Tentative Programme

 

Nov

0930-1100

Tea

1130-1300

Lunch

1400-1530

Tea

1600-1730

Evenings

03

Pre-congress Workshops/ Tutorials (parallel)

 

04

IS + TM

 

TS (p)

 

TS (p)

 

TS (p)

SP

Dinner

05

Plenary

 

TS (p)

 

TS (p)

 

SS (p)

Cultural Programme+ Dinner

06

Plenary

 

TS (p)

 

TS (p)

 

PD + VS

High-tea + INCA AGM

Notes: IS – Inaugural Session; TM – Todar Mul Memorial Lecture; TS – Technical Session; SP – SP Chatterjee Memorial Lecture; SS – Special Session; PD – Panel Discussion; VS – Valedictory Session; INCA AGM – INCA Annual General Body Meeting; (p) – Parallel sessions.

Themes and Sub-themes

Umbrella Theme:

Collaborative Mapping & Space Technology

 Main Sub-themes:        

S1.       Concept, Requirements, and Architecture – The Big Picture

S2.       Enabling Technologies

S3.       Standards, Tools, and Techniques

S4.       History and Societal Impacts

S5.       Capacity Building

S6.       Collaborative Mapping for Service Industries

S7.       Case Studies & Applications

 

Streams in each Sub-theme:

  S1. Concept, Requirements, and     

       Architecture – The Big Picture

a.      Mapping with mass participation

b.      Hardware and Software Tools

c.       Spatial data integration in Standard Formats

d.      Continuous Updates and Time Composites

e.      Web hosting

f.        Quality Checks & Certification

S2.  Enabling Technologies

a.      High Resolution Imaging

b.      Terrestrial & Satellite Communications

c.       Satellite based Navigation

d.      Photogrammetry & Image Processing

e.      Information Technology

 

S3.  Standards, Tools, and Techniques

a.       Internet GIS

b.       Spatial Data Infrastructure

c.       Service-oriented Computing Infrastructure

d.       Data mining

e.       Data security

f.        Grid computing

g.       Interoperability & Mapping Standards

h.       Visualization Techniques for Spatio-temporal maps

i.         Open source software

j.        Mobile Mapping & Instrumentation for Field Use

k.       Mapping with limited/no control

 

S4.  History and Societal Impacts

a.      History of Collaborative Mapping

b.      Local Neighbourhood Mapping

c.       Involvement of Future Generation

d.      Navigation for Visually Impaired

 

S5.  Capacity Building

a.      Online Tutorials & Teaching Material

b.      Satellite class-rooms

c.       Assimilation of Collaborative Mapping in Mainstream Education Curricula

 

S6.  Collaborative Mapping for Service Industries

a.      Vehicles & Vessels Tracking & Monitoring

b.      Mapping for Courier Service Industry

c.       Health GIS

d.      Insurance Risk Management

e.      Tourism Mapping

 

S7.  Case Studies & Applications

a.      Wikimapia

b.      Open Street Maps

c.       Microsoft’s Virtual Earth

d.      Google Earth

e.      TerraView

f.        TerraLib

g.      Planetary Navigation & Mapping

h.      Real-time Mapping Applications

i.        Village Resource Centres and Rural Area Mapping

j.        Hydrographic Survey

k.      Topographic Mapping

l.        Open series maps

m.    Mapping Topography in collaborative mode

Pre-Congress Workshops/Tutorials

One day parallel workshops are planned on Nov. 3, 2008 on following subjects:

1.On Internet GIS –This new medium has already led to more interactive forms of mapping and the increased availability of maps including animations. Get an insight of Web GIS.

Workshop/Tutorial by – Dr. Shahnawaz, Centre for Geo-informatics, Salzburg University, Austria/ Prof. Anjana Vyas, CEPT University, India

 

2.Open Source GIS – Breaking the Barriers – Open source technology in field of GIS/Cartography is going to impact the society by its coverage and open formats. Join this to know how?

Workshop/Tutorial by – Dr. K. S. Rajan, OSGeo (Open Source Geo-Spatial Foundation), India

 

3.Collaborative Mapping Using High Resolution Images – High resolution satellite images play a major role in cartography and GIS with the advantage of wide coverage and repetivity on the same area. Get in-depth knowledge from international expert.s

Workshop/Tutorial by – Prof. Emmanuel Baltsavias, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland.

 

As seats are limited, early registration is advised.