, please be quick to submit your proposal. For more details on submitting a paper for the Congress, please use the contact information below.
Location: Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, Australia
Contact: arinex pty limited,
Conference Organisers
+61 2 9265 0700
XXIV FIG International Congress 2010
11th April, 2010 – 15th April, 2010
XXIV FIG International Congress 2010
Facing the Challenges – Building the Capacity
SUBMIT YOUR TECHNICAL PAPER ABSTRACTS NOW !!
Deadline is 22 September 2009
The ‘Call for Papers’ for the XXIV FIG International Congress 2010 is open on the Congress website but will close very soon, on 22 September 2009. No time? Just submit an abstract of your paper and worry about the details later – it’s easy! We really want to hear from you ! This is the perfect opportunity for you to publicise your research, voice your opinion or obtain support for your ideas before an international audience. For more details on submitting a paper for the Congress see the link below.
IMPORTANT: Please note that if you want to get your paper peer reviewed for academic purposes, we need your full paper by 22 September 2009. No extensions for peer reviewed papers! Help us to make you look good: read more by clicking below.
Location: Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, Australia
+61 2 9265 0700
Current legal issues for satellite earth observation
8th April, 2010 – 9th April, 2010
Satellite Earth observation is becoming more and more an efficient tool for
monitoring all kinds of resources of Earth. Remotely sensed data are now a reliable
basis for decision-making in many areas of society. We experience increasing
resolutions both spatially and spectrally. Constellations of small satellites are capable
to provide good daily coverage of the Earth’s surface and allow to increase the
temporal resolution. The progress resulting from satellite Earth observation allows to
expand the application fields but also brings to light new problems to be discussed in a
broader public debate.
This Conference deals with two important and topical aspects of satellite Earth
observation: – treaty monitoring and law enforcement through satellite Earth observation, – privacy conflicts from high resolution imagery.
It brings together experts from the remote sensing and in the legal fields. It aims
at decision-makers in the field of treaty monitoring and international law
enforcement (foreign and environment ministries, international organizations). This
provides the unique opportunity to discuss the different implications stemming from
the technology developments and applications as well as from legal and regulatory perspectives.
The focus of the discussions at this Conference is to optimise the regulatory
framework for satellite Earth observation thus supporting the full implementation of its potentials.
Location: ESPI, Vienna, Austria
Contact: The office,
+43 1 718 1118 -0
30th EARSeL SYMPOSIUM
31st March, 2010 – 3rd June, 2010
30th EARSeL SYMPOSIUM “Remote Sensing for Science, Education, and Natural and Cultural Heritage”, hosted by: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France — 31st May – 3rd June 2010
Please keep in mind: The deadline for submission of abstracts expires MONDAY, 1st FEBRUARY 2010.
Please submit your abstracts by uploading it to our conference management system (http://conferences.earsel.org/).
For details on the conference please visit http://www.earsel.org/symposia/2010-symposium-Paris/index.php.
Contributions can be related to all fields of geoinformation and remote sensing application, especially to those listed below:
- Scientific applications of remote sensing, emerging methods and technologies – Education and training in school, university, and public life – Capacity building at organisations and authorities involved in environmental monitoring and protection – Activities dealing with natural and cultural heritage – Remote sensing for archaeology – Land use and land cover, degradation and desertification – Urban remote sensing – Oceans, coastal zones and inland waters – Natural and man-made disasters – Forestry and forest fires – Applications related to assist developing countries: mapping, monitoring and change analysis – Remote sensing and its associated support to the understanding of climate change – Hydrological applications: water management, underground water sources, land ice and snow – New instruments and methods, including ground truth
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Best regards,
The Organisers
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EARSeL Secretariat
Nienburger Str. 1
30167 Hannover, Germany
phone: +49-511-762 2482
fax: +49-511-762 2483
mail:
http://www.earsel.org
Location: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris
Contact: EARSeL Secretariat,
Organiser
+49-511-762 2482
The UK Space Conference 2010
24th March, 2010 – 28th March, 2010
Will be held at Charterhouse School from March 24th to March 28th.
• The best speakers
• The latest developments
• A celebration of UK achievement in Space
• An opportunity not to be missed.
For online registration and further details see the link below.
The conference will include a one-day RSPSoc session on Thursday March 25th.
March 25th Draft Programme:
Registration and Welcome
10.30-11.00
Session 1
11.00-12.40
Sam Lavender (Vice Chairman RSPSoc) – Intro to RSPSoc and the day
Alan O’Neil (NCEO) – Role of National Centre for Earth Observation in the UK space community
Lunch
12.40-1.50
Session 2
1.50-3.30
David Hodgson (Chairman BARSC) – Link between industry and academia in addressing information needs
Phil Davies (SSTL) – Launching satellites into space
Pascal Lecomte (ESA Harwell) – ESA centre in the UK / Climate Change Initiative
Tea and Coffee Break
3.30-4.00
Session 3
4.00-5.30
Dr Katherine Giles (CPOM/UCL) – Cryosat-2
Alan Smith (MSSL/UCL) – Link between remote sensing of the Earth and other planets
Location: Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, UK
http://www.ukspaceconference.org/
GEO-10 the complete GEO Event
24th March, 2010 – 25th March, 2010
PV Publications is delighted to announce the dates for next year’s complete GEO event!
GEO-10 will take place on the 24-25 March 2010. Due to the success of last year’s event, the exhibition will once again take place at the modern and easily accessible Ricoh Arena in Coventry.
Further details for the event will follow shortly.
RSPSoc will be exhibiting at this event.
Location: Ricoh Arena, Coventry, UK
Contact: Sharon Robson ,
01438 352617
http://www.pvpubs.com/events.php
RSPSoc Annual Student Meeting 2010
15th March, 2010 – 17th March, 2010
UPDATED 4/11/2009 – a dedicated website for this event can now be found here.
As in previous years, the meeting will give photogrammetry and remote sensing students the opportunity to present their work to their peers as well as providing an easy-going atmosphere to meet new people, network and have some fun.
The meeting will be held at the Mount Batten Centre, and the planned social activities include a range of water sports.
ASM 2010 Flyer
Further details of the meeting will be published shortly on the student area of the RSPSoc website.
Key dates are:
Abstract deadline – 11th January 2010
Registration deadline – 30th January 2010
The following commercial sponsors have kindly pledged their support for the meeting: Argans, English Heritage, Landmap, Leica Geosystems, Ordnance Survey, Photoarc, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley-Blackwell.
Location: Mount Batten Centre, Plymouth, Devon
Contact: Bob Brewin,
RSPSoc Student Representative
http://www.rspsoc2010asm.webs.com/
http://www.mount-batten-centre.com/
Core Spatial Databases – Updating, Maintenance and Services – from Theory to Practice
15th March, 2010 – 17th March, 2010
You are cordially invited to participate and contribute to the ISPRS Multi-Commission Workshop on “Core Spatial Databases: Updating, Maintenance and Services, from
Theory to Practice,” organized jointly by six ISPRS Working Groups from three Commissions and to take place in Haifa from March 15 to 17, 2010. The Workshop will bring together researchers, scholars, students, professionals, vendors, users, managers and decision makers to present, exhibit and discuss the issues and latest trends in the Maintenance, Updating and Services of core spatial data bases. Credible classification of remotely sensed data is currently one of the most challenging facets of geoinformation sciences. The significant advance we have been witnessing in remotely sensed data quality and the similar progress we are seeing in computing power enable us today to simultaneously study a large number of spatial phenomena. Rapid increase in available data sources (more satellites, new airborne sensor ystems,
advanced ground scanners and in situ observations) and the multi-source complex data they generate calls for the automatization of image understanding processes.
Automatization becomes fundamental to ensure spatial data bases remain relevant and responsive to modern processing and product requirements. From location
definition, phenomenon description and decision making, spatially structured and textured data serve as the source for intelligent, timely and effective answers.
Each of the six contributing ISPRS Working Groups will organize special sessions that will complement our jointly organized theme sessions. Also offered during the
Workshop are technical and social events and “Holy Land” tours after the Workshop.
Ammatzia Peled, Workshop Director
Location: University of Haifa, Israel
Contact: Ms. Avia Mayer,
Secretariat
+(972) 54-488-9814
geo.haifa.ac.il/~isprs/HaifaJointWS/invitation.php
http://www.isprs-c4-wg2.uni-hannover.de/
UK EO Data Quality Workshop
9th March, 2010 – 9th March, 2010
To be held at RAL on Tuesday March 9th 2010
Registration is required.
Background
The Quality Assurance Framework for Earth Observation (QA4EO) has been established and endorsed by the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) as a direct response to a call from the Group on Earth Observations (GEO). Following detailed discussions with the WMO and others it is now being evolved to ensure its applicability to all Earth Observation communities and stakeholders, including those making in-situ measurements. The UK has played a major role in the development of QA4EO and there is now an opportunity to continue the further development and exploitation of this initiative.
The aim of the workshop is to explain the concepts behind QA4EO in the context of the drivers for quality assurance and to help develop a framework and roadmap for how the UK could exploit its leading position.
The workshop will be of interest to those wanting to understand the latest international developments in QA and wish to contribute to further UK activities in this arena.
To register, just email name and affiliation to:
Niki Legge email:niki.legge@stfc.ac.uk
EO DQ Workshop Agenda
Registration – 9.00am to 9.30am
Session 1 – Context 9.30am to 10.50am
Focus on the end-user perspective and the need for QA.
• Workshop introduction (Andy Shaw, NCEO)
• Introduction to the international context (Pascal Lecomte, ESA)
• Climate Drivers (Alan O’Neill, NCEO)
• UK-EOF presentation (Beth Greenaway, ERFF)
COFFEE (10.50am to 11.10am)
Session 2 – QA and QA4EO 11.10am to 12.30pm
To present some UK QA activities and provide overview of QA4EO
• QA4EO Overview (Nigel Fox, NPL)
• ESA Perspective (Giuseppe Ottavianelli, ESA)
• Current and future optical missions: from MERIS to OLCI (Samantha Lavender, Argans)
• NCAVEO perspective (Ted Milton, Southampton Uni.)
• CEOI Instrumentation Perspective (Paul Monks, Leicester Uni.)
LUNCH (12.30pm to 1.30pm)
A buffet lunch will be provided.
Session 3 – Exploitation 1.30pm to 2.50pm
To show how QA4EO concepts can be exploited.
• DMC Developments (Steve Mackin, SSTL)
• ESA QA/QC in QA4EO context (Sian O’Hara, Vega )
• Met Office presentation on their QA/QC systems (TBD, Met Office)
• ATSR/SLSTR Quality Assurance (Dave Smith, RAL)
COFFEE (2.50pm to 3.10pm)
Session 4 – Discussion 3.10pm to 4.00pm
To discuss how UK should proceed to create harmonised framework.
• Development of a UK RoadMap
Location: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX
Contact: Niki Legge,
Alternatively you may contact:
Wyn Cudlip,
07762 768765
The International LiDAR Mapping Forum
3rd March, 2010 – 5th March, 2010
The ILMF team are delighted to announce the dates for ILMF 2010. It will be held from March 3 – 5, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency in Denver, Colorado. The tenth in the series that has long established itself as the premier LiDAR event attracting professionals from around the world with one focused objective of sharing information on LiDAR technology and services.
Authors wishing to submit a paper for the conference are requested to submit an abstract of no more than 250 words on the following topics:
• Data Acquisition – LiDAR and associated equipments
• Systems Integration – LiDAR sensors and complementary technologies and peripherals
• Data Fusion & Processing Technologies – feature extraction,enhancement, visualization, viewing and imaging techniques and software
• Recent Projects – reporting on innovative or improved techniques and applications; challenges, successes and problems encountered; including military LIDAR mapping projects
• Developments in GIS, Data Modeling and Management
• Trends in Market and Technology Development – including ground based LiDAR and Mobile Mapping
• Industry Issues – Federal/State initiatives and operational challenges;best practices; recruitment and training issues.
Abstracts can be submitted online at http://www.lidarmap.org/papers with a deadline of October 22, 2009.
For further information contact
or go to http://www.lidarmap.org
We look forward to welcoming you to Denver in March.
Location: Denver, Colorado
Contact: The ILMF Team,
XCES 2010 Exhibition for Construction and Engineering
2nd March, 2010 – 3rd March, 2010
Organised by SURCO Ltd, the information business of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors.
