Workshops

1. LiDAR: Technology, Trends and Applications – organized by Speck Systems

The topics to be covered in the workshop are:

1. What is LIDAR? (Brief Intro, History of LIDAR, Technology Fundamentals)
2. Present Sensor Systems
3. Nature of LIDAR Data: Characteristics, Capabilities and Limitations
4. LIDAR Data Processing
5. LIDAR Feature Extraction: (Surfaces, buildings, Vegetation, etc.)
6. Data Fusion
7. LIDAR Urban Mapping: GeoCities
8. Future of LIDAR value added technology

Presenters:

1. Mr. Don Wicks, President, Spectrum Mapping, LLC.
2. Mr. Raul Campos-Marquetti, Senior Scientist, Spectrum Mapping, LLC.

2. Microsoft Virtual Earth

Presentations to be made on mapping solutions pertaining to

1. Disaster Management
2. Photogrammetry and 3D Visualisation
3. Internet GIS

Presenters:

1. Dr. Vincent Tao, Director Microsoft Virtual Earth
2. Dr. Franz Leberl, Microsoft Vexcel Imaging