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GUIDELINES FOR PRESENTATIONS
Guidelines for Oral Presentations
Presenters will have 10 minutes to give their presentation and 5 minutes for discussion.
Be sure to arrive at your session no later than 10 minutes before the session start time.
Slides format: ppt/pptx file; 16:9 ratio.
If your presentation contains videos, upload all the video files along with the slides to your flash drive.
Presentations do not need to be sent in advance.
Guidelines for Poster presentations
Final poster dimensions can be up to A1 (594 x 841 mm) vertical format.
The presenters are expected to print and display their own posters.
All participants will receive their certificates after the end of the conference.
Keynote Speakers
Univ.- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. GEORG GARTNER
ICA President
Technical University Vienna, Austria
Georg Gartner is a Full Professor for Cartography at the Vienna University of Technology and head of the Research Group Cartography. He is currently President of the International Cartographic Association, President of the Austrian Cartographic Commission, Vice-President of the Austrian Society of Geodesy and Geoinformation and is a board member of the Academic Network of United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management. He is an Honorary Professor of Eötvos-Lorand University in Budapest, Hungary and a Honorary Professor of Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping in Beijing, China.
About the default nature of maps
We are living in times, where more and more maps are being produced. And it is not only maps, all kind of information is offered through all kind of various media, many of them literally at our fingertips through social media on our mobile phones. The nature of social media is often leading to shortened attention spans and highly simplified information presentation. It is in this context, where questions of literacy and the ability to be able to distinguish “fake news”, “fake media” and “fake maps” are rising, thus in which way cartography is aware of this development and can contribute to help to distinguish “fake” from “trustworthy” maps.
Therefore, in this paper it is argued, that by understanding and make use of the pure nature of maps informed disseminating and presenting of information can be ensured better. By the pure nature of maps the intrinsic affordances of the cartographic language are meant, thus what and how maps can be perceived, understood and used because of their intrinsic nature.
Prof. Dr. LENA HALOUNOVA
ISPRS President
Department of Geomatics, Fac. Of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague
Since graduation from the Czech Technical University in Prague (Faculty of Civil Engineering), Lena Halounová remained within its walls during her Ph.D. at the Department of Hydrotechnics, and then moved to the Remote Sensing Laboratory of the Department of Mapping and Cartography, which she is heading today. In her research, Lena pays special attention to issues of using optical and SAR remote sensing data and GIS applications for solving problems of water engineering, erosion, reclamations, landslides, land subsidence, detection of vegetation in urban areas, change detection in urban areas, etc. Numerous works and publications of Lena Halounová as well as her lectures in Prague universities are dedicated to these topics.
Lena Halounová was deeply involved in EARSeL for 12 years in various positions including Chairperson. Along with being appointed the Chairperson of the Czech Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in 2004, Lena represented the Czech Republic, the ISPRS ordinary member, where she held the position of the Chairperson of the Financial Commission from 2008 to 2012. During the XXII ISPRS Congress in Melbourne, Lena was elected the Director of the 2016 ISPRS Congress, which was held in Prague, July 12-19. Since 2016 she served as ISPRS Secretary General for the next ISPRS inter-congresses periods. She was elected ISPRS President by General Assembly during the XXIV ISPRS Congress in Nice in June 2022.
Earth Observation and its Challenges
Earth surface visualisation was interesting and important for our predecessors for centuries. First maps showed the Earth surface in the form of land cover. They used various techniques, geometry and selected objects. Development of the map creation, data collection, content, accuracy, systems of legends, etc., continued. The 19th century brought photographs, new data types and new way of data collection for creating maps – with full spatial coverage. However, it was the second half of the 20th century which made a great break in data usable for the Earth surface imaging and mapping. Satellite imagery provided new data types. Information derived from images are incomparably richer since much information is not visible by human eyes unlike from photographs. The Earth observation allows to enlarge branches of the human activities, not only topographic-like maps by providing data with far better temporal resolution, spectral resolution, and quite comparable spatial resolution from airborne carriers. The present challenge for experts in the Earth observation is to provide reliable results from new data analyses necessary for models and evaluations in many other branches. The challenge of various experts is to realise that the imagery will provide new results of models, analyses and outcomes. There are already many applications using these characteristics; however, we still have an interesting future ahead of us. The future will depend not only on the scientific achievements, but also on decision makers and their involvement in practical applications for the human wellbeing.
Dr. ALESSANDRO ANNONI
ISDE President, Italy
Alessandro Annoni has been the President of the International Society for the Digital Earth (ISDE) since 2020. Prior to this he was head of the Digital Economy Unit at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. His unit provided techno-socio-economic research to support the Digital Economy, to accelerate the transition to a data-driven economy in Europe and understand the problems and challenges of a more connected world (IoT). Previously he led the Spatial Data Infrastructure Unit (the largest group in Europe dedicated to SDI research) ensuring, among others, the technical coordination of the INSPIRE Directive for the development of the European SDI. He graduated in Physics from the University of Milan and was awarded the Ian McHarg Medal of the European Geosciences Union in 2013 reserved for distinguished research in Information Technology applied to Earth and space sciences and was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award, during the Geospatial World Awards 2020 event for playing a key role in the development and proliferation of space sciences in Europe.
Exploring Digital Earth and the Metaverse
Al Gore’s call for environmental awareness in ‘Earth in the Balance’ resonates even today, urging action to combat pollution and global warming. In 1998, Gore introduced the concept of Digital Earth, envisioning a world where technology aids in understanding and preserving our planet. Since then, rapid technological advancements, notably Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse, have propelled the realization of this vision.