In 2010 RSPSoc will again be exhibiting at XCES, an exhibition intended to reach a wide area within the construction and civil engineering industry, including engineers, architects, surveyors, academics and many more.
For further details see the dedicated website, the latest flyer, and the latest press release.
Location: Sandown Racecourse, Esher, Surrey
Contact: Alan Lees or Niccola Dodd,
0161 972 3110
http://www.surco.uk.com/xces.php
Automated Imagery Exploitation
24th February, 2010 – 25th February, 2010
The Automated Imagery Exploitation 2010, is taking place in London 24th – 25th February 2010.
KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS FROM:
• Group Captain Ian Wood – The National Imagery Exploitation Centre – UK MOD
• Captain Marcel La Forge – Intelligence Capability Integration – Canadian Forces
• Colonel Fitzgerald – Senior Office Intelligence Policy – Nato Headquarters
• Chief Warrant Officer Douglas Nyland – Head of Imagery Exploitation Group – US African Command
• Ric Diaz – Geospacial Intelligence – NATO
This event will be attended by over 60 Senior level Officers & personnel from across the globe, ranging from specialists in Imagery Exploitation to Senior Technologists.
Location: Grosvenor, Victoria, London
Contact: Aydin Hulusi,
Portfolio Manager, Hanson Wade
+44 (0)20 3141 8707
Gi4DM 2010 Conference
2nd February, 2010 – 4th February, 2010
Geomatics technologies are able to support management and recovery in the
aftermath of manmade and natural disasters. However, disaster management
also poses big challenges in all aspects of the geo-information cycle, from
data acquisition, processing, management and delivery. For the sixth time,
the International Symposium on Geo-information for Disaster Management
(Gi4DM) brings together researchers, developers, data providers and users
from all over the world to discuss these challenges.
Papers that deal with any aspect of geomatics technologies suitable for
crisis management are invited. Authors should focus on the methodologies,
tools, functionality, and/or interfaces that are being or should be provided
to National and/or International Organizations involved with crisis response
and management.
The invitation is also open for contributions that cover crisis management in
any phase, intersection of phases, and/or integration of phases of Planning,
Training, Mitigation, Detection, Alerting, Response, Recovery, and
Assessment.
The language of the conference is English.
Location: Centro Congressi, Torino - Italy
Contact: Secretariat,
http://www.gi4dm-2010.org/index.php
The Sixth Annual European Geospatial Intelligence Conference
25th January, 2010 – 27th January, 2010
Geospatially Enabling Defence & National Security Across the World
COMMITTED TO BRINGING THE GIS COMMUNITY TOGETHER…
(DGI) is Europe’s largest annual gathering dedicated to high-level discussion addressing the major challenges of the defence and government geospatial intelligence community. Committed on bringing the right people together, DGI brings attendees include heads of Geospatial Intelligence, GIS, Remote Sensing, Operations, Mapping, Imagery and Analysis from Military, Governmental, National Security and First Responders from across the globe.
A UNIQUE NETWORKING & BENCHMARKING OPPORTUNITY…
DGI offers you a unique opportunity for you to network, share strategies and learn from some of the most successful GIS strategists and users in defence and national security forces around the world. In just a couple of days you will get proven GIS strategies and operational details ready for use and implementation in your organisation.
For further details, contact the following mentioning: “EMGIS”
Location: QEII Conference Centre in Westminster, London
Contact: DGI Team,
+44 (0) 20 7368 9465
http://www.wbresearch.com/dgieurope/
Seminar: Satellite Radar Altimetry
18th January, 2010 – 20th January, 2010
Satellite Radar Altimetry: A unique view of the earth from the data that oceanographers threw out!
Professor Philippa Berry is Director of EAPRS (Earth and Planetary Sensing) Laboratory at De Montfort University. Professor Berry will be giving a seminar at Loughborough University entitled “Satellite Radar Altimetry: A unique view of the earth from the data that oceanographers threw out!”.
Date: Tuesday 19th January 2010
Venue: Department of Civil and Building engineering, Loughborough University, room RT025 (Fire Station)
(Directions: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/cv/location/index.html )
Time: Coffee and Biscuits from 3.30 pm – seminar at 4 pm
Please confirm to if you are able to attend for catering purpose.
Location: Loughborough University
ISPRS WG VIII/6, GEO AG 07 03 & ISRS
17th December, 2009 – 18th December, 2009
This workshop will discuss the impact of climate change on agriculture, especially to understand the role of earth observation data for studying climate change.
Location: Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Contact: Dr Jai Singh Parihar,
Task Executive Director
+91 79 26914024
http://www.commission8.isprs.org/wg6/
Alternatively you may contact:
Dr Shibendu S Ray,
Chair, ISPRS WG VIII/6
+91 79 26914002
GEO Tunis 2009
16th December, 2009 – 20th December, 2009
The Tunisian Association of Digital Geographic Information and in cooperation with an important number of universities, organizations, companies and institutions concerned with geographic information systems and spaces sciences, organizes : The Fourth Session of The International Congress Geo Tunisia 2009 “Survey of the hydraulic resources and of desertification by using the geographic information systems, remote detection and numeric designing “ on 16/20 December 2009 in Tunis.
- The fourth session of Congress is the most important regional event – Hundreds of experts and specialists from over 50 countries will participate – Hundreds of Communications will be presented – Lounge for new technologies in GIS – Workshops – The participation of international media and companies
You can register now on the official website.
Location: Tunis
GRSG 2009 Annual Conference
15th December, 2009 – 16th December, 2009
Location: Burlington House, London, UK
Contact: Dr Richard Teeuw,
http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/grsg
3rd EARSeL Workshop SIG - Land Use and Land Cover
25th November, 2009 – 27th November, 2009
On behalf of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories, it is a pleasure for us to announce the 3rd Workshop of the Special Interest Group on Remote Sensing of Land Use and Land Cover. The Workshop will be held in Bonn from November 25 to 27, 2009. Please find more information on the workshop homepage.
We welcome papers to a variety of aspects of land use and land cover remote sensing. The workshop shall also foster the cooperation between research activities, operational service providers and users in this working area.
Location: Bonn, Germany
Contact: Matthias Braun,
EARSeL SIG-LULC organizing committee
http://www.zfl.uni-bonn.de/earsel/earsel.html
Cryospheric Science Workshop
4th November, 2009 – 6th November, 2009
The UKPN is proud to present the 3rd workshop in the UKPN Career Skills Workshop series at the University of Sheffield on the 4th-6th of November. The workshop is aimed at early career scientists such as master students, Ph.D. students and post-doctoral researchers. It will provide a fantastic opportunity for peer-to-peer networking and include a poster session and a workshop dinner. The event is free for all members of the UK Polar Network and you do not need to be based in the UK to join the UKPN or to participate in the workshop.
Following the huge success of the UKPN Atmospheric Sciences Workshop, this Cryospheric Science Workshop will have a similar format including a mix of talks by established researchers on their science and their career paths, group discussions on career development, and practical hands-on sessions.
The aims of the workshop are to: – promote the sharing of ideas between early career researchers and encourage new collaborations – increase the technical and scientific knowledge of the participants – provide information and advice on careers in polar science
Planned sessions include talks on remote sensing of ice, ice core studies, snow science, ice flow modelling and paleoglaciology as well as a practical on ice flow models and a workshop on paper writing and publishing by Magnus Magnusson, Secretary General of the International Glaciological Society. There will also be a panel session on field techniques and a poster session with prizes for best poster.
Confirmed speakers include Drs. Liz Morris (SPRI), O.B.E., Edward Hanna (Sheffield), Nick Rutter (Northumbria), Ian Rutt (Swansea), Kathryn Rose (BAS), Chris Clark (Sheffield), David Rippin (Hull), Rupert Gladstone (Bristol), Aoibheann Kilfeather (Durham), Liz Thomas (BAS) and Andy Hodson (Sheffield) as well as Magnus Magnusson from IGS.
As part of the workshop a training session in Education and Outreach will be held. If you are interested in doing outreach activities this is the session for you! Participants will get the chance to talk to people who have experience with outreach activities, listen to examples of school talks and discuss how to communicate science to school children on all levels.
RSPSoc will be sponsoring this science workshop.
Location: University of Sheffield, UK
Contact: Allen Pope,
http://www.polarnetwork.org/new/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=88&Itemid=87
Alternatively you may contact:
Nanna B. Karlsson
7th FIG Regional Conference
19th October, 2009 – 22nd October, 2009
All ten FIG technical commissions will attend the conference. Papers therefore requested to all following topics: Professional Standards and Practice; Professional Education; Spatial Information Management; Hydrography; Positioning and Measurement; Engineering Surveys; Cadastre & Land Management; Spatial Planning & Development; Valuation and the Management of Real Estate; and Construction Economics and Management. The FIG commissions have further selected some key topics that are of interest for the region and international audience.
The theme “Spatial Data Serving People: Land Governance and the Environment – Building the Capacity” is divided into three sub-themes so that plenary session and focus on each day addresses one of these three topics:
Land Administration
Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) and the Environment
Capacity Building
Day 1 – Land Administration
Plenary session keynotes:
Land administration in Vietnam
WB projects in the SEA region
Land acquisition in developing economies
Issues for technical sessions:
Land law and tenure security
Cadastral mapping and land registration procedures
Land valuation and economics
Land acquisition in developing economies including compensation and resettlement
Regional World Bank and other donor projects
Equity and gender issues
Day 2 – SDI and the Environment
Plenary session keynotes:
SDI developments in Vietnam
Climate change and disaster risk management
Decentralisation and environmental management
Issues for technical sessions:
Building integrated SDIs
Disaster risk management
Harmonisation and standardisation of sectoral databases
Merging of cadastral and topographic databases
Topographic mapping and reference systems
Hydrographic Surveying and coastal and marine resource management
Monitoring mineral resources exploitation for environmental protection
Spatial planning and good governance for economic development and environmental protection
Day 3 – Capacity Building
Plenary session keynotes:
Professional standards and ethics
Surveying education in Vietnam and SEA region
Promoting public private partnership
Issues for technical sessions:
Professional standards and ethics
Educational standards and curricula development
Educational workshop
Accreditation, licensing, and mutual recognition
CPD requirements
Capacity building at societal, institutional and individual level
As a result from the conference an FIG Publication on Land Acquisition in developing economies will be prepared and published in the FIG publication series.
Please notice that deadline for submitting the abstract has been extended to 29 June 2009. Many thanks if you have submitted your abstract already. If not please submit your abstract now online at: http://www.fig.net/abstractdb/submit.asp?id=11. Receipt of your abstract will be acknowledged electronically.
When submitting a paper the author(s) agree that FIG has the right to publish the paper in the conference proceedings (at the conference and on the FIG web site); and in the FIG Surveyors Reference Library without any other agreement or compensation. The copyright of the paper remains by the author(s).
The number of abstracts is limited to maximum two per author.
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Contact: Secretariat,
The 2nd International Congress on Image and Signal Processing
17th October, 2009 – 19th October, 2009
The 2nd International Congress on Image and Signal Processing (CISP 2009) and the 2nd International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI 2009) will be jointly held in Tianjin, China, from 17 to 19 October 2009. We cordially invite you to submit a paper and/or an exhibition.
Selected best papers will appear in SCI-indexed journal(s). The papers published in the proceedings will be included in the IEEE Xplore and submitted to Ei Compendex for indexing (CISP 2009 IEEE Catalog
Number: CFP0994D; BMEI 2009 IEEE Catalog Number: CFP0993D). CISP’09-BMEI’09 is technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.
Tianjin is one of the four municipalities in China. It is a financial and commercial center in North China and is known for its numerous travel resources and rich history, such as the Huangyaguan Great Wall, Dule Temple, Panshan Mountain and Food Street. It takes only 30 minutes to travel between Tianjin and Beijing by high-speed train.
The registration fee of US$420 includes lunches, dinners, and banquet.
The previous CISP’09-BMEI’09 attracted over 2600 submissions from more than 30 countries.
CISP’09-BMEI’09 aims to provide a high-level international forum for scientists and researchers to present the state of the art of multimedia, signal processing, biomedical engineering, and biomedical informatics.
Location: Tianjin, China
Contact: The Secretariat,
CIPA 2009
11th October, 2009 – 15th October, 2009
The International Committee for Documentation of Cultural Heritage (CIPA: http://cipa.icomos.org/) is one of the oldest international committees of ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) and was established in collaboration with ISPRS (International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing). The theme of this years symposium is ‘Digital Documentation, Interpretation and Presentation of Cultural Heritage’ so should provide a wide range of papers and presentations that are of relevance to those working within the heritage sector.
