PRAGUE 2016
XXIII ISPRS
CONGRESS
S E C O N D
ANNOUNCEMENT
and Call for Full
Papers & Abstracts
P R A G U E
CZECH REPUBLIC
12th July – 19th July 2016
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Pre-Congress Schedule:
Deadline for submission of full papers
30 November 2015
Deadline for submission of abstracts
13 December 2015
Notification of authors
Deadline for submission of final papers
1 February 2016
15 March 2016
Deadline for registration payment for
the paper to be included in proceedings 14 April 2016
Congress Venue
Prague Congress Centre
5. května 65, 140 21 Prague 4, Czech Republic
Tel: +420 261 171 111
http://www.kcp.cz/en/contact
Contact
Congress Director: congressdirector@isprs2016-prague.com
Programme Committee: program@isprs2016-prague.com
General Contact: info@isprs2016-prague.com
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XXIII ISPRS CONGRESS
Second Announcement
& C al l f or Pa p e r s
“From human history to the future with spatial information.”
Ministry for Municipal and Rural Affairs,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Table of Contents
Invitation by the ISPRS President
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CATCON
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Invitation by the XXIII ISPRS Congress Director
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Social Programme
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Registration
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Hotel Reservations
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Information About the Congress
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Technical Tours
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Letters of Recommendation – President
of the Czech Office for Surveying,
Mapping and Cadastre
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Letters of Recommendation – Rector of Czech
Technical University
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International Society for Photogrammetry
and Remote Sensing
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Optional Tours
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XXIII ISPRS Programme Committee
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General Information
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Scientific Programme
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Financial Assistance
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Tutorials
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Call for ISPRS – UN-GGIM Forum 2016
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Call for ISPRS Space Agency Forum
at the 2016 ISPRS Congress
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Call for Theme Sessions
at the XXIII ISPRS Congress
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Call for Tutorials
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ISPRS Youth Activities
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Exhibition
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Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities
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Call for Abstracts and Full Papers _ _ _ 22
ISPRS Archives & Annals
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Preliminary Time Schedule
_ _ _ 24
ISPRS Awards & Honours
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The ISPRS Prizes for Best Papers by Young Authors _ _ _ 27
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Invitation by the ISPRS President
Dear colleagues and friends,
It is my great pleasure to invite you to attend the XXIII ISPRS
Congress which will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, from
12–19 July 2016. The quadrennial Congress of ISPRS is
the most important event in the ISPRS Calendar and offers a
wealth of opportunity for anyone using images for information
and analysis. You can see from this Second Announcement
that a first class programme of plenary speakers, technical
sessions, exhibitions and social events has been planned
under the theme ‘From human history to the future with
spatial information’. You will be able to catch up with the
developments in photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial
information science, meet old friends – make new ones and
experience the traditional and fascinating culture of Europe.
Prague is a thrilling venue located in the heart of Europe and
a well-known place for conferences. Prof. Eduard Doležal,
the founder of our ISPRS, was also born in the southern part
of the Czech Republic. This will give us an opportunity to
visit the marvelous landscape of the Czech lands and to
discover the architectural and cultural treasures in Prague and
in the Czech Republic. Therefore I encourage all of you to
participate in this ISPRS quadrennial Congress, and prepare
and present a paper describing your work, and to share your
experiences with others.
Chen Jun,
ISPRS President
We all are now facing unprecedented great challenges
including climate change and sustainable development.
The United Nations is preparing and implementing the
‘Post-2015 Development Agenda’ to achieve a set of
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The International
Council of Science (ICSU) has launched a 10-year research
program ‘Future Earth’ to provide the knowledge required
for societies seizing opportunities in a transition to global
sustainability. The success of these endeavors depends
critically on the availability and accessibility of reliable geospatial information about the earth and its environment. As a
leading international organization in the field of geo-spatial
information and remote sensing, ISPRS is devoted to promote
the advancement of knowledge, research, development,
education and training in photogrammetry, remote sensing
and spatial information sciences, their integration and
applications, as to contribute to the well-being of humanity
and the sustainability of the environment. The Prague ISPRS
Congress will provide us an opportunity to examine the
challenges facing us, discuss how to support Future Earth with
global geo-information, and formulate the future research
agenda.
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Invitation by the XXIII ISPRS Congress Director
Dear colleagues and friends,
The XXIII ISPRS Congress will be held already in less than
16 months. Maybe you attended previous ISPRS Congresses
and you are ready to come. Maybe you have just discovered
ISPRS and the Congress.
The Second Announcement of the ISPRS Congress presents
you important information on deadlines, call for papers, call
for theme sessions, call for tutorials, technical programme,
social programme, technical tours, optional tours, venue, etc.
International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing is 105-year-old lady in 2015. The Society organizes
congress once in four years. The Congresses offer not
only a platform for presentation of the latest results of
photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial sciences, but
also a platform for scientific and non-scientific meetings and
discussions.
The scientific programme takes form of plenary sessions
and parallel sessions. Parallel sessions are dedicated to
presentation of reviewed papers. The papers are linked
to sessions according to their topics to individual Working
Groups.
Important part of participants form young scientists. They are
welcome to attend not only the Congress, but I would like to
encourage them to join Student Consortium and participate
in the Youth Forum during the Congress. They are invited to
participate in Summer school, which will be held in Telč from
7- 11 July 2016.
Reviewed and presented papers are publicized in
Proceedings with CPCI (indexing of Proceedings by Thomson
& Reuter) and SCOPUS. ISPRS Archives (Proceedings of
Papers with reviewed Abstracts) are registered by CPCI and
in SCOPUS as well. ISPRS Annals (proceedings with double
blind reviewed papers) are expecting to be registered before
the Congress.
The registration for the Congress will be opened on 12 July
2015.
A Congress App for all platforms will be launched in June
2015. The App will significantly enhance contacts between
participants, speakers exhibitors, sponsors and organizers.
The utilization of the App will enrich the experience of the
Congress and will easily provide users with information
otherwise difficult to obtain. The most active users can look
forward to a prize-winning competition.
I hope you will decide that the Congress is an event, which
is worth to take part in. If so, I would like to invite you to my
country – the Czech Republic, to my city – Prague. Both the
country and the city are beautiful, cozy, full of green areas,
interesting places and historical monuments and even parts of
cities. The Linden tree is a national tree. Linden heart shaped
leaves are as hearts of the Congress organizers open for all
of you.
Lena Halounová,
XXIII ISPRS Congress Director
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Letters of Recommendation – President of the Czech Office
for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
Ing. Karel Večeře
předseda Českého úřadu zeměměřického a katastrálního
President of the Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
Präsident des Tschechischen Amts für Landesvermessung und Kataster
Prague, 28th April 2015
Dear ISPRS Congress Delegates,
I am pleased that Czech Republic will be the host of the XXIII. International Society for
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Congress in Prague in 2016. The date of the Congress is
coming closer and so I would like as the president of the Czech office for surveying, mapping and
cadastre to write you a couple of words regarding this international event significant for the branch I
am responsible for.
Photogrammetry and remote sensing play an important role in nature sciences in many spheres of
the present life. They help us to understand and better analyse and control many various
phenomena of the Earth and its actual state of the environment.
Aerial photographs were systematically collected in Czechoslovakia, the predecessor of the Czech
Republic, already before the Second World War. The Czech Society for Photogrammetry was
founded in 1930 and has been taking part in many international activities since the ISP III in Zurich
in 1930 and therefore has a long history of photogrammetry applications and international contacts.
The predecessors of the Czech office for surveying, mapping and cadastre have been using aerial
photogrammetry for mapping since 1950s.
I am very pleased that ISPRS enhances its interest to close cooperate with National Mapping and
Cadastre Agencies by organizing the National Mapping and Cadastre Agencies Forum.
Czech Republic has been supporting organization of many scientific congresses and conferences
to show scientific interest of our specialists and their belonging to the world highest level of
knowledge as well as introduce their progress.
Dear Delegates, it is my honour to express my personal support to the XXIII. International Society
for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Congress in Prague. I wish you successful and highly
professional meeting in July 2016.
With highest consideration
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Letters of Recommendation – Rector of Czech Technical University
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International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
ISPRS is an international non-governmental organization
devoted to the development of international cooperation
for the advancement of knowledge, research, development
and education in the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing
and Spatial Information Sciences, their integration and
applications, to contribute to the well being of humanity and
the sustainability of the environment.
LENA HALOUNOVÁ
Czech Technical University
CZECH REPUBLIC
The ISPRS Vision and Mission for the 21st Century
• Encourage and Facilitate Research and Development
Congress Director
• Advance Knowledge by Scientific Networking
ORHAN ALTAN
Istanbul Technical University
TURKEY
• Promote International Cooperation
• Pursue Inter-Disciplinary Integration
• Facilitate Education and Training
• Enhance and Explore New Applications
• Develop Public Recognition of Photogrammetry, Remote
Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
First Vice President
MARGUERITE MADDEN
The University of Georgia
USA
“ISPRS is the voice for the Photogrammetry, Remote
Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences community”
For further information see: www.isprs.org
The 2012–2016 ISPRS Council
CHEN JUN
National Geomatics Centre of China
PR CHINA
Second Vice
President
JON MILLS
Newcastle University
UNITED KINGDOM
President
Treasurer
CHRISTIAN HEIPKE
Leibniz University Hannover
GERMANY
Secretary General
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Technical Commission Presidents
CHARLES TOTH
The Ohio State University
USA
Commission I
FABIO REMONDINO
3D Optical Metrology Unit (3DOM)
ITALY
Commission V
Sensors and Platforms
for Remote Sensing
Close-Range
Imaging, Analysis
and Applications
SONGNIAN LI
Ryerson University
CANADA
JIANYA GONG
Wuhan University
CHINA
Commission VI
Commission II
Education, Technology
Transfer and Capacity
Development
Theory and Concepts
of Spatial Information
Science
KONRAD SCHINDLER
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
ETH Zurich
SWITZERLAND
Commission III
FILIZ SUNAR
Istanbul Technical University (ITU)
TURKEY
Commission VII
Photogrammetric
Computer Vision and
Image Analysis
Thematic Processing,
Modeling and Analysis
of Remotely Sensed Data
JIE JIANG
National Geomatics Center of China
CHINA
Commission IV
Geospatial Databases
and Location Based
Services
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VINAY K. DADHWAL
National Remote Sensing Centre
Indian Space Research Organisation
INDIA
Commission VIII
Remote Sensing
Applications and
Policies
XXIII ISPRS Programme Committee
International Program Committee
Local Program Committee
President:
George Vosselman
Vice President: Uwe Stilla
Vice President: Marguerite Madden
President:
Václav Šafář
Vice President: Karel Pavelka
Vice President: Vladimír Kovařík
TCP I:
Charles Toth
Chris Rizos
Dorota A. Grejner-Brzezinska
Naser El-Sheimy
TCP I: Z. Klusoň, J. Karas
TCP II: K. Brázdil, P. Rapant
TCP II:
Songnian Li
Monika Sester
Emmanuel Stefanakis
Xiaohua Tong
TCP III: A. Limpouch, T. Pajdla
TCP IV: H. Olešovská, P. Dvořáček
TCP III:
Konrad Schindler
Franc Rottennsteiner
Helmut Mayer
Clement Mallet
TCP V: K. Pavelka, J. Hodač
TCP IV:
Jie Jiang
Sisi Zlatanova
Bert Veenendaal
Qing Zhu
David Holland
TCP VI: V. Hanzl, T. Dolanský
TCP VII: L. Patková, M. Potůčková
TCP V:
Fabio Remondino
Fulvio Rinaudo
Paul Bryan
Marco Scaioni
TCP VIII: L. Plánka, V. Ždímal
TCP VI:
Jianya Gong
TCP VII:
Filiz Sunar
Malcolm Taberner
Suha Berberoglu
Fusun Balık Sanli
TCP VIII:
Vinay K. Dadhval
Fazlay S. Faruque
Y.A. (Yousif) Hussin
Prasad S. Thenkabail
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Scientific Programme
Remote sensing is the science and technology of the capture
and analysis of images and physical data of the Earth and
planets from sensors in space, in the air and on the ground.
