Monday, 6 November

09:00-10:30
11:00-12:30
Court Yard

Plenary Workshop 1 – A Spatial Technology Infrastructure Vision and its Practical Implementation

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12:30-14:00
Los Naranjos

Lunch

14:00 - 15:30,
16:00 - 17:30
Court Yard

Plenary Workshop 2 – GIS: The Spatial Information Platform for Reducing Poverty

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18:00-20:00
Court Yard

Inauguration Ceremony

Welcome and Opening, Colonel Luis A. Alegría Matta, Director, Military Geographic Institute of Chile (IGM) and President, GSDI9 Conference

• National Authority
• Welcome Address, Professor Harlan J. Onsrud, President, GSDI Association, Critical Issues in the Alleviation of Poverty and the Relevance of Geographic Tools and Data
  

  Welcome Reception, Sponsor: Intergraph, Los Naranjos
  

Tuesday, 7 November

08:30 -
Museum Entrance

09:00-10:30
Court Yard

Plenary Session 1- GSDI-9 Keynote Talks on Spatial Information: Tool for Reducing Poverty
Moderators: Col. Luis A. Alegría Matta (Chile), Prof. Harlan J. Onsrud (USA)

PS 1.1 Geo-Information - A Critical Tool for Development Planning and Management Maryvonne Plessis-Fraissard, Director, Transportation and Urban Development Department (TUDDR), World Bank
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PS 1.2 SDI: A Framework for Poverty Reduction, Dr. Carmelle Terborgh, Manager, Global Affairs, Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)
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PS 1.3 The Role of Geospatial Technology and Standards in Reducing Poverty and Enabling Sustainable Development, Peter Batty, Chief Technology Officer, Intergraph Corporation
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PS 1.4 Access to Earth Observations, Ivan DeLoatch, Director, US Federal Geographic Data Committee
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PS 1.5 SNIT: The Spatial Data Infrastructure of Chile
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10:30-11:00

11:00-12:30
Room 1

TS 1 – Spatial Data Infrastructure Policy Issues
Moderators: Ivan B Deloatch

TS 1.1 SDI Dynamics; Bas Kok (The Netherlands)
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TS 1.2 INSPIRE: An Innovative Approach to the Development of Spatial Data Infrastructures in Europe; Max Craglia, Alessandro Annoni (Italy)
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TS 1.3 Lineamientos de Politica de Informacion Geografica: Consolidatcion de la Infraestructura Colombiana de Datos Espaciales- ICDE; Ivan Dario (Colombia)
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TS 1.4 A Successful Policy Approach in Service Provision by the Dutch Cadastre; Dorine Burmanje or Peter Laarakker (The Netherlands)
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11:00-12:30
Room 2

TS 2 - Earth Sciences Congress: Movilización de capacidades para realzar los valores ambientales y sociales. Moderators: Cart. Alejandra Coll Escanilla

TS 2.1 –Generación de escenarios y recursos virtuales en ciudades fragmentadas; César Castellano, Mercedes Ferrer, Nixon Molina, Tomás Pérez (Venezuela)
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TS 2.2 –Los valores ambientales que se promueven en la educación formal chilena: una aproximación desde la geografía; Paloma Miranda Arredondo, (Chile)
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TS 2.3 –“Sistemas de información territorial para comunas pobres;
Heriberto Pinto (Chile)
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TS 3 - Local Spatial Data Infrastructure
Moderators: Jean Parcher, USGS (USA)

TS 3.1 The Applications of Geospatial Information Technology in Land Management: A Case Study of Lagos, Nigeria; Albert Osei (USA), Edmund Merem (USA), Yaw Twumasi (USA)
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TS 3.2 Experiences in Establishing Local SDIs-Cape Town Case Study; Dr. Solomon Bhunu (South Africa)
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TS 3.3 Transferencia de tecnología para la creación de una IDE en la admnistración local de un país en desarrollo: experiencia entre la Universidad Nacional de Loja (Ecuador) y la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (España); Fabian Reyes Bueno (Ecuador); Miguel Cordero Souto (España), Aníbal González González (Ecuador), Rafael Crecente Maseda (España)
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TS 3.4 Desarrollo de la Infraestructura de Datos Espaciales de la Provincia de Santa Fe (IDESF), Argentina; Stella Maris Agüeria, Marta Lidia Stiefel (Argentina)
[abstract] [paper 1] [paper 2] [slides]

TS 4 – Enabling SDI Access
Moderators: Michael Gould, Universitat Jaume I (Spain)

TS 4.1 Worldwide development of national spatial data clearinghouses (2000-2005); Joep Crompvoets and Arnold Bregt (The Netherlands)
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TS 4.2 Towards User-Driven Spatial Data Infrastructures. An Approach Oriented to Sustainable Development; Tatiana Delgado Fernández (Cuba)
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TS 4.3 A Roaming-enabled SDI (rSDI):-Balancing Interests, Opportunities, investments and risks; Roland-M. Wagner (Germany)
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TS 4.4 Portal of the Americas; Doug Nebert (US)
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TS 5 – Geographic Data
Moderators: Steeve Ebener, WHO (Switzerland)

TS 5.1 Bridging data sets: a GIS response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Zambia; Nathan Heard (USA)
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TS 5.2 Moving towards GSDI: where are we in terms of data interoperability at the global level? ; Steeve Ebener (Switzerland), Carrie Stokes, Kate Lance and Carmelle Terborgh (USA)
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TS 5.3 Consistent Georeferentiation for a Global Spatial Data Infrastructure; Hayo Hase (Germany)
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TS 5.4 Assessing Impacts of Adopting a New, Geocentric Coordinate System in Brazil; Marcelo Santos (Canada), João Bosco Azevedo (Brazil)
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TS 5.5 A Toolkit for Optimizing Cartographic Production from a Global Database; Werner Wolfer (Germany)
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TS 6 - Global Visions for Spatial Data Infrastructure Development
Moderators: Jarmo Ratia, GSDI President-Elect (Finland)

TS 6.1 From Bonn 1996 to Santiago 2006: Ten Years of GSDI, Achievements and Challenges; Santiago Borrero (Mexico)
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TS 6.2 Global Spatial Data Infrastructure – Are the Vision and Concepts Still Relevant? John Moeller (USA)
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TS 6.3 Embracing Cultural Differences in a Global Spatial Data Infrastructure: Findings and Recommendations from Atlantic Institute Think Tank 6; David Coleman (Canada), Harlan Onsrud (USA)
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12:30-14:00
Court Yard

14:00-15:30
Room 1

TS 8 – Organizational and Legal Issues
Moderators: Garfield Giff

TS 8.1 The Legal Framework for a European Spatial Data Infrastructure: Uncrossing the Wires, Katleen Janssen (Belgium)
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TS 8.2 Institutions Matter: The Impact Of Institutional Choices Relative To Access Policy and Data Quality on the Development of Geographic Information Infrastructures; Bastiaan van Loenen, Jitske de Jong (The Netherlands)
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TS 8.3 Spatial Data Sharing: A Cross Cultural Conceptual Model; El Sayed Omran, Arnold Bregt, Joep Crompvoets (The Netherlands)
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TS 8.4 Geo DRM – Towards Digital Management of Intellectual Property Rights for the SDI; Mohamed Bishr (Germany), Andreas Wytzisk (The Netherlands), Javier Morales (The Netherlands)
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14:00-15:30
Room 2

TS 9 - Local and National Spatial Data Infrastructure
Moderators: Juan Enrique Silva, INCOM (Chile)

