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ISPRS SCNewsLetter

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Table of Contents

2 SPOTLIGHTS Interviw with Prof. Dr. Chrisan Heipke3 Warsaw - Story for a Traveler4 4th ISPRS SC and WG VI/5 Summer School

4 WEBSITE BULLETIN

4 PAST EVENTS REPORTS IGSM

5 RSPSoc Annual Student Meeng

5 FUTURE ISPRS RELATED EVENTSCalendar of Forthcoming Events

6 ESA FOR STUDENTS GlobCover

7 A COORDINATORS EYE La Selva GIS Laboratory

Turning 30: The Venue of ACRS

8 IT NEWS

INTERESTING LINKS

9 STUDIES AND PRACTICAL WORK

OTHER INFO

Dear Friends,

We are welcoming you to our 7th issue of newsleer,digitally available and also printed for the parcipants toISPRS SC 4th Internaonal Summer School which is takingplace in Warsaw, Poland between 13-19 July.

SC is connuously developing andas we gain more experiences andexplores new sights, our organi-zaon is becoming more profes-sional. The posive commentsfrom the society and our mem-bers, prove that what we have

been doing is right and thats the major movaon for us.Another indicaon recently is our newsleer received an

ISSN number; from now on it will be listed in libraries cat-alogues. SC Board is working on some major changes tothe look of the website which will come into eect in thenext few days. Finally, a lot of interest has been shown bydierent countries to the 4th Summer School in Warsawand shows us that the theme and content is geared to itsmembers, I believe it will expand our vision and knowl-edge of our changing environment. Also summer schoolsprovide unique possibilies to learn more from culturalaspects and meeng new people with similar interests.

The rst ISPRS Student Consorum Conference right af-ter the summer school will provide a chance for the peerreview manuscripts presentaon and publicaon. At last,but not the least SC Board will have the opportunity tomeet and discuss with the parcipants to plan our needsand be prepared for the upcoming years of the SC.We look forward to meeng you in one of our acviesand please spread the word with your colleagues.

On Behalf of Student Consorum,Cemal zgr KIVILCIMISPRS SC Chair

ISPRS SC Newsleer is published every three months in digital versionavailable on this page: hp://www.isprs-studentconsorum.org/.This printed version is a special issue, made to present our wider work.
http://www.isprs-sc.org/


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SPOTLIGHTS

Prof. Dr. Ing. Chrisan Heipke

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In this issue we were talking with honourable professor at the Leibniz Universitt in Hannover (Germany). His professional interests comprise all aspects of digital pho-

togrammetry & remote sensing, image understanding and their connecon to GIS. He is acvely involved in the ISPRS organizaon, being chair of WG IV/2 (Automac

Geospaal Data Acquision and Image-Based Databases) at the moment; he won several presgious awards on his work and had been involved in many dierent

research projects.

Interviewby Ura Kanjir

What is your research eld at the moment?

To me the most fascinang research topic in photo-grammetry and remote sensing today is image under-standing. Inspired by work in areas such as arcial in-telligence and computer vision we have done a lot ofwork in this area in our group of about 25 researchersat Hannover University. We now come to a point wherewe have embed ourobject models into

a stascal frame-work, e. g. of Bayesian networks, and we carry out rststeps towards machine learning for automacally set-ng up the needed object models.Along with some success we have come to understandhow brilliant the human mind is. Trying to emulate alile part of human visual percepon while at the sameme developing something useful for the profession(and this is obviously not only the land surveyor imageunderstanding can be employed everywhere, where

images and video sequences can be found) means tocleverly combine the capabilies of the human and thecomputer. Along this road there are sll major challeng-es and major breakthroughs to be expected.

Why did you decide on this profession in the rst place

(tell us more about your rst steps)?

I probably had a bit of a head start, since I come from afamily of surveyors and engineers. Thus, I knew abouttheodolites and property boundaries from early ageon. My entry into photogrammetry way a lile more of

a random decision, I simply was aracted by the wayof working and the projects which were carried at TUMunich when I was a student there. So the message

probably is: join a group of interesng people showingyou challenges on the way ahead, and dont worry toomuch about future labour opportunies.Myself, I was then lucky enough to get oered a posionbetween university and industry, where I had two boss-es and two desks, and could learn about both worlds inparallel, while doing my PhD. Soon, Prof. Ebner, my PhD

...the easiest way to create a network of colleagues is to meet them

personally, and a scienc meeng is a very good way to do so

supervisor, startedto involve me in his

internaonal acvi-es and in this way opened up the ISPRS circles to me- something which has signicantly shaped my careerand helps me unl today.

