| Conference Program |
8:00-8:30 am - Continental Breakfast, El Cabrillo Room
Session 1.1 Invited keynote presentations
Session 2.1 - Panel Discussion: Ongoing Activities to Promote Interoperability
1:30-3:00 - Two Concurrent Sessions
Session 3.1 - Theory of Interoperating GISs
A Specification Language
for Interoperable GIS
Andrew Frank
Technical University of Vienna, Austria
Werner Kuhn
University of Muenster, Germany
Execution Planning
in a Spatial Internet Marketplace
Volker Gaede
CSIRO, Australia
Probing the Concept
of Information Communities: A Road Towards Semantic Interoperability
Y.A. Bishr, M. Molenaar and M. Radwan
ITC, The Netherlands
H. Pundt and W. Kuhn
University of Muenster, Germany
Interoperability through
Organization: The Role of Digital Libraries in Distributed Knowledge Management
Xavier Lopez
University of California, Berkeley
3:30-5:00 - Three Concurrent Sessions
Session 4.1 Semantic Interoperability
Designing for Interoperability
Overcoming Semantic Differences
Francis Harvey
EPFL-IGEO-SIRS, Lausanne, Switzerland
Development of a
Global Conceptual Schema for Interoperable Geographic Information
May Yuan
University of Oklahoma
Real-Time Data Exchange
and Interoperability
Fred Latham and David Siegel
Viggen Corp, Knoxville TN
Demin Xiong
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Interoperability
Issues in Intelligent Transportation Systems: Testing the Cross Streets
Profile
Val Noronha
University of California, Santa Barbara
Assessing Topological
Similarity of Spatial Networks
John Nystuen, Andrea Frank, and Larry Frank
University of Michigan
Interoperability
of Geographic Information: From the Spreadsheet to Virtual Environments
Pedro Pereira Gonçalves, Nelson Neves, João Silva,
Joaquim Muchaxo, and António Câmara
New University of Lisbon, Portugal
A Virtual Geospatial Information
Server (VGIS) Providing Transparent Access to Heterogeneous Sources
Changchu Wang, Liya Ding, and Jiankang Wu
National University of Singapore
Structural Design of Distributed Geographic
Information Systems Based on a High Order Logic
Guillaume Koum
Universite de Bourgogne, France
Land planning through geographical information
systems, remote sensing and multicriteria decision
analysis
Germana Manca and Andrea De Montis
Universita' di Sassari, Italy
Characterization of Data, Queries, and
Index Performance of Geographic Information Systems with Applications to
Informix Geodetic DataBlade Module
Kumar Ramaiyer
Informix Software, Inc.
Session 5.1 Invited Keynote Presentations
From
GISystems to GIServices: Spatial Computing on the Internet Marketplace
Oliver Guenther
Humboldt University, Berlin
10:30-12:00 Three Concurrent Sessions
Session 6.1 Conceptual Design
A Middleware for Transparent
Access to Multiple Spatial Object Databases
Sang Cha, Kihong Kim, Changbin Song, Jookwan Kim, Jooyong Jun, and
Yongsik Kwon
Seoul National University, Korea
Constraint-Based
Interoperability of Spatiotemporal Databases
Jan Chomicki
Monmouth University
Peter Revesz
University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE
Integrating Environmental
Models and GIS in the Framework of GIS Interoperability
Ling Bian
SUNY Buffalo
Spatial Process Modelling
and Interoperability
Andrew Marr, Stephen MacDonnell, Samuel Marr and George Benwell
University of Otago, New Zealand
Interoperability with
the Earth Science Remote Access Tool (ESRAT)
Robert Raskin and Elaine Dobinson
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA
Inteoperating GISs Using
the Open Geospatial Datastore Interface (OGDI)
Paul Morin
J2 Geomatics, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Denis Gouin
Defence Research Establishment, Val-Belair, Quebec, Canada
Gilles Clement and Christian Larouche
Logiciels et Applications Scientifiques Inc, Laval, Quebec, Canada
(to be presented by Kenn Gardels, UC Berkeley)
GEOLIB:
A Software Component for Making GIS Tools Interoperable
Donatas Kvedarauskas, Patrice Boursier
University of La Rochelle, France
Xavier Culos, Thierry Deltheil, and Sylvie Iris
SILOGIC, Toulouse, France
1:00-2:30 Three Concurrent Sessions
Session 7.1 Interoperation in the Environmental Domain II
Comparing Approaches
to Cooperation between GIS and Simulation Models to Identify Criteria for
Interoperation
Neil Stuart
University of Edinburgh, UK
Using Design Pattern
to Define Interoperable GIS Models
F. Balaguer and S. Gordillo
UNLP, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Query Processing in Distributed
Spatial Databases
Walid Aref
Panasonic Technologies Inc, Princeton NJ
A Spatio-Temporal Deductive System for Marine
Ecosystem Monitoring
M.E. Carboni, F. Giannotti, and M.V. Masserotti
CNUCE-CNR, Pisa, Italy
Supporting Interoperation
of GIS Objects
Silvia Nittel and Richard Muntz
University of California, Los Angeles
IRIS: A Tool
to Support Data Analysis with Maps
Gennady Andrienko and Nathalia Andrienko
German National Research Center for Information Technology, Germany
Information Brokers
for a Web-Based Geographic Information System
Ian Finch and Eleanor Small
University of Liverpool, UK
3:00-4:30 Four Concurrent Sessions
Session 8.1 Theory of Interoperating GISs II
Interoperability
by Exchanging Executable Content, or What Have PostScript and Java in Common?
Andrej Vckovski
University of Zurich. Switzerland
The Use of Functional
Programming in the Specification and Testing Process
Werner Kuhn
University of Muenster, Germany
Andrew Frank
Technical University of Vienna, Austria
Geospatial
Modelling: A Case Study for a Statewide Land Information Strategy
David Pullar
University of Queensland
Kristin Stock
Queensland Institute of Technology, Australia
Spatial Database Design
for GIS Interoperability
Lorri Peltz, Marianne August, and Rose Medina
U.S. Geological Survey
Automated Metadata Interpretation
to Assist in the Use of Unfamiliar GIS Data Sources
Brandon Plewe and Steven Johnson
Brigham Young University
Software Agent-Oriented
Frameworks for the Interoperability of Geomatics Systems: From Fundamental
Concepts to the SIGAL Project
Z. Maamar, B. Moulin, Y. Bedard, and G. Babin
Laval University, Quebec, Canada
Some Examples
of the Usage of Internet/Intranet Technology in GIS
Wolfgang Reinhardt
Institute for Geoinformation and Land Development, Neubiberg, Germany
Multi-Server
Internet GIS: Standardization and Practical Experiences
Carel van den Berg, Frank Tuijnman, and Tom Vijlbrief
Professional GEO Systems, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Co Meijer, Harry Uitermark, and Peter van Oosterom
Cadastre, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
Session 9.1 Closing Panel: Building the Research Agenda