FinalReport
ISPRS2011Workshopon“PervasiveWebMapping,GeoprocessingandServices”
SuzanaDragicevic,SongnianLi,BertVeenendaalandMariaA.BrovelliofISPRSWGIV/5
TheJointWorkshops,titled"OurComplexWorld:Representation,AnalysisandModeling"
andsponsoredbytheInternationalSocietyforPhotogrammetryandRemoteSensing
(ISPRS)andtheInternationalCartographicAssociation(ICA),wassuccessfullycompleted
duringAugust10‐12th,2011onthecampusofSimonFraserUniversity(SFU),Burnaby,
BritishColumbia,Canada.Buildingonthestrongtraditionsandreputationoftheprevious
Workshopseries,thiseventblendedthe4thICAWorkshoponGeospatialAnalysisand
ModelingorganizedbytheICACommissiononGeospatialAnalysisandModelingandthe
2ndISPRSWorkshoponPervasiveWebMapping,GeoprocessingandServicesorganizedby
theISPRSWorkingGroup(WG)IV/5incollaborationwithWGIV/1andWGIV/4.
TheICA‐ISPRS2011JointWorkshopsbroughttogetherleadingresearchersto
addressissuesrelatedtothecomplexityofdynamicgeographicalandenvironmental
systemsfromtwoperspectives,firstthegeospatialanalysisandmodelingone,andsecond
theweb‐basedmapping,geoprocessingandservicesone.Inmorethanthreedecades,
geomaticsengineering,geographicinformationandcomplexityscienceshaveemergedas
paradigmstoeffectivelyanalyzethelinkagesbetweensocialandnaturalsystemsasthey
evolveintimeandacrossgeographicspace.However,manyunresolvedconceptual,
technicalandapplicationchallengesstillremain.Consequently,theWorkshops'theme
"Ourcomplexworld:representation,analysisandmodeling"focusedonthesechallengesto
clarifyexistingunderstandingandadvancenewknowledge.
OneofthegoalsofthejointWorkshopswastocontinuetofacilitateandpromote
high‐qualityresearchinteraction,networkingandcommunications.Theintentionwasthat
multipledisciplinesincludinggeography,geomaticsengineering,andcomputer,statistical
andmathematicalscienceswouldintegrateideastowardsanimprovedunderstandingof
theinteractionsbetweensocialandnaturalsystems,andconsequentlymoreeffective
spatialandenvironmentalplanning,policyanddecisionmakingforabetterworld.These
themeswerereinforcedbyDr.MargueriteMadden,ISPRSTechnicalCommissionPresident
inheropeningremarkstotheworkshopsparticipants.
Thethreedaysoftheworkshopswasanintensivemixtureofacademic
presentationsbothon‐siteandremotelyusingSkype,coffeeandlunchbreakswithtasty
treats,andasocialdinner.ThestateoftheartfacilityattheIRMACSCentre,SFUallowed
participantsfromaroundtheworldtopresentanddiscussideasinpersonorbyweb‐based
real‐timestreamingvideos.From40registeredparticipants,therewere35presentations
1 includingoneaudioandeightSkypepresentations,andallfromvariouscountriesincluding
China,Korea,Japan,Taiwan(ChinaTaipei),Australia,Canada,USA,Mexico,Sweden,Serbia,
Italy,Ireland,andGermany.Thereweretwokeynotetalksbyinternationallyrecognized
experts.First,Dr.TimothyNyerges,gaveanexcellentpresentationco‐authoredwithBrent
HallandPiotrJankowskion“ParticipatoryModelingMethodology:TighteningtheGeoWeb
DesignLoop”.Second,Dr.PaulTorrensdeliveredviaSkypeanengagingpresentationon
“MovingAgentsinGeosimulation”.ThemainISPRSWebGISWorkshoptopicsfocusedon
varioustheoreticalandpracticalapplicationsofGeoWeb.
Dr.TimothyNyergesandhiskeynotetalk Participantsengagedinthepresentation
Workshopsparticipants
Dr.PaulTorrensandhisSkypekeynotetalk
Onthelastdayoftheworkshops,co‐chairsSongnianLi,BertVeenendal,Suzana
Dragicevic,andBinJianghadalunchmeetingtodiscussfuturepossibilitiesfor
organizationofthenextworkshopsandreasonableschedulingandtiming.Thepossibility
oforganizing2ndICA‐ISPRSJointWorkshopswasalsodiscussed.Mostofthedeliberations
focusedonorganizingforthcomingspecialissues:(1)Geomaticajournal(Canadian
2 InstituteofGeomatics)forwhichthecallisalreadyinplaceforaSpecialIssueon
“AnalyticalGeospatialWebServices”;(2)InternationalJournalofDigitalEarth(Taylor&
Francis),and(3)GeoJournal(Springer)aspublicationoutletsforextendedpapersfromthe
jointWorkshopsandwiderafield.Itwasconcludedthatablendedmixofon‐siteandonline
real‐timepresentationsisagoodbalanceformakingthiskindofworkshopsattendedbya
broaderaudienceandintimesofbudgetaryandotherconstraints.Thelessonslearned
fromthisfistICA‐ISPRS2011jointWorkshopsshouldbeincorporatedinfuture
organizationoftheworkshopsfromfindingappropriatefacilityandtechnicalsupportthat
canhandlesuchneededmeticulousorganizationandalsobybudgetingfeesforonsiteand
remotepresenters.
Inconclusion,basedonthehighqualityofthepresentationsandthefeedbackof
participants,theICA‐ISPRS2011jointWorkshopswasasuccess.Allworkshops
participantshadtheopportunitytoshareknowledge,exchangescientificideasandresults,
anddeveloplong‐termresearchcollaborationsduringthethree‐dayevent.Moreover,
graduateandundergraduatestudentsalsogivepresentationsandobtainedvaluable
experience.InformationabouttheWorkshopsincludingphotographsandproceedingscan
befoundat<http://www.sfu.ca/dragicevic/workshops2011/>.
LefttoRight:BinJiang,SuzanaDragicevic,BertVeenendaal,andSongnianLi,12‐08‐2011
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