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Vision and invitation

Data and services provided by space and aerial agencies become an integral part of geographical information systems. A development of the Earth Observation technologies and related image processing offer still wider supply of high resolution data, new radar systems, satellite sensors for medium or small resolution with many spectral bands and outstanding parameters. Commercial producers play the important role, but also members of space society such as India or China generate many activities. The European Union develops the GMES programme including (among others) design of new satellites, which would be applied for improved environmental and citizens’ security monitoring. Similarly, laser scanning becomes more available and its application within large projects is under preparation.

The phenomenon of the Digital World like the Google Earth and other virtual models encourages development of new mobile systems of data collection capable to record 3D reality.

These trends are supplemented by actual development of location and navigation systems, telematics and various sensor networks.

How does this rapid progress influence the development of GIS? Do any new applications really utilise all possibilities brought by new systems?  Is the Digital World efficiently designed? Are we able to effectively analyse large volumes and flows of these new types of data? Is the Geoinformation Infrastructure ready for deployment of these systems?

Eduard Dolezal

In 2010 the ISPRS will celebrate the centenary since its foundation by Eduard Dolezal, the first photogrammetry professor in Vienna. The future of photogrammetry and remote sensing is also the future of geoinformation technologies.

Jiri Horak

Chairman

History

The history of prior years of the conference GIS…Ostrava is available here.