The deadline for submission of abstracts to the 1st International Workshop on Pervasive Web Mapping, Geoprocessing and Services in Como, Italy has been extended to Mar 25, 2010.

Authors can expect to be informed of the outcome starting from April 15, 2010.
WebMGS 2010 is the first of a series of ISPRS WG IV/5 workshops, aimed at providing a dedicated gathering place and open forum for researchers, professionals, government decision makers and students to exchange and discuss recent advances in web-based mapping, geospatial information services and applications. The workshop theme, Sensor Web Enablement and Geoprocessing Services, encourages diverse topics related to the new web-based development of geospatial theories, technologies and solutions. For further information and to submit an abstract please visit WebMGS 2010 website at: http://webmgs2010.como.polimi.it/.

For any other inquiries please email Alessandra Cazzaniga, email: alessandra.cazzaniga@centrovolta.it.

New events;
Updated events;
Job Opportunities;
Call for Papers and
Publications

Check out the following link:

Student bursaries are still available but going fast.

We have over 50 excellent speakers from Science, Industry and Education, including:

• Brig. Gen. Michel Tognini, Head of the Astronaut Division, ESA
• Professor Richard Holdaway, Director, Space Science & Technology, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
• Dr. Dave Parker, Director of Space Science & Exploration, BNSC.
• Professor David Southwood, Director of Science and Robotic Exploration, ESA
• Peter Diamandis, CEO, X-Prize Foundation (by video link)

To find out more please go to:

The ISPRS Commission V Mid-Term Symposium draws closer, and we look forward to welcoming you to Newcastle upon Tyne between 21st – 24th June 2010. You may be interested in the following:

Full Programme
The full programme is now available on-line detailing all scheduled oral and poster presentations (http://www.isprs-newcastle2010.org/sessions.php).

Travel Grants
The ISPRS Foundation and the Amsterdam Fund have agreed to extend the deadline for travel grants to the TC V Symposium until 20th March 2010. Applications should be made on the normal application form (full criteria and application form is available from http://www.isprs-newcastle2010.org under ‘Help for participants’).

The Amsterdam jury should reach a decision by 29th March, which should be in time for the successful candidates to make travel arrangements. Please apply ASAP if you are eligible. Please note that ESF funding is not included in this extension.

Early-bird Registration
Discounted registration is scheduled to finish at the end of this month (31st March). Please register as soon as possible to take advantage of the 20% discount offered (http://www.isprs-newcastle2010.org/delegateregistration.php).

Regards

The isprs-newcastle2010 team

Integral Field Spectroscopy can provide two orders of magnitude increase in the area that can be simultaneously observed and hence corresponding increases in the speed and efficiency of a hyperspectral imaging survey. This project will explore the potential of this new technology across a range of remote sensing applications using airborne and space-based platforms and will include an extended measurement campaign in the field using a prototype IFS instrument recently funded by CEOI to study water and vegetation habitats.

Further details and a project description are available below or contact Prof. Ray Sharples ( r.m.sharples@durham.ac.uk) or Prof Danny Donoghue (danny.donoghue@durham.ac.uk).

Link to further details is here:

A free workshop on Heights and Flights – Learning and Teaching with Landmap
Friday 26 March 2010
University of Leicester

Landmap is a JISC Spatial Discovery service which provides access to and support for a range of satellite, airborne and feature datasets. The Landmap Service in the past year has focused on supporting the use of spatial data by providing online courses and learning and teaching materials through a new Learning Zone which caters for students/researchers and teachers/lecturers.

This workshop will introduce the new Learning Zone facility via a mix of presentations and ‘hands on’ practical sessions. Academic staff who wish to use the materials for teaching are particularly welcome to attend.

Applying: Places are limited. The deadline for registration is 24 March 2010.

Travel Support: Some funding is available to support delegates’ UK travel expenses. Please contact Janet Carter, SPLINT Administrator (jc115@le.ac.uk) for further details before the registration deadline.

FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND TO REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
See the flyer: .Splint_HF_Workshop_Poster_2.pdf
and visit the website link below

Detection of Unregistered Buildings for Updating 2D Databases (compliled and edited by Nicholas Champion)

and

NEW PLATFORMS – Unconventional Platforms (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) for Remote Sensing (compiled and edited by Jurgen Everaerts).

If you are interested in receiving one of these, please advise by return email including the address that you would like it posted to.
Kind regards,
Lindsey Gardner
Lindsey.Gardner@ordnancesurvey.co.uk

RSPSoc is a supporting organisation for this initiative – along with the National Centre for Earth Observation, the British Association of Remote Sensing Companies and various other bodies – and RSPSoc member participation is warmly encouraged.

Conveniently, the EO Technology Cluster kick-off meeting is being held in sequence with other RSPSoc events: the Remote Sensing and the Carbon Cycle conference and RSPSoc Annual Lecture and Conversazione.

For further details, see the flyer “AO flyer here” at the link below, email: EOTechCluster@nottingham.ac.uk or visit www.EOTechCluster.org.uk. A researcher job opportunity related to this initiative will be advertised soon.

Paul Aplin
Chairman, RSPSoc

It is my pleasure to inform you that, in the frame of the National Bicentenary, from October 4th to 8th, 2010, the “Servicio Aerofotogramétrico del Gral. Juan Soler Manfredini”, a Fuerza Aérea de Chile (Chilean Air Force) agency, is organizing the First Latin American Remote Sensing Week (LARS-2010), jointly with the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) and “Sociedad de Especialistas Latinoamericanos en Percepción Remota y Sistemas de Información Espacial” (Society of Latin American Specialists on Remote Sensing and Space Information Systems/SELPER, for its acronym in Spanish). This First Symposium, which is intended to become a biannual activity, is also intended to be positioned as a Meeting Point for distinguished representatives of the national and international scientific community linked to geospace sciences, and becoming a platform of opportunities in Latin America for the generation of networks, transfer of knowledge and application of new technologies in the field of Remote Sensing and its related techniques.

It is an honor, in the name of “Semana Latinoamericana de Percepción Remota” (LARS-2010) “Exploradores del Sur” Scientific Committee, to invite you to present the results of your studies and research and contributing to the development of geosciences. Do not miss this opportunity to participate in scientific presentations, workshops and high-level technological exhibitions, and enjoying cultural and leisure activities that will take place in the frame of the event.

LARS is an opportunity for scientists, academics and organizations to present their research and spreading the latest scientific and technological breakthroughs in the field of Remote Sensing, as well as a wide spectre of applications, in what is expected to be a stimulating internacional meeting, with outstanding lecturers and special guests.

Visit our Webpage http://www.lars.cl/ and request the information regarding the participation options. For further questions, do not hesitate to contact lars@saf.cl.

Due to multiple requests we extended the abstract submission deadline for the ISPRS Commission VII Symposium, which will take place July 5-7, 2010 at the Vienna University of Technology, Austria, by one week. The new deadline is March 7, 2010.

Please note that only one paper per registered participant is allowed. Early bird registration is possible until April 19, 2010.

We are looking forward to welcome you in Vienna!
Wolfgang Wagner, Symposium Chairman
Balazs Szekely, Scientific Coordinator