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Keynote AGIT 2008 (Mike Goodchild) Video

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on July 8, 2008
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I’ve uploaded the keynote of this years AGIT from Mike Goodchild with the topic ASSERTION AND AUTHORITY: USER-GENERATED GEOGRAPHIC CONTENT. As said in one previous post he talks about Web 2.0 mechanisms for compiling and distributing massive amounts of information volunteered by users and the role of Geographic Information in this context. He shows some differences between traditional approaches to generate geographic content form authoritative sources. The talk includes some examples for volunteered geographic information (VGI); the motivations that drive it, its accuracy, its value to science, its preservation, and a number of other issues. In his opinion (and also mine) VGI is likely to play an increasingly important role in spatial data infrastructure in the coming years.

I’m sorry for the video quality. I’ve recorded the video using my standard digital camera and as you see not from the best location of the Audimax in Salzburg. Despite this I hope you can enjoy the talk.

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This was AGIT 2008

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on July 4, 2008
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Today the AGIT 2008 will end and in my opinion it was a great event.

Starting with the keynote from Mike Goodchild with the topic ASSERTION AND AUTHORITY: USER-GENERATED GEOGRAPHIC CONTENT. He talks about Web 2.0 mechanisms for compiling and distributing massive amounts of information volunteered by users and the role of Geographic Information in this context. He shows some differences between traditional approaches to generate geographic content form authoritative sources. The talk includes some examples for volunteered geographic information (VGI); the motivations that drive it, its accuracy, its value to science, its preservation, and a number of other issues. In his opinion (and also mine) VGI is likely to play an increasingly important role in spatial data infrastructure in the coming years. Form the content of the presentation most thinks are well known and is not new anymore but it is an experience to see such a keynote live.

There are several other great talks covering many different areas of Geoinformatics. For example there was a talk about the Geoportal of Rheinland-Pfalz from the WhereGroup using Open source Web-GIS solutions, or one talk about the use of GIS in the Austrian Federal Ministery of Interior (BMI). A. Zipf and P. Neis talk about OpenLS and OpenStreetMaps in OpenRouteService.org. In another Block he explains the processing of Digital Terrain Models (DTM) via Grid computing.

Of course the quality of the talks and presentation is very broad. They range from product presentations for different companies of the GI sector, which are more or less advertisements to sophisticated and high quality talks with academic background.

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Agit 2008: Poster Presentation

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on June 30, 2008
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Tomorrow the GIForum starts and the day after tomorrow AGIT 2008 begins. I will submit a poster presentation with the topic “Scenario Visualisation and Comparison for Spatial Decision Support” as coauthor. You can see the poster below.

Click on the image to get a larger view. I’ll try to post some articles during the AGIT.

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AGIT 2008

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on May 5, 2008
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Today I got the official program of the AGIT conference 2008 in Salzburg. This year they celebrate 20 years “Network for Geoinformatics“. The symposium will be on 2nd until 4th of July.

Some highlights are:

  • Geoinformation and Education
  • Computer oriented Geology
  • Geospatial Management of Emergency Situations
  • ESRI User Group Austria
  • SAGA GIS User Group
  • OSGEO Day

More information can be found at agit.at

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LBS 2008 - 5th International Symposium on LBS & TeleCartography

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The Mobile and Web-based Information Systems Group of Salzburg Research and the Cartography & Engineering Geodesy Research Groups of the Vienna University of Technology are pleased to present the 5th International Symposium on LBS & TeleCartography in cooperation with the ICA Commissions on Maps and the Internet & Ubiquitous Mapping and the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing WG II/5 on Communication and Visualization of Spatial Data to be held from

Wednesday, 26th to Friday, 28th November, 2008 at the Salzburg Residenz, City of Salzburg, Austria.

The symposium will bring together experts from around the world to present the latest research results and developments with focus on Location Based Services in the fields of Cartography, Geoinformation, Computer Sciences, Telecommunication, Geodesy, and Geomedia Techniques.

Organizers

  • Mobile and Web-based Information Systems Group, Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH.
  • Cartography Research Group, Vienna University of Technology
  • Engineering Geodesy Research Group, Vienna University of Technology

Co-Organizers

  • ICA Commissions on Maps and the Internet & Ubiquitous Mapping
  • ISPRS WG II/5 on Communication and Visualization of Spatial Data
  • IAG WG 4.1.2 on Indoor and Pedestrian Navigation
  • Centre for Geoinformatics (Z_GIS) at Salzburg University

Call for Contributions

Contributions from the fields of Cartography, Geoinformation, Computer Science, Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing, Telecommunication, Geodesy, Geomedia Techniques, etc. should address, but are not limited to current topics of

  • Location Based Service
  • Wayfinding and Navigation
  • Smart Environments and Active Landmarks
  • Pervasive Technologies for LBS
  • Cartographic Theories and Techniques
  • TeleCartography (Map based LBS)
  • Mobile and Ubiquitous Mapping
  • 3D-Mapping, Virtual and Augmented Reality
  • Location Based Media Technologies
  • Personalization & Adaptive Methods
  • Positioning Methods
  • Modelling of Spatial Environments for LBS
  • Location Based Sensor Networks
  • Location Based Collaboration

Extended Abstracts (max 1000 words) can be submitted to present visionary ideas, work in progress and preliminary research results, whereas Full papers (max 6000 words) should present substantial results. Full papers will be reviewed by the members of the scientific committee. Full papers will be published in an upcoming book on Locations Based Services & TeleCartography and/or in a special edition of the Journal on LBS.

NEW: LBS 2008 Showcases

LBS & TeleCartography 2008 should become a live LBS experience for all attendees! Thus, the committee is seeking for real-world showcases of location-based services. Submissions for outdoor as well as indoor LBS Showcases are welcome. Applying organizations or companies should submit an abstract description of the LBS Showcase and the mode of experiencing the showcase (app. 2 pages). The LBS Showcase Committee will select the most innovative showcase submissions for live demonstration. During the symposium the best LBS 2008 Showcase will be elected by the audience.

Official Conference Information

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