TS 9.1 Local Government GIS in Korea: From Department to Enterprise; Byong-Nam Choe (Korea), Dong-Han Kim (Korea)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 9.2 Navarra in theGSDI. Integration in the SDI at Regional (Idena) to Local (Idepamplona); Maria Cabello, Pabalo Echamendi, Miguel Angel Jimenez de Cisneros, Andres Valentin (España)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 9.3 GeoDF: Towards a SDI-based PPGIS application for E-Governance, Jianfeng Zhao, David Coleman (Canada)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 9.4 Developing Geospatial Infrastructure for Poverty Reduction : Lessons and challenges from Nigeria 2006 Census; Emman Funlayo Ogunbodede (Nigeria)
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TS 10 –Earth Sciences Congress: Movilización de capacidades para realzar los valores ambientales y sociales. Moderators: Cart. Alejandra Coll Escanilla

TS 10.1 – Resolución de problemas y desarrollo de competencias ambientales en el museo nacional de historia natural de Chile: una propuesta de acción desde la biogeografía; Pablo Jaramillo, Paloma Miranda Arredondo. (Chile)
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TS 10.2 –La participación de la comunidad como factor clave en la gestión de un plan de ordenamiento territorial en un área protegida: caso de estudio Parque Nacional Puyehue X Región de Los Lagos Chile; Claudio Rosales Urrutia (Chile)
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TS 10.3 –Antecedentes sobre la recuperación del bosque nativo de Aisén, afectado por grandes fuegos de medio siglo atrás. Caso de estudio. Víctor Quintanilla Pérez (Chile)
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TS 11 – Location Services and Semantics
Moderators: Carl Reed, Open Geospatial Consortium

TS 11.1 A Study Based on Moving from Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) toward Spatial Service Infrastructure (SSI); Abolqasem Sadeqi (South Korea)
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TS 11.2 Location Based Services supported by Spatial Data Infrastructures. Experiences with “MovilWeb”; Rafael Cruz Iglesias, José Luis Capote Fernández, Guillermo González Suárez, Osmani Herrera González, Liset Becerra Lugones (Cuba)
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TS 11.3 Los Servicios Web Semánticos, Una Solución a los Problemas de Interoperabilidad Semántica en Modelos Digitales de Terreno; Amparo Olaya Benavides, Jose Nelson Perez Castillo (Colombia)
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TS 11.4 Linking the Needs of the End User with the Data into the National SDI Applying Generic Geo-Queries with “Tocororo”; José Luis Capote Fernández, Rafael Cruz Iglesias, Osmani Herrera González, Guillermo González Suárez, Liset Becerra Lugones (Cuba)
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TS 12 – Geographic Data and Metadata
Moderators: Steeve Ebener, WHO (Switzerland), TBD

TS 12.1 The SALB Project, Lessons Learned Towards the Creation of a Global SDI; the Example of the Americas Steeve Ebener (Switzerland), Yaniss Guigoz (Switzerland), Alejandra Silva (Chile), Brenda Brookes and Elisa Gagliano (USA)
[abstract] [paper 1] [paper 2] [paper 3]

TS 12.2 Using Metadata to Help the Integration of Several Multi-sources of Updates; Christelle Pierkot, Abdel Kader Hameurlain, Anne Ruas, Sébastien Mustière (France)
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TS 12.3 Simplifying Geospatial Metadata Collection and Exploitation (Simplificando la colección y explotación de metadatos geoespaciales); Michael Gould, Carlos Granell Canut, Miguel Angel Esbrí, Laura Díaz, Miguel Angel Manso (Spain)
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TS 12.4 Towards a North American Profile of the ISO 19115 World Spatial Metadata Standard; Harold Moellering (USA), Jean Brodeur (Canada), David Danko (USA), Sharon Shin (USA)
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TS 13 – Global Visions for Spatial Data Infrastructure Development
Moderators: Mukund Rao, GSDI Past President (India)

TS 13.1 Underpinning Increasing Efficiency and Effectiveness of Nations through Spatial Information; Vanessa Lawrence (UK)
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TS 13.2 TS 6.4 Inclusion and Diffusion: Building SDI Bridges; Jeff Labonte (Canada)
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TS 13.3 The Global Information Commons for Science Initiative and Its Relevance to Improved Access and Use of Geospatial Data; Paul Uhlir (USA)
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TS 14 – Sponsored Projects Committee Open Meeting
Chair: Carmelle Terborgh; Co-Chair: Alan Stevens

The Sponsored Projects Committee advises the GSDI Association Board of Directors on all matters that involve the GSDI Association with regard to sponsorship of funded projects, including grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts. In addition, the Committee works to raise funds specifically for the GSDI Developing Nation Fund. Anyone interested is welcome to attend.

15:30-16:00

16:00-17:30
Room 1

TS 15 - Earth Science Congress : Mecanismos de funcionamiento, modelos y respuestas a los eventos naturales. Moderators: Geog. Marcela Riveros Lagréze

TS 15.1 –Simulaciones del tsunami de 1960 utilizando diferentes terremotos de origen en el centro-sur de Chile; Marcelo Lagos, Marco Cisternas, Iván Lillo (Chile)

TS 15.2 –Sistema de inteligencia territorial frente a emergencias y desastres de Cruz Roja chilena; Cristian Andrés Ramírez Sepúlveda (Chile)

TS 15.3 –Ciclones Tropicales y consecuencias para la ciudad de la Habana, Cuba; Enrique Rodríguez-Loeches Diez-Argüelles (Cuba)
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TS 16 – National Spatial Data Infrastructure
Moderators: Al Stevens, FGDC (USA); TBD

TS 16.1 Development of National Satellite Image Atlas: Importance in Corporate and National SDI Development and the Peripheral Countries Case; Carlos Gabriel Asato, Eugenia Mariana Wright (Argentina)
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TS 16.2 Economic, Societal, and Environmental Benefits of Spatial Information Interest Communities; Gabor Remetey-Fülöpp (Hungary), Joao Geirinhas (Portugal)
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TS 16.3 A Collective Project Based on Cooperation and Resources Sharing: The Spanish SDI Named IDEE; Antonio Rodríguez, Paloma Abad, José Ángel Alonso, Alejandra Sánchez, Luis Manuel Vilches (España)
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TS 16.4 The Role of GIS in monitoring and evaluation of Poverty and performance of Poverty Eradication and Action Plan (PEAP) policy in Uganda; Shuaib Lwasa (Uganda)
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TS 17 - Partnerships In Creating SDI Building Blocks
Moderators: Alessandro Annoni

TS 17.1 A Successful Alternative Method for Funding and Implementing National SDI: The Australian PSMA Experience; Peter Holland, Ollie Hedberg, Dan Paull, Martin Holmes (Australia)
[abstract] [paper 1] [paper 2] [paper 3] [paper 4] [paper 5] [paper 6] [paper 7] [slides]

TS 17.2 Basic Registrations for Geo Information; Jaap Besemer, Peter Laarakker, Leen Murre, Niels Zuiderveen Borgesius, Ruud Ten Kroode (The Netherlands)
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TS 17.3 Arreglos Institucionales para Implementacion de la Infrastructura Colombiana de Datos Espaciales; Dora-Inés Rey-Martínez (Colombia)
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TS 17.4 Partnerships in North-Rhein Westphalia for SDI Development and Installation; Heinz Brueggemann (Germany)
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TS 18 – Web-based Services serving Latin America
Moderators: Tatiana Delgado, GeoCuba (Cuba)

