Second International SCAR Antarctic GIS Workshop (AntGIS 2003)
SCAR GI Technical Experts Meeting 2003
Freiburg, Germany
7-11 April 2003
For a preliminary programme please visit:
http://www.geographie.uni-freiburg.de/ipg/forschung/ap3/antarctica/
antgis_2003/
Abstracts due 15 March 2003
Following the first International Antarctic GIS workshop in Wuhan, China
in 2000 the Geospatial Information Group within the Geoscience Standing
Scientific Group of SCAR plans on holding a second GI Technical Experts
Meeting of SCAR.
The proposed theme of the workshop is
"GIS projects in Antarctica: Standards & Applications"
The "CGA Meeting 2003" devoted to the further development of the SCAR
Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica will be held jointly with the AntGIS
2003 workshop. A joint session of AntGIS and CGA is planned. If you are
interested into the CGA Meeting please contact either Dr. R. Cervellati
or S. Vogt.
The event will be hosted by IPG, University Freiburg in Germany. IPG has
several years of experience in remote sensing and glaciology on the
Antarctic Peninsula. Since the year 2000 it has coordinated the SCAR
King George Island GIS project.
One focus of the workshop will be the ongoing and planned GIS projects
on King George Island. Other elements will include:
- Developing the SCAR Spatial Data Model;
- Internet and Antarctic GIS,
- GIS projects in other regions of Antarctica, and
- Place names and GIS.
Potential attendees are invited to send abstracts of papers (approx. 200
words) for inclusion in the program by 15th March 2003. Selected papers
of the workshop will be published in "Polarforschung", the journal of
the German Society of Polar Research.
Please send abstracts to either
Glenn Johnstone (glennjohnstone [at] auslig.gov.au) or
Steffen Vogt (steffen.vogt [at] geographie.uni-freiburg.de)
Details on the programme of the workshop will be made available on the
website:
http://www.geographie.uni-freiburg.de/ipg/forschung/ap3/antarctica/
antgis_2003/
Further inquires should be directed to:
Steffen Vogt
Institut f. Physische Geographie
Universität Freiburg
Werderring 4, D-79085 Freiburg, Germany
Tel: +49 (0)761 203 3553
Fax: +49 (0)761 203 3596
Email: steffen.vogt [at] geographie.uni-freiburg.de