Abstract deadline May 15th 2009
Location: Kyoto, Japan
http://www.rgis.lt.ritsumei.ac.jp/cipa2009/
Historic maps and imagery for modern scientific applications II
1st October, 2009 – 3rd October, 2009
What kind of data sources, i.e. historic maps and engravings, aerial and terrestrial
images or classic paintings, are available to address current day research objectives?
The conference serves as a platform for scientists of various disciplines who employ historic maps and/or imagery for their research: Archaeologists utilizing historic aerial imagery for mapping of surface features, Historians working on terrestrial and urbanistic developments as well as Geoscientists quantifying landscape evolution from historic maps are cordially invited to present their work. We also call upon scientists from Geodesy and Informatics to present aims and methods for digitizing and visualization of historic data, as well as anyone else working in related fields.
Main focus 2009: Maps, sketches and travelogues of historic expeditions
The main topic in 2009 will be concerned with the impact that travelogues, sketches and maps of the first explorers have retained until today. How do these reports support science today?
Humboldt’s Expedition to America and the exploration of Egypt following Napoleon’s Egyptian expeditions at the turn of the 18th to the 19th century marked a turning point in the spirit of researchers towards the exploration of pristine areas. As a consequence countries were competing in a race like behavior to send their best
explorers to discover places and follow rivers to their springs, i.e. the Nile River.
Despite stiff competition amongst explorers the last empty spots on the globe were not
filled until the 1930’s. The crossing of the world’s largest sand desert, Rub al-Chali, was accomplished not before 1931.
From today’s perspective the maps, sketches and travelogues of these expeditions are
indispensible as they are the first and only report on the natural landscapes, animal and plant life and also the conventions and habits of native people that often changed drastically with the arrival of the explorers or soon thereafter.
Location: Bern (CH)
Contact: Dr. Dirk Rieke Zapp
GeoImaging User Group Conference 2009
28th September, 2009 – 29th September, 2009
Providing a valuable opportunity to learn from the experts, this year’s two day residential conference will enable ERDAS imaging software users to look at the advantages of product updates and future developments, as well as participate in workshops. Keynote speakers will cover military, oil & gas, central government, environmental & commercial arenas. To date, confirmed speakers represent British Transport Police, Office of Public Works Ireland and Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
Location: St. Anne's College, Oxford
Contact: Sharon Jordan,
Conference Organiser
http://www.infoterra.co.uk/geoimaging2009.php
AARG 2009
25th September, 2009 – 27th September, 2009
Organised by the University of Siena, Italy, and the Aerial Archaeology Research Group
- Proposals for sessions, papers and posters are invited**
The following sessions have been proposed for the presentations and discussions on 25 and 26 September. Offers, posters and additional session titles of papers are welcome:
Aerial Archaeology in Italy and the central Mediterranean
New Projects
Postgraduate Research
Interpretation, Interpretation, Interpretation….. in the 21st century
The Death of Cropmarks?
Engaging with Aerial Photography
Conflict and Military Archaeology
Beyond-Visible Archaeological Reconnaissance
27 September Conference Day 3: Field Trip
Note: session titles are provisional and all papers and session proposals are welcome.
Oral papers should usually be 20 minutes duration. Equal value is given to poster presentations.
Closing date for abstracts is 31st May 2009.
Location: Certosa di Pontignano, Siena, Italy
Contact: Dave Cowley,
Conference Committee, Session Organiser
Alternatively you may contact:
STEFANO CAMPANA,
GEOITALIA 2009
9th September, 2009 – 11th September, 2009
GEOITALIA 2009
VII Italian Forum of Earth Sciences
September 9th-11th, 2009 – Rimini, Italy
There will be a Session on: Use diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and soil color calculation in soil science to evaluate antropic impact and environmental degradation indices.
Location: Rimini, Italy
RSPSoc Annual Conference 2009, Leicester
8th September, 2009 – 11th September, 2009
The venue and dates for the 2009 RSPSoc Annual Conference can now be confirmed.
The conference will be hosted by Leicester University, and held at their Oadby Campus (http://www.le.ac.uk/conference/) from 8th-11th September 2009.
The local organising committee, headed up by Dr Kevin Tansey, will include staff from the Department of Geography and the Space Research Centre at Leicester University.
Location: John Foster and Gilbert Murray Halls, Oadby, Leicester
Contact: Dr Kevin Tansey,
http://www.rspsoc.org/annual-conference/
SPIE Remote Sensing Europe symposium
31st August, 2009 – 3rd September, 2009
Present your groundbreaking work at Europe’s largest international forum on remote sensing. This event offers comprehensive coverage of remote sensng including next-generation satellites, SAR image analysis, LADAR technologies and more.
Chairs are now accepting abstracts in any of these technical areas:
UV, VIS and IR cameras and imaging systems
Ladar
Database management
Multi- and hyperspectral imaging
Adaptive optics
Mems
Image and signal processing
Join your colleagues in Berlin at the largest European annual meeting focused on remote sensing. Participate and further your research by getting immediate feedback from other experts.
Co-located Symposium:
Your registration fee gains you access to all the conferences in both SPIE Europe Remote Sensing and SPIE Europe Security + Defence.
See the event website for further details.
Location: Berliner Congress Centre, Berlin
First IEEE GRSS Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing
26th August, 2009 – 28th August, 2009
The First IEEE GRSS Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing – evolution in remote sensing – (WHISPERS’09) will be held in Grenoble, France 26-28th August 2009.
It is intended for every researcher working with hyperspectral data, from physical modeling, sensor, acquisition and calibration, to data processing and applications.
The deadline for full 4 pages paper submission is on March 31st.
The aim of this workshop is to bring together all the people involved in hyperspectral data processing, generally speaking.
By “data”, we mean: images (from the ground using microscopes and spectrometers to airborne or satellite sensors, up to astrophysical data)
By “processing”, we mean everything from the acquisition, the calibration to the analysis (image processing, signal processing, feature extraction, dimension reduction, unmixing and source separation, classification).
People are invited to submit new research results on the following suggested topics : – Spectrometers and hyperspectral sensors : design and calibration – Physical modeling, physical analysis – Noise estimation and reduction – Dimension reduction – Unmixing, source separation, endmember extraction – Segmentation, classification – Applications – High performance computing and compression
See website for full details.
Location: Grenoble, France
Contact: Jocelyn Chanussot,
Professor, Signal and Image Processing
+33 (0) 4 76 82 62 73
International ICA SPIE Europe Symposium
24th August, 2009 – 28th August, 2009
Despite the very positive echo within the scientific and technical communities and the promising number of presently registered participants I still want you to make our Symposium known within your professional environment and to encourage colleagues to join the Symposium. The topics treated are certainly of rapidly increasing importance for our field of Cartography.
Please note, that the programme given in the 2nd Announcement is only a tentative one and “under permanent construction”. Further, I want to point out that the deadline for advanced registration has been extended until June 15, 2009. Registration should only be performed using the digital forms provided within the Symposium Website.
Location: Dresden
Contact: Sylvia Neumann,
Symposium Secretariat
+ 49 (351) 320 173 20
http://kartographie.geo.tu-dresden.de/true3Dincartography09/
ICA Symposium - True-3D in Cartography
24th August, 2009 – 24th August, 2009
We cordially invite you to attend this first symposium of its kind which intends to cover all aspects of (auto) stereoscopic representations of both topographic and thematic geodata, be they haptic or not. Displays for big audiences will be covered as well as special single-user applications. Well established technologies will contrast cutting-edge developments. A comprehensive industrial/commercial but also non-commercial exhibition will be an integral part of the symposium. Invited presentations by leading experts and workshops are also envisaged.
Location: Dresden, Germany
Contact: Sylvia Neumann,
Symposium Secretariat
+ 49 (351) 463 36292
IGARSS 2009
13th July, 2009 – 17th July, 2009
You are invited to submit a 2-page abstract to the Invited Session on “High Performance Geocomputation and Remote Sensing” for IGARSS 2009 to be held in July 13-17, 2009, Cape Town, South Africa (http://www.igarss09.org).
Papers or abstracts invited to this session should not be submitted by the regular submission process linked from the website.
We have set up a special system so that you can submit your papers separately from the rest. Please use the link from the website to submit invited papers. The deadline for submitting abstracts for invited sessions is January 4, 2009.
Invited Session: High Performance Geocomputation and Remote Sensing.
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Contact: Dr. Yong Xue,
Senior Member IEEE, CPhys
15th Intercarto Intergis Perm & Ghent
29th June, 2009 – 1st July, 2009
SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS
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INTERCARTO–INTERGIS 15
29 June – 1 July 2009
Perm, Russia
3 July – 6 July 2009
Ghent, Belgium
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General page: http://www.intercartogis.org
Conference email:
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We would appreciate if you could kindly distribute this call to other interested parties of your acquaintance.
Dear colleague,
We are pleased to announce the 15th INTERCARTO–INTERGIS conference, which will be held in two different cities. The first part of the conference will be held in the city of Perm, Russia; the second part will be held in the city of Ghent, Belgium. Separate registration is possible.
We invite you to submit an extended abstract (500-1000 words) electronically at the conference website by March 2, 2009. Authors will be notified by March 20, 2009 if their abstracts have been accepted for presentation at the conference. Full papers (up to 10 pages) will be due at the conference website by May 2, 2009.
PROGRAM CHAIRS
Vladimir Tikunov, Moscow State University
Philippe De Maeyer, Ghent University
EXTENDED DEADLINES
Submission of extended abstract: March 2, 2009.
Notification of acceptance of extended abstract: March 20, 2009.
Submission of full paper: May 2, 2009.
Early registration: May 2, 2009
TOPICS
Research papers related to all aspects of cartography and GIS will be considered. Contributions on the following topics are particularly welcome:
- GIS support of sustainable development of territories (including theory, geopolitical processes and territorial management); – Mobile GIS; – Remote sensing techniques for analyzing land use, vegetation and sustainable development; – GIS support for solving water-ecological, geological and geophysical problems; – GIS and business; – Sustainable development and tourism (problems and perspectives); – Spatial data infrastructure; – GIS-education for sustainable development.
REGISTRATION
Online registration for Ghent and/or Perm is open at http://www.intercartogis.org.
WORKSHOPS
Two workshops are organized by the International Cartographic Association (ICA) on July 6, 2009. They are a complementary forum to the main conference, encouraging discussions in small groups on the themes ‘GIS education systems’ and ‘quality management’. The workshops are organized by Vladimir Tikunov, Alexander Simonov and Philippe De Maeyer.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Petr Baklanov, Pacific Institute of Geography of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok
Vitaly Belozerov, Stavropol State University
Frank Canters, Free University of Brussels
Philippe De Maeyer, Ghent University
Vitaly Ivanov, Marine Hydrophysical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Sevastopol
Nikalay Kasimov, Moscow State University
German Kuroshev, St.-Peterburg State University
Tijs Neutens, Ghent University
Sergey Pyankov, Perm State University
Leonid Rudenko, Institute of Geography of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev
Alexander Simonov, State Research Institute on Information Technologies and Telecommunications “Informika”, Moscow
Vladimir Tikunov, Moscow State University
Nico Van de Weghe, Ghent University
Location: Perm, Russia and Ghent, Belgium
Contact: Vladimir Tikunov, Moscow State University,
Alternatively you may contact:
Philippe De Maeyer, Ghent University
30th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing
22nd June, 2009 – 25th June, 2009
30th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing / 30e Symposium canadien sur la télédétection: June 22-25 juin 2009: Lethbridge Alberta Canada “Bridging Excellence / Pont vers l’excellence”
We invite you to attend CSRS’09. We have put together what we believe will provide a unique Conference experience. All indications point to very strong attendance. Due to a recent spike of international interest (particularly USA and Europe), we have added a Phase II Abstract Submission period.
The deadline for abstracts is now April 30, 2009. New / additional submissions welcome.
Conference Highlights:
Keynote Speakers – June 23:
Dr. Piers Sellers – NASA JSC Houston (British Astronaut); Dr. Diane Wickland – NASA HQ; Canadian Space Agency President*; Federal Government MPs. etc
We are pleased to announce that IEEE GRSS President Dr. Tony Milne will be in attendance and will address Conference delegates on June 23.
- International Remote Sensing Publication Forum: Editors-in-Chief (EiC) of 6 Major International Remote Sensing Journals [a first]. June 24.
