Volume 3 Number 4, August 1995
CONTENTS
Volume 3 Number 4, August 1995
Dear members,
I n the last issue of CPGIS newsletter, you should have received a post of Geoinformatics '96. This issues carries the first announcement and call for papers for the annual conference next year. To increase and accumulate its influence, the Board of Directors (BOD) decided to keep the Geoinformatics as the theme of our annual conferences. The September issue of GIS World will carries an half page advertisement of the Geoinformatics '96 to promote the conference. The organizing committee are working hard to make the conference at West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, another successful one. You are encouraged to participate and support the annual conference in all different ways.
Recently BOD meeting was discussing one of our long term goals, to establish the CPGIS Lab/Station in China. We realized that it is not an easy task, but it is an important goal for CPGIS to promote and to be actively involved in the development of GIS in China. Your suggestions and supports are important to the goal. On the other hand, the Annual Awards Committee is organizing a Best Paper Award. Many thanks go to those who submitted their papers for the award.
According to the bylaws, we will start an annual presidential election next month. The Board of Directors will form an election committee to conduct the annual election. Hope all of you will participate in this exciting event. I am looking forward to a smooth transition to the new leadership.
Thank you very much,
Yuemin Ding, Ph.D.
President, CPGIS
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Dr. Lin is expected to attend the ceremony for new academicians
of IEAS and the Annual Assembly of the IEAS academicians at
Moscow and Minsk in Novemeber. Dr. Lin visited National Lab
of Resoures and Environment Information System, Commission of
National Scitific Foundation, Peking University, State Commission of
Sciences and Technology, Association of GIS in China, Bejing
Aeronautical and Space University, and attened the Second
National Congress of Youth Scientists in late July. He also
scheduled to visit Berkeley for a joint project with Dr. GONG
Peng of UC-Berkeley and Prof. SHI Peijun of Beijing Normal University
in August, and to visit Shaihai for the Shanghai Urban GIS Project
funded by the World Bank as advisor invited by the East China Normal
University and Shanghai Planning Bureau.
Prof. CHEN Shupeng has discussed the IEAS activities in China
with Dr. LIN and invited him to Beijing this fall to meet
those new Acaemicians in China and to explore the posibility
of establishing a China Center as a joint effort of IEAS and CAS.
Dr. LIN Hui, first president of CPGIS, is committed to promote
CPGIS activities in IEAS. He is currently a BOD member and
Chairman of the Public Relations Committee of
CPGIS and the director of Hong Kong Information Exchange Station.
(from HKIES)
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April 26-28, 1996
ORGANIZERS
CHAIRS OF ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
GEOINFORMATICS is an international forum for exchanging the latest development in research and
applications of geographic information theory and technology. In particular, it focuses on issues and
agendas relevant to developing countries. The primary objective of the symposium is to promote interests
in geoinformatic research and applications on regional and global development and to foster the linkages
between researchers and practitioners from developing countries and the western world. While
maintaining the general themes of the conference, GEOINFORMATICS'96 will concentrate on the
applications of geographic information technology in environmental management as well as regional and
urban development. The following topics are suggested for the symposium and other topics are also
welcome.
The conference program consists of an opening session, technical sessions, panel discussions, and a
closing session. A series of workshops will be arranged on environmental management and transportation
in the first day of the conference. In addition, there will be technical tours on the GIS facilities in the
SFWMD and nearby areas. The conference will also organize several social events.
The program will be established by an international program committee. Authors
are requested to submit abstracts, in English, outlining the research or application problems,
methodological or technical design, and project results. Each abstract should contain no more than 500
words and should include the title of the paper, name of the authors, affiliation, telephone and fax
number, and email address. Authors with abstracts selected to the program should prepare a camera-ready
paper to be included in the proceedings.
Submission through email is acceptable but the organizers are not responsible for mail lost due to network
failure. Send your submissions to the following email address: cpgis96@umgis.merrick.miami.edu
Deadline for receiving abstract:Oct. 1,1995
Notification of acceptance: Nov. 1,1995
Sub. of camera-ready paper: Feb. 1,1996
Conference: Apr. 26-28,1996
The following registration fees cover full participation at the conference including the workshops and the
exhibition, a copy of the proceedings, and some social events (reception, picnic, and banquet):
Before Feb. 1, 96 After Feb. 1, 96
CPGIS Member
Student $35 $ 55
Regular $60 $ 80
Non-Member
Student $55 $ 75
Regular $80 $100
The West Palm Beach area is located on the famous "Florida Treasure Coast", an environment with
breathtaking natural beauty and an abundance of cultural activities. It is one of the most desirable tourist
and vacation areas in the US. Nearby attractions include:
The conference will be held at the South Florida Water Management District. SFWMD has one of the
most advanced GIS facilities among US government agencies and is a leader in GIS applications in water
and environmental management. It provides excellent facilities for technical workshops and topical
presentations. There are many hotels within 3-mile radius of the conference site which offer
accommodation for approximately $50 to $70 in a double room. Free transportation from the hotel to the
conference site will be arranged. For more information on hotel reservation, check out the URL for the
conference http://umgis.merrick.miami.edu/geoinformatics96/home.html
Phone: (305) 284-4087
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The BOD meeting in the Chinese University of Hong Kong on May 26 was the first BOD meeting all
sitting in the same room. BOD members had very active discussion until past the midnight. CHANG Kuo-
chen, DING Yuemin, GONG Peng, LI Bin, LI Rongxing, LIN Hui, SHI Peijun, ZHENG Xiaoming,
ZHOU Qiming attended meeting. CHEN Jun, LI Jin, and Nancy Lin were also invited as guests. DING
Yuemin chaired the BOD meeting. The following items were discussed:
The major point was that, besides the discussion on the long term strategies, CPGIS needs to have a few
solid proposals to be involved in China GIS Development. The four issues were raised and discussed.