TS 18.1 The Nature Conservancy's Conservation Information System for Mesoamerica and the Caribbean; Steven Schill (USA)
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TS 18.2 The Mesoamerican and Caribbean Geospatial Network; Eric van Praag (USA), Boris Ramirez (Panama), Vincent Abreu (USA)
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TS 18.3 Implementación de un Portal de Servicios Geográficos en Línea, como Factor de Desarrollo de Infraestructuras de Datos Espaciales en Colombia; Lilia-Patricia Arias (Colombia)
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TS 18.4 Atlas Nacional Interactivo de México: Geoportal para México; Antonio Hernández-Navarro, Enrique Navarro-Luevano (Mexico)
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TS 19 – Standards
Moderators: Ignacio Guerrero, Intergraph (USA); David Danko, ESRI (USA)

TS 19.1 The Requirements and a Proposal for a Compatible SDI Standards Suite; Doug Nebert (USA), Carl Reed (USA), Roland Wagner (Germany)
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TS 19.2 The Role of Standards in Spatial Data Infrastructures- The Zimbabwe Case; Gerald Chiwozva (Zimbabwe)
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TS 19.3 Experiences in the Use of an ISO19115 Profile within the Framework of the Spanish SDI; Daniela Ballari, Alejandra Sánchez Maganto, Javier Nogueras-Iso, Antonio Rodriguez Pascual, Miguel Ángel Bernabé (Spain)
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TS 19.4 Dealing with Diversity: From Data to Standards-based Domain Model; Clemens Portele (Germany)
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TS 20 - Global and Regional Organizations Panel
Moderators: Harlan Onsrud (USA), TBD

Ideas presented on how global and regional geospatial organizations might better contribute to and apply knowledge and resources towards addressing the Worlds most pressing social problems. Three big ideas each presented by Milan Konecny (ICA), Stig Enemark (FIG), Fraser Taylor (ISCGM), Santiago Borrero (PAIGH), Peter Holland (PCGIAP), Mario Reyes (PCIDEA) and Carl Reed (OGC) followed by open discussion.
[slides 1] [slides 2] [slides 3]

TS 21 – Development Agencies Round Table
Moderators: Jeffrey Tschirley, FAO, and David Kaatrud, WFP

This session provides an opportunity for development agency personnel to discuss pressing data, technology and information infrastructure issues among themselves and with the professional geospatial community at large.
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18:00-20:00

Chilean Police Force Equestrian Demonstration
Buses will transport starting at 18:00

Wednesday, 8 November

08:30-
Museum Entrance

09:00-10:30
Room 1

TS 22 - Indicators for Successful Partnerships
Moderators: Arnold Bregt (NL)

TS 22.1 Return On Investment for Geospatial Information Technology; Leslie Armstrong (USA)
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TS 22.2 Making Money Flow Sideways: Cross-Federal Geospatial Investment Coordination; Kate Lance (USA), Yola Georgiadou (The Netherlands)
[abstract] [slides]

TS 22.3 A Mixed Method Approach for Evaluating Spatial Data Sharing Partnerships for SDI Development; Kevin Mc. Dougall, Abbas Rajabifard, Ian Williamson (Australia)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 22.4 The ECDL-ICDL-GIS (European Computer Driving License Geographic Information System) for Augmenting Digital Literacy in GIS; Mauro Salvamini (Italy)
[abstract] [slides]

09:00-10:30
Room 2

TS 23 – Geographic Data Services and Techniques
Moderators: Douglas Nebert, FGDC (US)

TS 23.1 El Rol de las Bases de Datos Espaciales en una Infraestructura de Datos; Mariella Gutiérrez (Chile)
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TS 23.2 Diseñode un Estandar para la Organización, Almacenamiento e implementación de un Banco de Imágenes Satelitales; Rubén Darío Mateus Sanabria (Colombia)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 23.3 Creating Atomic Small Areas for Reporting Census Data in Ireland; Stewart Fotheringham, Martin Charlton (Ireland)
[abstract] [slides]

TS 23.4 Resolving Semantic Ambiguities of Geo Services in a New Method for Linking GIS and Environmental Models; Gholamreza Fallahi and Mohammad Saadi Mesgari (Iran)
[abstract] [paper]

09:00-10:30
Room 3

TS 24 – National Spatial Data Infrastructure
Moderators: Jeanne Foust, ESRI (USA)

TS 24.1 A Framework for Comparing Spatial Data Infrastructures on the basis of Web Services and Metadata Management: An Australian-Swiss Case Study; Christine Najar, Abbas Rajabifard, Ian Williamson, Christine Giger (Australia)
[abstract] [paper]

TS 24.2 The National Geographic Information System in Taiwan; Chang Chung-Chi, Shen Jin-Hsiang (Republic of China)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 24.3 Improving Delivery of Services in Cities of the Middle East North Africa (MENA) Region through Public-Private Partnerships for SDI Development; Fernando R. Echavarria, Marsha Goldberg (USA)
[abstract] [slides]

TS 24.4 Nepalese NSDI framework in the context of e-government initiatives in Nepal; Dev Raj Paudyal (Nepal)
[abstract] [paper]

TS 25 - Earth Sciences Congress: Movilización de capacidades para realzar los valores ambientales y sociales. Moderators: Geog. Hermann Manríquez Tirado

TS 25.1 –Experiencia con mapas táctiles a escala de detalle; Alejandra Coll Escanilla (Chile)
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TS 25.2 –Fundamentos para un sistema de estrategias de enseñanza de mapas táctiles; Teresa Barrientos Guzmán, Víctor Huentelemu Ramírez (Chile)
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TS 25.3 –  Uso de los mapas táctiles para la difusión del conocimiento histórico de América Latina; Alejandra Coll Escanilla (Chile)
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TS 25.4 –  Cartografía planimétrica y temática de las Islas Galápagos; Ing. Lino Verduga, Edgar Peñaherrera;, Augusto González, Roberto Sánchez, Basilio Toro (Ecuador)
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TS 26 – Spatially Enabled Land Administration: Joint FIG/GSDI Session
Moderators: Prof. Stig Enemark, FIG (Denmark), TBD

TS 26.1 Spatially Enabled Land Administration - Bridging the Gap; Stig Enemark (Denmark)
[abstract] [paper]

TS 26.2 Template for Assessing Worldwide Cadastral Systems as Part of National SDI Initiatives; Dr. Abbas Rajabifard, Andrew Binns, Ian Williamson, Daniel Steudler (Australia)
[abstract] [paper]

TS 26.3 National Vision for Land Parcel Databases in the United States; David Cowen (USA)
[abstract]

TS 26.4 Land rights and cadastral reform in post-apartheid South Africa; Rosalie Kingwill, Ben Cousins (South Africa)
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TS 27 - Development and Poverty Alleviation
Moderators: TBD

TS 27.1 Poverty Mapping: New Advances in Spatial Data, Robert Chen (USA)
[abstract] [slides]

TS 27.2 European Organisation For Geographical Information’s International Affairs
Initiative; Bruce McCormack (Ireland)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 27.3 Food Security: Modelo De Indice de Balance Hidrico Para Monitoreo de la Produccion Agrícola y Reduccion de la Inseguridad Alimetaria en Centro América ; Gloria Aguilar (Guatemala), Diego Pedreros (Colombia), Jim Verdin, Gabriel Senay (USA) and Chris Funk (USA).
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 27.4 Poverty and Food Security Mapping at the Country-level: Lessons Learned from Seven Case Studies; Glenn Hyman (Colombia), Suan Pheng Kam (Malaysia), Chris Legg (Nigeria), Andrew Farrow (Uganda), Dave Hodson (Mexico)
[abstract] [paper]

TS 28 – Planning Committee Open Meeting
Chair: Alan Stevens

The Conference Planning Committee of the GSDI Association is responsible for planning the regularly held GSDI Association international conference and suggesting procedures and policies to the Board for the hosting of such meetings. Those interested in these activities are welcome to attend.