All Confirmed:
Dr. Giles Foody – Nottingham UK: EiC – International Journal of Remote Sensing (IJRS)
Dr. Marvin Bauer – Minnesota USA: EiC – Remote Sensing of Environment (RSE)
Dr. Christopher Ruf – Michigan USA: EiC, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (IEEE TGRS)
Dr. Nicholas Coops – Vancouver Canada: EiC – Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing (CJRS)
Dr. Russ Congalton – New Hampshire USA: EiC – Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing (PE&RS)
Dr. Ellsworth LeDrew – Waterloo Canada: EiC – IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (IEEE J-STARS)
- Award-winning scientists – CRSS Gold Medalists: the highest Remote Sensing Award in Canada. Scientists from over 3 decades of Excellence.
- Multi-sector Partnerships Forum – Leaders from Industry, Government and University
- Career Mix and Match for Employers and Graduates – Excellent recruitment opportunities.
- Workshops: e.g. International SpecNET, LiDAR, Hazard Mapping
There will be a Published Proceedings from the Conference, as well as a peer-reviewed Special Issue of the Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing (CJRS).
Conference Host: University of Lethbridge – Our campus has the North American SPOT Ground Receiving Station, owned and operated by Iunctus Geomatics Corp. (Lethbridge), the SPOT Canadian Channel Partner:
http://www.terraengine.com/
http://www.terraengine.com/Dgroundstation.cfm
Socials include:
Summer Solstice Sizzler * Solar Noon BBQ * Industry Sponsored Dinner * CRSS Gold Medal Banquet “Bridging Excellence”
Check out the Conference web site for details.
Plus:
Exhibition Hall, Socials, Meetings, Special Sessions, Posters, Technical Sessions, Awards, Tours, Field Trips-UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Rocky Mountains, etc.
Plan your Vacation to Canada – Five of the 13 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Canada are located in Alberta, and of these, 4 are within a 1-2 hour drive of the Lethbridge-Calgary corridor. The Rocky Mountains are one-hour west of Lethbridge. The international Calgary Stampede is also conveniently scheduled for July 3-12, shortly after the Conference.
http://www1.travelalberta.com/en-ca/index.cfm?pageid=7&id=182&CFID=25677838&CFTOKEN=93092692
http://www.vacationscanada.travel/packages/calgary-stampede.aspx
http://www.albertafirst.com/profiles/statspack/20373.html
We look forward to the honour of hosting you at CSRS’2009 Lethbridge. If you have questions, please drop me a line.
Best regards,
Derek R. Peddle, 2009 Conference Chair.
Location: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Contact: Derek R Peddle, PhD,
Conference Chair
[+1] (403) 329.2524
The British Cartographic Society: Mapping at Work
17th June, 2009 – 19th June, 2009
The British Cartographic Society: Mapping At Work
17 – 19 June 2009
Newport Pagnell
The British Cartographic Society is an organisation comprised of specialists from private, academic, and government organisations whose common interest lies in facilitating communication in the map information community. We welcome you to join mapmakers, map users, map librarians as well as map enthusiasts at this year’s The British Cartographic Society’s Annual Symposium: Mapping At Work. This enlightening three-day event provides both a valuable and enjoyable opportunity to learn and share information about recent mapping projects, research and know-how with colleagues and experts holding the same interest.
Further information can be found at http://www.cartography.org.uk
Location: Newport Pagnell
Contact: Nikki Jones,
Marketing Manager
01223 880077
ISPRS Workshop of Commission VI/1 and VI/2 on E-Learning Tools, Techniques and Applications
17th June, 2009 – 19th June, 2009
The aim of this workshop is to exchange views on recent e-learning concepts, standards and useful software tools for setting up interactive modules which should help to create cost savings and to improve the e-skills of lecturers. An additional focus will be given to examples of good practise, e.g. case studies and e-learning applications
The workshop will take place from the 17 June 2009 to the 19 June 2009 in Potsdam (Germany).
Deadline for abstracts (approx. 300 words):
March 1st 2009
Notification of acceptance:
March 31st 2009
Deadline for full papers:
April 30th, 2009
Location: Potsdam, Germany
29th EARSeL Symposium and accompanying events
15th June, 2009 – 19th June, 2009
You are cordially invited to attend the 29th Symposium of EARSeL, the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories, which is to be held at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania in Chania, Greece from 15 – 18 June 2009.
Parallel to the Annual Symposium will take place the 2nd EARSeL Workshop on Education and Training , the 4th EARSeL Workshop on Remote Sensing of the Coastal Zone “Coasts and Climate Conflicts”, an excursion with field trip and experimentation in the framework of the Special Interest Group on Thermal Remote Sensing [19.06.09], an excursion with a boat in the framework of the 4th Workshop on Remote Sensing of the Coastal Zone “Coasts and Climate Conflicts” with live experimentation demonstration in situ, a Spotart exhibition in the old traditional Venetian Harbour of Chania [15 – 20.06.09], and many other side events.
The deadline date for abstracts for the Symposium has been extended to 8th December 2008.
Location: Chania, Greece
Contact: Gesine Boettcher,
EARSeL Secretariat
+49-511-762 2482
Alternatively you may contact:
Ioannis Manakos
Head of the Local Organization Team
High-Resolution Earth Imaging for Geospatial Information
2nd June, 2009 – 9th June, 2009
ISPRS Hannover Workshop 2009
W/G 1/2, 1/4, IV/2, IV/3, VII/2
Earth imaging from air and space has undergone major changes over the last years. Examples of new and significant developments comprise a growing use of digital aerial cameras, an increasing number of high-resolution and hyperspectral satallite sensors, of laser scanning and SAR/inSAR. Calibration issues are important for every sensor. Today, all these data are used for the production of geospatial information. At the same time, updating existing geospatial databases has gained more importance, and automation has had a significant impact on the processing chain. In addition, the stunning success of Google Earth and Microsoft Virtual Earth along with developments such as GEO (intergovernmental Group of Earth Observation), GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems) and GMES (Global Monitoring of Environment and Security) have significantly changed the remote sensing arena in the last few years. These developments form the background for the ISPRS Hannover Workshop “High-Resolution Earth Imaging for Geospatial Information 2009”, which you are cordially invited to attend. This meeting is a follow-up workshop of those held in Hannover in previous years. The single-track workshop addresses experts from research, government and private industry. It consists of high quality papers, and will provide an international forum for discussion of leading research and technological developments as well as applications in the field. IPI is proud to announce that Intergraph agreed to be the exclusive sponsor of this event. During Thursday afternoon, Intergraph will conduct a master class where the processing chain of photogrammetry and remote sensing is illustrated by software demonstrations and real-life examples.
Location: IPI, Leibniz University, Hannover
Contact: Gesine Boettcher,
Secretariat
+49 511 762 2482
2nd Int. Conference on Earth Observation for Global Changes
25th May, 2009 – 25th May, 2009
EOGC2009 aims at bringing together researchers, developers, users and practicioners carrying out research and development in the use of Earth observation technologies to study global changes taking place on the Earth. The conference will provide a forum for original research contributions and practical experiences of the development and use of various Earth observation technologies, data interpretation techniques, and application methods. Validation of the societal impact of operational Earth observation products, as well as the benefits from the enhanced products to be produced by the Global Earth Observing System of System (GEOSS) and Committee of Earth Observing System (CEOS), currently under development, will be discussed. The conference will be organized in a way to promote networking between the participants, to initiate and favour discussions regarding cutting-edge technologies in the field, to exchange research ideas and to promote international collaboration.
Location: WangJiang Hotel, Chengdu, China
Contact: Dr Xianfeng Zhang,
Conference Secretariat
Alternatively you may contact:
Dr Jirong Gu,
Vice Conference Secretariat & Co-Chair of LoC
BARSC Workshop 2009 - Remote Sensing in the Green Economy: Applications & Opportunities
21st May, 2009 – 21st May, 2009
The drive to monitor and mitigate global climate change, improve energy efficiency, reduce waste, prevent environmental pollution, and protect the Earth’s natural resources is set to create numerous new jobs and substantial wealth for the remote sensing community through a variety of new opportunities, in today’s “green economy”.
Recent years have seen an increasing role for remote sensing in the green agenda. It is already well established in climate science and policy making, particularly in respect of monitoring changes to Earth’s climate and the planning of mitigation actions to counter such changes. It is already delivering valuable data to environmentalists, climate scientists and decision makers, and new opportunities are continuously arising as a result of developments in the underlying science and in remote sensing technologies.
This year’s BARSC workshop will examine the role of remote sensing in support of the green economy. The day will explore recent developments and achievements in this sector and discuss the opportunities they hold for the UK. Analysts from the remote sensing industry will describe how satellite remote sensing data is already being used for such applications, and scientists will offer their perspective on what has currently been achieved and what areas need further development. The impact and influence of related activities of organisations such as ESA, the EC, GEO and CEOS will be discussed.
The event is organised by BARSC, the British Association of Remote Sensing Companies, and is co-sponsored by BNSC, the British National Space Centre and by NCEO, the National Centre for Earth Observation. The event will bring together an audience from the public and private sectors with a common interest in getting the most from today’s leading research and development in remote sensing for green applications.
Attendance at the workshop is free, including lunch, but you must register in advance in order to gain entry to the BERR Conference Centre. To register, please send an email with the subject ‘BARSC Workshop 2009’ to , containing your name, affiliation and contact details.
Location: BERR Conference Centre, 1 Victoria Street, London
Contact: Jane Curtis,
BARSC Administrator
020 8810 0994
33rd Int. Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment
4th May, 2009 – 4th May, 2009
The overall theme of the Symposium is the use of Earth Observation systems and airborne techniques for understanding and managing the Earth environment and natural resources.
Location: Stresa, Italy
Contact: Chenchen,
Secretariat
33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment
4th May, 2009 – 4th May, 2009
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS: 1st DECEMBER 2008
“Sustaining the Millennium Development Goals”
Topics: Reducing loss from natural and human-induced disasters; Understanding environmental factors affecting human health; Improving management of energy resources; Understanding and reacting to Climate variability and change; Improving water resource management; Improving weather information, forecasting and warning; Improving the management and protection of ecoystems; Supporting sustainable agriculture and combating desertification; Understanding, monitoring and conserving biodiversity; Earth Observation advances: Instrumentation and data management; National remote sensing programmes; Spatial data infrastructures in support of development; Airborne remote sensing and Contribution to International programmes.
Location: Palazzo dei Congressi Stresa, Lago Maggiore, Italy
Contact: Dr. Ing. Jens Bartholmes
European Commission
+ 32 (0)2 2951683
FIG Working Week - Surveyors Key Role in Accelerated Development
3rd May, 2009 – 3rd May, 2009
Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 November 2008!
The professional theme of the Working Week is “Surveyors Key Role in Accelerated Development”, which addresses many of the issues facing surveyors in the next years. As always, the Working Week will gather international professionals and academia members from the fields of land surveying, land and real-estate appraisal, GIS, spatial planning, environmental awareness, and civil engineering.
All ten FIG technical commissions will attend the conference and papers are therefore requested to all topics of interest of the following FIG commissions:
Professional Standards and Practice
Professional Education
Spatial Information Management
Hydrography
Positioning and Measurement
Engineering Surveys
Cadastre and Land Management
Spatial Planning and Development
Valuation and the Management of Real Estate
Construction Economics and Management
A special seminar on the history of surveying and measurement to be held on Sunday 3 May 2009.
Location: Eilat, Israel
Contact: Dr Haim Srebro,
Conference Director
+45 3886 1081
Exhibition for Construction and Engineering Surveying (XCES)
22nd April, 2009 – 23rd April, 2009
SURCO Limited, the trading company of the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors, presents XCES, an exhibition dedicated to the construction and civil engineering industry. The exhibition will encompass all the latest surveying, mapping and imagery technology available in today’s marketplace.
Specialisms
• Land, building and engineering surveying
• Hydrographic surveying
• Photogrammetry and remote sensing
• Geographic information systems
• Cartography/visualisation
• Laser scanning
XCES will be staged at the popular York Racecourse on 22nd and 23rd April 2009, which offers the latest facilities, set in a very attractive environment.
XCES will unite all aspects of the surveying industry in one place and has already attracted numerous exhibitors, with the industry’s leading professional bodies (ICE, RICS, TSA, AGI, RSPsoc, CIAT, IHIE and ABE) co-sponsoring the event.
