In+ersec+ion for Spatial People

In the era of information technology and rapid advancement in computing, decision making has become more informed and scientific and 'Geospatial Technology' has emerged as a leading application with its diverse use. Today, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is going through a period of unprecedented change. A multi-sectoral and cross-industry approach is needed at the national and regional level and successful implementation of geospatial technology can lead to overcoming potential barriers for growth.

Fleming Gulf's “Geo-Empower Middle East Summit” that will take place between 16-18th September 2013 in Dubai will provide a connecting platform to bridge the gap between the geospatial and the economic community. This one-of-a-kind, three-day summit will see leading analysts, policy makers, end-users, technology providers and academicians discuss the status and future of geospatial technology in the MENA region.

The chairman of summit Prof. Abbas Rajabifard, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, Director, Center for SDI and Land Administration, School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia, Head said, “I look forward to welcoming all delegates to the Geo-Empower Middle East Summit 2013 in Dubai, UAE. This conference will provide a leading opportunity in 2013 to share and discuss the value of geospatial information in empowering our economies & societies, and also to explore innovative approaches for spatially enabling the industries across all sectors, local & national governments, and individual citizens.”

Topics such as Geospatial Technology for Telecommunication and Smart Utilities along with Geo-enabled Construction & Infrastructure Development in State of Qatar will impart knowledge on the delegation gathered. Interactive panel session's that throw light on developing Geospatial Development Mechanisms (Enabling funding of geospatial projects) that will aid promotion of investments in geospatial technology and geospatial technology transfer mechanisms is also be a part of the 3 day summit. Supported by Dubai Taxi Corporation, The Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA), Central Informatics Organisation(CIO), the summit is also sponsored by Microsoft’s UltraCam and Space Imaging Middle East (SIME).

Media Contact
Mohammed Raiyan
Marketing Executive – Utilities
[email protected]
Ph: +91 974 275 0289
Website : http://www.fleminggulf.com/conferenceview/Geo-Empower-Middle-East-Summit/450

Contact Address
Fleming Gulf
286/287 Amar Jyothi Layout,
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Bangalore – 560071, Karnataka, INDIA

3D GeoInfo 2013- 8th 3D GeoInfo Conference & ISPRS WG II/2 Workshop

“Advances in Multi-scale and multi-dimensional modeling and data representation”

27-29 November 2013

http://www.3dgeoinfo.com

CALL FOR PAPERS

Topics

Amongst others, the following subjects will be addressed by the conference

3D geo information requirements

3D spatial data infrastructures and 3D data integration

3D data acquisition (LiDAR, photogrammetry) and processing

3D GIS and time / 4D models

3D in spatial databases

3D standards for geospatial technologies

3D open source development

3D city models and building modelling

3D geometry and topology

3D visualisation, augmented and virtual reality

3D spatial analysis and simulation

3D indoor and outdoor navigation

3D applications (e.g., cadastre, utilities, city and urban planning, geology, disaster and risk management, environmental simulation, etc)

Publications

Researchers are invited to submit full papers (up to 6000 words) or extended abstracts (1000-1500 words) describing original and unpublished fundamental scientific research and application.All manuscripts will be subject to peer review process.

Full Papers:

Researchers are invited to submit full papers (up to 6000 words), selected set of full papers will be published within the  Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography (LNG&C) series by Springer. All accepted  abstracts will be published in the ISPRS Annals/Archives with ISBN/ISSN reference.The authors will be given regular slots for oral presentation.  A set of papers will be selected for Special Issue of  International Journal of 3D Information Modeling (IJ3DIM).

Extended Abstracts:

Researchers are invited to submit extended abstracts (1000-1500 words) describing original and unpublished fundamental scientific research and application. All manuscripts will be subject to peer review process.All accepted extened abstracts will be published in the ISPRS Annals/Archives with ISBN/ISSN reference.The authors will be given short slots for presentation.

ISPRS Workshop:

Researchers are invited to submit full papers (up to 6000 words).All accepted  abstracts will be published in the ISPRS Annals/Archives with ISBN/ISSN reference.  The authors will be given regular slots for oral presentation. Workshop papers will be included in  WG II/2 Workshop Issue of  International Journal of 3D Information Modeling (IJ3DIM).

Guidelines for all forms of submissions are according to templates are provided on the submission page. Please submit all abstracts and papers through the website according to the following deadlines:

Full Paper Submission (Regular Presentation) Route :

Abstract submission : 15 March 2013

Notification of abstract acceptance :20 March 2013

Full paper (6000 words) submission: 1 May 2013

Notification of acceptance  :15 June 2013

Camera ready submission: 1 July 2013

Extended Abstract (Short Presentation) Route:

Extended abstract (1000-1500 words) submission: 1 May 2013

Notification of acceptance  :15 June 2013

Camera ready submission: 1 July 2013

ISPRS Workshop Submission Route:

Abstract submission : 15 March 2013

Notification of abstract acceptance :20 March 2013

Full paper (6000 words) submission: 1 May 2013

Notification of acceptance  :15 June 2013

Camera ready submission: 1 July 2013

http://www.3dgeoinfo.com

In must-be-aware category, Google yesterday shared studies on the importance of the geo services industry.