What advice would you give to students and young

professionals regarding a successful career?

Obviously, knowing your own eld by heart is essenal.Especially in research, acvely following and under-standing the ongoing developments on an internaon-al level including the somemes dicult mathema-cal formulaons is of utmost importance. Besides this

Along with some success we have come to

understand how brilliant the human mind is.

obvious requirement, youngstudents, sciensts and profes-sionals should start to get into

contact with colleagues interested in similar topics. Inorder to do so mastering the English language is a mustas it is the medium of internaonal communicaon.Studying abroad is a perfect way to learn the language,at the same me you will be exposed to a dierent cul-ture and experience that there is more than one way

to follow in life. Another aspect worth menoning isgeneral curiosity and the interest in areas next to yourown. In this way you can develop an understanding of

the bigger picture.Last not least, goodprogramming skillsare very helpful, asit is nearly impossi-ble to do researchbased on sowarewrien by others you simply dont

know the details of what is happening and thereforerun the risk of not being able to properly explain andinterpret your own results.

In your opinion how important is the parcipaon

of young people in internaonal events like summer

schools, congresses, workshops, etc.? What do you

think are the benets of such acvies to youth and

to profession?

The answer really follows from what I menoned be-

fore: the easiest way to create a network of colleaguesis to meet them personally, and a scienc meeng is avery good way to do so. At thesame me you can discuss andsolve any open quesons with

the author aer having studied his paper, and you cometo understand that other groups have not yet solved allproblems in the world (somemes one gets this impres-sion when only reading papers). Finally, presenng yourown work at a scienc meeng is a perfect way to getfeedback and good ideas for the next steps; at the same

me you start to develop some addional so skills.

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How do you see the future of spaal informaon sci-

ences (RS, photogrammetry, GIS, etc.)? What do you

think are the most challenging elds and research

problems in the profession?

We live in visual world. Given that nearly everybody

now has a mobile phone equipped with a camera, andany images can end up in web repositories such as ickr.Together with the large and ever increasing amount ofearth observaon image data, there are plenty of op-portunies in our eld. Connecng images and infor-maon from images (this is where automac imageunderstanding comes in) to the internet in a viable andsustainable way, e. g. via a geospaal data infrastruc-

Interview

Warsaw (Polish: Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and the 8th largest cityin the European Union with nearly 2 million of populaon. It is one of the fastestgrowing cies in Europe; the investment boom is visible everywhere you look.

Warsaw is situated almost in the heart of Poland on the Vistula River roughly 370kilometres (230 mi) from both the Balc Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains.The river divides the city into two parts disnct in character. The more up-marketwestern bank of the Vistula is where the majority of Warsaws businesses, banks,theatres and cinemas can be found. The poorer eastern side, known as Praga, isslowly loosing its neglected appearance with a growing number of modern shop-ping centres, oce buildings and blocks of ats.Warsaws mixture of architectural styles reects the turbulent history of the cityand country. The present character of the city is determined by three importantfactors: World War II, when the city was completely destroyed, over 40 years of

communist rule and the present years of transformaon with its in-ow of foreigncapital and investment. The citys current urban landscape is one of modern andcontemporary architecture.

The best way to learn about a city is sightseeing on foot. Hence, it is recommendedtaking a walk in the Old Town and its surroundings the area with the biggestamount of monuments, museums and galleries. In order to reach other quarters

it is advisable to use public transport. There is also a growing net of bicycle laneswhich lead outside the town - to the Kampinos Primeval Forest or Powsin.Warsaw bar, clubbing and music scene is unmatched in the country, and its yearlycalendar is lled with theatre producons, operas and art-house lm premieres. Ifculture is your thing, then Warsaw is your place. Also culinary experiences are rich:When you are in Poland try dumplings, porcini mushroom soup, or urek (soupmade from fermented rye our). Nowadays, you can go on a culinary expedionaround Poland, without leaving Warsaw. Many restaurants oer Polish regionalcuisine, including the one specic to the capital city. Also there are milk bars a phenomenon characterisc of this country. Vegetarians will nd something forthemselves without diculty. Where do inhabitants of Warsaw eat? Mostly in Viet-