See attached press release for further detailsXCES-flyer-final_(Low_Res).pdf
Location: York Racecourse
Contact: Alan Lees,
Media Sales Manager, SURCO Ltd
+44 (0)161 972 3122
http://www.ices.org.uk/xces.php
Alternatively you may contact:
Niccola Dodd,
Business Development Manager
+44 (0)161 972 3112
RSPSoc Annual Student Meeting 2009
14th April, 2009 – 16th April, 2009
Building on the success of last year’s meeting this year’s event will take place in the beautiful surroundings of Glaramara Activity Centre in the Lake District. The meeting will give photogrammetry and remote sensing students the opportunity present their work to their peers as well as providing an easy-going atmosphere away from stuffy academic institutions to meet new people, network and have some fun!
Being affiliated with the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Student Consortium the meeting should appeal to both UK based and international students. This should offer a broad range of topics and applications covering many aspects of photogrammetry and remote sensing research.
The event will include keynote speakers, prizes for best presentation and poster and gorge walking!
Key dates:
16th January 2009 – Abstract deadline
20th February 2009 – Registration deadline
14th – 16th April 2009 – Annual Student Meeting
For additional information about the 2009 Annual Student Meeting including details about the location, cost, registration and information for authors please follow this link…
http://www.students.ncl.ac.uk/a.j.hardy1/index.html
Please do not hesitate to contact me about any details concerning the meeting.
Your student representative,
Andy Hardy
Location: Glaramara Activity Centre, Lake District
Contact: Andrew Hardy,
RSPSoc Student Representative
07983 502 641
http://www.students.ncl.ac.uk/a.j.hardy1/index.html
Annual Lecture and Conversazione
7th April, 2009 – 7th May, 2009
Two events took place on 7 April 2009. The RSPSoc Annual Lecture is a high-profile (free entry) public lecture, which was hosted by the University of Nottingham this year. Following the Annual Lecture, the Society’s “Conversazione” event took place at Trent Bridge Cricket Ground in Nottingham. All members and non-members were welcomed to come along to both, or either, of these events.
RSPSoc Annual Lecture
“Challenges and Opportunities for Terrestrial Earth Observation”
Professor John Townshend, University of Maryland, USA
Time: 17:00
Date: Tuesday 7 April 2009
Venue: Lecture Theatre A48, Sir Clive Granger Building, University of Nottingham
Entry fee: Free entry
Abstract: download the abstract here (jpg format)
RSPSoc Conversazione
Reception and Dinner at Trent Bridge Cricket Ground’s historic Long Room
Time: 19:00
Date: Tuesday 7 April 2009
- This event was supported by RICS and RSPSoc has agreed to extend the reduced RSPSoc Member registration fee to members of RICS.
Information:
- For more information on this meeting, please contact the RSPSoc office ( ; Tel: +44 (0)115 951 5435; Fax: +44 (0)115 951 5249) by 9 March 2009.
Event flyer:
The official flyer for this event can be downloaded here [PDF]
Object based landscape analysis (OBLA)
7th April, 2009 – 8th April, 2009
Two-day meeting of the RSPSoc Land Cover/Land Use SIG
Summary of meeting
Earth Observation imagery is a major source of information for characterising the Earth’s surface, but is conventionally analysed using pixel-based approaches that do not incorporate the concept of landscape features or real world objects. Approaches and technology that exploit landscape features to increase the accuracy and usability of EO-derived products are now becoming mainstream. These object-based methods employ spatial frameworks often aligned to the needs of scientists, policy makers and end users, but straightforward application of off-the-shelf packages is not always well-conceived. The aim of this meeting is to bring together practitioners in remote sensing, GIS and environmental science to identify best-practice in the development and application of object-based landscape analysis techniques.
Updated information
The OBLA meeting has now passed. Presentation pdf downloads and photos of the event are available below. A meeting report will appear soon. The book of abstracts can be downloaded by clicking HERE.
Special Issue of the International Journal of Geographical Information Science
Following the OBLA meeting, there are plans to publish a Special Issue on this topic in IJGIS, to be edited by Paul Aplin (University of Nottingham, UK) and Geoff Smith (Specto Natura, UK). Researchers working in the field are invited to submit papers for this Special Issue. The call for submissions can be downloaded HERE .
Submission deadline – 31 July 2009Programme and presentation downloads
Programme – Tuesday 7 April 2009
| 09:00 | Registration, coffee, exhibition | Room A42 |
| 10:30 | Welcome | Room A41 |
| Paul Aplin & Geoff Smith – RSPSoc/University of Nottingham, UK | ||
| 10:40 | Keynote Address | |
| Object-based image understanding: chances and challenges for multi-scale landscape analysis Stefan Lang – Salzburg University, Austria |
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| 11:30 | Session 1. Segmentation | |
| Image segmentation using a graph theoretic approach Marpu, Katrenic, Listner & Niemeyer – Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Germany |
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| Evaluation of multi-spectral image segmentation algorithms using the synthetic image testing framework (SITEF), including adjacency effects Marçal & Rodrigues – Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
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| 12:10 | ENVI Fx (Feature Extraction) software demonstration ITT Visual Information Systems |
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| 12:30 | Lunch, exhibition | Room A42 |
| 13:30 | Session 2. Optical Applications 1 | Room A41 |
| Object-based classification of mussel beds in the Wadden Sea Roupioz, Schmidt, Kramer, Fey, Cremer, Dijkman, Jansen & Dankers – Alterra, Netherlands |
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| Orchards and vineyards classification with textures related object-based approaches by using orthophotos and quickbird images Kass, Notarnicola & Zebisch – EURAC, Italy |
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| The development of an object-based classification model for monitoring surface impermeability in urban environments Kampouraki & Gitas – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece |
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| 14:30 | ERDAS IMAGINE Objective software demonstration Infoterra Global |
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| 14:50 | Session 3. Posters + coffee, exhibition | Room A42 |
| Assessing forest cover and land use change in the Bafut-Ngemba forest reserve, north west region of Cameroon using satellite images Bienvenu, Ngala & Stanwell – UNEP-WCMC, UK |
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| Can forest structure stages be identified using object-based methods in Aerial photography? Petr & Smith– Forest Research, UK |
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| 15:20 | Session 4. SAR Applications | Room A41 |
| Object-based urban land cover classification with radarsat-2 ultra-fine-beam SAR data Hu & Ban – Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden |
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| Object-based rapid mapping of flood events with TerraSAR-X data Herrera-Cruz & Koudogbo – Infoterra GmbH, Germany |
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| 16:00 | 1Spatial software demonstration 1Spatial |
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| 16:20 | Drink, exhibition | Room A42 |
| 17:00 | RSPSoc Annual Lecture | Room A48 |
| Challenges and Opportunities for Terrestrial Remote Sensing Professor John Townshend – University of Maryland, USA |
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| 18:00 | Break | |
| 18:15 | Transport to Trent Bridge Cricket Ground | Visitors CP |
| 19:00 | RSPSoc Conversazione | |
| Reception, tour, President’s award, dinner Trent Bridge Cricket Ground |
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| 22:30 | Transport to University campus |
Programme – Wednesday 8 April 2009
| 09:00 | Invited Paper | Room A41 |
| LCM2007: A pioneering land cover product built on the integration of generalised national cartography and Earth Observation data Dan Morton, Clare Rowland & Geoff Smith – Centre for Ecology and Hydrology & Specto Natura Limited, UK |
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| 09:30 | Session 5. Implementation | |
| Automatic sample selection for object-based image analysis Radoux & Defourny – University Catholique de Louvain, Belgium |
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| An architecture based on class dependent neural networks for object-based classification Marpu, Bachmann & Niemeyer – Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Germany |
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| Development of a transferable object-based classification model for nationwide land cover mapping in Greece Polychronaki, Gitas, Galidaki & Dimitrakopoulos – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece |
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| Thematic accuracy assessment of an object-based image classification Radoux, Bogaert, Fasbender & Defourny – University Catholique de Louvain, Belgium |
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| 10:50 | Coffee, exhibition | Room A42 |
| 11:10 | Definiens image analysis software workshop software demonstration Definiens |
Room B29 |
| 12:30 | Lunch, exhibition | Room A42 |
| 13:30 | Session 6. Optical Applications 2 | Room A41 |
| Evaluation of ENVI Feature Extraction for geological mapping in arid environments Tragheim & Smith – British Geological Survey, UK |
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| Object-based classification of landforms based on their local geometry and geomorphometric context Gerçek – Middle East Technical University, Turkey |
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| The aggregation of scene components within landscape features as a way of automating the analysis of very high spatial resolution data Smith, Hughes, Stroh & McWilliam – Specto Natura Limited & Anglia Ruskin University, UK |
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| 14:50 | Coffee, exhibition | Room A42 |
| 15:10 | Keynote Address | Room A41 |
| Can object-based analysis of satellite imagery replace habitat field survey? Alan Brown & Katie Medcalf – Countryside Council for Wales & Environment Systems, UK |
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| 16:00 | Panel Discussion | |
| Vendors, Invited Speakers and Chairs | ||
| 16:20 | Closing Comments | |
| Paul Aplin & Geoff Smith | ||
| 16:30 | Close |
Photos
To view the photos of the event, please click HERE
The 4th CISSE International Conference
5th December, 2008 – 5th December, 2008
CISSE 2008 provides a virtual forum for presentation and discussion of the state-of the-art research on computers, information and systems sciences and engineering. CISSE 2008 is the fourth conference of the CISSE series of e-conferences. CISSE is the World’s first Engineering/Computing and Systems Research E-Conference. CISSE 2005 was the first high-caliber Research Conference in the world to be completely conducted online in real-time via the internet. CISSE 2005 was the first high-caliber Research Conference in the world to be completely conducted online in real-time via the internet.
Location: University of Bridgeport, USA
Contact: Khaled Elleithy, Ph.D,
CISSE 2008 General Co-Chair
59th International Astronautical Congress and Exhibition (IAC)
29th September, 2008 – 3rd October, 2008
IAC 2008 will provide an international focus through the presentation of the latest ideas, current activities and future ambitions across a diverse range of space-related topics.
A hugely important element to the Congress is the International Exhibition. The exhibition offers a global business and networking forum bringing together international buyers and suppliers creating an opportunity for interaction, relationship building and business generation.
The centrepiece of the Exhibition will be a HOST NATION ZONE, an opportunity for British industry, research establishments and academia to promote their achievements and to market their activities and capabilities as a UK entity.
The_Biggest_Space_Conference_and_Trade_Show_comes_to_the_UK_flyer.pdf
Location: Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre and Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow.
Contact: Jeremy Crisp,
Exhibition Organiser
01344 467444
Infoterra GeoImaging User Group Conference 2008
29th September, 2008 – 30th September, 2008
Infoterra Ltd, a leader in the provision of geospatial products and services, is pleased to announce the first in a new series of GeoImaging User Group Conferences. The 2008 residential conference will run from 29th to 30th September at St. Anne’s College, Oxford University.
As Infoterra is the sole distributor for ERDAS imaging software across the UK and Ireland, the conference will include ERDAS product development updates and on-site training, as well as new software demonstrations and industry specific case study presentations. Also the conference will feature speakers from the military, oil and gas, central government, environmental and commercial arenas, together with application focused breakout sessions and workshops.
Register before June 30th and receive a special early bird rate of £65.00pp, which includes a full 2-day conference pass, all meals and overnight accommodation. After this date the standard rate of £100.00pp will apply. For more information or to register for this event, please e-mail the conference organiser –
Location: Oxford, UK
Contact: Sharon Dean,
Conference Organiser
+44 (0)116 273 2300
Remote Sensing Techniques in Disaster Management and Emergency Response in the Mediterranean Region
22nd September, 2008 – 24th September, 2008
EARSeL First International Conference on Remote Sensing Techniques in Disaster Management and Emergency Response in the Mediterranean Region
The subject is a high-priority topic in the Mediterranean region. Risk reduction using remote sensing techniques may be very helpful in various applications. Identification of relevant space-based and airborne information for Disaster Management Support and Emergency Response is a major issue.
The conference is to provide an international forum bringing together experts from different remote sensing and GIS branches as well as from disaster management. The conference will cover several stages in risk management, such as knowledge, prevention, warning, management of emergency situations, post-analysis of crisis, environmental rehabilitation, etc.