These proposals were presented in the panel discussion by GONG Peng:
ZHENG Xiaoming, the secretary general, submitted a financial report to the president and treasurer
during the meeting. ZHOU Qiming, the Treasurer, expressed his experience and suggestions to the
formulation of the financial management in the association. All agreed to improve it.
Following up the CPGIS exploratory trip to Taiwan, the BOD meeting approved to establish a CPGIS
branch in Taiwan to promote the CPGIS role in that region. Dr. CHANG Kuo-Chen was asked to find out
the proper name for the branch. Still looking forward to his response.
Nancy Lin reported the preparation for the 96 annual conference to the BOD meeting. Discussed a few
issues, such as the possibility to organize some technical tour before or after the conference.
During the CPGIS trip to Taiwan, the proposal to have 97 annual conference in Taiwan was well
supported by colleagues in Taiwan. The BOD meeting discussed this issues and decided to collect more
feedback. Later, NNSFC representatives in Hong Kong conference expressed their support to this proposal
in terms of the promotion of academic exchanges between two sides.
The BOD meeting approved the GONG Peng's, editor of the CPGIS Journal, proposal to expending the
editorial board to gain more support.
The meeting was over around 1:00 am in the morning of May 27.
(from DING Yueming)
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Earlier this summer, I was back in China again, first attending GEOINFORMATICS'95 in Hong Kong,
then the Urban GIS Workshop in Beijing, and spending the rest of June in Guangzhou and Foshan. It
was a fruitful trip. During the conference and the workshop, I met many old friends the first time (you
know what I mean, do you?). I also had the opportunity to tour major GIS facilities in Beijing and
exchange ideas with researchers, educators, and administrators there. LIN Hui, GONG Peng, Yuemin,
and others have written reports about the major events organized by CPGIS. For those of you care for
some more entertaining materials, here it goes.
-- LI Bin
I was one of the early birds arriving at Hong Kong for the conference. Coming from Miami, I though I
was ready for the hot and humid summer. I soon realized that I was too optimistic when I went out the
exit gate on the plane. Warm and humid subtropical air immediately wrapped around me and quickly
excited every molecule in my body which had been in a relatively cool condition for a day or so. "Yeah,
this is Hong Kong in the summer." I remembered now, the same kind of summer I felt when I came home
last time in 1988.
Gone through immigration, checked out the baggages, passed the custom, and out we came to the exit
hall. Hundreds of people were standing along the exit pass, anxiously searching for relatives and friends.
Black hair, black eyes and the sound wave of Cantonese formed a strong energy field of some sort, quickly
melted me in the ocean of yellow and black. Home again! I told myself. I was back in the warm and the moist. I was back in China.
I took a TAXI to the Sports Institute of Hong Kong where LIN Hui picked me up to the Chinese
University. He was driving a brand new TOYOTA Corolla, of course, sitting on the right side with the
stick shift on the left. Pretty odd position, I thought. And looking at LIN Hui driving along the hilly
roads in the CUHK campus, fast and relax, as if he was a native, I was surprised. He had apparently
adapted to Hong Kong where driving around with your own car is more than cool, it is prestigious.
The opening ceremony was on May 26. I was the camera man, taping the entire event with LIN Hui's
large VHS video camera. Camcorder on shoulder, moving around the conference hall packed with people
from China and around and world, I was excited and feeling important, and, quite cool. I of course
noticed that the audience were focused on the stage, not the camera man. Hey, who cares.
Due to my ignorance of energy conservation, the camera ran out of battery toward the end of Michael
Goodchild's keynote speech. Every effort to get the power for the camcorder was failed. The history of
CPGIS hence couldn't be recorded completely on video. Well, that's another story.