namese bars the hit of streets and squares of Warsaw.Photo above is taken from Pole Mokotowskie. Source: Wikipedia

ture is a formidable challenge as well, as is the task tokeep all the databases up to date and consistent acrossdierent levels of detail and across internaonal bound-aries. From the applicaon point of view, environmentalmonitoring, forestry and agriculture, and security are

growing and excing new markets.Of course, there are other communies interested inimage exploitaon, geospaal data management, vi-sualisaon and distribuon. However, our backgroundin data handling enables us to play a central role in allthese fascinang developments. Thus, I believe that ourfuture is bright; we simply need to see, understand andgrasp the opportunies ahead of us.

Famous Quote

To know that we know

what we know, and

to know that we do

not know what we donot know, that is true

knowledge.

Nicolas Copernicus

Warsaw - Story for a Traveler


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4th ISPRS SC and WG VI/5 Summer Schoolby Krzysztof Stereczak

Dear ISPRS SC members,Our preparaon for the 4th ISPRS Summer School and Conference

are nished. There are more than 65 parcipants from more than 20countries registered for the event.As you can nd on our Summer School website there is a lot of compa-nies involved in supporng the event this year. What is more we didreceive a lot of support from ISPRS Council and members of the WGVI/5 for which we are very grateful.The upcoming event will be next step for ISPRS SC network expansion.We hope we will nd new friends and acve members for our society.All of you are welcome to visit our webpagehp://isprs-ss.wl.sggw.pl/and check the schedule for this event.

We will do our best to make this event fruiul and friendly for all par-cipants and hope the network grows stronger for future acvies.

New Innovaons on ISPRS SC Website

by Mete Ercan Pakdil and Ahmet engl

ISPRS SC Web page is geng popular each day with new members from all over the world.Our online database has reached over 210 members from 50 dierent countries in the last fewdays. Members of the ISPRS SC website can easily exchange informaon with other members.

As a team of the WEB, we are planning to upgrade our website with several changes. For in-stance, the message board is going to be public on the new website. Everyone vising this web-page will be able to read the messages. People who want to write and add some comments,their ideas, useful informaonetc should become a member of the site.Becoming a member of our website is quite easy and free of charge, just follow the linkhp://www.isprs-sc.org/members/register. We will check your request and accept it, if you areup to 35 years of age or student (up to conclusion of their Ph.D.), independently of age. We areplanning to have a richer website with lots of news, upcoming events and useful links.The main idea of networking is to provide a plaorm for exchanging of informaon that isinteresng for students that brings them into contact with professional bodies through ISPRS.

We also organise student-specic events in order to support social cohesion, exchange of ideasand to provide a base for further internaonal cooperaon. Come to our network area and getall the benets.

WEBSITE BULLETIN

PAST EVENTS REPORTS

XXII IGSM 2009 ETH Zurich, Switzerlandby Ahmet engl

Every year the Internaonal Geodec Student Organizaon(IGSO) organizes the Internaonal Geodec Student Meet-

ings (IGSM). These meengs are not only a good chance toexchange ideas from the geomacs eld but also a uniqueopportunity to get to know other countries culture, be-cause every year these meengs take place in a dierentcountry. This year the meeng was held from 4 th to 19th ofApril 2009 at the ETH University in Zurich, Switzerland. Themeeng was very well organized by the students commieefrom ETH University with several eecve workshops, dier-ent excursions, a surprise lake trip, poster and oral presen-taons. Around 150 students aended the meeng mainlyfrom European countries, not only geng knowledge fromthe workshop and presentaons but also having social ac-vies such as a barbeque, dinner, excursions and pares.

