GEODMM@UBVMS.BITNET (David M. Mark) (03/19/91)
[MODERATOR'S NOTE: This is a reposting from the INGRAFX mailing list,
dealing with the AUTO CARTO 10, one of the U.S.'s most important
conferences on GIS systems. The relation to virtual worlds may be
obvious. -- Bob Jacobson]
AUTO CARTO 10 Program
The Tenth International Symposium on Automated Cartography will be
held in Baltimore, Maryland, March 25-28, 1991. Here is the
program; apologies to those who receive it more than once:
Monday, March 25
1:30-2:45: Plenary Session, "The Auto Carto series"
D. Mark & D. White, organizers
Panelists (former Auto Carto program chairs):
Warren Schmidt, Bob Aangeenbrug, Mary Clawson,
Nick Chrisman, Erik Anderson
Monday, March 25
3:00-4:40: Panel Discussion:
"Alternative Representations of Geographic Reality"
Stephen Guptill & Scott Morehouse, organizers
Panelists: Nicholas Chrisman, Michael Goodchild, Stephen Guptill,
Scott Morehouse, Francois Salge
Tuesday, March 26
8:00-9:40: Generalization, Resolution, and Multi-scale Databases
Chair: David Douglas
8:00-8:25 C. Jones "Database Architecture for Multi-scale GIS"
8:25-8:50 F. Csillag "Resolution Revisited"
8:50-9:15 K. Beard & W. Mackaness "Generalization Operations and
Supporting Structures"
9:15-9:40 - Discussion
Tuesday, March 26
10:00-12:00 Algorithms and Mathematical Issues
Chair: Marvin White
10:00:-10:25: J. Herring "Using Spline Functions to Represent
Distributed Attributes"
10:25-10:50: A. Saalfeld "New Proximity-preserving Orderings for
Spatial Data"
10:50-11:15: G. Dutton "Zenithial Orthotriangular Projection"
11:15-11:40: T. Bestul "A General Technique for Creating SIMD
Algorithms on Parallel Pointer-based Quadtrees"
11:40-12:00: -Discussion
Tuesday, March 26
1:30-2:45 Image Interpretation and Map Digitization
Chair: to be announced
1:30-1:55 B. Sakoda & J. Hauk "Detecting Features in Low
Resolution Aerial images of City Blocks"
1:55-2:20 A. Illert "Automatic Digitization of Large Scale Maps"
2:20-2:45 M. Wang, P. Gong, and P. Howarth
"Thematic Mapping from Imagery: An Aspect of
Automated Map Generalization"
Tuesday, March 26
3:00-4:40 Panel Discussion: "What's the Big Deal about Global
Hierarchical Tesselations?"
G. Dutton, organizer
Wednesday, March 27
Spatial queries, Spatial reasoning, Spatial analysis
Chair: Nicholas Chrisman
8:00-8:25 G. Langran "Producing Answers to Spatial Questions"
8:25-8:50 A. Frank "Qualitative Spatial Reasoning about
Cardinal Directions"
8:50-9:15 G. Dutton "Improving Spatial Analysis in GIS
Environments"
9:15-9:40 -Discussion
Wednesday, March 27
10:00-12:00 Surface Representation
Chair: Duane Marble
10:00-10:25 G. Wolf "Characterization of Functions Representing
Topographic Surfaces
10-25-10:50 P. Fisher "Simulation of the Uncertainty of a Viewshed"
10:50-11:15 T. Kao, D. Mount, A. Saalfeld "Dynamic maintenance of
Delaunay Triangulations"
11:15-11:40 L. Scarlatos & T. Pavlidis "Adaptive Hierarchical
Triangulation"
11:40-12:00 - Discussion
Wednesday, March 27
1:30-2:45 User interfaces and Map Design
Chair: David Mark
1:30-1:55 Z. Feibing "Structuring the Knowledge of Cartographic
Symbolization-- An Object-oriented Approach"
1:55-2:20 W. Kuhn "Are Displays Maps or Views?
2:20-2:45 J. Raper & M. Bundock "UGIX: A GIS Independent User
Interface Environment"
Wednesday, March 27
3:00-4:40 Panel Discussion: "Visualizating the Quality of Spatial
Information"
B. Buttenfield and Kate Beard, Organizers
Thursday, March 28
8:00-9:40 Map Overlay Issues
Chair: Alan Saalfeld
8:00-8:25 C. Dorenbeck & M. Egenhofer "Algebraic Optimization of
Combined Overlay Operations"
8:25-8:50 D. Pullar "Spatial Overlay with Inexact Numerical Data
8:50-9:15 N. Chrisman & M. Lester "A Diagnostic Test for Error in
Categorical Maps"
9:15-9:40 - Discussion
Thursday, March 28
10:00-12:00 Data Structures and Models
Chair: Andrew Frank
10:00-10:25 K. Bennis, B. David, I. Morize-Quilio, J. Thevenin,
Y. Viemon: "GeoGraph: A Topological Storage Model for
Extensible GIS"
10:25-10:50 S. Pigot: "Topological Models for 3 Spatial
Information Systems"
10:50-11:15 P. van Oosterom: "The Reactive-tree: A Storage
Structure for a Seamless, Scaleless
Geographic Database"
11:15-11:40 R. Newell, M. Easterfield, D. Theriault "Integration
of Spatial Objects in a GIS"
11:40-12:00 - Discussion