ScanGIS'2001
The 8th Scandinavian Research Conference on Geographical Information Science
Ås, Norway, 25th-27th June 2001
The 8th
Scandinavian Research Conference on GIS
was held in Ås,
with the Department of Mapping Sciences, Agricultural University
of Norway and the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment as hosts.
The first Scandinavian Research Conference on Geographical Information
Systems was arranged in Sweden in 1985. The subsequent conferences were
convened in Norway 1988, in Denmark 1990, in Finland 1992, in Norway 1995,
in Sweden 1997 and in Denmark in 1999.
The ScanGIS Conference Series WWW-site
Some pictures from the conference.
The programme with links
to the on-line papers.
PROGRAMME
The programme.
Invited speakers
- Christian S. Jensen
- Presentation: "Location-Based Services - A Database Perspective".
Christian S. Jensen
is a Professor of Computer Science at Aalborg
University, Denmark.
He conducted his graduate studies at the
University of Maryland, and during the nineties, he spent four
sabbaticals at the University of Arizona.
His research focuses on database technology and spans issues of
semantics, modeling, and performance. He has authored or coauthored
more than 100 scientific papers, and he performs substantial service
to the scientific community. He is a co-PC chair the 8th International
Symposium on Spatial and Temporal Databases, to be held in Los Angeles
in 2001, and the PC chair for the 2002 EDBT Conference. He also
serves on the boards of advisors and directors for a small number of
companies.
- Margaret Oliver.
- Presentation: Exploring data-rich sources of environmental
information using geostatistics.
Margaret Oliver
is Reader in Spatial Analysis in the Department of Soil Science,
University of Reading, United Kingdom.
Margaret graduated with a BSc (Special Honours) in Geography and Geology
from the University of Bristol. She obtained her PhD at the University
of Birmingham on eludicating the multivariate and spatial variation in
soil data.
Margaret’s interest in soil and statistical analysis began as an
undergraduate. After initial research on the application of multivariate
statistical methods to soil data she became interested in spatial analysis.
This led to research into soil spatial variation and the design of optimal
sampling schemes for soil mapping. This research has been expanded to
explore spatial variation and sampling design for contaminated land and
of in soil and crop attributes for precision agriculture.
She teaches pedology, applied statistics, multivariate analysis and
geostatistics in an environmental context to undergraduates and
postgraduates. She established a short geostatistics course while at the
University of Birmingham, which has now been taught in several
countries (for example Bratislava, Sweden, USA and Mexico).
Her research interest include the design of sampling schemes for soil
and environmental surveys, geostatistics in the context of precision
agriculture, soil and human health, the geostatistical analysis of
remote imagery, soil radon variation etc.
She has five PhD students and a post-doctoral research fellow in her team
working on the application of geostatistics to remotely sensed data,
precision agriculture, soil-landscape variation, the spatial variation
in meadow species richness, and malaria in conjunction with soil physical
properties.
She is the author of about 70 refereed papers and co-author of two books.
Workshops and courses in connection with ScanGIS'2001
- Nordic PhD course
on Geographical Information and Spatial Analysis in Agriculture,
Ås Campus, Norway, June 18.-28. 2001.
- The course was financed by NOVA & NorFA and was organized by the Agricultural
University of Norway on behalf of the Nordic Informatics Network in the
Agricultural Sciences.
The course participants were invited to join the ScanGIS'2001 conference as well.
The NOVA/NorFA grant also covered the conference fee for the participants.
- Workshop on
multi-resolution.
- The aims of the workshop was to give an introduction
to the research topic of multi-resolution spatial databases, present examples
of multi-resolution research in Scandinavia and discuss research challenges
within this area. Related terms are multi-scale and multiple represenation.
Chair: David Skogan, University of Oslo.
Specially invited speaker: Prof. Michael F. Worboys, Keele University, UK.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
- Jan Terje Bjørke, FFI - Chair
- Håvard Tveite, NLH
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
- Thomas Balstrøm, KU, Denmark
- Jan Terje Bjørke, FFI, Norway, Chair - editor
- Asgeir Finnseth, NORUT, Norway
- Henning Sten Hansen, NERI, Denmark -
- Hans Hauska, CFG, Sweden
- Bjørn Hermansen, GEUS, Denmark
- Ole Jacobi, DTU, Denmark
- Erland Jungert, FOA, Sweden
- Markku Löytönen, UTU, Finland
- Terje Midtbø, NTNU, Norway
- Stein Nilsen, FFI, Norway
- Jan Rasmus Sulebak, SINTEF
- Tapani Sarjakoski, FGI, Finland
- Knut Skog, NORUT, Norway
- Erik Stubkjær, AaU, Denmark
- Håvard Tveite, NLH, Norway, Co-editor
- Kirsi Virrantaus, HUT, Finland
- Anders Östman, LUTH, Sweden
- Rune Asgaard, SINTEF, Norway
SCOPE
The scope of the conference is to provide a forum for exchange
of ideas and findings between researchers in the field of
geographic information in Scandinavia.