In order to adverse and inform our network two boardmembers of the ISPRS Student Consorum (SC) also at-tended the meeng. IGSM local organizaon team let usdistribute the SC leaet. Hence all parcipants were madeaware of the ISPRS SC. Also, we had a poster presentaonduring the Poster Session in which parcipants could re-cieve more informaon and had opportunies to ask theirquesons. Within two hours several students were inter-ested in our ISPRS SC poster. Also, beside the poster pre-sentaon we presented two dierent oral presentaons,

rst of all giving general informaon aboutthe ISPRS organizaon the other giving moredetailed informaon about the Student Con-sorum just before the IGSO General Assem-bly. We would like to extend thanks for all the

feedback andwe would wel-come memberswho are willingto contribute inwhat ever smallway.
http://isprs-ss.wl.sggw.pl/http://isprs-ss.wl.sggw.pl/http://www.isprs-sc.org/members/registerhttp://www.isprs-sc.org/members/registerhttp://www.isprs-sc.org/members/registerhttp://isprs-ss.wl.sggw.pl/


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PAST EVENTS REPORTS

Relaons with Local Organizaons:

RSPSoc Annual Student Meeng, Lake District, United Kingdomby Cemal zgr Kvlcm

ISPRS Student Consorum aims to establish and develop relaons with dierent local andregional organizaons with similar interests in anywhere in the world. We are willing to in-

troduce about our society and aware them with the benets of Student Consorum for theirmembers and organizaons. More, SC is always open to new experiences where we can gainfrom local knowledge.This year Student Consorum had an acve parcipaon to Annual Student Meeng of Re-mote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc). RSPSoc is a charity and registered in UK.The main organizaon is formed of individual membership including students with specialopportunies and grants for them. More, students organize their own meeng once a year.The Annual Student meeng of 2009 was organized at a coage in the country side of LakeDistrict in England between 14th and 16th of April. The event was based on technical and so-

Geoinformacs Forum Salzburg

Salzburg, Austria, 7 - 10 July 2009For more info visit:hp://www.gi-forum.org/

HealthGIS

Hyderabad, India, 24 - 26 July 2009For more info visit: hp://www.e-geoinfo.net/healthgis2009/

10th South East Asian Survey Congress (SEASC2009)

Bali, Indonesia, 4 - 7 August 2009For more info visit: hp://www.seasc2009.org

17th internaonal Conference on Geo-Informacs

Fairfax, USA, 12 - 14 August 2009

For more info visit: hp://www.geoinformacs2009.org/

3rd Central Asia GIS Conference (GISCA09)

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 27 - 28 August 2009For more info visit: hp://www.aca-giscience.org/gisca09

5th Ankara Internaonal Aerospace Conference (AIAC2009)

Ankara, Turkey, 17 - 19 August 2009For more info visit: hp://aiac.ae.metu.edu.tr/

6th Internaonal Symposium on Digital Earth

Beijing, China , 9 - 12 September 2009For more info visit: hp://www.isde6.org/

XIX Congress of the Carpathian Balkan Geological Associaon

Thessaloniki, Greece, 23 - 26 September 2009For more info visit: hp://www.cbga2010.org/

cial acvies where students were able to pres-

ent their researches and works in oral and postersessions as well as a few keynote speakers wereinvited. During the meeng leaets and postersof SC were distributed to all parcipants and IS-PRS and Student Consorum were introducedwith an oral presentaon, also with quesons-answers parcipants during the whole event. Atthe end of the organizaon boxes of Turkish De-lights were presented as a complimentary from

ISPRS SC to audience and especially to the best selected oral presentaon and poster by theparcipants. ISPRS Student Consorum would like to thank to members and RSPSoc for their

support to start the link, ISPRS Council for their encouragement and support.

FUTURE ISPRS RELATED EVENTS
http://www.gi-forum.org/http://www.e-geoinfo.net/healthgis2009/http://www.seasc2009.org/http://www.seasc2009.org/http://www.geoinformatics2009.org/http://www.aca-giscience.org/gisca09http://aiac.ae.metu.edu.tr/http://www.isde6.org/http://www.cbga2010.org/http://www.cbga2010.org/http://www.isde6.org/http://aiac.ae.metu.edu.tr/http://www.aca-giscience.org/gisca09http://www.geoinformatics2009.org/http://www.seasc2009.org/http://www.e-geoinfo.net/healthgis2009/http://www.gi-forum.org/