Photogrammetry is the science and technology of extracting
reliable spatio-temporal information of objects and scenes
from the analysis of remotely sensed imagery and range data.
Spatial Information Science is the science and technology of
capturing, analyzing, modelling, visualizing, managing and
disseminating spatio-temporal information.
ISPRS is a leading organization in remote sensing,
photogrammetry and spatial information sciences - like very
high-resolution satellite imagery, terrain based imaging and
participatory sensing, inexpensive platforms, and advanced
information and communications technologies. The Congress’
goal is to prove that the application of imagery is now
ubiquitous and plays an important role in many aspects of life
and work today.
ISPRS welcomes all papers bringing new results,
achievements, methods and theory to help to shift the present
level of knowledge.
The programme structure is split into several session types:
Technical Sessions, Theme Sessions, Special sessions, Plenary
Meetings, Exhibitor’s Showcase Sessions and Commercial
Sessions.
The Theme of the Congress
The Earth, its surface, and various objects on the Earth
and beyond are imaged, detected and registered by
photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information
sciences. It seems that probably the oldest “map” - rather a
cartographic plan - was found in the southern Moravia, part
of the Czech Republic. It is dated do the period of 25 000
years ago and made on a mammoth tusk.
The ways of imaging rivers, cities, mountains, valleys
and many other different objects in outputs from spatial
information sciences are often overtaken from maps.
Paper maps represent the Earth surface in two dimensions and
cartography tools only visualize the third. However, the paper
model of Prague created by Antonín Langweil, manservant
in the University Library Klementinum in Prague 1826-1837,
is a three-dimensional model of Prague at a 1:480 scale.
We have been using and developing new methods, tools,
and ideas to apply them in many other branches and to a far
larger part of present day reality – a golf simulator showing
you the trajectory of your ball which in fact ended in a textile
sheet just few meters next to you or a car which is able to go
without a driver – can serve just like a small example of such
applications.
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We are witnesses of a boom in RPAS (Remotely Piloted
Airborne Systems). The role of sources of open data is
strongly supported by the ESA Sentinel satellite chain in
Europe. It enlarges the data policy of Landsat applied for the
last several years.
Share your knowledge with us, please!
Plenary Meetings
Plenary Meetings are twofold – Opening and Closing
Ceremonies, and Plenary Sessions.
Opening Ceremony
Date: 12 July 2016
Opening Ceremony will welcome Congress participants and
present ISPRS. Outstanding personalities will receive ISPRS
Awards. A part of the programme will be dedicated to the
Congress hosting country.
Plenary Sessions
Three Plenary Sessions will offer excellent keynote speakers
from different countries and with very interesting topics. Their
list will be publicized on the Congress web page.
Closing Ceremony
Date: 19 July 2016
The official termination of the Congress shall take place in the
Congress Hall at PCC during the Closing Ceremony. There will
be an official hand over of the presidency of the Society and
presentation of the last part of ISPRS awards. The Congress
Director of the host country of the next ISPRS Congress will
make a short presentation and receive the ISPRS flag.
Technical Sessions (TeS)
The Scientific Programme of the Congress will offer a wide
range of topics, which are incorporated in the present
orientations of the ISPRS Technical Commissions and all their
Working Groups (WGs). They are included in the Technical
Sessions (TeS).
These sessions form, in fact together with the Theme Sessions,
the scientific volume of the development in the ISPRS branches
since the previous ISPRS Congress. Technical Sessions
are assigned to Working Groups of the ISPRS Technical
Commissions.
Theme Sessions (ThS)
Since Terms of References of all WGs were defined
already in 2012 and the development in many branches
of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Sciences
have brought new topics and themes, the Congress Scientific
Programme offers a set of Theme Sessions (ThS). Theme
Sessions will also present bridging themes between/among
WGs or will be formed from excellent new topics not covered
by the WG ones. Some of the Theme sessions are listed in this
Announcement and some will even be created from accepted
papers according to their content. Everybody with breaking
topics is welcome to present such news! ISPRS is happy to
give them the floor.
Interactive Sessions (InS)
At the Congress in Prague, emphasis will be given to the
presentation of technical papers at the interactive sessions,
with direct interaction between authors and audience. Posters
will be displayed for the whole day according to the date
they are assigned between July 13 to July 18. Topics of
Interactive sessions comply with Technical, Theme and Spatial
Sessions.
Special Sessions (SpS)
ISPRS supports cooperation with other organizations like
the International Cartographic Association, FIG, UN-GGIM,
EuroSDR, URSI, etc. They will organize so called Special
Sessions (SpS) to show the relations between ISPRS topics
and science in their sphere. These sessions will enhance
a range of potential applications of our knowledge and
will spread our achievements to the members of our sister
organizations.
Exhibitor’s Showcase Sessions and
Commercial Sessions
ISPRS encourages companies especially Exhibitors and/
or Sustaining Members to organize Exhibitor’s Showcase
Sessions and Commercial Sessions to present the latest
development of their societies to the ISPRS Congress
participants. It is a good way to contact directly all subjects
who might be interested in possible cooperation.
Meetings
General Assemblies
General Assemblies are meetings of the representatives of
Ordinary Members.
12 July 2016
13 July 2016
16 July 2016
18 July 2016
Open Business Meetings of ISPRS
Commissions
One Open Business Meeting is convened by each of the
eight ISPRS Technical Commission. These sessions offer
the opportunity for all Congress participants to review
and contribute proposals for Resolutions to steer the future
(2016–2020) scientific and technologic activities of the ISPRS
Commissions and their Working Groups. For the dates and
meeting places of these meetings, please refer to the congress
website http://www.isprs2016-prague.com.
Closed Business Meetings
Closed Business Meetings of all eight commissions with
their WG officers will be held during the Congress. For time
and meeting places of these meetings, please refer to the
congress website http://www.isprs2016-prague.com. The
liaison officers of the Local Programme Committee will also
participate in these meetings.
Other meetings
Other meetings will convene in the offices of the Council and/
or Commission Presidents.
Business meeting of all Commission Presidents with the
Congress Director and the organizational staff for final
briefing on Congress arrangements:
11 July 2016
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Topics of Technical Sessions (TeS) and
Interactive Sessions (InS)
Please refer to the web site www.isprs.org of the
particular Working Group of ISPRS for further
details of the subjects (Terms of References) to be
discussed.
Technical Commission I
• TeS - InS: WG I/1 — Standardization of Airborne Platform
Interfaces
• TeS - InS: WG I/2 — LiDAR, SAR and Optical Sensors for
Airborne and Spaceborne Platforms
• TeS - InS: WG I/3 — Multi-Platform Multi-Sensor System
Calibration
• TeS - InS: WG I/4 — Geometric and Radiometric Modeling
of Optical Airborne and Spaceborne Sensors
• TeS - InS: WG I/5 — Satellite Systems for Earth
Observation
• TeS - InS: ICWG I/Va — Mobile Scanning and Imaging
Systems for 3D Surveying and Mapping
• TeS - InS: ICWG I/Vb — Unmanned Vehicle Systems (UVS):
Sensors and Applications
Technical Commission II
• TeS - InS: WG II/1 — Spatio-temporal Modelling
• TeS - InS: WG II/2 — Multiscale n-dimensional Spatial
Data Representations, Data Structures and Algorithms
• TeS - InS: WG II/3 — Spatial Analysis and Data Mining
• TeS - InS: WG II/4 — Spatial Statistics and Uncertainty
Modeling
• TeS - InS: WG II/5 — GeoComputation and GeoSimulation
• TeS - InS: WG II/6 — Geovisualization and Virtual Reality
• TeS - InS: WG II/7 — Intelligent Spatial Decision Support
• TeS - InS: WG II/8 — Mobility: Tracking, Analysis and
Communication
• TeS - InS: WG II/IV — Semantic Interoperability and
Ontology for Geospatial Information
Technical Commission III
• TeS - InS: WG III/1 — Orientation and Surface
Reconstruction
• TeS - InS: WG III/2 — Point Cloud Processing
• TeS - InS: WG III/3 — Image Sequence Analysis
• TeS - InS: WG III/4 — 3D Scene Analysis
• TeS - InS: WG III/5 — Computer Graphics and Remote
Sensing
• TeS - InS: ICWG III/I — Sensor Modeling for Integrated
Orientation and Navigation
• TeS - InS: ICWG III/VII — Pattern Analysis in Remote
Sensing
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Technical Commission IV
• TeS - InS: WG IV/1 — Methods for the Update and
Verification of Geospatial Databases
• TeS - InS: WG IV/2 — Global Status of Mapping and
Geospatial Database Updating
• TeS - InS: WG IV/3 — Global DEM Interoperability
• TeS - InS: WG IV/4 — Geospatial Data Infrastructure
• TeS - InS: WG IV/5 — Web and Cloud Based Geospatial
Services and Applications
• TeS - InS: WG IV/6 — Sensor Web and Internet of Things
• TeS - InS: WG IV/7 — 3D Indoor Modelling and
Navigation
• TeS - InS: WG IV/8 — Planetary Mapping and Spatial
Databases
• TeS - InS: ICWG IV/II — Computing Optimization for
Spatial Databases and Location based Services
• TeS - InS: ICWG IV/II/VII — Global Land Cover Mapping
and Services
Technical Commission V
• TeS - InS: WG V/1 — Vision Metrology
• TeS - InS: WG V/2 — Cultural Heritage Data Acquisition
and Processing
• TeS - InS: WG V/3 — Terrestrial 3D Imaging and Sensors
• TeS - InS: WG V/4 — Terrestrial 3D Modelling: Algorithms
and Methods
• TeS - InS: WG V/5 — Close-range Measurements for
Biomedical Sciences and Geosciences
Technical Commission VI
• TeS - InS: WG VI/1 — Web-based Resource Sharing for
Education and Collaborative Research
• TeS - InS: WG VI/2 — E-Delivery of Education Services
• TeS - InS: WG VI/3 — Promotion of International
Collaborative Education Programs
• TeS - InS: WG VI/4 — Promotion of Regional Cooperation
and Regional Capacity Development in Geoinformatics
• TeS - InS: WG VI/5 — Promotion of the Profession to Young
People
• TeS - InS: WG VI/6 — Technology Transfer and Capacity
Development
Technical Commission VII
• TeS - InS: WG VII/1 — Physical Modelling and Signatures
in Remote Sensing
• TeS - InS: WG VII/2 — DEM Generation and Surface
Deformation Monitoring from SAR Data
• TeS - InS: WG VII/3 — Information Extraction from
Hyperspectral Data
• TeS - InS: WG VII/4 — Methods for Image Classification
• TeS - InS: WG VII/5 — Methods for Change Detection and
Process Modelling
• TeS - InS: WG VII/6 — Remote Sensing Data Fusion
• TeS - InS: WG VII/7 — Synergy in Radar and LiDAR