When it comes to permanent records, the conference organizers were very thoughful. They had a
professional photographer taken a big picture of us together, in front of the Geography Department. We
Chinese like to
be in the picture, always. Here we go, several hundred people standing on the stairs, summer sun shining,
faces smiling, camera flashing, everyone feeling hot. Several weeks later, in mid-July, I received the
picture print from LIN Hui. I found myself in the very last row of the crowd, though no apparent smiles
on the face, looking cool.
It was hot, it was cool, it was Hong Kong!
After the Hong Kong conference, I went to Beijing for the Urban GIS Workshop. The topic for my lecture
was on network technology and urban information management. When preparing for the lecture, I
wanted to relate the audience with the current situation of network connections in China. Where could I
find the information? Where else, the INTERNET!
So off I surfed the net with my browser, hoping to find something useful. To my surprise, not only did I
find comprehensive reports on major networking projects in China, I also got beautiful pictures of the
network configurations.
From what the materials described, China is extremely ambitious in developing the national information
super-highway. Everything seemed to be well planned, from the national infrastructure to regional and
local configurations. How did the network actually function in China? I wanted to find out from this
Beijing trip.
Luckily, one of the audience in my lecture, Prof. LI Qi, the associate director of the Remote Sensing and
GIS Research Institute at Beijing University, was developing a major proposal to establish the national
spatial infrastructure in China. With her help, we visited the head-quarter of Jiton Company, the
communication company responsible for the Golden Bridge Project. At Jiton, we were overwhelmed by the advanced network technology being
tested or utilized in the Chinese network systems. Satellite and fiber optic networks, ATM, FDDI,
multimediate transmission, microwave communication, Chinese email system, on-line video
conferencing, you name it, they got them all there! The "information highway" will be ready soon. What
seem to be left are the "cars", "trucks" and the "cargos" to move along this new path to the future. Prof.
LI Qi was convinced. We had little doubt.
My mind changed a little bit, after I visited both Beijing and Qihua University. In spite of major
development of the China Education and Research Network (CERNET), most of the faculty and students
in these two top universities in China still have no access to INTERNET. It was not technical reasons, I
was told. There are many other non-technical issues to settle. I could understand that. If you know what
is possible with INTERNET, you would agree with me.
Nevertheless, Beijing has started connecting to the Net.
Finally, I should report to you some activities I initiated on behalf of CPGIS while I was in Beijing. These
are serious stuffs, so I shall be brief.
1. A memorandum was submitted to the Chinese Natural Science Foundation. In this memorandum, I
described the theme and program of GEOINFORMATICS'96, to be held in West Palm Beach, Florida,
from April 26 to 28, 1996. I also requested support from CNSF for traveling assistance of speakers from
China and for proceedings publication. CNSF has been very supportive of CPGIS activities in the past
few years, which is an important factor for the success of CPGIS.
2. A proposal on conducting nation-wide GIS software evaluation in China was prepared and to be
submitted to the Commission of Science and Technology. One of the theme in the National Conference
on Science and Technology was the transfer of technology to the national economy. In the past few years,
China has seen rapid development in GIS software development. However, due to various constrains, few
of these software have become commercial products. Little is known about who has develop what, and
with what capabilities. We think that CPGIS, as an independent organization, is capable and suitable to
conduct a nation-wide GIS software evaluation in China, as a major step to push the GIS software
industry. The proposal was written in Chinese. Please contact me directly if you are interested in the
project.
3. On behalf of CPGIS, I agreed to add CPGIS as one of the participants in the National Spatial Data
Infrastructure Project, a proposal developed by the Remote Sensing and GIS Research Institute in Beijing
University. I was told there was a new title for the proposal now. But the basic ideas are the same. I have
a copy of the draft of the proposal. Contact me if you are interested.
That's all, folks!
(from LI Bin)
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our new members.
(from ZHENG Xiaoming)
Editor notes:
I
n this issue, we are presenting you a couple of several promising GIS scholars in China. Under age of
forty, they are the able and young generation of GIS and fully committed to GIS development in China.
What brought to you first are messages from Prof. LI Qi, associate director of the Institute of Remote
Sensing and GIS, Peking University. Then, you will have a chance to visit GIS lab in the East China
Normal University led by Prof. SUN Yiyi. We expect and encourage more people to come forth to share
their experience and introduce their projects.
"For many years, I have been dreaming to build an information bridge towards the whole world to
communicate over the barrier of time and space so that the World could understand China better while
China could know more about the World", said LI Qi, forewoman of GIS project in Peking University.
As the first woman Master in Remote Sensing, LI Qi has been involved in dozens of national key projects
and won ten or more awards from the State, Provincial and Ministerial agencies, and the University, and
published more than 40 professional papers. Worthy of mention are the important projects such as "Land
Resources Information System of the Hainan Island", "Main Channel Selection for the Changjiang Delta",
"Intelligent Decision-making Supporting System for Path Projection of Typhoon", etc.