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ESA FOR STUDENTS

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GlobCover: When a Classical EO Applicaon Becomes a Serviceby Vasileios Kalogirou (RSAC c/o ESA)

Its been more than 3 years from the day that I came across an interesng arcle,while reading the Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc) Newsleerof January 2006. An arcle wrien by Dr. Robin Vaughan, which is actually basedon a keynote talk that Dr. Vaughan gave in 2004 in Aberdeen during the AnnualConference of the RSPSoc (UK Remote Sensing Society then). His brilliant lectureinvesgated the queson: Remote Sensing - A success or a disappoinng failure?(R. Vaughan, Remote sensing - a success or a disappoinng failure? In: A. Cracknell,Editor, Proceedings of RSPSoc2004)The fairly logical argument of the arcle was based on the fact that aer so manyyears of remote sensing research we sll cannot do what was promised and thatsll remote sensing is facing its maturity stage towards the provision of operaonalservices. In a few words, there are a bunch of interesng and impressive applicaonsthat use remote sensing techniques, but how do you turn those into services?

The introducon above is quite relevant to what the GlobCover project is. Itis an ESAs iniave in partnership with JRC, FAO, EEA, UNEP, GOFC - GOLD andIGBP 1. Some people might think that it is simply a global land cover map whichhave been created using MERIS Full Resoluon data. At the moment, it is regardedas the most precise (300m spaal resoluon) global land cover map, whose legendis compable with the UN Land Cover Classicaon System. Being part of the ESAsData User Element programme, GlobCover is a demonstraon project whose out-put is more than a map; it is a system. A system that implements a semi-automacprocessing chain for a global land cover service. Under this perspecve, it is an im-portant step not only for ESA and its partners but also for the almost 7200 sciensts,ocers, students, conservaonists and others who freely downloaded it and usedit.Land cover mapping is a classical applicaon of Earth Observaon for many years.It is also very important informaon which serves as an input to a large variety ofother applicaons and studies. GlobCover system represents a great step forwardin our capacity to automacally produce new global land cover products with nerresoluon (global scale) and a more detailed themac content than ever achievedin the past. The GlobCover map is freely available to the public with the extendedvalidaon report, through ESAs Ionia server 2.Conveying all the above with Dr. Vaughans arcle, it seems that remote sensing isslowly moving forward to shape promises into public -and not only scienc- ser-

vices. GlobCover is an example of a demonstraon project, which can become easilyoperaonal.As our technical capabilies connue to grow, the need for operaonal services will

become more crical and as research provides us with more soluons and improve-ments, the markets interest will become stronger. Aer all, I do not know if EarthObservaon will be able to save the world, but I certainly know that it has alreadychanged the way we think about our world.

ESA / ESA GlobCover Project, led by MEDIAS-France

1JRC = Joint Research Centre, FAO = Food and Agriculture Organisaon, EEA = European Envi-ronment Agency, UNEP = UN Environment Programme, GOFC - GOLD = Global Observaon of

Forest and Land Cover Dynamics, IGBP = Internaonal Geosphere-Biosphere Programme.2See hp://ionia1.esrin.esa.int/index.asp

For more informaon about GlobCover see:hp://dup.esrin.esa.it/projects/summaryp68.asp

hp://www.esa.int/esapub/bullen/bullen136/bul136d_arino.pdf
http://ionia1.esrin.esa.int/index.asphttp://dup.esrin.esa.it/projects/summaryp68.asphttp://www.esa.int/esapub/bulletin/bulletin136/bul136d_arino.pdfhttp://www.esa.int/esapub/bulletin/bulletin136/bul136d_arino.pdfhttp://www.esa.int/esapub/bulletin/bulletin136/bul136d_arino.pdfhttp://dup.esrin.esa.it/projects/summaryp68.asphttp://ionia1.esrin.esa.int/index.asphttp://www.esa.int/esaCP/index.html


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A COORDINATORS EYE

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LA SELVA GIS LAB: A Suitable Place for Remote Sensing Research in

the Costa Rican Tropical Rainforestby Carlomagno Soto and Elena Lobo.