For further announcements visit http://www.earsel.geosat.hr or http://www.earsel.org/?target=announce/earselevents
Location: Zadar, Croatia
Contact: Gesine Boettcher,
EARSeL Secretariat
+49-511-762 2482
International Conference on Remote Sensing Techniques in Disaster Management
22nd September, 2008 – 24th September, 2008
2nd CALL FOR PAPERS
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION
22-24 September 2008
Zadar, Croatia
On behalf of the Organisers, we invite you to participate in the above mentioned conference, organised by the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL), the Scientific Council for Remote Sensing of the Croation Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU), the University of Zagreb, and GEOSAT Ltd., Zagreb.
The organisers of the conference would be grateful if you would note and forward on, as appropriate, the following information:
The new abstract deadline date for the conference is
29th FEBRUARY 2008
The conference subject “Disaster Management and Emergency Response” is a high-priority topic in the Mediterranean region. Risk reduction using remote sensing techniques can be very helpful in various applications.
Identification of relevant space-based and airborne information for Disaster Management Support and Emergency Response is a major issue.
The conference covers risk management, such as knowledge, prevention, warning, management of emergency situations, post-analysis of crisis, environmental rehabilitation, etc.
Papers are welcome for the following topics: – Forest Fires – Earthquakes – Floods – Land Degradation (soil erosion, desertification) – Landslides/mudflows – Storm Damage – Sea pollution/Oil-spill detection – Man-made and other relevant aspects
******IMPORTANT DATES:********
- Deadline for submission of abstracts: 29th February 2008 – Notification of abstracts acceptance: 31st March 2008 – Preliminary Programme: 15th May 2008 – Deadline for receipt of full abstracts: 22nd September 2008 (at the
conference)
The conference will offer paper presentations and poster sessions, and provide an international forum for sharing your ideas, exploring the on-going research, future development, including the state-of-the-art applications, and networking with the professionals from academies, industry and government, who are interested in Disaster Risk Reduction in the Mediterranean Region.
After the conference, a study boat trip to the fire site on the Kornati islands is planned.
For further information please visit
Looking forward to receiving your contributions and to welcoming you in Zadar,
Location: Zadar, Croatia
Contact: G. Boettcher,
EARSeL Secretariat
+49-511-762 2482
SilviLaser 2008
17th September, 2008 – 19th September, 2008
SilviLaser 2008 will be the 8th international conference in a series focussing on applications of laser systems for forest assessment and inventory
Background:
In recent years there has been rapid development and use of laser systems in inventorying, assessing, and monitoring of forests. Applications of laser technology have included the estimation of forest biophysical parameters (including carbon) at the individual tree or stand level as part of local, regional and even national forest inventory. In addition, laser data have been used to monitor forest change, model susceptibility to wind or fire damage, and map wildlife habitat. Laser systems can operate on ground-based, airborne and satellite platforms. They are categorised as scanning or profiling systems supplying range or waveform information per laser pulse. This distinction is, however, becoming increasingly blurred as laser systems evolve.
Aims of Silvilaser 2008:
SilviLaser 2008 will be the 8th international conference in a series focussing on applications of laser systems for forest assessment and inventory. Previous conferences have taken place in Canada, Australia, Sweden, Germany, USA, Japan and Finland.
SilviLaser 2008 aims to bring together research scientists and practitioners from around the world to share their experience in the development and application of LiDAR for forest assessment and inventory. We strongly encourage presentations across all forms of laser system, from all possible platforms, and across a full range of forest applications. The conference will discuss the state-of-the-art in laser systems and data processing techniques in order to meet a range of information needs. The conference aims to encourage new and stronger linkages between LiDAR practitioners, and in particular between researchers, data providers and end-users of derived products.
Topics for presentation:
The conference will encourage papers on terrestrial, airborne and space-borne LiDAR data (discrete return and waveform) for the following forest related topics:
• Forestry applications & inventory
• Forest monitoring & change detection
• Ecological applications & habitat mapping
• LiDAR data fusion (ground-based, airborne, satellite)
• Data fusion (in-situ, aerial photos, hyper-spectral)
• Algorithm & techniques development
• System & intensity calibration
• Large-scale & operation applications of LiDAR
• New technologies
There will be a special session on ecological applications for forest habitat assessment, sponsored by the British Ecological Society.
Keynote speakers are Professor Ralph Dubayah (University of Maryland), Dr Wesley Newton (U.S. Geological Survey) and Dr Richard Lucas (University of Wales Aberystwyth).
For further information please see: http://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/Silvilaser2008
Conference Co-Chairs
Ross Hill (Bournemouth University)
Juan Suárez (Forest Research)
Location: Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
Contact: Ross Hill (Bournemouth University),
Reader in Geoinformatics
+44 (0)1202 966786
http://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/Silvilaser2008
Alternatively you may contact:
Juan Suarez (Forest Research)
RSPSoc Annual Conference 2009
15th September, 2008 – 17th September, 2008
Leicester, 8-11 September 2009
Highlights:
First class social events in the idyllic surroundings of the Cornish coast
High-quality, research-led technical programme
On-site accommodation
Commercial sessions and exhibition
Technical sessions will include:
Remote sensing and climate change
Data assimilation and uncertainty
Water quality in inland and coastal waters
Spatial-spectral-temporal signatures in RS data
Calibration & validation of Earth observation data
Plus we welcome input from the wider community on other special sessions of interest
The first call for papers was made in January 2008.
For the latest news on the conference and registration please visit: http://www.rspsoc2008.org
Please feel free to distribure this flyer. RSPSoc2008flyer1.pdf
Location: Corwall Campus, University of Exeter, UK
Contact: Dr Karen Anderson,
Convenor
http://www.rspsoc.org/annual-conference/
International aerial archaeology conference
9th September, 2008 – 12th September, 2008
CALL FOR PAPERS *
International aerial archaeology conference
AARG 2008 LJUBLJANA
9 – 11 September 2008
Hosted by the
Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts
University of Ljubljana
- Proposals for sessions, papers and posters are invited**
The following sessions have been proposed, for which offers of papers are welcome:
Aerial Archaeology in the Mediterranean; New Projects; Postgraduate research;
Airborne Thematic Mapping/Airborne Laser Scanning; An archaeology of natural places … from the air; Aerial photography in context – recording landscape and urban areas.
11 September Conference Day 3
Field Trip
Note: session titles are provisional and all papers and session proposals are welcome.
Oral papers should usually be 20 minutes duration, and equal weighting is given to poster presentations.
Closing date for abstracts is 31st May 2008.
Address for conference correspondence:
Dave Cowley
RCAHMS
16 Bernard Terrace
Edinburgh, EH8 9NX
Scotland
Email
_______________________________________________________________________
STEFANO CAMPANA
LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF SIENA
WEB SITES http://www.lapetlab.it but also http://www.3darchaeology.org
http://www.pavaproject.org; http://www.space2place.orgDirector of the LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY & REMOTE SENSING LABORATORY-LAP&T
SIENA LAB
Via Roma 56, 53100 Siena – Italy
Phone/Fax ++(0)577-234733/234601
GROSSETO LAB
Convento Clarisse, via Vinzaglio 28, 58100 Grosseto – Italy
Phone/Fax ++(0)564-441212/13
________________________________________
Location: University of Ljubljana
Contact: Dave Cowley,
Alternatively you may contact:
STEFANO CAMPANA,
Director of Landscape Arch. & RS Lab
++(0)577-234733/234601
WAC-6 World Archaeological Congress 2008
29th June, 2008 – 4th July, 2008
WAC-6 First Announcement
The organising committee of the Sixth World Archaeology Congress (WAC-6) are delighted to now invite colleagues from across the globe to come to University College Dublin, Ireland from June 29-July 4, 2008 for this spectacular archaeological conference. We are planning a varied and engaging thematic programme and a wide range of social events that will provide opportunities to experience the cultural and social life of Dublin and Ireland and to sample this island’s
outstanding archaeological heritage.
WAC is committed to diversity and to redressing global inequities in archaeology through conferences, publications and scholarly programs. It has a special interest in protecting the cultural heritage of Indigenous peoples, minorities and peoples from a range of countries. WAC-6 will continue the established practice of previous international congresses in facilitating the participation and empowerment of indigenous peoples and researchers from economically disadvantaged countries.
This first announcement is a call for themes, sessions, papers and posters. See http://www.ucd.ie/wac-6 for details of application, programme, accommodation, costs and grant opportunities.
Deadline for theme proposals: September 30 2007
Deadline for session proposals: November 1 2007
Final announcement: early December 2007
Confirmation of acceptance of paper & posters: March 14 2008
Early registration: up to March 30 2008
NB: join WAC for cheaper registration!
Location: University College Dublin, Ireland
Contact: Dr Helen Lewis,
Deputy Academic Secretary, WAC-6, WAC-6 organising committee
+353-1-716-8163 (tel), +353-1-716-1184 (fax)
Young Geo Professional Magazine
19th June, 2008 – 4th August, 2008
The geomatics and hydrographics field is flourishing as never before; nevertheless, it is experiencing a shortage of personnel. Companies and governments simply cannot attract sufficient qualified personnel to get all the work done. Furthermore, universities and educational institutions all over the world are suffering from a lack of new students.
How can we turn the tide? How can we interest people in starting a career in, for example, land surveying, electronic charting, remote sensing, positioning or hydrographic surveying? As a publisher, we think this can be accomplished with a magazine, and associated website, focussed on young people at precisely that time when they are making decisions about their future career.
The central question addressed is: What makes Geomatics so appealing? And why is a career in Geomatics so interesting?
The magazine hopes to achieve this through easy accessible and entertaining articles on a variety of topics: e.g. experiences of students from all over the world, exciting and adventurous internships/jobs, interesting facts about geomatics, etc.
We are currently looking for students or young professionals who have (or had) an interesting internship or job (such as surveying the Chinese Wall, Dredging the Amazon River, etc.) and
who would like to write about these experiences.
Furthermore, we would like an article about the “tips and tricks” of choosing the right school. In other words, the article should answer questions like why should a student choose a career in geomatics, how do you choose the right university, how do you choose the right Major, how do you know whether geomatics is right for you? What can you expect at school (which courses? Which courses are important/fun/adventurous, etc…? Is it a very practical study?)
The question to you is, would you be interested in writing a story for us? Or do you perhaps have any other interesting article suggestions? Do you want to participate?
Then contact:
Victor van Essen:
Marjan de Vries:
The magazine and website will be available for students at the start of the study year (September 2008).
Young Geo Professional Magazine is published by Reed Business Geo.
Contact: Boukje Vreman,
Alternatively you may contact:
Alex Koh,
ESRI student sponsorships for SilviLaser 2008 Conference
17th June, 2008 – 4th August, 2008
ESRI have kindly offered five student bursaries worth £275 each to cover the costs of conference registration and three nights accommodation at Heriot-Watt University for attendance of SilviLaser 2008 (September 17-19, 2008, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh). Please note that these bursaries do not cover travel costs to and from the conference.
SilviLaser 2008 will be the 8th international conference in a series focussing on applications of laser systems for forest assessment and inventory
Post-graduate students researching a relevant topic are encouraged to apply for an ESRI student sponsorship by submitting the following details to Dr Ross Hill (
) before the closing date of July 31:
• your name and affiliation
• your supervisor(s) name and details
• research project title
• 500 word project description.
In addition your application should be supported by an email submitted by your supervisor.
For further information on SilviLaser 2008 please see: http://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/Silvilaser2008
Download SilviLaser_2008_student_sponsorship.doc
Contact: Ross Hill,
Conference Co-Chair
http://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/Silvilaser2008
FIG Working Week 2008, Stockholm, Sweden
14th June, 2008 – 19th June, 2008
The theme of the Working Week is “Integrating Generations”, which addresses many of the issues facing surveyors in the next years. These include questions related to the need of getting young people interested in surveying and geomatics, how to keep the professional qualifications up to date, need for capacity building – all issues of great interest for FIG and the organisers. The theme can also be read more closely related to the profession itself: what is the role of modern technology in GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System), geoinformatics, laser scanning etc. This fast growing technology will change the way of our profession.
All ten FIG technical commissions will attend the conference and papers are therefore requested to all the following topics:
Professional Standards and Practice
Professional Education
Spatial Information Management
Hydrography
Positioning and Measurement
Engineering Surveys
Cadastre and Land Management
Spatial Planning and Development
Valuation and the Management of Real Estate
Construction Economics and Management.
As Swedish surveyors are very successful in the fields of real estate management and valuation we are happy to announce that FIG together with UN-Habitat will organise a special seminar in conjunction to the Working Week. This is also a showcase how Swedish surveyors have a strong interest in assisting surveyors and land related professions in developing countries.