10:30-11:00

11:00-12:30
Room 1

TS 29 – FRAME, Knowledge Sharing for the Natural Resource Community: Impact of Environmental Tools on Policy Decisions.

The session includes a summary of available approaches and tools for describing key environmental indicators and information on joining a global community of practice on this topic, coordinated trough activities on the FRAME website, www.frameweb.org. Moderators: Jim Tarrant and Lauren Sorkin, FRAME
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TS 29.1 Presentation of the results of a day-long FRAME working session on the impact and use of environmental analysis tools on policy making.

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TS 29.2 Presentation of the FRAME website as a tool for knowledge sharing.

TS 29.3 Open discussion with session attendees on the use of environmental trends analysis tools to influence policy

11:00-12:30
Room 2

TS 30 - Earth Sciences Congress Impactos locales y regionales del aprovechamiento de los recursos naturales. Moderators: Geog. Marcela Riveros Lagréze

TS 30.1 –Impacto regional en una zona semiárida  argentina implantando cultivos para biodiesel; Silvia Falasca y María Angélica Bernabé (Argentina)
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TS 30.2 –Uso del suelo y problemas ambientales en la subcuenca del arroyo del fuerte. Tandil. Provincia de Buenos Aires; Bernabé, María Angélica (Argentina)
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TS 30.3 –Anomalias agrometeorologicas asociadas a los eventos el niño/la niña, en las temporadas agricolas del período 1982-2006 en Talca. Region del Maule; Patricio González Colville (Chile)

TS 30.4 –Configuraciones atmósfericas de episodios de contaminacion en temuco . Analisis de cuatro casos de contaminación atmosferica en Temuco durante  el 2001, 2002, 2003 y 2004; Alvaro Mauro (Chile)

11:00-12:30
Room 3

TS 31 – Regional and Institutional Spatial Data Infrastructure Issues
Moderators: Kate Lance (Netherlands); TBD

TS 31.1 Providing SDI Services in a Cross-Border Scenario: the SDIGER Project Use Case; F.Javier Zarazaga-Soria, Javier Nogueras-Iso, Miguel Ángel Latre, Antonio Rodriguez, Emilio López (Spain)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 31.2 Toward a Common Geospatial Infrastructure for the Circumpolar Arctic: a Canadian Contribution to IPY; Paul Jolicoeur (Canada)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 31.3 Municipalities Joining Catalonia Regional SDI: First Results, Impacts and Forecasts; Jordi Guimet (Spain)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 31.4 -tbd
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11:00-12:30
Room 4

TS 32 – Basic and Applied Research Methods and Results
Moderators: Greg Yetman, CIESIN (US)

TS 32.1 Use of GIS and Agent-Based Modeling to Simulate Pastoralist Mobility in the Rangelands of East Africa; Laban MacOpiyo, Jerry Stuth, Jianjia Wu (USA)
[abstract] [paper 1] [paper 2] [paper 3] [slides]

TS 32.2 An OGC-Compliant Operational Satellite Remote Sensing Data Server for Supporting Worldwide SDI Initiatives and Applications; Liping Di (USA)
[abstract] [slides]

TS 32.3 The CGIAR-Consortium for Spatial Development: Spatial Data for Sustainable Development; Robert Zomer (Sri Lanka)
[abstract] [slides]

TS 32.4 Utilzacion de Software de Codigo Abierto Para la Publicacion’ de Catalogos Datos E Informacion Geografica en Servidores WebB; Darwin Gomez (Peru)
[abstract] [slides]

11:00-12:30
Auditorium

TS 33 – Mapping Agencies Round Table
Chairs: Nick Land, EuroGeographics (France), Vanessa Lawrence, Ordnance Survey (UK)

How can the national mapping and cartographic agencies (NMCAs) from 'developed' nations help NMCAs in 'developing' nations build sustainable NSDIs’? Various perspectives will be presented on the three biggest challenges and three highest priorities followed by open discussion.

TS 34 – Coordinated Efforts for Global Mapping
Moderators: Col. Rodrigo Barriga, IGM and Mr. Edwin Hunt, IGM (Chile)

TS 34.1 Global Mapping Project by National Mapping Organization on the Globe; Shinichi Sakabe, Hiromichi Maruyama, Junichi Kisanuki, Toru Nagayama, Hiroshi Koshimizu (Japan)
[abstract] [paper]

TS 34.2 Efforts in progress for the constitution of an NSDI in Brazil; Renata Curi de Moura Estevão, Anna Lucia Barreto de Freitas, Alex da Silva Santos, Patrícia do Amorim Vida Costa, Vania de Oliveira Nagem, (Brazil)
[abstract]

TS 34.3 Participación de Cuba en el Proyecto Mapa Global; MSc. Alina del Río Marceau, MSc. Iliana Alonso Martínez, Dr. CT. Rodolfo Ríos Hernández (Cuba)
[abstract] [paper]

TS 34.4 New Directions in Applications for the Global Map; Edwin Hunt (Chile)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 35 – Institutional Issues
Moderators: David Coleman

TS 35.1 The Spatial Data Infrastructure in Cuba: State and Perspectives; Tatiana Delgado Fernandez (Cuba)
[abstract] [slides]

TS 35.2 Integracion de los SIG y Procesos Participativos en la Toma de Decisions; Lorena Patino (Canada), Andrés Bodini (Chile)
[abstract] [slides 1] [slides 2] [slides 3]

TS 35.3 Access and Use of Publicly Funded Geospatial Data in South America: Potential Impact on Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development (Study Design); Raed M. Sharif, Paul F. Uhlir (USA)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

TS 35.4 One Access Policy for High-quality Geographic Information: Results from a US-EU Comparative Study; Bastiaan van Loenen, Jaap Zevenbergen (The Netherlands)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

12:30-14:00
Court Yard

14:00-17:30
Room 1

W 1 - Workshop on GIS: The Spatial Information Platform for Reducing Poverty
Sponsor: ESRI
Instructors: Team of ESRI experts

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14:00-17:30
Room 2

W 2 – Workshop on Spatial Technology Infrastructure Theory and Practice
Sponsor: Intergraph
Instructors: Team of Intergraph Corporation experts from the USA and Latin America

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14:00-17:30
Room 3

W 3 – Users and the GEOSS Architecture
Sponsors: Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Instructors: Carl Reed, Ivan DeLoatch

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14:00-17:30
Room 4

W 4 – Workshop on Science and Poverty Applications of Remote Sensing for the Defeat of Poverty
Sponsor: Aerophotogrammetric Service of the Chilean Air Force (S.A.F.)
Instructors: From Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Instituto de Geografía de la Pontificia Universidad Católica, Proyecto Plan de Desarrollo Forestal Comunal and Servicio Aerofotogramétrico

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14:00-17:30
Auditorium

W 5 – Toward a Latin American Metadata Profile (LAMP) Workshop
Sponsors: Pan American Institute for Geography and History (PAIGH), International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee 211, Geographic Information/Geomatics, (ISO TC 211), Military Geographic Institute of Chile (IGM), and ESRI
Instructors: Rodrigo Barriga, Santiago Borrero, Dave Danko, Henry Tom, plus others

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14:00-17:30
Los Naranjos

W 6 – Basics of SDI Development Standards & Interoperability Workshop
Sponsor: U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)
Instructors: Douglas Nebert, Dave Danko, George Percivall, Ignacio Guerrero, Chris Holmes, Michael Gould, Liping Di

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Thursday, 9 November

08:30-
Museum Entrance

09:00-10:30
Room 1

TS 36 - Performance Models and Monitoring
Moderators: Ian Williamson

TS 36.1 Exploring worldwide the influence of society on the establishment of national spatial data clearinghouses; Joep Crompvoets, Monica Wachowicz, Arnold Bregt, Gert Jan Hofstede, Jun Wang (The Netherlands)
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TS 36.2 The Value of Performance Indicators to Spatial Data Infrastructure Development; Garfield Giff (The Netherlands)
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TS 36.3 National Spatial Data Infrastructure as Complex Adaptive System; Lukasz Grus, Arnold Bregt, Joep Crompvoets (The Netherlands)
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TS 36.4 Downstream Benefits of GSDI: Practical Demonstrations from Brazil; Sue Nichols (Canada), Nilo Silva, Carneiro Andrea, and Anna Freitas (Brazil), Paixao Silvane, Hazel Onsrud (Canada)
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TS 37 - Earth Sciences Congress Nuevas Tecnologías y el desafío de su real inserción territorial. Moderators: Geog. Marcela Riveros Lagréze.