From the entry: "In summary, the global geo services industry is valued at up to $270 billion per year and pays out $90 billion in wages. In the U.S., it employs more than 500,000 people and is worth $73 billion. The infographic below illustrates some examples of the many benefits of maps, whether it’s improving agriculture irrigation systems or helping emergency response teams save lives. [...] That’s why it’s important we all understand the need to invest in the geo services industry so it continues to grow and drive the global economy. Investments can come from the public and private sectors in many forms—product innovation, support of open data policies, more geography education programs in schools and more."

Here's the Oxera 6-pages summary [pdf] and 31-pages full report [pdf], along with the 12-slides of the BCG report [pdf].

This week GPS Bites interviewed Adena Schutzberg of Directions Magazine. She is currently working as a GIS consultant and is  serving as a content adviser to the Geospatial Revolution video project at Penn State University.  A short excerpt from the interview is as follows:

GPS Bites Asked: During your time working in GIS, what have been the most exciting and innovative developments that have occurred?  Whether from consumer, business, or military perspectives. 

The most exciting innovation, the one that still gets me excited, relates to interoperability.

Adena Said: I remember the first time I understood the impact of it. It was in 1992 and I was in a bar with a real visionary, Dennis Boston, who last I knew worked at Georgia Power. He explained how in the near future any GIS would be able to “pull in” data from any other. Remember that back then we didn’t have FME (Safe Software’s Feature Manipulation Engine) or Spatial Data Objects (FDO, Autodesk’s platform for data interchange, now an Open Source Geospatial Foundation open source project) or the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).  

Boston was of course correct; we now can read and manipulate file based data and web-served data in virtually an format, on virtually any platform, using virtually any software. Not only that, we can even use geoprocessing services from other vendors from a variety of software on the desktop, table or mobile phone. In retrospect, perhaps it was inevitable that I’d spend five years consulting to the OGC!

You can read the interview in full on the GPS Bites website.

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OGRS2012 :: Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Symposium

October 24 – 26, 2012 in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Hosted by School of Business and Engineering Vaud (HEIG-VD)

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Dear colleagues,

The Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Symposium (OGRS) program committee is glad to announce the publication of a tentative program. Also, the registration is now open. Register until end of September to take benefit of the early bird registration period.

Go to www.ogrs2012.org to discover the program and to do your registration.

OGRS is a meeting dedicated to exchanging ideas on development and use of open source geospatial software in both research and education. Several opportunities exist for presenting results, principles, methods and practices: keynote talks, regular presentations, posters with short presentations session, workshops and discussion groups.

Outcomes will validate the importance of the open source model and demonstrate how it can be used successfully for geospatial research and education.

There will be opportunities to mingle at evening events such as ice breakers and the social event at the Grand Hôtel des Bains.

We would appreciate if you could kindly distribute this announcement to other interested parties of your acquaintance.

Looking forward to your participation in this event.

Best regards,
OGRS program committee.
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OGRS2012 Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Symposium
http://www.ogrs2012.org

The previous poll has been running for much too long, finally, here's the results! Out of 168 votes, there's clearly two camps. 58% of answers indicated that geospatial is special, at least a special type of data or that its overarching nature makes it special. That said, 20% (that's still 1 out of 5 of us) say that geospatial isn't special at all. In the 'neutral' answers, an additional 13% chose the option indicating that too many people deal with geospatial data without considering its spatial nature, and 10% admitted that no matter what, geospatial is special to them anyway! Yes yes, I will eventually write a followup on my entry named Is Geospatial Special? in order to provide precision on my point of view :-)

You are also invited to participate to the new poll on Google's augmented reality 'Project Glass'.

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OGRS2012 :: CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE EXTENSION (closing at June 15th)
Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Symposium

October 24 – 26, 2012 in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Hosted by School of Business and Engineering Vaud (HEIG-VD)

Website: http://www.ogrs2012.org
Contact: [email protected]
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Dear colleagues,
the program committee is pleased to announce an extension of the submission deadline until June 15th. All information to submit a presentation, a workshop, a poster or a discussion group subject is available on the symposium website : http://cfp.ogrs2012.org.

If you were short in time, please consider these last weeks to submit your contribution. We look forward to read your contribution proposal and to see you in Yverdon-les-Bains.

We would appreciate if you could kindly distribute this call to other interested parties of your acquaintance.

Please note, registration for OGRS2012 will soon open in early June.

Best regards,
OGRS2012 program committee.

The WebGL Camp provides WebGL developers a forum to present updates on their latest projects and frameworks. After five WebGL Camps in the USA, WebGL Camp is now coming to Europe being hosted by the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland.

The agenda is online now and there are many geo visualization topics, for example Nokia 3D Maps, 3D building visualization, stereovision mobile mapping, CZML: the JSON schema for describing dynamic scenes in virtual globes (Cesium Globe), the OpenWebGlobe SDK for creating new virtual globe applications, and much more.

more info at: http://www.shader.org/webglcamp