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Contact: Per Wilhelm Pedersen,
FIG Office Manager
+ 45 3886 1081
New Sensors and Perspectives in Data Policy
12th June, 2008 – 12th June, 2008
Thursday 12th June, 2008, 09.30-16.15
The last 12 months has seen the launch of a number of new satellites and the advent of EO data sources that will need to underpin GMES services pre-Sentinels. This workshop presents an opportunity to consider the merits of these new satellites, their contribution to the expansion of the EO value added services portfolio and whether the data policy meets the breadth of needs of traditional users both commercial and scientific as well as the emerging GMES User.
Further details and registration form are attached.BARSC_Workshop_2008_First_Announcement_vFinal.pdf
Location: BERR Conference Centre, 1 Victoria Street, London
Contact: Jane Curtis,
BARSC Administrator
020 8810 0994
http://barsc.org.uk/news_&_events.htm
FIG Workshop e-learning 2008
11th June, 2008 – 13th June, 2008
We would like to draw your attention to the following invitation for the International Workshop Sharing Good practices: e-learning in Surveying, Geo-information Sciences and Land Administration, taking place from 11-13 June 2008 in Enschede, The Netherlands, organized by FIG, Commission 2 and Commission 7, and the International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC).
Some news from the secretariat:
The deadline for submission of abstracts is extended to
15 February 2008. If you were not able yet to submit your abstract you can still do! You can easily submit your abstract through the workshop website: http://www.itc.nl/fig_elearning2008
Please consider a demonstration of new challenging e-learning tools, digital courseware, interesting instruction videos or interactive educational tools in Surveying, Geo-information Sciences and Land Administration. You can use the abstract-form to submit a proposal for a demonstration.
The workshop website has been updated with information on the recommended hotels under “accommodation”. You are encouraged to contact the hotel directly for your room bookings.
This Commission 2/Commission 7 Workshop takes place just before the FIG Working Week 2008 that will take place in Stockholm, Sweden from 13 to 19 June 2008. So you can easily combine the two events and visit both The Netherlands and Sweden.
We look forward to receiving your abstracts (presentation and/or demonstrations), papers and to welcoming you in Enschede, The Netherlands.
Location: ITC, Enschede, The Netherlands
Contact: Saskia Tempelman,
Local Organising Committee
+31-53-4874333
Mike Barnsley Lecture and Conversazione
6th June, 2008 – 6th June, 2008
6th June 2008, 6PM at UCL, London
RSPSoc and UCL are pleased to announce an evening event in memory of the late Professor Mike Barnsley. The evening will begin with a Lecture from former colleagues outlining some of the groundbreaking contributions Professor Barnsley made to the Earth observation research community, and how that work is being taken forward. This will be followed by a Conversazione with buffet and wine refreshments, and tributes to Professor Barnsley. We look forward to welcoming Mike’s many friends and colleagues from across the discipline and beyond for this evening of celebration.
18:00 Welcome drink
18:30 Lecture 1 – Dr Philip Lewis [UCL] – BRDF-Varying perspectives on land surface monitoring
19:00 Lecture 2 – Dr Stuart Barr [Newcastle University] – Earth observed urban form, function and engineered cities
19:30 Conversazione
20:00 Tribute to Professor Barnsley
The registration fee is £25. This fee will cover the catering costs.
Any resulting surplus will be donated to the Mike Barnsley Memorial Fund for Cancer Research and Footsteps. Deadline for registration is 21st May 2008.
Registration forms and transort details can be found in the April 2008 Newsletter or the attached PDF.
ConversazioneFront_small.pdf
ConversazioneBackRegForm_small.pdf
Location: Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, Wilkins Building, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT
Contact: Karen Laughton,
RSPSoc Office
Tel. +44 (0)115 951 5435 Fax. +44 (0)115 951 5249
Integrating GIS and Remote Sensing in a Dynamic World
4th June, 2008 – 7th June, 2008
4th Workshop of the EARSeL Special Interest Group on Developing Countries in conjunction with GISDECO 8, 8th workshop of the GIS in Developing Countries.
Integrating GIS and Remote Sensing in a Dynamic World
ABSTRACT DEADLINE: January 11th 2008
For the first time, this workshop brings together experts from EARSeL and GISDECO networks. Especially for developing countries, integration of Remote Sensing and GIS offers unique access to primary data on the status of land surfaces, as well as possibilities for analysis, visualisation and development of possible solutions of problems, which due to dynamic changes both nature and humanity are exposed to. Global urbanisation, climate change and its effects on natural and human systems, land use and land cover changes, and salinisation are imminent dangers.
The workshop provides a forum for presenting and discussing results, and to exchange expertise and experience among researchers and users engaged in solving the problems of developing countries.
Further details can be found at the EARSel Developing Countries SIG website http://www.earsel-dc.uni-hannover.de/
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Contact: Dr. Gurcan Buyuksalih,
+90 216 4749915 ext.300
http://www.earsel-dc.uni-hannover.de/
Alternatively you may contact:
Mrs. Gesine Böttcher,
EARSel Secretariat
+49 511 762 2482
EARSeL 28th Symposium and Workshops - Remote Sensing for a Changing Europe
2nd June, 2008 – 7th June, 2008
2-7 June 2008
Following a successful first call we would like to let you know that, due to some requests, the organising committee decided to extend the due date for abstract submission for the forthcoming 28th EARSeL Symposium “REMOTE SENSING FOR A CHANGING EUROPE” 2-5 June 2008, Istanbul, Turkey to:
Friday, 11 JANUARY 2008.
Please submit your one page abstract via the website interface, available at http://www.conferences.earsel.org.
For details on the conference please visit http://www.earsel28.itu.edu.tr.
Presentations can be related to all fields of geoinformation and remote sensing applications and especially to those listed below, since sessions will be organized according to these topics:
⇒ Geoinformation and remote sensing
⇒ New sensors and instruments
⇒ Image processing techniques
⇒ Data fusion
⇒ Imaging spectroscopy
⇒ Radar remote sensing
⇒ Land use and land cover
⇒ LIDAR
⇒ Urban remote sensing
⇒ Land degradation and desertification
⇒ Hydrology, land ice & snow
⇒ Coastal zone
⇒ Forestry
⇒ Agriculture
⇒ 3D spatial analysis
⇒ Remote sensing for archaeology and
heritage
⇒ Time series analysis
⇒ Hazards and disasters
⇒ Education and training
⇒ World Heritage
In addition, you are cordially invited to contribute to three workshops to be held back-to-back with the Symposium:
1) 4th Workshop of the EARSeL Special Interest Group on Developing Countries, in conjunction with GISDECO 8, 8th workshop of the GIS in Developing Countries network, with field excursion to the Black Sea, 4-7 June 2008, Istanbul, Turkey, http://www.earsel-dc.uni-hannover.de/
Due date for abstract submission: 11 January 2008
2) 3rd Workshop of the EARSeL Special Interest Group Geological
Applications: “SEISMIC HAZARDS”, 6-7 June 2008, Istanbul, Turkey, with field excursion to the Gulf of Izmit area, http://www.earsel.org/?target=announce/earselevents
EXTENDED ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DATE: 11 January 2008
3) 1st Workshop of the EARSeL Special Interest Group Education and Training, “EARTH OBSERVATION: From Research to Teaching in Schools and Universities, 6 June 2008, Istanbul Turkey, http://las.physik.uni-oldenburg.de/SIG-ET/1st-workshop/
Due date for abstract submission: 17 March 2008
Important Dates
• Deadline for submission of abstracts (Symposium) – extended to 11 January 2008
• Notification of acceptance of abstracts (Symposium) 31 January 2008
• Preliminary Programme 30 March 2008
• Deadline for full papers (Symposium) 2 June 2008
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Contact: Gesine Böttcher,
EARSeL Secretariat
+49 511 762 2482
http://www.earsel28.itu.edu.tr
3D Archaeology Summer School 2008
9th May, 2008 – 14th May, 2008
3D_Archaeology_CALL.pdf3D_Archaeology_COVER.pdf
The School will face the problem of the modern technologies in the heritage field, giving participants the opportunity to obtain a detailed overview of the main methods and applications to archaeological and conservation research and practice. Furthermore, our School will give the chance to participants to enter in a very short time the kernel of the scientific discussion on 3D technologies – surveying methods, documentation, data management and data interpretation – in the archaeological research and practice.
The School will be open to ca 60 participants at graduate level, to those carrying out doctoral or specialist research, to established research workers, to members of State Archaeology Services and to professionals specializing in the study and documentation, modeling and conservation of the archaeological heritage.
The grant application and registration form are available online
The deadline for the grant application is 15st February, 2008: http://www.3darchaeology.org/school_grant_application.pdf
Grants provided by UNESCO and ISPRS will be available for students with limited budgets and travel possibilities.
The deadline for the registration is 31st March, 2008: http://www.3darchaeology.org/school_registration.pdf
The School is to be held in the congress centre Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland. The centre is an ETH-affiliated seminar complex located in a superb botanical park on the historic and cultural Monte Verità area, which will also be the residence of the participants with its integrated hotel and restaurant.
See attached flyer and call for papers for further details.
Location: Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland
Earth Observation for Hazard & Risk Research - an International Workshop
9th April, 2008 – 9th April, 2008
Wednesday 9th April 2008 International Workshop on the theme “Earth Observation for Hazard & Risk Research”
Sponsored by the Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Society with Institute of Hazard & Risk Research and Department of Geography, Durham University
This is a one-day meeting 11 am to 4.30 pm including morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea. There will be a small registration fee of £15.
Speakers will include Stuart Marsh, (UK) Ground subsidence; Alex Densmore, (UK) Debris flows; Wolfgang Kainz (Austria), GIS for Hazard analysis; Orhan Altan (Turkey) Earthquake damage assessment; Ian Dowman (UK) Earthquakes and tectonics; Stanley Morain (USA), Health & Risk.
This workshop arises from coincidence of a meeting of the ISPRS Council in the UK and the imminent launch of the Durham University’s Institute of Hazard & Risk Research. Council members have kindly agreed to give state-of-the-art seminars on the topic of hazard & risk research. RSPSoc members are welcome to submit and present posters; there will be time for discussion and circulation around research posters.
To book a place please e-mail the organiser Dr Donoghue
Location: Institute of Hazard & Risk Research and Department of Geography, Durham University, UK
Contact: Dr Daniel Donoghue,
Meeting Organiser
+44 (0) 191 3341867
GEO-8, World of Geomatics
9th April, 2008 – 10th April, 2008
GEO-8 – World of Geomatics will take place between 9th – 10th April 2008 at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, UK. Geo-8 is the new umbrella event that combines the well established World of Geomatics with GIS innovations.
The GEO-8 exhibition will focus solely on all aspects of geospatial information from measurement and data collection to the many uses of geographical information.
Location: Ricoh Arena, Coventry, UK
Contact: Sharon Howard,
+44 (0)1438 352617
http://www.pvpubs.com/exhibition.asp
HYDROLOGICAL OPTICS
28th March, 2008 – 28th March, 2008
Hydrological_Optics_Call_for_papers-v2.doc
To be held from: 9.30 am to 4.30 pm
Co-chairs: Alex Cunningham (University of Strathclyde) & Samantha Lavender (University of Plymouth)
CALL FOR PAPERS
We invite contributions on any aspect of Hydrological Optics, including
• Radiometry
• Light field modelling
• Remote sensing
• Underwater visibility
• Measurements of optical properties
• Novel instrument development
• Underwater holography.
Oral presentations will be of 15 minutes duration, with an additional 5 minutes for discussion.
ABSTRACT DEADLINE: (100 words max): 14th March 2008
Location: 76 Portland Place, London W1N 3DH
Contact: Alex Cunningham,
Notification of Interest and Registration
0141 548 3474
Alternatively you may contact:
Samantha Lavender,
01752 232460
Expert Workshop - Lima - 13.3.2008
13th March, 2008 – 13th March, 2008
Please, find in attachment the announcement of the Expert Workshop that will take place in Lima, March 13th, 2008, on “Surface Energy Balance Models of Agricultural Areas from Earth Observation Data”.
This initiative, hosted by the National Agricultural University of La Molina, is organised by the CIGR Working Group on “Earth Observation for land and Water Engineering” in the context of PLEIADES project (http://www.pleiades.es).
In the case you would like to give a presentation, please send me an abstract within February 19th,
Best regards
Guido D’Urso
P.S.: I apologize for possible duplicate sendings!
