THURSDAY, JULY 9  2009

09:00 

B6. Data Acquisition and Spatial Analysis

Detection of building regions using airborne LiDAR - A new combination of raster and point cloud based GIS methods
W. Mücke et al., Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Small format aerial photography: a cost effective approach for visible, near infrared and thermal digital imaging
B. van Leeuwen et al., University of Szeged, Depart. of Phys. Geography & Geoinformatics, Hungary
The Danube Floodplain Habitats – application of the Object-based Image Analysis approach
I. Wagner, University of Vienna, Austria

0:30

 Coffee / Tea break

11:30

B7. Spatial Analysis III

Flood-related damage cost assessment - Regional projection considering local conditions
K. Steinnocher et al., ARC, Austria
Evaluating the Impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on Crime in Houston, TX M. Leitner et al., Louisiana State University, USA 

Adaptive Classification of Landscape Process and Function: An Integration of Geoinformatics and Self-Organizing Maps
A. Coleman, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
Using GIS to model the diurnal variation of urban population distribution
C. Needham, Thompson Solicitors, UK

13:00

 Lunch break

14:00

L8. Sustainable Environments – Discussion Session 

Sensitivity Units for Strategic Environmental Assessment

L. Pernkopf et al., University of Salzburg, Austria 

Comparison of the Turkey National Disaster Archive System (TNDAS) with international and national disaster databases
Ö. Velioğlu et al., GDDA Earthquake Research Department
Methane in technogenic lakes. A GIS supported study on the example lake Muldestausee (New Central German Lake District)  
W. Czegka et al., Saxon Academy of Sciences, Germany
Spatial Neighborhood Matrix Computation: Inverse
J. Negreiros et al., ISEGI-UNL, Portugal
Statistical significance on maps by bootstrapping
A. Walanus et al., AGH Krakow, Poland
Malis desert elephants and the interaction with developing human societies
A. Reinelt, Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald, Germany 

 15:30

 Coffee / Tea break

16:30

L9. SDI and Technology - Discussion Session

Comparison and Analysis of Multiple Scenarios for Network Infrastructure Planning
C. Erlacher, FH-Kärnten, Austria
Facing semantic interoperability issues within the geospatial disaster management domain
M. Mittlboeck, RSA, Austria
Improving the Quality of GPS-based Personal Gazetteers
M. Hall, Cardiff University, United Kingdom 

 18:30

Buffet Dinner on the “Klavierterrasse” – Poster awards  -

Geoinformatics / AGIT Student Trophy