•ThS4: TanDEM-X
Keywords: High resolution-high accuracy DEM, bistatic
InSAR, digital surface models, TanDEM-X experimental
products
Technical Commission VIII
•ThS5: 3D information extraction from SAR imagery
Keywords: Digital Surface Models (DSMs) - generation
methodologies and quality assessment, StereoSAR
(radargrammetry), interferometry, tomography, matching
algorithms, point-wise vs. surface 3D feature information
extraction, techniques integration, new SAR sensors
potential, novel applications, open source software
• TeS - InS: WG VIII/1 — Disaster and Risk Reduction
• TeS - InS: WG VIII/2 — Health
• TeS - InS: WG VIII/3 — Weather, Atmosphere and Climate
Studies
• TeS - InS: WG VIII/4 — Water Resources
• TeS - InS: WG VIII/5 — Energy & Geological Applications
• TeS - InS: WG VIII/6 — Cryosphere
• TeS - InS: WG VIII/7 — Forestry, Natural Ecosystems &
Biodiversity
• TeS - InS: WG VIII/8 — Land Cover and its Dynamics,
Including Agricultural & Urban Land Use
• TeS - InS: WG VIII/9 — Coastal and Ocean Applications
Topics of Theme Sessions (ThS)
•ThS1: Validation and Analyses of Globe Land Cover
Keywords: Land over, theme layers, accuracy, classes
•ThS2: Operational Remote Sensing Application
Services
Keywords: remote sensing, remote sensing applications,
natural resources, resource assessment, resource
management, sustainable agriculture, precision farming,
flood inundation, flood modelling, ocean colour, sea surface
temperature, PFZ, rainfall estimation, railfall forecasting,
crop yield estimation, crop production estimation, tsunami,
coastal zone management, soil resource mapping, landslide
prediction and damage assessment, disaster management,
climate variability, climate change, forestry and ecology, land
use / land cover, water recourses, cryo-sphere, hydrological
modelling, atmosphere, early warning, prediction modelling,
damage risk / damage vulnerability, damage mitigation,
cyclone, environmental assessment and management, forest
inventory, forest biomass, forest stock, forest working plan,
vegetation carbon, soil carbon, DEM/DTM , 3D modeling
of terrain, city GML, city modelling, 3D geo-visualisation,
drought, earthquake, geo web services, geo-portal, GIS,
LIDAR, RADAR, SAR, capacity building, aerial photography,
terrestrial laser scanning, ALTM, mineral exploration, natural
hazards
•ThS3: Sentinel-I Radar
Keywords: Sentinel 1 SAR data analysis regarding change
detection, land cover classification, SAR Polarimetry, SAR
Interferometry, novel applications
•ThS6: Perstistent Scatterer Interferometry
Keywords: SAR, SAR interferometry, Differential SAR
interferometry
•ThS7: Information extraction from SAR imagery
Keywords: SAR image analysis, land cover classification
from SAR data, object recognition based on SAR dat
•ThS8: Recent mapping of small planetary satellites,
asteroids and comets (WG IV/8 and related TCs and
WGs)
Keywords: Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus Neptune, Dwarf Planet: (134340) Pluto),
Asteroids: (1) Ceres, (4) Vesta, (21) Lutetia, (243) Ida, (253)
Mathilde, (433) Eros, (511) Davida, (951) Gaspra, (2867)
Steins, (4179) Toutatis, (25143) Itokawa, Comets: 1P/Halley,
9P/Tempel, 81P/Wild 2, 19P/Borrelly, 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko, Satellites: Moon, Phobos, Deimos, Io, Europa,
Ganymede, Callisto, Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea,
Titan, Iapetus, Phoebe, (134340) Pluto:I Charon
•ThS9: In-door and out-door seamless location and
navigation
Keywords: positioning, wifi, bluetooth, global positioning,
tracking, dead-reckoning
•ThS10: Spatial ecology and ecosystem services
mapping using Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs)
Keywords: biodiversity, ecological traits,EBV (essential
biodiversity variables), ESS (ecosystem services), in situ
observations, harmonization, LiDAR, hyper-temporal,
hyperspectral, SAR, GIS, data fusion
•ThS11: Unmanned Aerial Systems: The Roadmap from
Research to Applications
Keywords: UAS/UAV platforms and sensors, mission
planning, primary data processing, performance validation
•ThS12: Location-based Social Media Data
Keywords: Social media, Social networks, Location-based,
Data mining, Keyword search, Pattern analysis, Big data
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•ThS13: Linked Geospatial Data
Keywords: Linked data, Semantic web, RDF data,
GeoSPARQL, Application
•ThS14: Recent Developments in Open Data
Keywords: Open data, Linked open data, e-Government,
Geospatial, Web
Topics of Special Sessions (SpS) • SpS1 - CIPA: Geospatial Technology for Cultural
Heritage
Keywords: close-range photogrammetry, implementation
of contemporary technologies to the documentation and
safegarding culture heritage, bridging the gap between providers of technological documentation products and the users
• SpS2 - ICSU, Geo Unions, JB GIS, UN-GGIM:
Supporting Future Earth with Global GeoInformation
Keywords: Future Earth, Geo-information, Spatial Analyses,
Sustainabble development, Global leadership, interdiciplinary cooperation
• SpS3 - UNGGIM-AP: Location based management for
economic growth
Keywords: Location-based information, rapid acquisition and
integration, time-critical applications, data sharing, web/
cloud-based services, capability to deliver and use of GI,
useffulnessa dn benefits of GI, ethical principles
• SpS4 - ICA: Image maps- theory, methods, standards
Keywords: Image map as a special map portraying
geographic space with remote sensing image(s), from image
parameters through cartographic visualization methods to
standardized and non-standardized forms of publishing,
theoretical concepts and practical experience with image
map making, topography and theme maps areas
• SpS5 - ICA: Image interpretation for mapping
Keywords: Processing of satellite, airborne and RAPS imagery
for cartographic work, enhancement of differences between
cartographer needs compared to other users of the same
image data, practical use of remote sensing images for
mapping and cartographic production, theoretical concepts
of remote sensing images application for mapping
• SpS6 - ICA: LBS and ubiquitous cartography
Keywords: Outdoor and indoor positioning, smart
environments and ambient spatial intelligence, spatiotemporal data acquisition, processing, and analysis, LBS,
crowdsourcing and volunteered geographic information
(VGI), neocartography, geotagged big data, personalization
and context-aware adaptation, visualization techniques for
LBS, novel user interfaces and interaction techniques, 3D and
augmented reality, innovative LBS systems and applications,
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wayfinding and navigation, LBS and transportation
applications, user studies and evaluations, privacy and
usability, human factors in LBS, smart cities, legal and business
aspects in LBS, open source solutions and standards
• SpS7 - GEO: Earth Observation and Societal Benefits:
Global issues and best practices
Keywords: GEO, GEOSS, Earth Observation, societal
benefits, climate change, global initiatives, Copernicus, data
sharing, big data, cloud computing, project uptake and
sustainability, funding opportunities, capacity building, citizen
observatories, policy making
• SpS8 - SSUGIT: Russian session: Siberian State
University of Geosystems and Technology: Advances
in PH&RS&SIS in Russia
Keywords: UAV, Computer Vision, LiDAR, Multi Sensor
Survey, Data Fusion, Open Source Software, Internal and
External Orientation, ADC Calibration, Remote Sensing,
Geo-information, E-geospace, Geoanalytics, Education, Smart
Region, Digital Earth
• SpS9 - GALILEO: GALILEO and EGNOS applications
for geospatial market
Keywords: The session aims at presenting 3-5 or more
projects co-funded by the European Commission and the
European GNSS Agency under Horizon 2020; the biggest
EU Research and Innovation programme ever available
over 7 years (2014-2020). The projects are addressing the
development of sophisticated and innovative applications
related to the Galileo and EGNOS capabilities. Specific
emphasis is given to those developments and technological
breakthroughs leading to viable products with real
commercial potential for geospatial community and market.
• SpS10 - FOSS4G: FOSS4G Session
Keywords: Free and Open Source Software for
Geoinformatics (FOSS4G), geospatial research platform and
systems for developing new applications crossing the new
frontiers towards the Internet of Places, Big Geospatial Data
processing and analytics and complex simulations essential
for understanding and managing the earth systems, human
societies and their interaction
• SpS11 - UNOOSA: Achievements and challenges of
engaging Earth observations for global development
in the post-2015 era
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• SpS12 - EuroSDR: Innovative technologies and
methodologies for NMCAs“
Keywords: Oblique imagery, dense image matching,
production pipeline, mapping, thematic classification
• SpS13 - FIG: The Surveyors‘ Response to City
Management
Keywords: spatial data infrastructures, mega cities, informal
settlements, smart cities, 3d/4d cadaster, security of tenure,
urban land readjustment
• SpS14 - FIG: Imaging Geodesy
Keywords: InSAR, LiDAR, Satellite Altimetry, and Satellite
Gravimetry for Geohazards
• SpS15 - URSI: Disaster and Risk Management
Keywords: earthquakes, tsunamis, solar superstorms, sensors
technologies, communication technologies, remote sensing
systems, image processing, and decision support airborne
and ground radars, ground penetrating radars, space
based radars, lidars, antennas, propagation limitations
through atmospheric and space weather variations, crisis
communications, propagation limitations through atmospheric
and space weather variations, networking, ground
measurement sensors, airborne and other mobile sensors
(drones, etc.), satellite based sensors, communications traffic
monitoring, signal and target detection and classification
techniques, data management, damage assessment
• SpS16 - EEA + EU GSA + EC: Synergies between
Galileo and Copernicus land services
Keywords: GNSS, Galileo, EGNOS, Remote Sensing,
Copernicus Land Monitoring
• Sp16 - IEARSeL: Imaging Spectroscopy in
environmental analyses
Keywords: Hyperspectral image, Imaging Spectroscopy, field
spectroscopy, n-visualisation, subpixel analyses, hyperspectral
mapping, feature extraction
Tutorials
ISPRS organizes half or one-day tutorials before the Congress
(11th and 12th July 2015). These tutorials are prepared for
Congress participants to bring their knowledge up to date or
to be introduced to new developments. A tutorial will be given
only if a sufficient number of participants have registered
before 15 May 2016.
Additional tutorials and more details about the tutorials will
be on the Congress web page.
Tutorial 1.: BIGEARTH – Flexible Description and
Adaptive Processing of Massive Earth Observation Data
on High Performance Computation Architectures
Keywords: adaptive processing, satellite image processing,
cloud computing.
Target group: EO specialists interested in processing and
analyzing massive spatial data who imperatively need and
expect to use HPC resources on distributed massive data,
without carrying about technical details on management of
computing infrastructure, and data management.