TS 37.1 –Applications of Full Wave-Form Laser Technology in Combination with high Resolution Digital Camera Systems for Forest Inventory and Forest Monitoring in Chile; Dr. Markus Rombach1, Sergio Gonzalez2, Dr. Holger Weinacker3, Prof. Dr. Barbara Koch3 & Luis Viveros (Chile)

TS 37.2 –Monitoreamiento automático de deformaciones de la estación tigo de Concepción, por medio de observaciones GPS entre 2002-2006; Juan Carlos Báez Soto, Klaus Bataille y Marcelo Contreras (Chile)
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TS 37.3 –Reconstrucción arqueológica utilizando fotogrametría terrestre; Esteban Soto, Bernardita Ladrón de Guevara (Chile)

TS 37.4 –   NVEWS-Chile: Geosemántica como nueva tecnología  para la evaluación del riesgo volcánico a escala nacional y aplicación al Ordenamiento territorial; L.E. Lara; S. Huerta; M. Hinojosa; J. Clavero; R. Wall (Chile)
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W 7 – Workshop on Getting Started with Open Source Software for Spatial Data Infrastructures (Part 1)
Instructors: Chris Holmes, Jeroen Ticheler

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09:00-10:30
Room 4

W 8 - TerraLib/TerraView Workshop: Free Open Source Technologies to Build Customizable Geographical Applications (Part 1)
Instructors: Dr. Lúbia Vinhas, MSc. Karine Reis Ferreira and MSc. Gilberto Ribeiro de Queiroz

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TS 40 – Innovations and National Initiatives
Moderators: TBD
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TS 40.1- 166 Lessons Learnt in Building the European SDI; Nick Land (France)
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TS 40.2 GeoBase: The Canadian Experience in Establishing a Cross-Jurisdictional Quality Geospatial Framework, Eric Loubier (Canada)
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TS 40.3 A National Geographic Portal; Haim Srebro (Israel)
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TS 40.4 The Role of Spatial Data Infrastructures in Delivering an Enabling Platform for Decision Making, Ian Williamson, Abbas Rajabifard, Andrew Binns (Australia)
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TS 41 – Regional and Institutional Spatial Data Infrastructure
Moderators: Carrie Stokes, USAID

TS 41.1 The UNSDI Vision; Barry Henricksen (Italy)
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TS 41.2 The Asia Pacific Natural Hazards Information Network; Chris Chiesa (USA)

TS 41.3 E-Health in Asia and the Aftermath of SARS: Developing Infrastructures; Winnie Tang (Hong Kong, China)

TS 41.4 -99 The Role of Cartography in the Framework of SDI; Dietmar Grünreich (Germany)
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09:00-10:30
Meeting Room

TS 42 – Industry Advisory Committee Open Meeting
Chairs: Carmelle Terborgh, ESRI, Ignacio Guerrero, Intergraph

The industry members of the GSDI Association share one vote on the Board of Directors and a GSDI Industry Advisory Committee meets annually to gather ideas from the industry members of the GSDI Association. The ideas and directions from industry are presented to the GSDI Association Board of Directors for consideration.

10:30-11:00

11:00-12:30
Room 1

TS 43 - Earth Sciences Congress Nuevas Tecnologías y el desafío de su real inserción territorial. Moderators: Geog. Hermann Manríquez Tirado

TS 43.1 –Análisis del paralelismo geoide – elipsoide en una región de llanura de Santiago del Estero; Eduardo GOLDAR, José PASTE, José Luis GULOTTA, Carlos BONETTI y Pablo CIAPPINO (Argentina)
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TS 43.2 –Parámetros de transformación entre sistemas de referencia geodésicos y cartográficos para aplicaciones del Ministerio de Bienes Nacionales; René Zepeda G., César Ocares B., Diego Ortiz J. (Chile)
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TS 43.3 –Reducción y Ajuste por mínimos cuadrados de distancia aplicando análisis vectorial; Mario A. Cruz Díaz (México)
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11:00-12:30
Room 2

TS 44 - Research Issues related to SDI Community Building
Moderators: Bruce Mc Cormack (Ireland)

TS 44.1 Search for the SDI Conceptual Model; Nama Raj Budhathoki, Zorica Nedovic-Budic (USA)
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TS 44.2 A Metaphor-based Socio-technical Perspective of SDI Implementations: Some Lessons from India- Satish Puri (Norway), Sundeep Sahay (Norway), Yola Georgiadou (The Netherlands)
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TS 44.3 Are SDIs Special? W.H. Erik de Man (The Netherlands)
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TS 44.4 Towards Key Variables to Access NSDIs in Developing Countries; Lyande Eelderink, Joep Crompvoets, Erik De Man (The Netherlands)
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11:00-12:30
Room 3

Workshop on Getting Started with Open Source Software for Spatial Data Infrastructures (Part 2)
Instructors: Chris Holmes, Jeroen Ticheler

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11:00-12:30
Room 4

TerraLib/TerraView Workshop: Free Open Source Technologies to Build Customizable Geographical Applications (Part 2)
Instructors: Dr. Lúbia Vinhas, MSc. Karine Reis Ferreira and MSc. Gilberto Ribeiro de Queiroz

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11:00-12:30
Auditorium

TS 47 – Applications in Food Security and Agriculture
Moderators: Carmelle Terborgh, ESRI (USA)
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TS 47.1 Spatial Information Systems in Crop Monitoring: Developing New Global Models and Sharing Data; Jacques Delincé, Felix Rembold, Armin Burger (Italy) and Hedrik Boogard (The Netherlands)
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TS 47.2 Application of Spatial Datasets in Combination with Modeling and Information and Communication Technology to Build a Forage-based Livestock Early Warning System for Pastoral Communities of the East-African Rangelands; Laban MacOpiyo, Jerry Stuth, Robert Kaitho, Abdi Jama, Jay Angerer (USA)
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TS 47.3 Geotechnologies Applied to the Evaluation of Coffee Environments of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil; Helena Maria Ramos Alves, Tatiana Grossi Chquiloff Vieira, Tiago Bernardes, Marilusa Pinto Coelho Lacerda, Nilson Bernardo Santos (Brazil)
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TS 47.4 Mapping to Alleviate Poverty in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria; Robert Ekpenyong (Nigeria)
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TS 48 – Regional and Institutional Spatial Data Infrastructure
Moderators: Carrie Stokes, USAID (USA)

TS 48.1 Infraestructura de Datos Espaciales de los Paises de la Comunidad Andina Idecan: Una estrategia de integración regional; Dora-Inés Rey Martínez (Colombia)
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TS 48.2 A Geospatial Data Infrastructure for Sustainable Development in Latin America; D. R. Fraser Taylor (Canada)
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TS 48.3 Mesoamerican Spatial Data Infrastructure Development via the Regional System for Visualization & Monitoring (SERVIR); Emil Cherrington (Panama), Emilio Sempris (Panama), Daniel Irwin (USA), Thomas Sever (USA), Joel Perez (Panama)
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TS 48.4 Avances del Grupo de Trabajo Estándares del Grupo de Información Territorial del SNIT; David Barra, Rodrigo Barriga, Nelson Infante, Ariel Avendaño, Claudio Sobrazo (Chile)
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TS 49 – Technical Working Group Open Meeting
Chair: Douglas Nebert, US FGDC

The goal of the Technical Working Group of the GSDI Association is to provide continuous observation and review of technical issues affecting the development of local to global spatial data infrastructures. It develops and reports on technical topics essential to the creation of compatible spatial data infrastructures, explores technical standards issues, and disseminates technical reports, examples, case studies, and similar learning materials. All interested are welcome to attend.