At international level, LI Qi visited University of Stuttgart at Germany as a visiting scientist in 1987 - 89.
She was in charge of a key cooperative project with Malaysia -- "Monitoring System for Soil Erosion" and
was invited to the National Remote Sensing Center of Malaysia to give lectures in 1991 and 1994.
Another impressive example was her Optical Processing Technique for Remote Sensing Images Seminar
funded by the Asia-Pacific Economy Cooperation (APEC), United Nations.
Most important, since 1989, Prof. Li has been promoting the concept of SIS (Spatial Information System)
and GISNET (Global Information System Network), and has developed the first software package
integrated remote sensing, GIS and computer cartography. This package was recommended by ten
Ministries in 1994 as a key pilot study for the proposed National Golden Bridge Project. This system
features information share via computer networking and multimedia presentation of remote sensing and
GIS data as well as live video tele-conference over the Internet. LI Qi is currently visiting United
States.
(from HU Hong)
GIS Lab of East China Normal University was founded in 1992 as a GIS research center in Geography
Department. In 1994, it was selected as the one of the six Key labs of our university and was supported
and invested by the university. It opened to the Resource and Environment College now.
Our Lab is equipped with 20 486 PCs, networked using Windows NT. GIS software in the Lab includes
PC ARC/INFO, IDRISI, GIS Tutor 2 and the computer aided mapping software, GIS teaching package
developed by ourselves. Our Lab is dealing with GIS education, GIS application and GIS software design.
We have almost 10 researchers and 30 post graduated students. Shanghai is the area which develops
fastest in China now. It has a large potential GIS application needs. We are glad to have the opportunity
to establish the linkage with all the GIS colleagues through the GISLINK to help us make contribution to
the GIS application and research in Shanghai. Thanks to the efforts of building the GISLink network. a
network between mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan GIS colleagues.
(from SUN Yiyi)
An unprecedented communication revolution is currently taking place due to the development of the
Internet. Recognizing the significance of this event, the United Nations University, the World Seismic
Safety Initiative (WSSI), the Department of Civil Engineering at Stanford University and the International
Center for Disaster-Mitigation Engineering (INCEDE) at the University of Tokyo sponsored a workshop
"Harnessing the Communication Revolution - Creation of a Global Disaster Information Network" on
June 6-12, 1995, Beijing, China. The workshop was held concurrently with the Pacific Science
Association's (PSA) Congress in Beijing. It was planned by the PSA Task Force on Natural Disaster
Reduction.
The aim of the workshop was to bring together participants, who maybe potential creators and users of a
disaster information database distributed across the Internet. The workshop attracted more than forty
participants from Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore,
U.K, U.S.A. The United Nations provided financial support to the workshop.
Twenty-two papers were presented in the six sessions. Topics ranged from Risk Map Development Using
GIS, Information Needs for Disaster Mitigation, Warnings and Relief Coordination, Implementation of
GLO-DISNET, The WWW as a Tool for International Computer Networking -- the Possibilities and
Limitations, to HyperGIS - a Potential Solution towards a Global Disaster Information Network, as well as
many case studies.
To join the mail list to discuss and request related information, contact
Prof. S. Herath
INCEDE
(from ZHANG Zhihui)
A prototype version of @ngis, the Australian National Geoscience Information System, will be launched
in February 1996, well head of schedule.
@ngis is a Federal Government initiative which aims to access geoscientific information now held in
paper and data archives of Federal and State Governments, industry and the research community. A
major national survey undertaken late last year was very well supported, and researched attitudes, issues
and priorities for @ngis. Workshops held recently in capital cities to explain @ngis and seek support for
the concept, attracted more than 130 people. Participants decided to form the nucleus of @ngis advisory
groups to help develop the new system.
The @ngis initiative has been endorsed by the Australian Geoscience Council, which also chaired the
various workshops. "The new system will operate on the Internet with its own @ngis home page (i.e.,
master access point). Anyone seeking geoscience information will be able to locate the databases and
other information about participating organizations holding the information," Mr David Berman, who is
directing development of @ngis on behalf of the Australian Geological Survey Organization, said.
The degree of detailed access people can have to the data, and the price to be charged for it will be up to
the organization or company holding the data.
AGSO has been developing its own Internet capabilities, so that it can contribute to the @ngis concept
along with other geoscience agencies. AGSO's World Wide Web server experience is being applied
directly to the development of @ngis (inspect http://www.agso.gov.au/). @ngis also complements other
recent government initiatives in the environment, education and community information areas to enhance
access to government information using the Internet. @ngis will provide the best electronic route for
discovering the availability and use of geoscientific data.
"While the earth sciences sector is the major beneficiary of the system, community groups interested in
environmental issues and schools could be important future users," Mr Berman said.