The Metaverse, as depicted in Neil Stephanson’s ‘Snow Crash’, represents a virtual realm parallel to our physical world, potentially revolutionizing the internet as we know it. Accessible to all, it promises inclusivity and the democratization of ideas, transcending traditional barriers.
Recognizing its transformative potential, the European Commission adopted a strategy on Web 4.0 and virtual worlds in July 2023. This initiative aims to guide the technological transition towards an open, secure, and inclusive digital environment for EU citizens, businesses, and public administrations.
In essence, the convergence of Digital Earth and the Metaverse signifies a new frontier in technology, offering unprecedented opportunities to address global challenges and foster a more interconnected, sustainable world.”
Alan Devenish
ESRI Europe, The Netherlands
Alan Devenish is Esri Inc.’s technical advisor to the EU institutions, supporting agencies working on complex problems at the intersection of geography and policy. He has wide-ranging experience as a geographer, including research in cultural geography and expertise in earth observation. A certified technical trainer, he has helped hundreds of people build their geospatial skills. Currently based in Amsterdam, he supports a community of Esri Distributors
Cartography for Climate Communication
While climate change is a global phenomenon, its effects all take place locally. The challenge for climate scientists is to communicate the risks of climate change to the public, who may perceive that it is happening only somewhere else. Climate model outputs, often expressed as probable ranges of outcomes under scenarios where certain global warming thresholds are reached, are not intuitively understood by the public, and so climate communication has for years been a priority for scientists studying climate change.
Geography has a unique role in enabling the public to understand climate change, and for agencies to take steps for mitigation and adaptation. As information products, maps are especially well suited to illustrate how climate change effects are profoundly impactful on things that matter to most people, such as increased occurrence of river flooding, agricultural drought, extreme urban heat, and habitat loss.
A growing practice of climate change cartography locates such effects on a map, informing citizens of where they can expect disruptions and challenges within their communities, helping businesses identify climate risks, and aiding governments in locating and supporting vulnerable populations. For cartographers, this task is driving innovation in data sourcing and design choices, is adding dimension to longstanding cartographic domains, and is placing maps and geographic data at the center of inter-scalar, multi-domain climate decision making.
The result is that cartography is an increasingly important tool for solving “the last mile problem” for climate communication.
Conference
Scientific
field
TOPICS
- 3D Cartographic Modelling
- Cartographic Concepts in Big Data Environment
- Cartographic Visualization
- Cartography and GIS in Education
- Digital Transformation and Digital Twins
- Geoinformation for Smart Cities
- Geospatial Analysis and Data Mining
- Geospatial Information Semantics
- Geospatial Information Ontology
- GIS for Geology, Natural Sciences and Ecosystems
- GIS Technologies and Related Disciplines
- GNNS Technologies in Cartography
- Map Design and Production
- Map Projections and Geodetic Coordinate Systems
- Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Technologies
- UAV Applications and New Trends
- Volunteered Geographic Information
- Web Cartography and Digital Atlases
Seminar on
Disaster Risk Reduction
Solutions and Innovations
Organized in cooperation with:
ICA Commission on Cartography in Early Warning and Crisis Management
Laboratory on Geoinformatics and Cartography, Department of Geography, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
TOPICS
- DRR U.N. Sendai Agenda: Challenges for Cartography and Geoinformatics
- Cartographic Support for Emergency Evacuation
- Virtual Reality and Disaster Preparedness
- VGI Possibilities in DRR
- Threats Caused by Agricultural Operations
Papers with other topics in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction are also acceptable.
Open access for every 9ICCGIS participant.
ICA
Commissions
Meetings
Commission on Cartography and Children
Chair: Silvia Marinova
Commission on Cartography in Early Warning and Crisis Management
Co-Chairs: Shen Jie and Christophe Lienert
Commission on Maps and the Internet
Chair: Otakar Čerba
Commission on Map Projections
Chair: Krisztián Kerkovits
Open access to commission meetings for every 9ICCGIS participant.
International
Society for
Digital Earth
Special ISDE Plenary Session
“Digital Earth: Geospatial Sources, Technologies and Visualization”
Open access for every 9ICCGIS participant.
Workshop
Collaborative Immersive Virtual Environments as a Tool for Enhancing Social Cohesion: Studium Terra Incognita
Main organizer of the workshop:
Assoc. Prof. Čeněk Šašinka
The work is supported by the TACR Sigma project “Social and motivation effects of virtual reality in distance education – TQ01000181”
The aim of the workshop is to introduce the new medium of immersive virtual reality in the field of education. Within this contribution, we focus on both the partial aspects and functionalities (e.g., Eyetracking integrated into VR), which allow for examining user attention distribution, or eyetracking technology also enables displaying eyes on avatars, thereby increasing communication efficiency within collaborative (multi-player) VR usage. However, the workshop primarily focuses on introducing our original solution – an application developed to support distance learning. Various practical demonstrations will be presented during the workshop on different types of VR headsets. A new scenario called “Studium Terra Incognita,” focused on building a peer community, will be introduced among others.
Examples of past scenarios are here:
The Contour Lines: https://youtu.be/IsQDUohE5t0
The Biomes: https://youtu.be/S0HcpI6SuUA
Registration is necessary. Sign-in form for the workshop will be available soon.
Proceedings
All approved papers will be published in e-Proceedings entitled “9th Conference on Cartography and GIS” with ©Publisher: Bulgarian Cartographic Association and ISSN: 1314-0604.
The Proceedings will be sent for indexation in Web of Science and add to database of ResearchGate.
Exhibition
A special exhibition of maps, cartographic products, hardware and software will be hosted during the Conference.
Language
The official language of the Conference is English.
to meeting you in Nessebar!