12:30-14:00
Court Yard

TS 50 - Capacity Building and Education
Moderators: Yola Georgiadou

TS 50.1 Can GIS Corps play a role in NSDI building?- Juna Goda Papajorgji (USA)
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TS 50.2 Human Resource Development in Geo-Information System for Africa: A Geographic Option- Robert Etim Ekpenyong (Nigeria)
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TS 50.3 Towards the Timor- Leste Spatial Data Infrastructure; Pedro de Sousa Xavier, Wine D. Langeraar (Timor Leste)
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TS 50.4 What Can GIS Learn from Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS); Puneet Kishor, Steve Ventura (USA)
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14:00-15:30
Room 2

TS 51 – Applications relating to Hydrography
Moderators: Fernando Echavarria, Department of State (USA)

TS 51.1 National Spatial Database on Water Environment in China under Framework of National Spatial Data Infrastructure; Jiren Li, Jianli Zhang (People’s Republic of China)
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TS 51.2 Precocious detection of rainfall anomaly and upgrade of peasant’s alert strategy for efficient rain-agriculture campaigns in the southwest of Cameroon; Jean Pierre Nghonda (Cameroon)
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TS 51.3 Meteo-Village: an attempt to improve meteorological warning and decision-making in rain-agricultural areas of Cameroon forest and savannah mosaic; Jean Pierre Nghonda; Francois Ndoum Samnick, Fabien Ngono Messi (Cameroon)
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TS 51.4 Prospects and Problems of Presenting Drought Information Online; Kumari Gurusamy (Peru)
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14:00-15:30
Room 3

TS 52 - Earth Sciences Congress : Nuevas Tecnologías y el desafío de su real inserción territorial. Moderators: Geog. Marcela Riveros Lagréze

TS 52.1 –Proyección cartográfica transversal de mercator local como norma para  obras de ingeniería vial en Chile; René Zepeda Godoy (Chile)
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TS 52.2 –La georreferenciacion de puntos fijos altimetricos igm para Santiago del Estero. Argentina; Lucrecia Galván, Claudia Infante, Iber Goitea, Eduardo Lauría, Rubén Ramos (Argentina)
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TS 52.3 –Diagnóstico socio-espacial de los asentamientos ilegales en la comuna de Viña del Mar utilizando SIG y REDATAM; Felipe Livert Aquino (Chile)
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14:00-15:30
Room 4

TS 53 – Global Map Meeting
Moderators: Fraser Taylor (Canada), TBD

This session will discuss the importance of collaboration among regional initiatives and Global Map for establishing regional SDI and the further implementation of the Global Mapping Project. Speakers will address the issue of Global Map development in the region followed by discussion of the future of Global Map in connection with national and regional efforts. Talks will include: Situation of Global Map Development In The Region by Hiromichi Maruyama and Ryutaro Tateishi (Japan) and Issues arising from Data Development.
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14:00-15:30
Auditorium

TS 54 – Applications relating to Poverty and Mapping
Moderators: Javier Carranza Torres, ITC (Netherlands)

TS 54.1 Spatial Data Needs for Poverty Management; Felicia Olufunmilayo Akinyemi (Germany)
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TS 54.2 Poverty Maps as a Tool to Target Development Interventions and to Monitor the MDGs; Björn-Sören Gigler, Carmelle Terborgh (USA)
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TS 54.3 A GIS Application for Poverty Targeted Aquatic Resource Development in Cambodian Lowland Farming Systems; Martin van Brakel, Lindsay Ross (United Kingdom)
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TS 54.4 Urban Poverty Reduction: Reality and Measures Involving Pro Poor Land Tools on Spatial Data Infrastructure and Governance; Ulrick Westman (UN-Habitat)
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14:00-15:30
Los Naranjos

TS 55 – Applications in Disaster Management and Reduction
Moderators: Laban MacOpiyo, ILRI (Ethiopia)

TS 55.1 The Role of Spatial Data Infrastructure in the Management of Natural Disasters; Kwabena Asante, James Verdin, Michael Crane, Sezin Tokar, James Rowland (USA)
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TS 55.2 The Urban Poverty Morphology Project: RS-GIS Applications for Metro-Manila, Philippines; May Celine T.M. Vicente (Philippines),Jose Ramo T. Villarin, SJ (Philippines), Gerald A. Galgana (USA), Ma. Aileen Leah G. Guzman (USA), Joel D. de Mesa (Philippines)
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TS 55.3 Geodetic Applications for a more Cost-Effective and Sustainable Disaster Risk Management; Frank Friesecke (Germany)
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TS 55.4 Using Spatial data Infrastructure for Volcano Monitoring in Columbia; Julian Escallon, Rafael Cárdenas (Colombia)
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14:00-15:30
Meeting Room

TS 56 - Legal and Economic Working Group Open Meeting
Moderators: Bas Kok, RAVI (Netherlands); Kate Lance, ITC (Netherlands)

The Legal and Economic Working Group of the GSDI Association explores legal and economic frameworks within which spatial data infrastructures are developed within individual nations and multi-nation regions. It encourages dialogue and publications in regard to varying public policy and legal approaches and explores models, approaches, and experiences that may enhance cooperation among nations in sharing spatial data and technologies. All interested are welcome.

15.30-16:00

16:00-17:30
Room 1

TS 57 - Capacity Building and Education
Moderators: Leslie Armstrong

TS 57.1 Advancing SDI development by education: ITCs new master course on geoinformatics; Klaus Tempfli, Gerrit Huurneman (Netherlands)
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TS 57.2 Projecto de Programa de Doctorado: Geoinformacion para el Gobierno y la Sociedad; Miguel Angel Bernabé(España), Mabel Alvarez (Argentina)
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TS 57.3 Making Differences: Uses of Geo Brain in Classroom Teaching of Earth System and Geospatial Information Sciences at Higher Education Institutes Worldwide; Meixia Deng, Liping DI, Mark Abolins, Hongmian Gong, Guoqing Zhou
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TS 57.4 Teaching SDI and OGC; Ingo Simonis, Christoph Brox (Germany), Rob Lemmens (The Netherlands)
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16:00-17:30
Room 2

TS 58 – Applications relating to Poverty and Community
Moderators: Javier Carranza Torres, ITC (Netherlands)

TS 58.1 An Expression of the Level of Spatial Data Infrastructure and Poverty for Municipalities in the Republic of South Africa; Sharthi Laldaparsad, Elizabeth Gavin (South Africa)
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TS 58.2 Patterns of Satisfaction with Health Services in Malawi: Analysis using Geographic Information Systems Technology; Gideon Mazinga (USA)
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TS 58.3 Development of a Binational Geodatabase to Examine Environmental Health and Quality of Life Issues Along the United States – Mexico Border; Jean W. Parcher, Laura M. Norman, Diana M. Papoulias, James E. Stefanov, Zachary D. Wilson, William R. Page, and Robin H. Gary (USA)
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TS 58.4 Geospatial Data Infrastructure for the Sustainable Development of East Timor; Tracey P. Lauriault, D. R. Fraser Taylor (Canada)
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16:00-17:30
Room 3

TS 59 - Africa Regional Roundtable
Moderator: Chukwudozie Ezigbalike, UN Economic Commission for Africa (Ethiopia); TBD

Representatives from Africa will discuss challenges confronting the implementation and continued support of SDI’s and productive approaches towards solutions based on their respective experiences in establishing SDI’s locally to the globally.