As the research field is maturing, position papers are most
welcomed. The following list of subjects and the previous ScanGIS
proceedings indicate the scope. The following topics are
indicative of the field of interest but do not exclude other
research areas:
- Geographical databases
- Uncertainty and error analysis
- Quality aspects of geographical information
- Generalization
- Time in geographical information
- Spatial analysis and modelling
- Digital terrain models
- Computational geometry in GIS
- Spatial data structures
- Spatial languages
- Visualization
- Human-Computer Interface
- Spatial data models and data integration
- Standardization
- Applications
SCHEDULE
- Deadline for submission of full papers: December 15th 2000
- Information on acceptance: March 2001
- Revised papers: April 2001
- Conference: June 2001
Conference Language
All presentations, discussions and papers will be in English.
No interpretation will be provided.
Accommodation
A limited number of rooms have been reserved at Ås hotel at NOK 635,-
for a single and NOK 835,- for a double room, breakfast included.
A number of rooms are also reserved at Skiphelle kurs- og feriested
in Drøbak, NOK 700,- for a single and NOK 950,- for a double room,
breakfast included.
Ås hotel is situated in walking distance, 15-20 minutes, from the
university. Public busses are also available.
Skiphelle kurs- og feriested is situated in Drøbak, a town by the
Oslo fjord 10 km from Ås.
Conference Fees
The registration fee is NOK 3200 before and NOK 3700 after
May 21, 2001. There are special prices for students and
accompanying persons. The registration fee will include admission
to all conference sessions, proceeding's, dinner Monday evening,
Conference dinner Tuesday evening, and lunch and coffee during the
Conference days.
Cancellation and Refunds
Refund (less 15 %) if written cancellation is received before May 27, 2001
Refund (less 50 %) if written cancellation is received before June 10, 2001
No refunds will be granted after June 10, 2001
REGISTRATION
You can fill out the On-line registration form
at the conference pages.
The Place
A map (JPEG-format) showing the exact location of
the conference auditorium (the TF-building at NLH).
The Conference will be held in Ås, situated 30 km south of Oslo,
between Oslo and Moss, 8 km east of the Oslo fjord.
Ås is a small town in a municipality with 14000 inhabitants.
There are good connections by air, train, ferry and car to Ås
from all Scandinavian countries.
The motorways E-6 and E-18 meet in Ås.
Arrival
The easiest way from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen is to use the airport-bus
or airport-train to Oslo Central Railway station and then further on with
train directly to Ås.
The train is marked and destinated for Moss, and leaves Oslo app.
a quarter to each hour and arrives at Ås 30 minutes later.
If you arrive by train from abroad (from the south), you have to leave the train in Moss,
and take the local train to Ås (http://www.nsb.no/persont/rutetider/rutetider.html).
From Ås Railway station and Ås Hotel there is 15 minutes to walk to the
auditorium. In connection with several train arrivals there is a bus
marked and destinated for «Drøbak» which passes by the University.
Busfare is included in the railwayticket to Ås. There is also a
Taxi-central located close to the Railway station.
The Agricultural University of Norway (NLH)
The Agricultural University of Norway (NLH) was set up in 1859
as a pure educational institution. Research was introduced as
a primary function in the reorganisation of 1897, and currently
accounts for approximately 50 per cent of the activities at the
university. NLH comprises 12 departments. Its main emphasis is
on planning for tomorrow’s agriculture, protecting the natural
environment and using technology in agriculture, food quality
and fish farming. Courses and research include animal science,
engineering, food science, forest sciences, horticulture
science, land use planning and land tenure, landscape
architecture, natural sciences, nature conservation and
management, resource economics and management, soil water and
crop sciences and mapping sciences. The university provides the
country's highest level of education in agricultural sciences.
The 5 year curriculum is oriented to Norwegian conditions.
It aims to give students a broad education in all aspects of
agriculture which is adopted to current problems and long term
needs.
NLH currently has a number of vacant positions in informatics.
The Agricultural University of Norway is in the process of
strenghtening research and education in computer science, and
new study programmes within geographical information science,
biotechnical computer science and bioinformatics are being
established. More about the university at the NLH WWW-pages:
<URL: http://www.nlh.no/nlh_english.htm >
Conference address
ScanGIS'2001
SEVU-NLH
P O Box 5090
N-1432 Ås
NORWAY
Phone: +47 64 94 75 60, Fax: +47 64 94 74 40
email: scangis2001@nlh.no
The YAHOO weather in Oslo (30 km north
of Ås).
Todays official weather
forcast from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (in Norwegian).
The YAHOO weather forcast
for Norway.
Updated by:
Håvard
Tveite,
Dept. of Mapping Sciences