The Federal Government had allocated $0.5 million a year for three financial years from 1994-95 with a
requirement for @ngis to be up and running by 1 July 1997. According to Mr Berman, the prototype will
be running in February 1996. "From there, it will just be a matter of adding new data providers as they
join the system. We're confident that by 1 July 1997, we'll have the best national geoscience information
system world-wide," Mr Berman said.
@ngis is being discussed at relevant meetings throughout the year, with the first pilot demonstrated at the
national conference on the Management of Geoscience Information and Data to be held at the
Australian Mineral Foundation in Adelaide, 18-20 July, 1995.
For further information: David Berman, AGSO, Phone: 06-249-9794, Fax: 06-249-9977; Email
dberman@agso.gov.au or info@ngis.gov.au; WWW homepage: http://www.agso.gov.au/
(from Geoff Wood )
CIESIN, Consortium for International Earth Science Information
Network, hold a training program for CIESIN's nodes and SDNP's node
(Sustainable Development Network Program) in China in June 5-30,1995 at
Saginaw, Michigan, USA. the headquarter of CIESIN.
12 trainees joined the program, coming from:
During the past four weeks, they have learned:
CIESIN cooperated with UNDP (United Nations Development Program) will
develop three nodes in Beijing, one is CAS node located in Institute of
Geography, CAS, one is PKU node located in Peking University Library,
both are supported by NASA through CIESIN, and another is SDN node
located in the Administrative Center for China Agenda 21, which is
supported by UNDP. The missions of these nodes are developing information
network and information cooperation in the fields of Physical and Human
Dimensions of Environment Change and Sustainable Development in China
for scientific research, education and public and private policies making.
After a few months, you can expect to meet them on the Internet.
(from LIU Chuang)
A live tele-conference was held through the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) system on Sat., July 22, 1995.
Unfortunately, most of the readers who expressed interests to join were not able to make it, and the
conference turned into an editor meeting among ZHANG Zhihui, BAO Shuming and GUAN Weihe.
The low turn out may be contributed by network connection problems, unfamiliar with client software
installation and time zone difference among our members.
Regardless of the disappointment due to the low number of participants, the editors still enjoyed the
virtual meeting very much. Discussed issues include: the contents of the coming issue, the long term plan
for enhancing communication between editors and readers, and the technical aspects of network
communication.
Experiment proved that IRC is indeed a cost-efficient, easy-to-use live-communi-cation tool. And it is fun
to use.
In fact the technical requirements for using the IRC system isn't much. If you have TCP/IP connection
with the Internet, you should be able to use it. There are free software available by anonymous ftp for PC,
Macintosh, UNIX workstation and several other platforms, you may get one of them and install in your
account. Or, you may telnet to another system which already have IRC system installed. Please refer to the
IRC.FAQ for details.
The editors hope that in the near future, more and more readers will be able to use IRC and we may have
regular (say once every two months) IRC conference between editors and interested readers to exchange
ideas on how to improve the quality of CPGIS Newsletters.
(from GUAN Weihe)
CAGIS is organizing its first annual conference. The conference will consist of five parts:
Contact person and address:JIANG Zhihao, China Association for Geographic Information System
(CAGIS), 1 Baishengcun, Zizhuyuan, Beijing 100044 P. R. C. Phone: 86-10-842-4120, Fax: 86-10-
842-4101 All the CPGIS members are encouraged to attend the conference.
(from ZHENG Xiaoming)
GIS in Hawaii'95
First we learned about Riding the Wave (GIS is Hawai'i '93)...
Once afloat we set about to understand Navigating in the Sea of Data (GIS in Hawai'i '94)...
Now that we have arrived we will be taking GIS in Hawai'i...
-- From the Sea to the Cities to the Mountains...
Be a part of this exciting journey with your fellow GIS, MIS and Mapping colleaues!
The GISMAP Conference Committee in conjunction with the American Planning
Association (APA) is proud to announce the conference dates for GISMAP - Hawai' 95, November 14 -
15, 1995 at the Ala Moana Hotel. The conference committe is
soliciting presenters and exhibitors.
Presenters: Presentations about GIS and Mapping
Applications in the Pacific Basin are solicited. Projects and
applications which include Enterprise Wide, Re-engineering and Networking
Methodologies are also invited. All presentations will be considered that relate to Information
Management, Mapping and/or Spatial Data Management. A
poster session will also be available. Deadline for consideration is August 31st, 1995. Presenters should
direct their questions or proposals to:
The Air & Waste Management Association, in cooperation with the American Water
Resources Association, will hold a specialty conference entitled
"GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT" on
March 13 to 15, 1996 in Reno, Nevada.
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have become increasingly important to
the day-to-day operation of many environmental and natural resource scientists
and engineers. Many GlSs are in departments separate from end-users, creating
a need for users and GIS specialists to meet to exchange information on this
rapidly growing technology. GIS also offers users the opportunity to
integrate various elements of a project to more effectively characterize
environmental problems and solutions.