16:00-17:30
Room 4

TS 60 – Asia-Pacific Regional Roundtable
Moderator: Sive Kumar, Geological Survey of India (India); TBD

Representatives from the Asia-Pacific Community will discuss challenges confronting the implementation and continued support of SDI’s and productive approaches towards solutions based on their respective experiences in establishing SDI’s locally to the globally.

16:00-17:30
Auditorium

TS 61 - Europe Regional Roundtable
Moderators: Bruce McCormack, European Umbrella Organization for Geographic Information; TBD

Representatives from the European Community will discuss challenges confronting the implementation and continued support of SDI’s and productive approaches towards solutions based on their respective experiences in establishing SDI’s locally to the globally.
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TS 62 - America Regional Roundtable
Moderator: Col. Rodrigo Barriga, IGM, Chile

Representatives from the Americas will discuss challenges confronting the implementation and continued support of SDI’s and productive approaches towards solutions based on their respective experiences in establishing SDI’s locally to the globally.
The America Regional panel will have the following people on its panel:
Confirmed:
Mr. Santiago Borrero Mutis, Secretario General del Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia (IPGH/OEA). México.
Mr. Mario Alberto Reyes, Presidentre del Comité Permanente de la Infraestructura de Datos Espaciales de las Américas (CP-IDEA). México.
Mrs. Karin Molt, Vicepresidenta del Comité Ejecutivo de la Red de Información sobre la Biodiversidad (IABIN). Chile.
Mrs. Jacqueline M. Klaver, Enviromental Scientist Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Technical Support Services at the USGS National Center for Earth Resources Observation & Science. Estados Unidos.
Mrs. Tatiana Delgado, Coordinadora del "Proyecto Evaluación y Potenciación del papel de las IDEs en el desarrollo en Latino América y el Caribe". Cuba.
Mr. Eric Van Praag, Consultor CAF (Corporación Andina de Fomento)
Mr. Cristian Aqueveque, Secretario Ejecutivo del Sistema Nacional de Coordinación de la Información Territorial (SNIT). Chile.
Mr. Harold Moellering, Asociación Cartográfica Internacional (ICA)
r. Ivan Darío Gómez, Experto Nacional del "Proyecto de Infraestructura de las bases de datos espaciales para la concepción de la IDE de la Comunidad Andina". Director del Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi (IGAC).
To be confirmed
Dr. Jeff Labonte, Director General del Natural Resources of Canadá.
Ms. Leslie Armstrong, Deputy Staff Director Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), Estados Unidos.

TS 63 - Communications Committee Open Meeting
Moderators: TBD

The Communications Committee ensures timely communication between and among the Board, the Council, and all members of the GSDI Association and between the GSDI Association and individuals and organizations outside with regard to GSDI Association matters. This includes oversight of the web site, newsletters, discussion lists, press releases, and other publications. All interested in helping in these activities are welcome to attend.

19:30 -23:00

GALA DINNER, Sponsor: ESRI

Friday, 10 November

08:00-
Museum Entrance

09:00-10:30
Court Yard

Plenary Session 2 - GSDI-9 Keynote Talks on Spatial Information: Tool for Reducing Poverty
Moderators: Col. Luis A. Alegría Matta (Chile), Prof. Harlan Onsrud, Outgoing-President of GSDI (USA)

PS 2.1 Las Tecnologías Espaciales y el Desarrollo Integral: una perspectiva de la OEA (Spatial Technologies and Integral Development: A Perspective by the OAS) Jorge Duran, Senior Manager, Municipal Development and Capacity Building, Organization of American States (OAS)
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PS 2.2 Supporting Sustainable Development initiatives: The Role of the Inter American Development Bank, Mr. Ricardo Quiroga, Principal Economist, Environment Division, Sustainable Development Department, Inter American Development Bank
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PS 2.3 Earth Observation Data for Everyone: Towards an International Consortium of Land Imaging Satellites, Gilberto Camara, Director, INPE (Brazil)

PS 2.4 Hogar de Cristo y Servicio País

10:30-11:00

11:00-12:30
Court Yard

CLOSING CEREMONY

• Conference Report and Resolutions, Colonel Luis A. Alegría Matta, Director, Military Geographic Institute of Chile (IGM) and President, GSDI9 Conference (Incorporate in report results from regional roundtables and results from International Development and Mapping Agency roundtables. Acknowledgement and thanks to local organizing committee, sponsors, etc.)
• Introduction of Newly Elected GSDI Association President and GSDI Association Board Members, Harlan Onsrud
• Invitation to GSDI 10, Kemeuli Masikerei, Assistant Director, Mapping and Land Information, Ministry of Land and Mineral Resources, Fiji
• Departing Statements by GSDI Association President, Jarmo Ratia – further thanks, plans, etc.

POSTERS

Local to Global SDIs

Developing Digital cadastral map of Thailand case; Vuttinan Utesnan (Thailand) Pravasi, Ajeet Singh (India).
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ILRI's Attempt at Spatial Data Infrastructure; Michael Arunga, Patrick Kariuki (Kenya).
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Integración de datos del uso de suelo, cadastre agrícola y el geomorfologia por medio de estudios del aerofotogrametria, GPS y SIG para la indicación geográfica de vinos finos en arreglos productivos locales en la región Vale dos Vinhedos, Brasil; Rosemary Hoff, Jorge Tonietto, Guilherme da Costa Menezes, Raquel Maria Poerschke, Andre da silva Coutinho (Brazil).
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Creación de una IDE para la gestión de una empresa forestal en un entorno de pequeña propiedad forestal gestionada de forma común y participativa; Miguel Cordero Souto, Marcos Boullón Magán, David Miranda Barros, Rafael Crecente Maseda (Spain).
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Construcción e implementación de una Infraestructura de Datos Espaciales en el Proyecto SIMCI de UNODC - Colombia; Rodolfo Llinás, Juan Pablo Ardila, Oscar Espejo (Colombia).
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Towards User-driven Spatial Data Infrastructures. An Approach Oriented to Sustainable Development; Tatiana Delgado Fernandez, Enrique Castellanos (Cuba).
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Use of Spatial Data Infrastructures for Assessing Urban Vulnerability to Earthquake Hazards; Veronica Botero Fernandez, Colombia
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Data/Metadata

Discussions on the Multi-source Data Processing Technology in the Construction of GIS Database; Xiaoyan Ji (China).
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Development of the Geological ad Mining Survey's Geographic Names System for Argentina Republic; Carlos Gabriel Asato, Eugenia Mariana Wright (Argentina).
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Construyendo bases de datos espaciales como aporte a estudios de biodiversidad, deforestación y desertificación; Raquel Tardivo (Argentina), María Luisa Dolande Peña (Venezuela), Erica Llanos (Argentina), Paola Peltzer (Argentina).
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Standards

