Symposium
GIS Ostrava 2011
24th - 26th
January 2011 
Menu
Vision
The symposium GIS Ostrava 2011 follows four main topics – Advances in Remote Sensing, Advances in Spatial Modelling, Geoinformation Technology Challenges and Harmonization and Integration Tools supporting INSPIRE implementation.
The first topic is oriented to present new methods, new data, new sensors, and new applications in remote sensing. The new methods should be focused on synergy effect of different data types including GIS data to bring new tools for analysis of complex tasks in studying mutual relations among natural changes, global changes and anthropogenetical influence. New data types and new sensors can target advances in application of spectral imaging, polarimetry, interferometry and/or optical and microwave remote sensing for land use/land cover extracted from, forestry, agriculture, geology, risk/hazard management, hydrology/wetlands, etc. Also the application of remote sensing methods for imagery focused not exactly the earth surface, but civil engineering object surfaces, different materials and their quality evaluation represent new trends. (read more)
The second topic concentrates on advances in spatial analyses and modeling, emphasizing the benefits of Geographic Information Science. Theoretical aspects of spatial modeling will introduce new methods or novel use of standard methods in spatial modelling, especially in spatial statistics, geostatistics, spatio-temporal modeling and relief analysis. Applied Environmental Modelling focuses on case studies on climatology, hydrology and water management, forestry and agriculture, landscape ecology, etc. Also movement in urban geography, transport geography and other fields of socio-economical analyses and modelling are welcome. The spectrum is completed by technical systems modelling. (read more)
The third topic is oriented to issues of design and development of geoinformation technologies and technical background necessary for making geoinformation technologies more efficient. The key factor is the systems' interoperability that allows system integration inside any enterprise or across countries. The role of open standards and open source software will be discussed. Many applications are also limited due to a low performance of existing systems. Technologies to speed up current software (cache, improved rendering algorithms, new data structures, new data models) and make software reliable (monitoring, logging, self learning systems) represent main challenges in technological development of GI-systems. (read more)
The fourth topic is oriented to issues of Harmonization and Integration Tools supporting INSPIRE implementation. (read more)
History
The history of prior years of the conference GIS…Ostrava is available here.