Papers on the following topics are invited for both oral and poster
presentations: multimedia applications of environmental management systems;
waste management siting studies using GIS; site restoration/remediation;
hazardous and municipal waste management; urban environmental resource
planning; GIS applications in nonpoint source pollution; agricultural and land
use impacts upon water quality; water resource characterization and management
using GIS technology; groundwater assessment and protection; ecology and
wetlands; data integration and management; ground truth and GIS QA/QC; current
hardware and software tools; recent advances in GIS technology; emergency
response and risk communication; environmental impact assessment; and air
resource management.
The conference will also feature a panel discussion concerning standards,
formats and communication as well as an exhibition of related products and
services.
Please send abstracts of 200 to 300 words (double spaced) including paper
title, author's name, title, affiliation, and mailing address by October
1,1995 to Robert C. Beebe, Tennessee Valley Authority, WT 10B, Knoxville,
Tennessee 37902, phone (615) 632-4203; facsimile (615) 632-4670. The first
author listed is presumed to be the presenting author and contact for
conference correspondence unless otherwise indicated.
Vendors and consultants who wish to reserve exhibitor space are encouraged to
contact Tim Minor, Desert Research Institute, P.O. Box 60220, Reno, Nevada,
phone (702) 677-3192, fax (702) 677-3157.
The Air & Waste Management Association is a non-profit technical and
educational organization with more than 16,000 members in over 60 countries
worldwide. Founded in 1907, the Association provides a neutral forum where
all viewpoints of an environmental management issue (technical, scientific,
economic, social, political and public health) receive equal consideration.
Scott Johnson of Ventura County Air Pollution Control District will
be serving as the chairman for the sessions on Current Hardware and
Software Tools and Recent Advances in GIS Technology. He can be contacted
directly at Scott Johnson, Ventura County Air Pollution Control District,
(from Scott Johnson)
The Australia Academies held their last combined symposium on Natural Disasters in 1976. As a
centrepiece to the United Nastions International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), they
will be sponsoring Natural Disaster Reduction'96 -- the Symposium on Natural Disaster Reduction for the
Nineties -- at Brisban, Queensland, Australia on Sept. 29 - Oct. 2, 1996.
The themes for the Symposium include:
For detailed information, contact: Ms Shuna Kelly, Managing Director, AE Conventions, Pty Ltd,
Engineering House, 11 National Circuit, Barton, ACT 2600, Australia. Phone: 61-6-270-6572, Fax: 61-6-
273-2918
Deadline for Abstracts: December 1, 1995
The XVIIIth ISPRS (International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) Congress will be
held in Vienna, Austria, between the 9th and 19th of July, 1996.
The Austrian Society organized the first Congress of the ISPRS in Vienna in 1913. The organizer was
Eduard Dolezal, the founder of the International Society. After 83 years, the ISPRS-Congress returns to its
orgin in Vienna. The motto of the Congress is "Spatial Information from Images". This motto expresses
that photogrammetrists and remote sensing experts derive geometric as wellas semantic information from
images and put these data into a uniform coordinate system.
For more information, contact: MONDIAL CONGRESS, Faulmanngasse 4, A-1040 Vienna, Austria,
Phone: 43-1-58-840-0, Fax: 43-1-58-69-185, Email: congress@mondial.via.at
You can receive the registration form also through WWW: http://www.via.at/mondial
The deadline for abstract submission is October 15, 1995.
Program and Workshops:
For more information please contact
(from Kathy McCarter)
Summer time, job hunting time. To help our members to locate GIS-related job markets, we present here
information on job opening as well as on-line employment resources.
Editor
The hiring range is $40,934.40 - $52,894.40. DATE OPENED 7/03/95. Develops comprehensive GIS
spatial database design and land management analysis. Automates, maintains, analyzes, and displays
geographic/remote sensing data in support of projects. Assists end-users with GIS related work and
problems and writes interfaces to create user-friendly interfaces. Integrates cutting edge technologies with
District's GIS applications. Leads on GIS and/or Remote Sensing technical advisory committees.
Manages contracts and projects for GIS and remote sensing related services. Ph.D. or MS degree in
Geography and four years related experience required. Must possess in-depth knowledge of ARC/INFO
and demonstrated ability with AML. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required. Ref.
#950712
External Applicants are invited to submit resumes/applications at any time for consideration for future
positions for which they are qualified. The District will keep resumes/applications on file. The District
has increasing responsibilities for water resource management activities in South Florida. The District
anticipates the need for additional professional and technical staff to continue to meet the mission
objectives of the Agency.