La Selvas Geographic Informaon System laboratory was established in 1991 withthe principal mission of providing data and geographic informaon for supporngthe learning and researching process of the Organizaon of Tropical Studies (OTS)hp://www.ots.ac.cr/ and their users.Since then, several surveys, geographical coverage and spaal research are under-way, supported by a 50 x 100 m grid system established in the forest as well as datafrom cung edge sensors, like aerial photography, satellite images and many air-borne opcal (mulspectral, hyperspectral) and acve sensors (RADAR, LiDAR).The GIS Lab has the equipment needed to carry out a high performance geospaal

processing and data analysis of high qual-ity, which allow us to receive many inter-disciplinary researchers interested on the

tropical forest knowledge.One of the most relevant projects cur-rently developed are techniques for thestudy of tree regeneraon and mortalityto know about the spaal paerns andecological processes of the forest dynam-

ics through segmentaon of satellite images and several eld variables. This studywas presented on the 33th ISRSE symposium (hp://isrse-33.jrc.ec.europa.eu/) at-tended in Italy by Elena Lobo.

by Kyaw Sann Oo

30 years ago geoinformaon researchers didnt have many opportunies to pres-ent their research works in Asia. In 1980, researchers from Asia parcipated in

ERIM Symposium in San Jose, Costa Rica; and their gathering made a decisionto hold this type of symposium with Asian styles in one of Asian cies. However,they faced many challenges in organizing the ACRS conference; but their dreamwas realize in Thailand at the rst ACRS conference in Asia in 1980, the same yearof the assembly in Costa Rica. The conference is held annually in one Asian city. Inthe beginning of 21st century, the parcipaon of students is increasing and stu-dent sessions iniated. Everyone can parcipate by subming research papers;even though, the conference is hold in one of AARS member countries.Over 30 years, the locaon of the ACRS conference has spread widely within Asia.The gure showed the locaon of ACRS venue cies and those are favorably dis-tributed in the Asia region. This year, ACRS 2009, will be held on Beijing, the capi-tal of China with the theme of Asia Onward Space Age. All useful informaon forthe conference can be found in the ACRS2009 website (hp://www.cncrs.org/).The rst day (18 Oct 2009) of the conference will be occupied by student ses-sions. The local organizing commiee invites all young students who are registerin undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Believing that, the student sessionNew Tech of Remote Sensing, New Youth in Asia will bring the youths to thenew era of the Asian Remote Sensing by parcipang in the conference. Thereare two types of awards up for grabs as the conference one for best speaker andone for best paper.

Thus, La Selva represents a ref-

erences frame for remote sens-ing studies, being a regional dataproducer and database stewardof great relevance for the man-agement of landscape in the area.We are looking forward to receivestudents, researchers and severalusers for developing a systemacway to share and exchange geospatial data.
http://www.ots.ac.cr/%20and%20their%20usershttp://www.ots.ac.cr/%20and%20their%20usershttp://isrse-33.jrc.ec.europa.eu/http://www.cncrs.org/http://www.cncrs.org/http://isrse-33.jrc.ec.europa.eu/http://www.ots.ac.cr/%20and%20their%20users


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Pitney Bowes Business Insight, the leading global provider oflocaon and communicaon intelligence soluons, unveiled MapInfo Professional v10.0, the latest version of the com-panys agship applicaon for business mapping and analysis. With more than 80 percent of corporate data including alocaon component, MapInfo Professional provides organizaons with the ability to visualize and analyze informaonto secure valuable insights and tremendous advantages over their competors, which is crical in todays economicenvironment.

A powerful and user-friendly mapping and locaon analysis applicaon, MapInfo Professional 10.0 now includes re-designed intuive user interface, access to PostGIS, an open source database, and a built-in support for Layered PDFgeneraon. The end result is a cost-eecve soluon that enables organizaons to gain opmal value from their datawhen making decisions about managing inventory, allocang resources and communicang with customers.For more informaon visit:hp://li.pbbiblogs.com.