Prof. Ing. Guido D’URSO, PhD
Chair of the Working Group CIGR
(International Comm. Agric. Engineer.)
“Earth Observation for Land and Water Engineering”
Dept. Agricultural Engineering and Agronomy
University of Naples Federico II – Italy
E-mail:
Location: National Agricultural University - La Molina, Peru
Contact: Prof. Ing. Guido D'URSO, PhD,
Chair of the Working Group CIGR
Annual Student Meeting 2008 at Foxlease, New Forest
10th March, 2008 – 11th March, 2008
Abstract Submission Deadline for the RSPSoc ASM’08 has now closed. However, there are still places available for attending the event. Contact the meeting organiser.
Introduction
The ASM’08 will be held at Foxlease Activity Centre near Lyndhurst in the beautiful New Forest from 10-11 March 2008. Once again the event will be packed with presentations, keynote speakers and social activities. Download our Flyer!
Call for Abstracts
You are invited to participate in the RSPSoc Annual Student Meeting. This event provides a platform for young researchers to present their work from all sectors of remote sensing and photogrammetry. The range of topics include scientific and technical issues as well as applications in a number of disciplines, such as:
- Polar
- Forestry
- Geomorphology
- Vegetation
- Heritage
- UAVs
- SAR
- Close range photogrammetry
- Classification
- GIS
- Laser scanning
- Operational remote sensing
All PhD and Masters students as well as undergraduates are encouraged to submit abstracts. Participants of ASM’08 will learn about the diversity of currently ongoing research projects and receive feedback on their research in a constructive and informal atmosphere.
Poster Session
There will also be a poster session which provides a forum for all participants to present and discuss their current research. Posters can be submitted by any participant by sending in a 250 word abstract.
Dates & Deadlines
- 18 DEC 07 – Submission deadline for all abstracts – closed.
- 28 JAN 08 – Registration deadline for the event – closing soon.
- 10-11 MAR 08 – The event takes place.
Submission and Registration
- All abstracts (please adhere to a maximum of 250 words) must be submitted directly via email to as a MS word or PDF document. Please state in your email if you intend to submit for a poster or oral presentation.
- All submission must adhere to these formatting guidelines for Microsoft Word.
- Thanks to the event’s sponsors the registration fee is only £38 (this may vary if you are not a RSPSoc member). This includes one night shared accommodation, all food, outdoor activity, abstract booklet (both printed and on memory stick), and transportation to and from Ordnance Survey (see highlights).
- The registration form is available for download here.
Highlights of the Meeting
- A visit to Ordnance Survey’s Photogrammetric Services Department and Research Labs. Download the agenda of the visit.
- Prizes for best oral and poster presentations include cash (kindly sponsored by Infoterra) and a 12-month ENVI software licence (sponsored by ITT VIS).
- The venue’s grounds and location are great for outdoor activities such as archery, high ropes courses, kayaking and much more.
- An interesting line-up of keynote speakers including Intergraph, a leading provider of spatial information management software, Alex Koh, Director of Geotechnologies and Principal Lecturer at Bath Spa University, Paul Aplin, Chairman of RSPSoc and associate Professor at University of Nottingham, and Ian Dowman, President of ISPRS and Professor at University College London. Download keynote abstracts here.
Programme
- Final programme of the conference. Download
- Presentation instructions. Download
- Travel instructions. Download
Journal of Maps Student Edition Special Issue
Together with the Journal of Maps Student Edition (JoM SE) we would like to bring out a special issue dedicated to the Annual Student Meeting. This gives you the opportunity to publish your work by submitting a map along with its associated abstract (1000-2000 words). The abstract should describe the broad research area, the data presented in the map, any pertinent techniques used during the collection/mapping process, and a brief statement about the conclusions to be drawn from the work, as well as relevance and importance. Your work will be reviewed by two internal referees, and constructive feedback will be returned to you. If your submitted material is successful, it will be published online at www.journalofmaps.com, where you can also find more information about the journal itself, submission guidelines and examples. For the special issue we require a minimum of 5 abstracts. So, if this is relevant to you and you have map data to publish from your work, then please get in touch with the meeting organiser as soon as possible. The deadline for submission is set for 30th May with review over the summer and publication in the latter half of 2008. Please submit your material to the conference organiser who will forward the submission directly to the Journal’s editor. Additional information on this will be made available at the conference. In case there isn’t enough interest for a special issue, you can always submit directly to the JoM SE individually.
More Information
Please visit www.mkthomson.net/activities/ASM08-intro.html for more detailed information.
Many thanks go to the following sponsors of this event:
Contact: Tina Thomson,
RSPSoc Student Representative and Meeting Organiser (2007-2008)
http://www.mkthomson.net/activities/ASM08-intro.html
Last updated 26.02.2008
EARSeL Joint Workshop “Remote Sensing - New Challenges of High Resolution”
5th March, 2008 – 7th March, 2008
This workshop is jointly organized by EARSeL SIG´s:
SIG Urban Remote Sensing
SIG 3D Remote Sensing
SIG Developing Countries
SIG Radar
Location: Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Contact: Prof. Dr. Carsten Jürgens,
++49-234-32-23376
ILMF2008: International LIDAR Mapping Forum conference
21st February, 2008 – 22nd February, 2008
The ILMF is the premier event for the LIDAR industry attracting professionals from all over the world. This 8th annual summit is the focal gathering of industry leaders, pioneers, experts from government, academia and professionals from industries looking to invest in and benefit from LIDAR technology and services.
This two day technical conference will present work-in progress reports on all aspects of airborne and bathymetry LIDAR with a particular emphasis on papers that address the key commercial and technical issues facing the industry.
Visit http://www.lidarmap.org for full details
Location: Denver, USA
+1 (303) 332 5407
+44 (0)1453 839228
12th Annual International Symposium: “Space Solutions to Earth’s Global Challenges”
20th February, 2008 – 22nd February, 2008
Organised by the International Space University (ISU). This ISU symposium will emphasise the benefits of the space program for society. In early 2008, proclaimed by the United Nations as The International Year of Planet Earth, we will be asking how space can address Earth’s global challenges in the 21st century, these ‘challenges’ including key issues such as climate change and environmental degradation, impending energy crises and resource depletion.
The program will include invited contributions from leading experts plus presentations and posters selected on the basis of abstracts submitted in response to the Call for Papers by the deadline date of 05 October 2007.
See full details at the RAeS Space Group web site http://www.raes.org.uk/space/ and click on “Future events”.
CFP.pdf
Location: International Space University, Strasbourg, France
IET Radar Clutter Modelling Seminar
19th February, 2008 – 11th March, 2008
Register before Friday 18 January 2008 to save £50 on your delegate fee
As radars become more complex, with higher resolution spatial and temporal processing, adaptive processing and agile antenna beams, it becomes necessary to model their interaction with the environment with ever greater fidelity. For this reason, the study of radar clutter continues as an essential aspect of the development of new radar systems.
This seminar will address recent progress in the analysis and modelling of radar clutter and the application of these models to understanding and improving the performance of radar systems for surveillance, targeting and remote sensing. The event will bring together engineers working on a wide range of radar types and applications, for whom clutter may be a source of interference to be removed, or a source of information about the environment.
Who should attend?
Radar Engineers and Technologists from Radar, Defence, Security and related Industries
Procurement Executives including Equipment Buyers, Suppliers, Manufacturers, Business Planners, Product Directors and Managers
Regulators, Researchers and Scientists
Representatives from Government Laboratories , Product Users and Consultants
Marketing and Business Development Managers
Topics include
Hydrographic Sea Clutter Modelling
The Clutter SIRP and Gaussian Models: A Brief Overview and a Comparison
Clutter Mapping for Airborne Pulse Doppler Radar
Adaptive Clutter Models
Use of Models for the Design, Specification and Measurement of Radar Performance
Clutter Modelling for Space-Time Adaptive Processing
Modelling Clutter in Airborne Radars Including Radom Effects
Modelling of the Impact of Antenna Rotation on Clutter Improvement Factor in Naval Radars Operating in Littoral Environments
Simulation of Coherent Clutter
See http://www.theiet.org/events/2008/clutter-modelling.cfm for further details, and registration forms.
RSPSoc is an official supporter of this event.
Location: The Institution of Engineering and Technology, Savoy Place, London
Contact: Simon Timmis,
Events Marketing Executive, IET
+44 (0) 1438 767383
http://www.theiet.org/events/2008/clutter-modelling.cfm
5th Workshop of EARSeL Special Interest Group Remote Sensing of Land Ice and Snow
11th February, 2008 – 13th February, 2008
5th Workshop of EARSeL Special Interest Group Remote Sensing of Land Ice and Snow: “Remote Sensing of Snow and Glaciers: Changing Climate – Changing Cryosphere”
ABSTRACT DEADLINE 16th NOVEMBER 2007
Presentations are encouraged on all fields of environmental research with the focus on snow and ice as proxy for changing cryosphere, methods for retrieving cryospheric parameters from various types of remote sensing data, theoretical basis of inversion methods and their application, state of the art of retrieval algorithms, data assimilation of remote sensing data and in situ observations in process models, current and planned sensors for snow and ice, etc. The workshop also offers the possibility for sessions covering preparations of and results from field campaigns in mountainous and polar regions with special emphasis on IPY.
Full details and registration forms can be found at the conference website:
http://www.geography.unibe.ch/lenya/giub/live/research/remotesensing/Forschung/earselworkshop_en.html
Location: University of Bern, Switzerland
Contact: Dr. Stefan Wunderle,
http://www.geography.unibe.ch/research/remotesensing.html
Alternatively you may contact:
Gesine Boettcher,
EARSel Secretariat
UKGEOforum 2008 Lecture - Ian Jackson, BGS, 31st Jan 2008
31st January, 2008 – 31st January, 2008
UKGEOforum 2008 Lecture – 31 January
Event Start date: 31 Jan 2008
UK GEOforum is pleased to announce its forthcoming UKGEOforum 2008 Lecture
featuring guest speaker Ian Jackson Chief of Operations: British Geological
Survey
Title: OneGeology
OneGeology is an international initiative of the geological surveys of the
world whose aim is to create dynamic geological map data worldwide and make
it accessible via the web.
Thursday 31st January 2008, 17.30 – 19.00
Christopher Ingold Chemistry Lecture Theatre
University College London
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
This lecture is free of charge and open to all. Non members are welcome.
Location: University College London
GIS Ostrava 2008
27th January, 2008 – 30th January, 2008
Abstract Deadline 15th November 2007
This symposium will show the actual situation and development of geoinformatic technologies.
Organization of 2 parallel sessions provides sufficient space for both practice resolutions and reports, which are specialized in research.
First session will be surveyed situation in selected application area of geoinformatic technologies. It will be provided on presentations of practice results in individual areas and will be lectured in Czech and Slovak language.
Second session will be lectured in English language and will be provided on research and development in area of geoinformatic technologies.
See attached flyer for details.
Location: New university hall –Congress centre VŠB-TU Ostrava, Czech Republic
Contact: Dr. Ing. Jiří Horák ,
Chairman of programme committee
4th GIS86 Conference along with ISPRS Workshop on Geoinformation and Decision Support Systems
6th January, 2008 – 7th January, 2008
The overall objective of this conference is to enhance the role of GIS and Remote Sensing in the management and decision support systems. In this context it will provide an international forum for exchange of knowledge and experience and elaborates on the potential and future expectation of the operational use of Geo-Information technology in planning, decision making and supporting sustainable development at various scales.
Important Dates:
• Deadline for abstract submission:15 September 2007
• Acceptance notification of abstracts:15 October 2007
• Deadline for full paper submission:1 December 2007
• Early Registration:15 November 2007
• Conference Dates: 6 -7 January 2008
• Exhibition Dates: 6 -7 January 2008
Topics:
• GIS and Remote Sensing applications in management of resources
• Modeling spatial planning process
• Suitability assessment, site selection, location/allocation and resource allocation problems
• Integration of biophysical and socio-economic models
• Design and development of planning/spatial support system
• Theory, and application of Spatial Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis in single and group environment
• Theory and concept of decision support using vague system
• Theory and application of knowledge based system
• Design and development of Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS)
• Design and development of Collaborative Spatial Decision Support System (CSDSS)
• Integrated Applications of SPSS and SDSS
Location: Tehran, Iran
Contact: Mr Reza Ahmadyieh,
+(98)(21) 66 07 10 17
