Announcement and Call for Paper International Symposium on Spatial Data Quality July 18th - 20th 1999, Hong Kong http://www.lsgi.polyu.edu.hk/ISSDQ/ The International Symposium on Spatial Data Quality will be held at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 18th to 20th July 1999. This is the first international symposium on spatial data quality to be held in Asia. The Symposium provides an interdisciplinary forum for leading scientists and young researchers to present their latest research developments and share their experience in this field. The Symposium will include keynote speeches and plenary sessions. The Symposium will be preceded by a one-day workshop on three aspects of spatial data quality. Organizer The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics Supporters ISPRS Inter-Comm. Working Group IV/III.1 (GIS Fundamentals and Spatial Databases) ISPRS Working Group II/2 (Software and Modeling Aspects of Integrated GIS) ISPRS Working Group IV/3 (Temporal Aspects and Topographic Database Maintenance) IGU Study Group on Geographical Information Science The Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographical Information Systems (Abroad) China Association for Geographic Information Systems Hong Kong Geographical Information Systems Association Chinese Academy of Sciences, LREIS, China University of Tokyo, Center for Spatial Information Science, Japan Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping, LIESMARS, China Sponsors Autodesk Far East Ltd. Bentley Systems Hong Kong Ltd. Centaline Property Agency Ltd. E&S Management Consultants Ltd. ESRI Hong Kong Ltd. Hong Kong Institution of Engineering Surveyors The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, ASD of FCLU Themes - Uncertainties in real world entities - Positional error in spatial data - Attribute uncertainty in geographical data - Temporal uncertainty in geographical data - Incompleteness of spatial data - Logical consistence in spatial database - Uncertainty propagation in spatial operations - Uncertainty in remotely sensed images and classification - Error in DEM - Spatial querying with uncertain data - Spatial reasoning with uncertain information - Uncertainty in geographical and environmental analysis - Visualizing uncertainty in spatial data and analysis - Meta-data and model for GIS data - Spatial data models for uncertain objects in GIS - Any other topics related to spatial data quality Programme Committee Wenzhong Shi (Chair, Hong Kong) Robert Jeansoulin (France) Yukcheung Lee (Co-Chair, Hong Kong) Jean-Philippe Lagrange (France) Peter Burrough (The Netherlands) Robert Laurini (France) Wihelm Caspary (Germany) Brian Lees (Australia) Hak Chan (Hong Kong) Yee Leung (Hong Kong) Jun Chen (China) Adam Lewis (Australia) Shupeng Chen (China) Deren Li (China) Yongqi Chen (Hong Kong) Dajie Liu (China) Nicholas Chrisman (USA) King-Chang Lo (Taiwan) Jane Drummond (UK) Kim Lowell (Canada) Geoffrey Dutton (Switzerland) Martien Molenaar (The Netherlands) Manfred Ehlers (Germany) Monika Sester (Germany) Peter Fisher (UK) Ryosuke Shibasaki (Japan) Andrew Frank (Austria) Klaus Tempfli (The Netherlands) Christopher Gold (Canada) Fracois Vauglin (France) Michael Goodchild (USA) Michael Worboys (UK) Stephen Guptill (USA) Kai Yang (China) Gerard Heuvelink (The Netherlands) Anthony Gar-on Yeh (Hong Kong) Gary Hunter (Australia) Axing Zhu (USA) Organizing Committee Wenzhong Shi(Chair) Jingtong Jiang Geoffery Shea Mannars T.C.Chan Pohchin Lai Christine K. C. Tse Yongqi Chen Yukcheung Lee James T.N. Wong Waipun Cheng Zhilin Li Chenghu Zhou Tracy Cheung Hui Lin Qiming Zhou Jianya Gong Matthew Y.C. Pang Symposium Keynote Speakers Michael Goodchild and Peter Burrough Pre-Symposium Workshop Organizers Nicholas Chrisman, Peter Fisher and Michael Worboys Important Dates 31/1/1999 Deadline for submission of abstracts 22/2/1999 Notification of acceptance 15/5/1999 Deadline for camera-ready copy and pre-registration 18/7/1999 Pre-symposium workshop 19-20/7/1999 Symposium Abstract Submission The Organizing Committee invites paper abstracts for consideration of being included in the plenary sessions of the Symposium. Abstracts should be 250 - 500 words in length and in English and they should reach the Symposium Secretariat before 31st January 1999. Symposium Secretariat ISSDQ'99 Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong Fax: + 852 - 2330 2994 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site: http://www.lsgi.polyu.edu.hk/ISSDQ/ Other Event The 6th International Symposium on Spatial Databases (http://www.cs.ust.hk/~ssd99/) will take place right after this Symposium, from July 20th to 23rd 1999 in Hong Kong. =============================================== Tracy Cheung Department of Land Surveying & Geo-Informatics The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Phone: (+852) 2766-5977 Fax: (+852) 2330-2994 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.lsgi.polyu.edu.hk/ ftpsite: ftp://158.132.27.57 =============================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