Tutorial 2.: Making big SAR/InSAR data small – information
extraction from radar interferometric time series
Keywords: SAR interferometry, interferometric time series
analysis, interferometric data processing, Sentinel-1, big data
Target group: Graduate and Ph.D. students, young scientists
and researchers in remote sensing, geoscience professionals
with a background profile covering geography, geodesy,
geology GIS, geophysics, geoscience, preferably with some
signal processing, programming and remote sensing or
photogrammetry knowledge
Tutorial 3.: Synthetic Aperture Radar: How it works and
modern applications
Keywords: SAR and SAR Interferometry (DEM), SAR Stereo
(Radargrammetry), PSI and GBSAR
Target group: Graduate and Ph.D. students and researchers
with a basic knowledge in radar remote sensing focused on
geoscience, geology, natural hazards, urban objects stability etc.
Tutorial 4.: Airborne SAR
Keywords: NASA’s airborne SAR sensors, Airborne SAR
imaging, differences and parallels with spaceborne SAR
Target Group: Graduate and PhD students, young scientists,
remote sensing specialists, geoscience professionals
Tutorial 5.: Bringing GEOSS services into practice
Keywords: Configuration, deployment of open source
software, spatial data infrastructure (SDI), publishing and
sharing data and metadata using OGC and ISO standards,
registration of services into the Global Earth Observation
System of Systems (GEOSS)
Target Group: Novice GIS users with some computer basics
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Call for ISPRS – UN-GGIM Forum 2016
The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing (ISPRS) together with United Nations Initiation on
Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM)
hereby announces the First ISPRS – UN-GGIM National
Mapping and Cadastral Agency Forum.
National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies (NMCAs),
many of them organised in UN-GGIM, form a significant
group of members of ISPRS, acting as the ISPRS Ordinary
Member for many countries. NMCAs play an important
role in their countries, providing geospatial data of various
levels of detail, types, and scales, which form the basis of
today’s geospatial data infrastructure - an indispensable
national asset for sustainable of the country and many other
applications.
Successful cooperation between ISPRS and the NMCAs
on many levels, and since a number of years also with UNGGIM, is a result of this connection. One of the strategic
goals of ISPRS is to provide a better forum for NMCAs to
discuss their scientific and technical issues in mapping with
international colleague, and thus to give them better visibility.
As a result, ISPRS and UN-GGIM invite National Mapping
and Cadastre Agencies worldwide to join the next ISPRS
Congress, to be held in Prague in 2016, in the form of a
two day meeting, to be known as the ISPRS – UN-GGIM
National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies Forum. This
Forum will be organized as an integral part of the Congress,
and in parallel with the ISPRS-IAA Space Agency Forum.
The ISPRS Congress is the most important ISPRS meeting
organized every four years. Each Congress is a meeting of
several thousand scientists and professionals. The congresses
attract participants from all over the world to discuss the latest
in technical, scientific and application oriented development
in remote sensing, photogrammetry and spatial information.
ISPRS has thus created a platform for specialists from the
different but interrelated areas of the geospatial field.
Potential topics to be discussed during the Forum are:
consistent feature catalogues across scale; database
updating; 3D databases; big data; mobile and smart
technology; semantic and geometric data integration;
geospatial data infrastructure; visualisation and
communication of geodata; earth observation infrastructure
(Landsat, Copernicus etc.); remote sensing and
photogrammetry applications; crowd sourcing; web mapping
and service oriented architectures; open data policy;
decision-support systems; international cooperation and
standardisation.
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Sessions will comprise invited and presented papers. One
session of the Forum will be a shared session of the National
Mapping and Cadastre Agencies and Space Agencies. It will
be dedicated to two questions:
• How do National Mapping and Cadastre Agencies use
satellite remote sensing data, what they would like to see
improved, etc.
• What are the plans of Space Agencies in the sphere of
data for National Mapping and Cadastre Agencies; how
to strengthen this cooperation?
The Form thus provides an ideal platform for mutual
discussions, as well as discussions with one of the main
producers of space imagery and with the scientific community.
The Forum will be an integral part of the programme of the
XXIII ISPRS Congress, and held on 14 – 15 July 2016. More
information about the ISPRS Congress can be found at
http://www.isprs2016-prague.com. Registration for both
the XXIII ISPRS Congress and the National Mapping and
Cadastral Agency Forum will open on 15 July 2015.
Contact address:
Lena Halounová, Congress Director,
congressdirector@isprs2016-prague.com
Václav Šafář, President of Local Programme Committee,
program@isprs2016-prague.com
Call for ISPRS Space Agency Forum at the 2016 ISPRS Congress
The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing (ISPRS) together with the International Academy
of Astronautics (IAA) hereby announce The First ISPRS-IAA
Space Agency Forum.
Space Agencies enable Earth observation missions and are
– directly or indirectly - providers of the up-to-date spatial
data of the Earth and form indispensable co-operators for the
large community of remote sensing and spatial information.
The importance of space agencies to ISPRS and IAA can be
witnessed by successful common activities since many years.
As a result, ISPRS and IAA invite Space Agencies and the
Space Community worldwide to join a two day meeting,
named the ISPRS-IAA Space Agency Forum during the next
ISPRS Congress, to be held in Prague in 2016. This Forum
will be organized as an integral part of the Congress, and in
parallel with the National Mapping and Cadastral Agency
Forum.
The ISPRS Congress is the most important ISPRS meeting
organized every four years. Each Congress is an assembly of
several thousand scientists and professionals. The congresses
attract participants from all over the world to discuss the latest
in technical, scientific and application-oriented development
in remote sensing, photogrammetry and spatial information.
ISPRS has thus created a platform for specialists from the
different but interrelated areas of the geospatial field.
Potential topics to be discussed during the Space Agency
Forum are:
• What are the plans of Space Agencies in the sphere of
providing support to Mapping Agencies, and how can this
cooperation be strengthened?
For Space Agencies, a clear benefit of the Forum is to better
understand the potential opportunities and challenges
of current and planned Earth observation products with
respect to Mapping Agency demands. Through this dialog,
it will become clear to what extent the Space Agencies can
respond to mapping demands in the future and how they
might work together most effectively.
The Forum provides an ideal platform for Space Agencies for
mutual discussions with one of the main community of users
of space imagery and the scientific community that supports
it. The Forum will be an integral part of the programme of
the 2016 ISPRS Congress, and will be held on 14 – 15 July
2016. More information about the ISPRS Congress can be
found at http://www.isprs2016-prague.com. Registration for
both the XXIII ISPRS Congress and the Space Agency Forum
will open on 15 July 2015.
Contact address:
Lena Halounová, Congress Director,
congressdirector@isprs2016-prague.com
Václav Šafář, President of Local Programme Committee,
program@isprs2016-prague.com
1. missions and data systems,
2.remote sensing for environmental monitoring,
3.remote sensing for the societal benefit areas of GEO,
4.new applications,
5.3D and 4D remote sensing,
6.new challenges in remote sensing research,
7. big data, data policy, data archiving, data delivery and
long-term data continuity,
8.synergies among international Earth Observation
programmes such as Landsat and Sentinel-2,
Sessions will comprise invited and presented papers. One
session of the Forum will be a joint session between the
National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies and the Space
Agencies. It will be focussed on two questions:
• How do National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies
currently use, or could poten-tially use, Earth Observation
data, and what would they like to see improved?
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Call for Theme Sessions at the XXIII ISPRS Congress
The ISPRS Congress Director, Council, the International and
Local Programme Committees of the XXIII ISPRS Congress
hereby launch a call for the Congress Theme Sessions.
A proposer should:
The Theme Sessions should focus on topics, which are not
explicitly topics of the 60 individual ISPRS Working Groups of
the eight Technical Commissions. They should highlight topics
in photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information
sciences that have newly appeared and/or have reached
a significant importance since the XXII ISPRS Congress
in Melbourne. The goal of a theme session is to attract
specialists with modern methods, themes and applications to
present their results to a large ISPRS audience.
2.stress its importance and its relation to the ISPRS mission;
1. briefly describe the Theme Sessions topics;
3.propose a chair and vice chair of the session (including
contact information – address, telephone, email).
Due date of submissions: 30 June 2015
Contact address:
Lena Halounová, Congress Director,
congressdirector@isprs2016-prague.com
Local Programme Committee, program@isprs2016-prague.com
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Call for Tutorials
ISPRS hereby launches a call for tutorials to be held for ISPRS
Congress participants.
ISPRS Tutorials are aimed at participants wanting to
get a basic understanding of a topical field within the
photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information
sciences. They should present the material in an appropriate
teaching-style manner. The tutorials can be in the form of
presentations only, or presentations combined with practicals.
An honorarium of 50 % of the tutorial income is payable to
the tutorial convener.
Each submission must comprise a full description of the tutorial
content of about half a page and proposed term (see below).
The submission must be accompanied by the name and a
short CV of the person presenting the tutorial.
Terms:
A. 11th July (Monday) 9:00 – 12:00 (half day)
B. 11th July (Monday) 13:30 – 16:30 (half day)
C. 11th July (Monday) 9:00 – 12:00 and 13:30 – 16:30
(full day)
D. 12th July (Tuesday) 9:00 – 12:00 (half day)
The Tutorials can be offered until 30 September 2015.
Contact address: Lena Halounová, Congress Director,
congressdirector@isprs2016-prague.com
Local Programme Committee,
program@isprs2016-prague.com
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ISPRS Youth Activities
Student Consortium
Youth Forum Session
The ISPRS Student Consortium (SC), established at the
Istanbul Congress in 2004, represents the next generation
of ISPRS scientists and professionals with more than 500
members from 76 countries. The main purpose of the SC is to
link students, young researchers and professionals in different
countries and provide a platform for exchange of information,
to organize student-specific events and other actions that
integrate youth more effectively into ISPRS.
On Sunday 17 July, there will be oral and interactive sessions
organized by young attendees. The students who are
currently working on their graduate, master and PhD. studies
are welcome to attend.
For the XXIII ISPRS Congress in Prague, the SC will organize,
in cooperation with the Congress Director and his team,
numerous activities:
• A week-long summer school before the Congress with
lectures, practical laboratories, social events and lots of
fun.
• As noted above, the Youth Forum, a full day event with
student paper presentations and posters, awards, invited
speakers and the General Assembly where the new SC
Board will be elected.
• City tours and social events for young participants
throughout the Congress, Soccer match and Young
Scientists Ice-Breaker Party is prepared for young
scientists.
Efforts will be made to keep costs as low as possible.
Scholarships and travel support will be provided for some
participants for inexpensive accommodation.
Grants and funding can be provided from TIF foundation
and other financial sources. More information in section of
Financial Assistance and on ISPRS website (http://www.isprs.
org/foundation/foundation/default.aspx).
Papers may be accepted after reviewing as Oral or
Interactive presentations. Full text of these papers will be
published in the Proceedings Special Volume. Posters will be
displayed for a whole day. Authors are requested to consult
ISPRS Orange Book (http://www.isprs.org/documents/
orangebook.html) for instructions.
Paper submission will be opened on 12 July 2015 on the
Congress website (http://isprs2016-prague.com).
“Youth Forum” Best Paper Award and
Best Poster Awards
There will be two “Youth Forum Best Paper Awards” and two
Youth Forum Best Poster Awards for best papers presented at
the ISPRS Youth Forum Sessions. The applicant should be the
first author who is younger than 30 years old on 1 July 2016.