To apply for this position, Contact:
South Florida Water Management District
(from GUAN Weihe)
Salary range: $47,163 - 55,397. Works under the supervision of the planning director. Responsible for
preparing a comprehensive plan of development for the city and for coordination of the planning activities
of the department with the planning commission, zoning commission, zoning board of appeals, and the
environmental impact commission. Responsible for identifying funding and grant sources for planning,
design and development projects, basic knowledge of computer/word processing- master's degree in
planning or an equivalent degree required and four (4) years of professional experience in urban planning
and design.
Starting salary: $18.29 per hr. Works under the general supervision of planning director. Reviews and
evaluates applications and referrals to planning commission for special exceptions, site plans and
subdivisions, use variances from zoninc, board of appeals, and proposed municipal improvements. Drafts
reports, plans and programs. performs general administrative duties for commission and department,
basic knowledge of computer/word processing- a bachelor's degree in urban planning or related field with
a minimum of two years experience in urban planning, Send self addressed envelope with resume to: Civil
Service Commission, City Hallm 155 Deer Hill Avenue, Danbury Ct 06810-7769. Last date for filing
applications July 31, 1995
A regional planning organization serving thirteen municipalities in the greater Waterbury, CT area
(pop. 262,000), is seeking a planner with transportation and comprehensive planning experience. The
position involves transportation studies and analyses, with the opportunity to work in other areas of
regional planning including land use, economic development, and housing. Requires a Master's Degree
in city or regional planning or related field with 1 year professional planning experience or an
undergraduate degree in city or regional planning or related field with 3 years of professional planning
experience. Excellent report writing and communication abilities, and proficiency in microcomputer
applications, essential. Starting Salary: $28,000 to $34,000, depending on qualifications and experience.
Send resume to Executive Director, Council of Governments of the Central Naugatuck Valley, 20 East
Main St, Suite 303, Waterbury, CT 06702-2399. Position open until filled.
Research associate for a regional planning organization. Full or part-time, up to $12.00 per hour.
Assist with map preparation, planning studies and analyses. GIS mapping experience desirable; computer
capability essential. Good writing skills. Bachelors degree preferred, or at least 2 years of undergraduate
study in related planning field. Send resume to COGCNV, 20 E. Main St, Waterbury 06702-2399.
Deadline: Position open until filled.
(from ZHANG Bin)
Demand side management of urban resources, geographic information, transportation planning,
technology and society.
Each of these two year posts are funded by the EPSRC under the Sustainable Cities Program. The
research is concerned with the information, knowledge and modeling required to manage demand for
urban resources. The research will study the social, technological and institutional factors shaping the
demand for electricity and transport. Collaborators in the project include the City of Newcastle, Northern
Electric and Smallworld GIS.
The first post is for a scientist, engineer or geographer with knowledge and experience of GIS in urban
applications. Specific training in Smallworld GIS can be provided.
The second post is for a social scientist with an interest in the relationship between science, technology
and society. Knowledge of transport and/or energy networks would be an advantage.
The research is directed by Dr. David Parker of the Department of Surveying, Dr. Simon Marvin and Mr
Simon Guy in the Center for Urban Technology, Department of Town and Country Planning and Dr. John
Nelson of the Transport Operations Research Group, Department of Civil Engineering. Salary will be in
the range stlg14317 to stlg21519 pa on the Grade 1A Scale, according to qualifications and
experience.
For further details about the first post contact Dr. David Parker, Dept. of Surveying, 0191-222-6447,
David. Parker@ncl.ac.uk. For the second post contact Dr. Simon Marvin 0191-222-7282,
S.J.Marvin@ncl.ac.uk. Applications, by CV, with names and addresses of three referees should sent to
Dr. David Parker, Department of Surveying, University of Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 7RU,
United Kingdom by August 31, 1995. Please state clearly for which post you are applying. URL:
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~ncut
(from Simon Marvin)
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electronic network of people interested in Asia-Pacific environmental issues.
Network participants include analysts and activists from research institutions, environment and
development citizen groups, government, and business. The Network links sources and users of
information on environment-related issues in Asia Pacific to encourage dialogue and promote regional
environmental advocacy. A primary focus is to stimulate debate about institutional evolution and policy
alternatives on trade, environment, and development issues at APEC (Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation).
Using the Internat and World Wide Web, the APRENet coordinator distributes commissioned papers and
informational documents to subscribers. The Network will soon develop a weekly Regional Environmental
News Report and a bibliography of Asia-Pacific environmental data resources.