Leica GeoMoS - The Leica Automac Deformaon Monitoring System

Each monitoring project has specic measurement and accuracy requirements. The Leica GeoMoS soware provides ahighly exible automac deformaon monitoring system that is able to combine geodec, geotechnical and meteoro-

logical sensors to match the needs of your monitoring project, whether it is large or small, temporary or permanent.Leica Geosystems has upgraded GeoMoS to version 5.0 to increase pro-ducvity and accuracy when detecng, analyzing and visualizing structuralmovements. Leica GeoMoS 5.0 now supports the new Leica TM30 sensorespecially designed for monitoring applicaons. Furthermore the new Ad-justment add-on and the new Slope Monitoring feature contribute to ac-curacy and producvity.Leica GeoMoS Adjustment supports all combinaons of geodec measure-ments from mulple total staons, levels and/or GPS/GNSS. The detectedmovements are quaned by their stascal signicance allowing for moreinformed decision-making.

For more informaon visit:hp://www.gim-internaonal.com/news/id3740-GeoMoS_Update.html
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Fresnel Instute from Marseille (France) has an open post Doc posion inhyperspectral imagery (analysis of hyperspectral data in coastal environmentfor defense applicaons) with the duraon of 12 months. The aim of thisresearch is to develop detecon algorithms and unmixing algorithms for im-mersed objects at shallow water. The date to commence is exible, betweenOctober 2009 and January 2010. More informaon can be found here

Indian Instute of remote sensing (IIRS) have started an Internaonal coursein geo-informaon science and earth observaon (for Master of Science andPost Graduate Diploma), with specializaon in Geo-hazards. The postgradu-

ate diploma course is focused on learning how to apply Geoinformacs forthe assessment of various hazards and risk assessment, while the Masters ofScience course is directed towards crical understanding of geoinformaontools in hazard and risk assessment, in a research environment. For moreinformaon click here

Kayser-Threde GmbH (KT) is oering a job opportunity in hyperspectralsensor calibraon algorithms. Applicaons are invited for an Early Stage Re-searcher (ESR) posion within the framework of the European Marie CurieResearch and training Network HYPER-I-NET. Place of work is in Munich, Ger-many and it lasts for 12 months (with the start date between October 2009

and February 2010). More info can be found here

Once per year ITC organizes a distance learning course in principles of Geo-graphical Informaon Systems. This year the course is scheduled for the 9thof September and it lasts for six weeks. The parcipants will be introducedto the basic concepts, data manipulaon and analysis, and the produconof interpretable output. The course is useful to novices, as well as to thoseexperienced in some aspects of GIS but lacking a complete overview of thestate of the art and/or the conceptual foundaon.For more info check here

TanDEM-X radar satellite ready

The primary goal of the TanDEM-X mission is to generate a global digital eleva-on model. To achieve this, two satellites TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X, a satellitewhich has been in orbit since 2007 will form the rst congurable SAR interfer-ometer in space with a separaon of only a few hundred metres.Read more...

Japan, India plan joint space research project

Tokyo: Japan and India plan to launch their rst joint space research project thisyear, an experiment in growing plants in zero gravity.Read more...

3D Lidar Hyperspectral Imaging

Southern Mapping Company (South Africa) has invested in hyperspectral Lidarimaging equipment able to produce a three-dimensional digital terrain modelon which the images are superimposed. With the addion of the hyperspectralremote sensing technology, Southern Mapping will now be able to idenfy indi-vidual species of plants and trees, noxious gases and aerosols, minerals and soiltypes. This data can be useful for both public and private agricultural, forestry,water and air quality and mining sectors.Read more...

100 Days of Imaging

RapidEye has collected more than 69 million square kilometres of at least 80%cloud-free images during its rst 100 days of operaon. The imaging campaignswere concentrated in Europe, the US, Brazil and China.Read more...

3D Road Geometry Available for Germany

Intermap Technologies has completed producon of the rst dataset of 3D roadvectors for Germany. Covering all classes of roads, the dataset features morethan one million kilometres of road-centerline posion and elevaon data forthe enre country. Derived from the database of uniformly accurate digital eleva-on models (DEMs) for the whole of Western Europe, these geometries can beused by the automove industry to support advanced driver assistance systems(ADAS) safety and energy management applicaons that rely on accurate roadvector geometry.Read more...

STUDIES AND PRACTICAL WORK OTHER INFO

This column serves as a guide for the students who are thinking orare willing to go studying or doing praccal work abroad. We havesearched for new opportunies in dierent facules, schools and oth-er learning programs all over the world in order to encourage as manystudents as possible to take new steps towards new horizons.
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