The deadlines for submission of full papers is 15 March 2016.
Social Programme
Outdoor Soccer Match
Everyone is welcome to join in a five-a-side soccer challenge.
All participants are invited to come along and take part,
whether you’re after some competition or just a friendly
game. Registration of interested will be available on the
registration website.
Date: To be confirmed
Summer School
Summer school before the Congress will focus among other
topics mainly on:
• LIDAR Measurements,
All young scientists are invited to Ice-Breaker Party. It is
perfect way to meet new people and to make some new
connections with young people interested in the same field.
• Free software for GIS and remote sensing
Date: 15 July 2016
For more information about the summer school and the Youth
Forum Session, please visit http://isprs2016-prague.com and
http://www.isprs-studentconsosrtium.org/
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Young Scientists Ice-Breaker Party
Exhibition
Commercial Exhibition
The Member and Scientific Exhibition
A commercial and professional Exhibition in the field of
photogrammetry, remote sensing, spatial and information
systems will be organized from Wednesday 13 July to
Saturday 16 July 2016. The Exhibition will be located at the
Foyer of the Prague Congress Center and offers potential
exhibitors 1 670 sq. m. (17 976 sq. ft) of versatile exhibition
space.
The ISPRS Ordinary, Associate and Regional Members,
non-profit scientific member organizations and educational
institutions of ISPRS will be offered free of charge Scientific
Exhibition poster panels of height 190 cm (usable space 176
cm), width 100 cm (usable space 95.5 cm).
Exhibition area for the construction of Exhibition stands is not
included in the stand price and must be purchased separately.
Minimum size of the Exhibition area is 8 sq. m. (for a shell
scheme stand 2x4 m) or 9 sq. m. (for a shell scheme stand
3x3 m). Ceiling height varies from 2,8 m to 11 m. Contact
organizers for detailed information.
The exhibition will provide an opportunity to view closely the
latest products and services, inventions, developments, in
the field of geographic information systems, mapping,
photogrammetry, remote sensing, data processing, surveying,
imaging, image processing, machine vision, computer
graphics, and in the many fields of application. The coffee
buffets will be located in the same area to attract the
Congress participants to the Exhibition area. Within the
Congress Centre there are a number of various meeting/
function rooms, which are accessible from the main meeting
room and Exhibition hall.
The Commercial Exhibition is an opportunity to meet
colleagues from all over the world. Leica as Platinum Sponsor
will be exhibiting as well as most important European
organizations and organizations from USA. Numerous
Chinese delegations as well as organizations from South
America are planning to come to Prague in July 2016. SpS8
will be attract Russian speaking participants which makes the
exhibition a good opportunity for exhibitors concentration on
Russian speaking countries. As organizations in the Middle
East countries are very active recently, it is great chance to
meet them next year in Prague.
The Congress App will provide to the exhibitors easy and
attractive way to communicate with participants. Every app
user can easily find any information about exhibitors, ask for
a meeting, locate the exhibitor on the interactive plan and
many more. Beacons can be rented for additional fee to
attract all app users by push messages passing by a booth.
Official customs services and freight forwarding will provided
exlusively by Schenker Ltd. (www.dbschenker.com/cz)”.
For more information on the Exhibition, floor plan, prices,
please refer to downloadable Exhibitors’ Manual at Congress
website (http://www.isprs2016-prague.com/download).
The space for Member Organizations is intended to present
the status, as well as details of their latest development
in
the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information
sciences in their countries, their organizational and
administrative activities, and their future plans for major projects.
The space for non-profit scientific member organizations
and educational institutions is intended to display details of
their education and training programs and curricula, recent
literature, latest results of research and development, new
applications, etc.
No commercial activity shall be permitted at the Member and
Scientific Exhibition.
Please note that no services (electricity, etc.) will be
provided at these poster panels. If additional services, board
or
floor space are needed, a space will be allocated in the
commercial Exhibition at a discount of 50 % less than the
regular commercial stand rental price.
Sponsorship & Exhibition
Opportunities
Companies are invited to participate as Sponsors and
Exhibitors during the XXIII Congress of the International
Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Various
Sponsorship packages are available that will provide
excellent opportunities to promote your company and ensure
a high degree of exposure to Congress delegates. The
Exhibition will provide an opportunity for organizations to
display their wares and promote their interest to professional
delegates. The Sponsorship Book and Exhibitors’ Manual are
available at the congress website
http://www.isprs2016-prague.com/download.
Congress Organizer
SFDP (Czech Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing)
Společnost pro fotogrammetrii a dálkový průzkum
Thákurova 7, 166 29 Praha 6
www.sfdp.cz/en/
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Call for Abstracts and Full Papers
Call for Abstracts
Prospective authors of papers for the technical sessions of
the Congress are invited to prepare an abstract of 250 to
400 words of their proposed paper in English. The abstracts
must contain enough detail to clearly convey the approach
and results of the research, concepts, and the reasons why
it should be considered an interesting message for the
audience.
Authors of accepted abstracts will be asked to submit their
final papers that will be published in the ISPRS Archives, the
series of peer-reviewed proceedings published by ISPRS.
Abstracts will be submitted electronically using the system on
the Congress website: http://www.isprs2016-prague.com.
Call for Full papers
Prospective authors of papers for the technical sessions of the
Congress are also invited to prepare a full paper of 8 pages
in English.
Authors of accepted full papers will be asked to submit a final
paper that will be published in the ISPRS Annals, the series of
full paper double-blind peer-reviewed scientific proceedings
of ISPRS.
Information About Submissions
of Abstracts and Full Papers
The author may co-author multiple papers, however, each
paper must be registered by a different person. Please note
that an author may present only one paper at the Congress.
No exceptions will be made other than authors of invited
papers who may present an invited paper plus one additional
paper. The presenting author must be correctly indicated
using the submission of the abstract.
A camera-ready manuscript must be submitted no later
than 15 March 2016. All accepted papers received by this
date will be published in the International Archives of the
Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information
Sciences and in the ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry,
Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences.
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For each presented paper, one author must make a payment
of the registration fee of the corresponding paper. Payment
must be made prior to 14 April 2016 for the acceptance
and inclusion in the Archives or ISPRS Annals and in the final
program.
For the abstract requirements and layout, the guidelines at the
ISPRS website must be strictly followed:
http://www.isprs.org/documents/orangebook/app5.aspx
Important Deadlines:
Deadline for submission of full papers
30 November 2015
Deadline for submission of abstracts
13 December 2015
Notification of authors
1 February 2016
Deadline for submission of final papers
15 March 2016
Deadline for registration payment for the paper to be
included in proceedings
14 April 2016
ISPRS Archives & Annals
Archives
Annals
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote
Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences is the series of
peer-reviewed proceedings published by the International
Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS).
The ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing
and Spatial Information Sciences contain full paper
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Tutorials
Lunch
Tutorials
Welcome
Reception
19:00–20:30
Openning
Ceremony
General
Assembly
Lunch
Tutorials
Exhibitors Receptions
18:00–20:30
Oral
Sessions
Interactive
Sessions
Coffee Break
Oral
Sessions
Lunch
Oral Sessions
Coffee Break
Plenary
Exhibition
CATCON
Concert
20:00–21:30
Oral
Sessions
Interactive
Sessions
Coffee Break
Oral
Sessions
Lunch
Oral
Sessions
Coffee Break
Oral
Sessions
Thursday
14 July
Forums*: ISPRS - UN-GGIM National Mapping and Cadastral Agency Forum
ISPRS - IAA Space Agency Forum
18:00–21:30
16:30–18:00
15:30–16:30
15:00–15:30
13:30–15:00
12:00–13:30
10:30–12:00
10:00–10:30
8:30–10:00
General Assembly
General Assembly
Exhibition
Wednesday
13 July
General
Assembly
Forums*
Forums*
Forums*
Forums*
Youth Meeting
19:00–21:30
Oral
Sessions
Interactive
Sessions
Coffee Break
Oral
Sessions
Lunch
Oral
Sessions
Coffee Break
Oral
Sessions
Friday
15 July
Forums*
Forums*
Tuesday
12 July
Boat Trip
19:30–21:30
Oral
Sessions
Interactive
Sessions
Coffee Break
Oral
Sessions
Lunch
Oral Sessions
Coffee Break
Plenary
Saturday
16 July
General Assembly
Forums*
Forums*
General
Assembly
Theatre
20:00–21:30
Oral
Sessions
Interactive
Sessions
Coffee Break
Oral
Sessions
Lunch
Oral
Sessions
Coffee Break
Oral
Sessions
Sunday
17 July
Youth Forum
Youth Forum
Youth Forum
Youth Forum
Congress
Gala Dinner
20:00–23:00
Oral
Sessions
Interactive
Sessions
Coffee Break
Oral
Sessions
Lunch
Oral
Sessions
Coffee Break
Plenary
Monday
18 July
General
Assembly
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General Assembly
Monday
11July
Closing
Ceremony
Lunch
Oral
Sessions
Coffee Break
Oral
Sessions
Tuesday
19 July
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Preliminary Time Schedule
Exhibition
Exhibition
Exhibition
ISPRS Awards & Honours
The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing recognizes individual accomplishments through the
sponsorship of awards and honours which are granted at
each quadrennial ISPRS Congress. Nominations for deserving
candidates for awards are welcome and may be made
by individuals or organizations at any time, but before the
deadlines given overleaf. Each nomination must be in written
form (e-mail is acceptable) and submitted to an ISPRS Council
member. The following is a brief summary of all awards and
honours granted by ISPRS. (Year of initial presentation of
each award or honor is denoted in parentheses.) The terms
of reference for most awards are provided on the ISPRS
home page http://www.isprs. org/documents/awards.aspx
and published in the Silver Book: ISPRS Organisation and
Programmes.
An ISPRS Honorary Member (1926) is elected by the
Society in recognition of distinguished services to ISPRS and
its aims. There may not be more than ten living Honorary
Members of the Society at any given time. Honorary
Members have the right to attend meetings of the Society and
shall not be called upon to pay registration fees at functions
sponsored in the name of ISPRS.
An ISPRS Fellow (2010) is elected by the Society in
recognition of sustained, excellent service to the ISPRS and
its aims. There may not be more than 5 fellows elected at any
General Assembly. Nominations for fellowship may be made
to the Fellows Committee which will recommend persons for
election to the General Assembly. Nominations should be sent
to President Chen Jun by 1st October 2015.
The Brock Gold Medal Award (1956), sponsored by the
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing,
is presented for an outstanding landmark in evolution of the
photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information
sciences. The award consists of a gold medallion. Ordinary
Members of ISPRS are encouraged to nominate candidates
for the Award. Nominations must be signed by two individuals
of different nationalities and also a different nationality
from that of the candidate. Nominations should be sent to
Secretary General Christian Heipke by 1st October 2015.
The Otto von Gruber Award (1964), sponsored by the ITC
Foundation, is presented to a young (less than 40 years) sole
author of a paper of outstanding merit in the photogrammetry,
remote sensing and spatial information sciences written in the
four year period preceding the Congress. The Award consists
of a medal and a monetary grant. Applications may be self
nominated and must include three copies of the paper sent to
President Chen Jun by 1st February 2016.