For more information, contact: Rachel Sommerville, Nautilus Institute, 746 Ensenada Avenue, Berkeley,
CA 94707, USA. Tel: 510-526-9296, Fax: 510-526-9297. Email: npr@igc.apc.org
The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, will host the VIII Pacific Science Inter-Congress. The
theme of the conference is "Islands in the Pacific Century". For more information, contact: VIII Pacific
Science Inter-Congress, c/o School of Pure and Applied Sciences, The University of the South Pacific,
Suva, Fiji Islands, Phone: (678)-313-900 ext 2691 or 2430, Fax: (679)-302-548, Email: psa@usp.ac.fj
Editor-in-Chief:
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Editors:
BAO Shuming (sbao@hubcap.clemson.edu)
LIU Lin (lliu@cs.uno.edu)
SHI Zhongchao
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TANG Qin
(qintang@u.washington.edu)
TU Hanming
(htu@gic2.r03.epa.gov)
ZHANG Zhihui
(zhihui@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu)
Editor of this issue:
Executive Editor: ZHANG Zhihui
Hypertext Version: ZHANG Zhihui
Editor-in-Chief: GUAN Weihe
Last Update: July 25, 1995
LIN Hui Elected Academician of IEAA
Dr. LIN Hui of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, along with
Prof. CHEN Shupeng, Prof. HE Jianbang, Prof. LIAO Ke of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), was newly elected
academician of the International Europe-Asia Academy of Sciences
(IEAS) on May 26, 1995.
CPGIS ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS
Announcement of Geoinformatics'96
International Symposium on GIS / Remote Sensing Research,
Development, and Applications
West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
The Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Systems
South Florida Water Management District
LI Bin, University of Miami
Nancy Lin, SFWMD
Jack Dangermond, President, ESRI
SUBMISSIONS
SCHEDULE
REGISTRATION FEES
The registration fee must be in US dollars. Checks and money orders should be made payable to
GEOINFORMATICS'96.LOCATION
SUBMISSIONS AND INFORMATION
Department of Geography
University of Miami
P.O. Box 8067
Coral Gables, FL 33124
USA
FAX: (305) 284-5430
Internet:cpgis96@umgis.merrick.miami.edu
http://umgis.merrick.miami.edu/geoinformatics96/home.html
BOD Meeting in Hong Kong
1) CPGIS Proposals to the GIS Development Panel Discussion in
Geoinformatics '95.
2) Financial Issues:
3) Establish CPGIS branch in Taiwan
4) Geoinformatics '96
5) The potential site for 97 annual conference
6) CPGIS Journal Editorial Board
Sketches on a Journey to Asia
It was hot, it was cool, it was Hong Kong!
Beijing, started to connect
Some Reports
New Member List
INTERVIEW AND DISCUSSION
The Rising Stars -- Young GIS Scholars in China
I HAD A DREAM
GIS Lab of East China Normal University
THE REAL WORLD
WWW and Global Disaster Mitigation Information Network
Institute of Industrial Science,
University of Tokyo
7-22-1, Roppongi, Minato-Ku,
Tokyo 106, Japan.
Fax: 81-3-3402-4165
Email: herath@incede.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
http://incede.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/psa/psa.htmlGeoscience Information Internet Launch Set in 96
NEWS BRIEF
Training Program for China In CIESIN
First Live Editor Meeting via IRC
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
CAGIS'95 Conference
Paper Submission Deadline: Aug. 20, 1995
Conference Dates: Oct. 11 - 13, 1995
Registration Date: Oct. 10, 1995
Meeting place: Xi Jiao Bin Guan, Beijing
GISMAP Hawai'i 95
Royce Jones, Phone: (808)539-3773
Fax: (808)539-3775
Email: royce@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu;
or: Larry Mason, Phone (808)448-4496
Fax (808)449-8670
Email larry@aloha.com
Exhibitors: Limited space for exhibits. Priority will be given to
interactive and demonstration type exhibits. For exhibit information contact;
Rod Low, Phone: (808)539-3773
Fax: (808)539-3775
Email: rodlow@pixi.com;
or: Harley Pennington,
Phone: (808)545-2462
Fax: (808)528-5379
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Natural Disaster Reduction'96
Spatial Information from Images -- ISPRS'96
5th Indiana GIS Conference and Workshop
With the theme of Applications for GIS in the Public and Private Sector , the 5th IGCW will be held at
the Indianapolis Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis on Tuesday, September 19, 1995, featuring
Keynote speaker Dr. Jack Estes, University of California, Santa Barbara, Co-Director of the National
Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA)
Attn: Kathy McCarter
UGISA Conference
POLIS Research Center, IUPUI
425 University Blvd., Room 207
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
Phone: (317) 274-8400
Fax: (317) 274-2347
KMCCART@INDYVAX.IUPUI.EDU
FOR YOUR INFO
Job Markets
GIS Job Opening
SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
Senior Geographer
Survey and Mapping Division
Construction & Land Management Dept.
South Florida Water Management District
West Palm Beach, Florida
Linda Starr , Human Resources Division
3301 Gun Club Road
West Palm Beach, Florida 33408-4680
Job Hotlines: 1-407-686-8800 ext. 6364
1-407-697-8089 TDDCITY OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT
Assistant Planner
Associate Planner
Council Of Governments Of The Central Naugatuck Valley
Planner
Research Associate
University Of Newcastle Upon Tyne
Two Research Associates
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