Implementación de procesos para la documentación de conjuntos de datos geográficos del Instituto de investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt; Camilo Jose Londoño A. (Colombia).
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Geodetic Infrastructure and Geospatial Data Standardization for GIS Applications in Turkey; M. Tevfik Ozludemir, Rahmi N. Celik (Turkey).
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Clearinghouse-Portals

The Conservation GeoPortal; Steve Schill, Frank Biasi (USA).
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Dynamic Synthesis Technique for Spatial Data Infrastructure; Ismail Wadembere (Uganda).
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Web-Based Wireless

GIS Lite: On the Fly Map Services Based on Rendered Layer Files; Johan Meijer, Jeroen Dolmans (Netherlands).
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Implementación de un Sistema de Información Municipal y Regional Asociada a la Biodiversidad en Colombia – INFORMAR; Rubén Darío Mateus Sanabria, Javier Martinez Quintero (Colombia).
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Basic and Applied Research

Application of ASTER Spaceborne Image in Mapping Land Cover in the Drylands (Ethiopia); Ermias Aynekulu, Tibebu Kasaumber (Ethiopia).
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Characterising the Spatial Complexity of Urban Landscapes using Multi-scale and Multi-source Remote Sensing Data; Zahurul Islam (Ivory Coast), Graciela Metternicht (Australia).
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Mangroves Species Management in Cameroon; Buh Gaston Wung (Cameroon).
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Monitoring West African Savannah Vegetation and their Response to Short-term Droughts Using MODIS Data; Stephen Opoku-Duah, Daniel N.M. Donoghue, Tim P. Burt (United Kingdom).
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Geographic Determinants of Poverty in Rural Kenya: A National and Provincial Analysis; Paul Okwi, Michael Arunga, Patti Kristjanson, An Notenbaert, Abisalom Omolo (Kenya).
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A Case Study to Validate the Earthquake Loss Assessment and Emergency Response System for Daqing Oilfield; Xiaxin Tao, Ping Li (China).
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Geographically Weighted Regression and Kriging: A Comparison of Two Approaches of Data Interpolation; Stewart Fotheringham, Martin Charlton, and Ricardo Crespo (Ireland).
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Las nuevas tecnologías de la información geográfica como herramienta para erradicar la pobreza; Alejandro Alberto Castano Gallego (Colombia).
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La Georeferenciacion de Pilares Altimetricos IGM. Caso Santiago Del Estero. Argentina; Lucrecia del Carmen Galván, Claudia Livia Infante, Iber Hugo Goitea (Argentina).
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Legal & Economic

Renovating Cadastral Maps-An Indian Perspective; Nirmalendu Kumar (India).
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Institutional, Organizational and Administrative

Land Management and Well Established Business Systems; Ian Foster (United Kingdom).
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GIS and Adaptive Coastal Management Policy for Sustainable Development and Poverty Alleviation; Nhung Thi Hong Nguyen (Vietnam).
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The Status of Cadastre and Land Management in Nigeria; Chuka OBOLI, Peter Chigozie NWILO (Nigeria).
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Public Participation Fundamentals and Approaches Applied to Urban Planning; Javier Carranza Torres (Netherlands).
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Capacity Building

Información espacial ASTER/Terra para el desarrollo local: cartografía y monitoreo de recursos en áreas rurales marginales de la Provincia de Santa Fe (República Argentina); Raquel Tardivo (Argentina), María Luisa Dolande Peña (Venezuela), Carlos Canoba (Argentina).
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Remote Sensing and Geomatics Capacity Building in Vietnam with the Support of Canadian, European and Francophone Partnerships; Ferdinand Bonn (Canada), Cu Van Pham (Vietnam).
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Applications

Landslide and Flood Risk Zones Delineation in Limbe Subdivision; Buh Gaston (Cameroon).
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SIGpaS un instrumento para la toma de decisiones en Salud, Rep. Dominicana; Ronald Skewes-Ramm, Wieland Kunzel (Dominican Republic).
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Using GIS for Integration of Social Concerns for the Assessment of Former Dumpsites (the case of Bacolod City, Philippines); Francoise Orban-Ferauge (Belgium), Mary Ann Pandan (Philippines).
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GIS Applications in the Assessment of Land Capability for Maize Cultivation in Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria; Oladipo Oni, Peter Chigozie Nwilo, Idowu Balogun (Nigeria).
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Selecting Allotment Garden lots through a Participative GIS Process in an urban poor environment; Francoise Orban-Ferauge (Belgium), Barbara Van Eetvelde – Denil (Belgium), Mary Ann Pandan (Philippines).
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Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS) for developmental planning of Panchkula District, Haryana (India); Ramesh Singh Hooda, Arvind Chandra Pandey, Ravindra Pravasi, Ajeet Singh (India).
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Habitat and Land use Changes in Guruve, Magoe and Zumbo districts of the Zambezi Heartland1 (1989 - 2001); Abbie Jiri (Zimbabwe).
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Deteccion de Conglomerados Espaciales Para la Delimityacion de Zonas de Riesago en Argentina; Diana De Pietri, Mario Masana WILSON, Osvaldo RICO (Argentina).
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Mapping Poverty Correlates at Province and District Levels in Turkey; Oguz Isik, Melih Pinarcioglu (Turkey).
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Spatial Data Infrastructure for Agri-environmental Applications in Distrito Federal, Brazil; Fabio Alves de Carvalho, Marilusa Pinto Coelho Lacerda (Brazil).
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Remote Sensing Based Land Use / Land Cover Change Scenario of Vellore District in Tamil Nadu, India; Dr. V.E.Nethaji Mariappan (India).
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Creación de una IDE para la gestión de una empresa forestal en un entorno de pequeña propiedad forestal gestionada de forma común y participativa; Miguel Cordero Souto, Marcos Boullón Magán, David Miranda Barros, Rafael Crecente Maseda (Spain).
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Use of Digital Terrain Models (DTM) for Generation of Pedoforms Map in Distrito Federal, Brazil; Marilusa Pinto Coelho Lacerda, Fábio Alves Carvalho, Helena Maria Ramos Alves, Tatiana Grossi Chiquiloff Vieira, Inara Oliveira Barbosa (Brazil).
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Spatial Information on Wetlands: A Tool for Poverty Reduction in Nigeria: The Case Study of Wasimi in Irewole Local Government Area Osun State, Nigeria; Gasu Martin, Oyinloye R. O, Akingbade A.O and Chistopher Akande (Nigeria).
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Geospatial Information Technologies to Mitigate Growth of Slum Squatter Settlements for Sustainable Urban Development: A Study of National Capital Region (NCR) Delhi; Madan Mohan (India).
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Proposición de metodología de análisis espacial para combatir la Desertificación y pobreza rural en la comuna de Punitaqui, Región de Coquimbo, Chile. Claudio Meneses, Juan Carrasco (Chile).
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Biological forest ecosystem divertsity and there inpact in semi arid lands, analysis and followed by remote sensing (ALSAT-1 data, steppe of Algeria); Ahmed Zegrar, Kebir Lahcene (Algeria).
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Desarrollo del Programa Nacional de Zonificación Agriecológica de Panamá; Guerra, C.D.R., Li Mendoza, C., Candanedo, M.; Carrasquilla, O. & Sarmiento, M. (Panamá).
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Mobile GIS and Participatory Mapping: Tool to Empower the Less Privileged Communities in East Africa to Defend their Legal Rights: Grace Lubembe Nassuna, Uganda
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Integrated Strategy of National Geological Information System in Korea; Kwang Hoon Chi, Jae Hong Hwang, Korea
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Other

Positioning and Navigation System Using GPS; Jagannathan
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Developing Legal and Operational Frame for NSDI in Croatia; Prof.Dr. Bacic Zeljko, Ivan Landek (Croatia)
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