The Schwidefsky Medal (1988), sponsored by the
German Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, is
presented to persons who have made significant contributions
to photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information
sciences, either through the medium of publication as author
or editor, or in another form. The award consists of a medal
manufactured in porcelain and a certificate. Nominations
for the Medal should be sent to President Chen Jun by 1st
February 2016.
The Willem Schermerhorn Award (1988), sponsored by
Geo- Information Netherlands is granted to a person who has
most significantly contributed to the activities of a Working
Group of the ISPRS during the four year Congress period. The
award consists of a certificate. Nominations for the Award
should be sent to President Chen Jun by 1st February 2016.
The Samuel Gamble Award (1988), sponsored by the
Canadian Institute of Geomatics, is presented to up to
three individuals who have contributed significantly to the
development, organization or professional activities of the
photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information
sciences, at the national or international level. The award
consists of a certificate. Nominations should be sent to
Secretary General Christian Heipke by 1st February 2016.
The Eduard Doležal Award (1996), sponsored by the
Austrian Society of Surveying and Geoinformation, is
complimentary registration and a grant for limited travel
and expense grant at least one individual, from developing
or reform countries, to participate in the ISPRS Congress.
Candidates are those who have permanently implemented
a practical application of photogrammetry, remote sensing
or GIS in an efficient manner or which documents their
outstanding success in support of these fields. Applications
may be self nominated and should be submitted to Secretary
General Christian Heipke by 1st January 2016.
The U. V. Helava Award (2000), sponsored by Elsevier
Science bv and Leica Geosystems, LLC, consists of a grand
prize of CHF 10,000 and a silver plaque presented to the
author(s) of the most outstanding paper published exclusively
in the ISPRS International Journal of Photogrammetry
and Remote Sensing during the four years preceding
the Congress, and three runner- up prizes of a Journal
subscription and certificate, presented to the author(s) of
the best papers published in each of the other three years
preceding the Congress.
The Giuseppe Inghilleri Award (2012), sponsored by the
Italian Society for Surveying and Photogrammetry (SIFET)
is presented to a person who has significantly enhanced
the applications of photogrammetry, remote sensing or
spatial information sciences in the 4 years preceding the
Congress. The award consists of CHF 2,500 and a certificate.
Nominations should be submitted to President Chen Jun by
1st February 2016.
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The Wang Zhizhuo Award (2008), sponsored by The
Chinese
Society of Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
(CSGPC) consists of a medal and a monetary grant (SFr.
2,500). It will be granted at each quadrennial ISPRS
Congress to a person who has made significant achievement
or innovation in the spatial information sciences. Nominations
should be sent to President Chen Jun by 1st February 2016.
The President‘s Honorary Citation (1988) is a certificate
of recognition presented by the President of ISPRS to a
chairperson, co-chairperson or member of a Working Group
of each ISPRS Technical Commission. The citation is to
recognize special, personal and meritorious contributions to
the operation of the relevant Technical Commission’s activities
and advancement of its interests, during the quadrennial term
of the Society. Nominations should be made by the Technical
Commission Presidents to President Chen Jun by 1st March
2016.
The ISPRS Prizes for Best Papers by Young Authors are
sponsored by donor organizations and by ISPRS to authors
who are less than 35 years old and are the sole author of
a high quality paper presented to the Congress. Each prize
consists of a certificate and a SFr. 2,500 grant to make it
possible for the winner to participate in the Congress. To be
eligible, young authors must submit their paper to Congress
Director Lena Halounová by 30 November 2015.
At the Congress, a total of 16 Best Interactive Session
Awards (1988) are sponsored by ISPRS. A jury for each
of the eight ISPRS Commissions observes the interactive
presentations and selects the two best Poster Papers from the
Commission. The award consists of a gift and certificate from
the Congress Director.
At the Congress, the CATCON Prizes (1996),a software
Computer Assisted Teaching Contest, will be organized by
ISPRS Technical Commission VI and funded by The ISPRS
Foundation. The main objective of the contest is to promote
the development and dissemination of good, user-friendly
software packages, www contents and data sets for computer
assisted teaching, which preferably are non-commercial
and free. Typically the prizes consist of a Gold Award (SFr.
3,000), Silver Award (SFr. 2,500), and Bronze Award (SFr.
1,500) and a certificate.
The Karl Kraus Medal (2010), sponsored by the German
Society of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, and Spatial
Information Sciences (DGPF), the Austrian Society of
Surveying and Geoinformation (OVG), and the Swiss Society
of Photogrammetry, Image Analysis, and Remote Sensing
(SGPBF), is awarded to authors of excellent textbooks in
the fields of photogrammetry, remote sensing, and spatial
information sciences, written in one of the official languages
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of the ISPRS, and published no more than eight years prior
to the commencement of the quadrennial ISPRS Congress
at which the medal is to be presented. Nominations
for the Award should be senttoPresidentChenJunby1st
February2016.
The Frederick J. Doyle Award (2012) will be awarded
to an individual who has made significant accomplishments
in advancing the photogrammetry, remote sensing and
spatial information sciences and technologies. A recipient
of the award should typically be less than 50 years of age
and have outstanding stature within the ISPRS community.
The award consists of a silver medal and a monetary grant.
Nominations for the Award should be sent to President Chen
Jun by 1st February 2016.
Award
Deadline
Fellows
1st October 2015
Brock Gold Medal Award
1st October 2015
Eduard Doležal Award
1st January 2016
Best Papers submitted by Young
Authors
30 November 2015
Otto von Gruber Award
1st February 2016
Samuel Gamble Award
1st February 2016
Willem Schermerhorn Award
1st February 2016
Schwidefsky Medal
1st February 2016
Wang Zhizhuo Award
1st February 2016
Karl Kraus Medal
1st February 2016
Frederick J. Doyle Award
1st February 2016
Giuseppe Inghilleri Award
1st February 2016
President‘s Honorary Citation
1st March 2016
U.V. Helava Award
Does not require a
formal submission
Any general enquiries concerning awards should be made to
First Vice President Orhan Altan.
The ISPRS Prizes for Best Papers by
Young Authors
ISPRS Council will award cash prizes to encourage young
authors who are under 35 years old and are the sole author
of a high quality paper presented to the XXIII ISPRS Congress
in Prague, Czech Republic, 12-19 July 2016. The Prizes are
sponsored by donor organizations and by ISPRS. Each prize
consists of a certificate and a CHF 2,500 grant to make it
possible for the winner to participate in the Congress.
Results of the judging will be announced by 31 March 2016
and the ISPRS Treasurer will send the funds to the winners.
The winning authors have to reply in writing that they will
be present at the Congress and present their papers in a
technical session at the Congress.
Conditions:
• Born on or after 1 July 1981
• Single author
• Age proof in English and additional copy of final
manuscript to the President of ISPRS
CATCON
A Computer Assisted Teaching CONtest (CATCON) will
be organized on Thursday 14 July by the ISPRS Technical
Commission VI. The main objective of the contest is to
promote the development and dissemination of effective,
educational and user-friendly multimedia tutorial, simulations
and virtual environments, information packages or data sets
and application software for computer assisted teaching
in photogrammetry, remote sensing or spatial information
science.
All registrants at the ISPRS Congress may nominate a
software system or a data set for the contest. In principle,
all tutorials, software or data sets nominated for CATCON
should be non-commercial and should be provided to users
without license charges for not-for-profit use. Contestants
are required to provide their own notebook computer to
demonstrate the software or data set. Each participant will
be allocated five minutes for a brief presentation, followed by
approximately two hours for demonstrations to attendees.
The Gold Award, Silver Award, and Bronze Award will be
presented to the winners at the Closing Ceremony.
• Deadline for submitting full paper: 30 November 2015
The CATCON Awards are supported by the ISPRS
Foundation.
• Deadline for submitting the final paper: 15 March 2016
Details of the contest will be announced at the ISPRS
Congress website htttp://www.isprs2016-prague.com
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Social Programme
The following social events will take place during the
Congress. Please refer to the Congress website for
detailed information and reservation after 12 July 2015.
Welcome Reception
All participants, accompanying persons and exhibitors are
invited to the Welcome Reception. It is a great chance to see
old friends and make new ones from all over the world. For
all registered participants, accompanying persons, sponsors,
exhibitors and single day participants on 12 July 2016 is
Welcome Reception free of charge.
Date: Tuesday 12 July 2016
Exhibitors’ Reception
The Exhibitors are pleased to invite all participants and
accompanying persons to a reception in the Exhibition area.
The Reception is free of charge for all registered participants,
accompanying persons, sponsors, exhibitors and single day
participants on 13 July 2016.
Views at the Prague City from the Vltava River are as unique
as marvelous. A boat trip with dinner will be prepared for
registered participants and accompanying persons for an
additional fee. The cruise will take approx. 2 hours and will
go through city centre.
Date: Saturday 16 July 2016
Outdoor Soccer Match
Everyone is welcome to join in a five-a-side soccer challenge.
All participants are invited to come along and take part,
whether you’re after some competition or just a friendly
game. Registration of interested will be available on the
registration website.
Date: To be confirmed
Young Scientist Ice-Breaker Party
Date: Wednesday 13 July 2016
All young scientist are invited to Ice-Breaking Party. It is a
perfect way to meet new people and to make some new
connections with young people interested in the same field.
Congress Dinner
Date: 15 July 2016
This will be a Gala Event on the Žofín island, a unique venue
in Prague (http://www.zofin.cz/en/).
Date: Monday 18 July 2016
Theatre & Concert Evenings
Prague has many concert halls theaters and restaurants with
live music. A selection of these will available to registered
participants and accompanying persons for an additional fee.
Date: Thursday 14 July, Sunday 17 July 2017
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Boat trip
Registration
All prices are quoted in EUR.
Prior to
31/01/2016
Prior to 04/2016
Prior to
11/06/2016
On Site
Basic
600 €
630 €
690 €
890 €
Basic Students & Seniors
330 €
350 €
380 €
490 €
Categories
Accompanying Persons
260 €
270 €
300 €
350 €
Day Registrations
250 €
260 €
290 €
320 €
Lunches
190 €
190 €
190 €
190 €
Gala Dinner
150 €
150 €
150 €
150 €
Basic Registration Fee Entitlements:
Accompanying persons Entitlements:
• Access to the Exhibition
• Entry to all sessions
• Attendance at Welcome Reception
• Attendance at the Welcome Reception
• Attendance at the Opening Ceremony
• Copy of Final Programme
• Attendance at the Closing Ceremony
• Digital Copy of Proceedings
• Attendance at the Exhibitor’s Reception
• Entry to the Exhibition
• Morning and Afternoon Coffee&Tea
• Attendance at the Exhibitor‘s Reception
Students are below 30 and seniors above 65 to 1 July 2016.
Day Registration Entitlements:
• Entry to all sessions on the day of registration
• Copy of Final Programme
• Entry to the Exhibition
• Morning and Afternoon Coffee&Tea for one day
• Attendance at the Welcome Reception
• Attendance at the Exhibitors’ Reception
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Certificate of Attendance
Cancellation and Refund Policy
All registered participants will receive a Certificate of
Attendance during the Congress.
Cancellations must be advised via congress web page
www.isprs2016-prague.com. Cancellations received before
Friday, 15 April 2016 will receive a refund of registration
fees, less an administrative charge of EUR 200. Cancellations
after this date will not be refundable.
