ISPRS WG IV/5

AURIN is currently looking for 2 new Geospatial enablers to assist in the development of the AURIN portal and federated data and modelling services. AURIN is developing this e-infrastructure across Australia to support the urban research community in undertaking world class research using the best available real world datasets and the latest data modelling and visualisation tools. Visit the Melbourne University Careers Website for more information about this positions.

The Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN) is a large ($20 million) initiative funded by the Australian Government’s Super Science scheme. AURIN will provide built environment and urban researchers, designers and planners with infrastructure to facilitate access to a distributed network of aggregated datasets and information services. Visualisation will feature prominently as there will be a need to establish a series of visual interfaces to the myriad of datasets and services required to understand patterns of urban development, and to…

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The second of a series of papers as part of a special issue of the Open Access Journal Future Internet on the theme “Internet and Landscapes“, as edited by the ISPRS Working II/6 on Geographical Visualization and Virtual Reality (Chris Pettit and Arzu Coltekin) has now been published by Olaf Schroth, Ellen Pond, Cam Cambell, Petr Cizek, Stephen Bohus and Stephen R.J. Sheppard. The paper investigates the limitations associated with virtual globe technology in two grassroots and a collaborative visioning…

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The first of a series of papers as part of a special issue of the Open Access Journal Future Internet on the theme “Internet and Landscapes“, as edited by the ISPRS Working II/6 on Geographical Visualization and Virtual Reality (Chris Pettit and Arzu Coltekin) has now been published by Philip Paar and Jorg Rekittke. The paper provides an excellent example of Grassroots GIS focusing on the urban blight issue of slums. The paper describes the application of a range of…

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There are many ways to visualize data, and not just geographically. This TED talk provides some innovative approaches to visualizing ‘datascapes’ on issues ranging from the cost of the financial crisis to the GDP of nations to the CO2 emissions from volcanoes. Is ‘data the new oil?’ or as David McCandles would prefer ‘data as the new soil’ to foster creativity, productivity and sustainability.

The Geoviz & Virtual Reality Working Group will be running a technical session comprising refereed and non-refereed papers as part of the ISPRS Congress 2012 Melbourne, 25th August to 1st Sept. Instructions for submitting abstracts can be found at: http://www.isprs2012.org/submit.asp. When submitting your abstract please select from drop down list TC Working Groups → WG II/6 Geo-Visualization and Virutal Reality. The deadline for submission of abstracts of papers for presentation at the ISPRS 2012 Congress is Monday, 24 October 2011….

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A PhD Thesis titled: “Evaluating the appropriateness of visually combining quantitative data representations with 3D desktop virtual environments using mixed methods” has recently been completed by Dr Susanne Bleisch, City University London. The thesis can be downloaded at: http://phd.sbleis.ch/

I am Marcos Nino-Ruiz, a PhD candidate at Melbourne University and the CRC for Spatial Information, currently researching on Geospatial awareness of Climate Change Adaptation. Given that we share some of our scientific interests in this regard, I’m a forwarding the following invitation to participate in an online survey on the matter. Hope you find it interesting! ——- I cordially invite you to participate in a research project: Climate change in context: Geospatial awareness of land use allocation. If you…

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Organizers: International Cartographic Association Commission on Cognition, Amy Griffin (University of New South Wales), Kirk Goldsberry (Harvard University), Sarah Battersby (University of South Carolina), Sara Irina Fabrikant (University of Zurich), and Scott Bell (University of Saskatchewan). Specialty Group Sponsors: Cartography, GIS, and Environmental Perception and Behavioral Geography Content We invite papers on cognitive aspects of geographic research to be included in a series of sessions at the 2012 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in New York City. Specifically of…

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The ISPRS Congress will run from 25th August to 1st September in Melbourne The working group will be running a technical session on geographical visualization and virtual reality during the congress. Papers are welcome on the following topics: • Enhanced communication of geographical data, information, and knowledge • Geovisualization (including the Web) • Novel methods and tools for exploring geographical decision spaces • Exploration of tools and techniques for visualizing space and time • Usefulness and Usability testing  (Experimental and…

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