How to Register
Please register via the Congress website www.isprs2016prague.com.
Payment
All prices quoted are in EUR including VAT and local
taxes. Registration cannot be confirmed until full payment
is received. The Congress Office can accept the following
methods of payment:
Credit/Debit Card
All following credit cards are accepted: MasterCard, Visa,
Visa Electron, Maestro, Diners Club.
Bank Transfer
If you wish to pay by bank transfer, please indicate on your
registration form where specified. Should you select this
option, documentation will be sent to you. This will allow the
Congress Office to monitor the status of your payment.
Registration Acknowledgment
Your registration will be acknowledged within 5 working
days after receiving the payment by credit card, or within 10
working days after receiving the payment by bank transfer.
Alterations
Alterations to your registration will not be accepted over the
telephone. Alterations must be done via congress web page
www.isprs2016-prague.com
Hotel Reservations
A sufficient number of rooms has been reserved at
international standard category hotels in Prague for the
Congress. Special rates will be obtained for the participants
of the Congress. However please note that this rate may be
applied only if you book through the website
www.isprs2016-prague.com. Please refer to the Congress
website for detailed hotel information and reservation after
12 July 2015.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
Cancellations must be administered in the registration system
at the Congress website www.isprs2016-prague.com
Information About the Congress
Arrival
A Congress Welcome Desk will welcome and help
participants at the Václav Havel Airport, Prague.
Opening Times of the Congress Office:
The Congress Office which is situated in the PCC (Congress
Venue) will be open:
11 July – 19 July 2016
Contact
Communication concerning the scientific programme should
be addressed to:
program@isprs2016-prague.com
Communication concerning organizational issues, registration
and accommodation should be addressed to:
info@isprs2016-prague.com
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Technical Tours
Two Days
Krakow Universities and Polish Science
Vexcel Imaging GmbH a Microsoft Company,
Academy, Poland
Austria
“Microsoft’s UltraCam business group offers state-of-the-art
photogrammetric products based on the latest and mostadvanced technological developments. The flagship product—
the UltraCam photogrammetric digital aerial mapping
camera—was first introduced in 2004 to offer customers an
alternative to traditional film aerial technology.” (http://www.
microsoft.com/en-us/ultracam/Company.aspx)
Date & Place: 20-21 July 2016, Graz, Austria
The tour will be focused on a scientific part (Universities +
Polish Science Academy) and tourist part – Krakow as a
historical city of southern Poland.
The scientific part will comprise a review of scientific projects
and presentations from Photogrammetry/LIDAR/GIS/RS /
Geomatic sector working in Krakow and our region.
Date & Place: 20-21 July 2016, Krakow, Poland
Transport: Bus
Transport: Bus
Deutches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
(DLR), Germany
One day
DLR is the national aeronautics and space research centre
of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its extensive research
and development work in aeronautics, space, energy,
transport and security is integrated into national and
international cooperative ventures. In addition to its own
research, as Germany’s space agency, DLR has been given
responsibility by the federal government for the planning and
implementation of the German space programme. DLR is
also the umbrella organisation for the nation’s largest project
management agency.
Date & Place: 20-21 July 2016, Oberpffafenhofen (Munich),
Germany
Department of Geoinformatics, Faculty of
Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech
Republic
One of the oldest universities in the Czech Republic (Moravia)
has a Department of Geoinformatics. Department focus on
cartography, GIS and remote sensing with many projects
regarding environment, city problems, etc.
Date & Place: 18 July 2016, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Transport: Train
Transport: Bus
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Half day:
Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping
Department of Geomatics, Faculty of Civil
and Cadastre
Engineering, Czech Technical University in
Prague, Czech Republic
The presentation will cover historical maps and their
registration, web servers, photogrammetry for cultural
heritage, development of urban areas, interferometry, etc.
Digital map databases of the Czech Republic, Remote and
Open Access to Cadaster etc.
Date & Place: 18 July 2016, Prague, Czech republic
Transport: Bus
Date & Place: 18 July 2016, Prague, Czech republic
Transport: Bus
Free cancellation of reserved tours until 31 May 2016.
Faculty of Science, Charles University,
Department of Applied Geoinformatics and
Cartography
Excursion to the Faculty of Science, Charles University in
Prague:
The excursion offers an insight into educational and
research activities at the Institute of Geography of the
Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, one of
the oldest universities in Europe. In addition, there will
be a visit to the Map Collection of the Faculty of Science
containing more than 130 000 map sheets, atlases and
globes; approximately 50% of them are early prints and
manuscripts dating before 1850.
Date & Place: 18 July 2016, Prague, Czech republic
Transport: walk (22 minutes one way)
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Optional Tours
Proposal of Sightseeign Activities for the
XXIII ISPRS Congress – Prague, 2016
TOURS IN PRAGUE
Option 1
PRAGUE OLD TOWN & JEWISH QUARTER
(Program duration approx. 4 hours)
Discover the most significant square in historical Prague which
originated in the 12th century. It is the very place where
27 Czech noblemen were executed on 21st June 1621 and
where the history of Czech lands was written many times.
Beside the Old Town Hall and the Church of Our Lady before
Tyn the square has several other dominant buildings, the
baroque St. Nicholas church, the Stone Bell house – a gothic
city palace from the 14th century, and the Memorial to
Master Jan Hus. During this tour, your guests will have the
chance to learn more of the incredible people who made
contributions to building the social and cultural centre of
Prague over the years (amongst others: Wolfgang. Amadeus
Mozart, Nicollo Paganini, Tycho Brahe (Danish Astronomer)
or Franz Kafka (the most celebrated Prague writer of Jewish
origin). The Prague meridian can be seen there.
Prague Jewish Town/Prague Ghetto dates back to the 13th
century but its present appearance is mainly the result of a
vast redevelopment action undertaken between 1893–1913.
Only a few of the most significant buildings were saved, a
living testimony of the history of Prague Jews that lasted for
many centuries. Yet these buildings form the best present
complex of Jewish historical monuments in all of Europe. Six
synagogues remain from this old settlement which includes the
Jewish Town Hall and the Old Jewish Cemetery – the most
remarkable in Europe. Except the Old-New Synagogue they
are part of the Jewish Museum. The tour ends on Charles
Bridge where you can admire the open gallery of sculptures.
Option 2
VLTAVA RIVER & CHARLES BRIDGE TOUR
(Program duration approx. 4 hours)
The Vltava River and the gothic 13th century Charles Bridge
are an integral part of Prague’s heritage. Since the medieval
ages Prague has become an important centre
of trade and a seat of the Czech Kings. The large urban
area stretched on both sides of the Vltava River and so a
construction of a bridge over the river became one of the
conditions of its further development.
This exciting program starts by a visit of the museum of
Charles Bridge where you can admire a unique model of
the construction of Charles Bridge including illustrations of
the medieval technologies used. The museum exhibition also
includes sections on adjacent architecture, decorative statues
and features and last but not least a documentation of the
floods in Prague.
The museum visit will be followed by a light refreshment and
a river cruise on board the historic canal boats. Experience
an original canal boat from the end of 19th century. The
“Vodouch” has an unique wooden interior with brass
details and historical stove heating during the winter months.
Certified shipmasters provide live commentary on Prague
monuments and development of the Prague embankment
while Berth officers usher the passengers aboard and provide
refreshing drinks.
Enjoy quite a different tour of Prague from a water level
perspective!
NOTES:
• Jewish Quarter, Jewish Cemetery and Jewish Town Hall
are closed on Saturdays and Jewish holidays
• approx. 3 hrs are recommended for a full visit of the Jewish
Quarter
Includes:
Entrance to Jewish Quarter
Entrance to Old New Synagogue
2-course lunch with 1 soft drink
Professional guide up to 4 hours
Transportation town
Includes:
Cruise for 1 hour
Refreshment on boat
Entrance to Charles Bridge Museum
2-course lunch with 1 soft drink
Professional guide up to 4 hours
Transportation
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Option 3
Option 4
PRAGUE CASTLE DISCOVERY & LESSER TOWN TOUR
(Program duration approx. 4 hours)
VYŠEHRAD – “ONE OF THE OLDIEST PRAGUE
QUARTERS”
(Program duration approx. 4 hours)
Prague Castle is the largest medieval castle complex in
Europe. The Prague Castle complex, seat of Czech kings
throughout the ages, comprises of many buildings, including
the gothic St. Vitus Cathedral (Prague’s most recognizable
landmark), several palaces, a monastery, museums &
galleries, viewing towers, St. George’s Basilica and the
enchanting Golden Lane. The crown jewels are kept in Prague
Castle, as are the relics of Bohemian kings, or precious
Christian reliquiae. Events important for the whole country
have taken place within its walls. Prague Castle means the
embodiment of the historical tradition of the Czech state,
linking the present with the past.
The Lesser Quarter is a picturesque area which was and
still is an inspiration for writers, poets, musicians, painters,
photographers - as a matter of fact for everybody with a
pinch of romanticism in his or her soul. It is situated on the
left bank of the Vltava River, between Hradcany and Petrin
Hill and just under Prague Castle. Because of its incredible
charm; it was chosen by the nobility and the wealthy as their
permanent residence, and they enriched it with sumptuous
palaces and magnificent churches. Your guests can begin
their tour at Prague Castle and continue down towards Lesser
Town to find many cultural icons throughout of this area.
NOTES:
• 25 participants per guide recommended
• Prague Castle interiors: St. Vitus Cathedral, Old Royal
Palace, Vladislav Hall, Golden Lane, St. George; tour
followed by a ride by historic tram in from Prague Castle to
the Old Town area
• Tour to be terminated in a restaurant for lunch
Includes:
Entrance to Prague Castle
2-course lunch with 1 soft drink
Professional guide up to 4 hours
Transportation
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Vyšehrad cliff belongs among the city quarters stretching
above the Vltava River. Although Vyšehrad is mentioned in
many old Prague legends (about Libuše, War of Maids or
Horymír), the original medieval fortress of Vyšehrad was
actually younger than Prague Castle. Nowadays Vyšehrad
is dominated by the neo gothic church of St. Peter and Paul
and surrounded by many interesting sights stretched over
the green Vyšehrad rock/hill. Just to name a few – Leopold
Gate built in 1670, Romanesque rotunda of St. Martin, St.
Lawrence’s basilica or the mysterious so called “Devil’s
stone”. At Vyšehrad, you can also visit a beautiful cemetery,
the resting place of the Czech nation’s elite called Slavín,
where most of the gravestones are made by leading Czech
sculptors.
Includes:
Entrance to Vyšehrad
2-course lunch with 1 soft drink
Professional guide up to 4 hours
Transportation
TOURS OUTSIDE PRAGUE
Option 2
Option 1
VISIT TO KUTNÁ HORA „THE TOWN OF SILVER“
(Program duration approx. 6 hours)
KARLŠTĚJN – “UNIQUE GOTHIC CASTLE”
(Program duration approx. 6 hours)
This Gothic castle, founded in 1348, has a unique position
among Czech castles. It was built by the Czech King and
Roman Emperor Charles IV as a place for safekeeping the
royal treasures, especially Charles’s collection of holy relics
and the coronation jewels of the Roman Empire. At the
outbreak of the Hussite wars, the castle became the place for
safekeeping the Czech coronation jewels, with the exception
of several short-time breaks, for nearly 200 years. The castle
was reconstructed in late Gothic style after 1480 and in
Renaissance style in the last quarter of the 16th century.
The present appearance of the castle comes from the last
reconstruction, which was carried out in the purist neo-Gothic
style by architect Josef Mocker at the end of the 19th century.
The original step-like order of buildings is very impressive.
From the Well tower and Burgrave’s palace located as the
lowest you’d walk up to the majestic five-storied Imperial
palace and further up towards the Marian tower.
NOTES:
• Maximum number of persons per tour is 55 pax (incl.
guide)
• Tour times need to be booked in advance
• Mini-bus shuttle with access to Karlštejn Castle available
• Maximum capacity is 40 persons per transfer
During the Middle Ages, profits from the Kutná Hora silver
mines brought fame to the lands of the Czech Crown, and
Kutná Hora became the richest and most powerful town in
the Czech lands. At the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries,
Kutná Hora became the seat of King Václav IV. The Gothic
St. James’ Church (1330) and the St. Barbara’s Cathedral
(1388), devoted to the patroness of miners, are among the
most important architectural monuments. Among other jewels
is the former mint – The Vlašský dvůr (Italian Court) from the
13th century, and several patrician houses. The tour includes
a visit to a former medieval mine.
Cathedral of St. Barbara
Construction works were initiated in 1388 just behind the town
walls on a rocky cliff with a magnificent view over the valley of
the Vrchlice River, outcrops of the richest silver mines and an old
chapel dedicated to St. Barbara, the patron saint of miners.
Cemetery Chapel & Ossuary in Sedlec
Unique skeletal decorations of the interior of the chapel include
a massive chandelier, a cross, chalices, a monstrance or
Schwarzenberg coat-of-arms. According to estimates, bones
of approximately 40,000 people were used to decorate
the chapel, creating this unique ossuary – a reminder of the
transience of human life and the inevitability of death.
Includes:
Entrance to Kutná hora Cathedral,
Cemetery Chapel and Sedlec Monastery
2-course lunch with 1 soft drink
Professional guide up to 6 hours
Transportation
Includes:
Entrance to Karlštejn
2-course lunch with 1 soft drink
Professional guide up to 6 hours
Transportation
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Option 3
Option 4
KONOPIŠTĚ – “FRENCH GOTHIC CASTLE”
(Program duration approx. 6 hours)
PILSEN/PLZEŇ – THE CITY OF PILSNER
URQUELL BEER
(Min. 15 persons per group)
Visit an original French Gothic castle from the 14th century.
Konopiste castle was reconstructed at the end of 19th century
for Frantisek Ferdinand, successor to the Austrian-Hungarian
throne. It is famous for housing a beautiful collection of
European weapons and artwork from the 16th – 18th
century. Come to a forest region where this impressive piece
of architecture is hidden. Upon your request we can arrange
for a band of medieval musicians in colourful costumes who
will await your arrival and accompany you along the broad
footpath to the main entrance of the castle. Step into the rose
garden for cocktails and enjoy a show of wild falcons. A tour
of the castle will reveal an incredible collection of hunting
trophies compiled by Prince Ferdinand.
Plzen is the place where golden lager beer was born in
1842, since then the whole beer world has been trying to
imitate it. Beers bearing names such as “pils”, “pilsner” or
“pilsener” number in hundreds; however, the only original
recognized worldwide is Pilsner Urquell.
In the Pilsner Urquell Museum amongst others you will see an
Egyptian brewery model, an original Gothic malthouse with
its own well, a working example of a brewhouse, and goblets
used by Emperor František Josef I for beer tasting. In the next
part you will see the secrets of the brewing process.
Na Spilce Restaurant
The restaurant offers a pleasant seating in the stylish
surroundings of the brewery pub.It is located on the site of
the former fermentation cellar, known as the „spilka“, directly
inside the brewery complex.
Includes:
Entrance to Konopiště
2-course lunch with 1 soft drink
Professional guide up to 6 hours
Transportation
Includes:
Entrance to Pilsen brewery
2-course lunch with 1 soft drink
Professional guide up to 8 hours
Transportation
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Option 5
KARLOVY VARY – FAMOUS SPA TOWN
(Min. 15 pers. per group)
Karlovy Vary, the most famous Czech spa, has always
been inseparably connected with the soothing curative
effect of its warm mineral springs. They marked the history,
architecture, economy and the whole spirit of the city.
Curative treatments have been enjoyed here by some of
the finest composers – Mozart, Beethoven and Bach – as
well as famous writers and thinkers such as Goethe, Kafka
and Freud.
The Becherovka Museum is located right in the original
factory built by its founder Jan Becher in 1867 from where
has Becherovka been distributed to the world. The museum
shows a colourful history, the process of making and
tasting of the Becherovka liqueur waits for all guests at
the end of the visit.
The tour includes a city tour & tasting of mineral springs,
lunch in Grandhotel Pupp OR Poštovní dvůr, the entrance to
Moser glass works OR Becherovka museum, guide service
& transportation.
When visiting the Moser glass factory you can enjoy
watching the hands of the best glass blowers and
engravers changing masses of hot glass into a refined
glass product.
Free cancellation of reserved tours until 31 May 2016.
More options as well as detailed information will
be presented on www.isprs2016-prague.com.
Includes:
Entrance to Becherovka museum incl. liqueur degustation
Entrance to Moser museum
Entrance to Moser glassworks
2-course lunch with 1 soft drink
Professional guide up to 6 hours
Transportation
Contact person:
Jarmila Škoríková
Phone: +420 606 654 144
E-mail: jarmila@isprs2016-prague.com
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General Information
Czech Brief History
Time
First Slavs came to Bohemia, an area that is nowadays called the
Czech Republic, between the 4th and 6th centuries, in the time of
enormous “Migration of peoples”. These legendary people built
up foundations, on which our new-age history began.
Czech time is GMT +1 hour, in summer GMT +2 (summer
time) -
St. Wenceslas in the 10th and Charles IV in the 14th century
were personalities that opened a tremendous development in
Bohemia. At the same time, they were the ones that created the
atmosphere and actual appearance of Prague as we know now.
The voltage is 220 V with frequency of 50 KHz
The so-called “First Republic” was an outstandingly successful
period of Czechoslovakia; it was founded as a self-sufficient
and sovereign democratic state after the First World War
in 1918. Between the two wars, excluding the economic
crisis in thirties, the Czech Crown, an official currency of
Czechoslovakia was the fourth strongest currency in the
whole Europe and had strong partners, too. The damages not
caused by Nazis, were done by the communist regime taking
the power in 1948 over. Setting up and planning everything
in the society, as well as economy was one of important
features of the regime. The communist regime lasted till 1989
and its representatives left the power after a peaceful (as we
called “Velvet”) revolution.
Citizens of EU need their national ID card (or passport), for
others passport is required. For visa procedures please check
the Czech Embassy or Consulate in your own country. In
case of any difficulty in getting a visa, please apply for an
invitation and letter of confirmation to
info@isprs2016-prague.com.
Nineties of the 20th century were very hard for the Republic,
as the system had to be rebuilt. Improving services and
logistics for tourists helped so much that even the Prague
international airport had to be enlarged twice during last
fifteen years and new constructions are still going on. Natural
heritages as well as 12 cities are in the UNESCO list being
wonderful during four seasons. The Czech Republic is a part
of European Union since 2004.
Currency
Currency of the Republic is the Czech Crown (CZK).
However, Euro is widely accepted in many restaurants, hotels
and shops. Payment with credit cards is always a solution.
Exchange rates are approximately 27,5 CZK/EUR and
25,5 CZK/USD. For more detailed information please check
the actual exchange rates.
Weather
Prague being located in Central Europe has rather high
variations regarding weather between the seasons. It is
possible to say that weather in Prague is warm and fairly
dry in spring; summer is warm and sunny. The average
temperature in June/July is 24 °C (75°F) during the
afternoon.
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Electricity
Passport and Visa
Insurance
We strongly recommend participants to carry travel and
health insurance.
Business Hours
Banks
Monday to Friday 09.00–12.00 - 13.30–17.00
Shops
Monday-Friday 08.00–19.00
Saturday 09.00–12.00
Shops in Prague centre and the big Malls open on Sundays
Public Transport in Prague
Prague provides its inhabitants and guests with:
Metro – 3 lines – A, B, C – two of them (A, B) are suitable for
traveling from and to the Prague airport.
Trams create a more detailed transport network.
Buses interconnect the parts, whose distances to tram and
metro lines are longer than the one that can be called
‘comfortable’.
Buses and trams have their night lines – between 12 p.m. and
4 a.m. The night public transport in Prague is one of the best
in the world. All night tram lines are reachable at one central
transfer station. http://www.dpp.cz/en/
Financial Assistance
The ISPRS Congress Organizing Committee and The ISPRS
Foundation are pleased to announce that a limited number of
travel grants will be available to provide financial support for
deserving attendees from developing countries.
The ISPRS Foundation is a non-profit entity, administered
exclusively for benevolent purposes of the International
Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS),
a non-profit, non-governmental, international society legal
registered in Maryland, USA, and managed by a Board
of Trustees. The Foundation provides a broadly-based
programme of grants, scholarships, awards, supplies and
other forms of aid to individuals and organizations pursuing
knowledge of the sciences and technologies associated with
the disciplines embodied by the ISPRS, especially to those in
developing countries and regions.
Applications for travel grants will be available for download
from the Congress website (www.isprs2016-prague.com).
Applicants should meet following criteria:
• Reside in developing (ODA) countries or countries in
transition
TIF – The ISPRS Foundation
TIF is a public charity formed to administer an extensive
and broadly-based international program that through the
raising of funds shall provide grants, scholarships, awards,
training supplies and other forms of scientific assistance
to qualified individuals and organizations who are
pursuing and/or applying knowledge for advancing the
sciences and technologies associated with the disciplines
embodied by the ISPRS, especially to support those in
developing countries and regions. Through the public
promotion of its philanthropic efforts TIF aims to foster
greater international awareness and use of the benefits
that applications of the photogrammetry, remote sensing
and spatial information sciences produce for public good
and to the well-being of humanity and sustainability of the
environment.
The ISPRS Foundation solicits donations and provides grants
in 12 Categories of benevolence.
More information at ISPRS website
(http://www.isprs.org/foundation/foundation/default.aspx).
• Have no or insufficient funds from other sources to support
their participation
• Present a paper or a poster at the event, or be the national
representative at the General Assembly
• Include a letter of acceptance of a paper (if appropriate)
from the Congress Organizing Committee.
Due to the large number of requests and the limited funds
available, partial funding may only be available. To support
as many applicants as possible, those individuals requesting a
minimum amount of support and/or with evidence of support
from their organization will receive higher priority.
Each applicant must specify financial assistance required,
by completing the online questionnaire and submitting
this information at the Congress website no later than 28
February 2016. Written notification of whether you will
receive financial assistance, and the amount, will be sent by
the by 1 April 2016.
Financial grants will be given in cash at the ISPRS Congress.
No payments will be made prior to your attendance at
the Congress. This means that all necessary costs to attend
the Congress must be paid by you in advance of your
attendance, and you will receive your payment at the
Congress.
Further details will be available on the website.
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