International Workshop on Visualization and Animation of Landscape


	International Workshop on Visualization and Animation Of Landscape Harbour Plaza Hotel, Kunming, China 26 - 28 February 2002
	Organisers:
	ISPRS Commission V, WG V6 (Visualization and Animation)

	Co-organised by:
	ISPRS Commission IV, WG IV/6 (Landscape Modeling and Visualization) ISPRS Commission V, WG V/4 (Image and Spatial Information Systems for Application in Cultural Heritage) Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Association for Real Time Imaging and Dynamic Analysis (ARIDA) Southwest Forestry College (SWFC)
	Objectives:
	To present advanced technologies in the field of visualization and animation To celebrate the International Year of Mountains 2002 To exchange information among scientists in photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences with focus on landscape aspects To share experiences and results of scientific research in Asian market




	Organizing Committee:
	Armin Gruen, Chair, ISPRS WG V/6, ETH, Zurich Switzerland Shunji Murai, Co-Chair, ISPRS WG V/6, University of Tokyo Yang Yuming, Vice President, Southwest Forestry College, China Honda Kiyoshi, Director, ACRoRS, AIT, Thailand Hirofumi Chikatsu, Chairman, ARIDA, Japan
	Scientific Committee:
	Petros Patias, President, ISPRS Commission V, Greece Marguerite Madden, Chair, ISPRS Commission IV, WG IV/6, USA Sabry El-Hakim, Chair, ISPRS Commission V, WG V/2, Canada George Karras, Co-chair, ISPRS Commission V, WG V/2, Greece Hirofumi Chikatsu, Chair, ISPRS Commission V, WG V/4, Japan Gabriele Fangi, Co-chair, ISPRS Commission V, WG V/4, Italy Clive Fraser, Professor, Melbourne University, Australia Deren Li, Professor and Director, LIESMARS, China Manfred Buchroithner, Technical University Dresden, Germany

	Themes of the Workshop:
	Three dimensional modeling of landscape Technologies for VR/VE and animation Visualization and animation of Digital Terrain Models Integration of DTM and built-up structures Airborne laser scanners and three line scanners for data acquisition High resolution satellite imagery and its application to DTM modeling and animation Ground-based laser scanners and its application to landscape analysis Data fusion for landscape modeling, visualization and animation Sensibility engineering for visualization of landscape

	Secretariat:
	Dr. Kiyoshi Honda, ACRoRS, AIT In charge of abstracts and final manuscripts P.O.Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand Tel: +66-2-524-6149 Fax: +66-2-524-6147 E-Mail: kunming@ait.ac.th Mr. Yi Shaoliang, Deputy Director, Office for International Cooperation E-mail: oicswfc@public.km.yn.cn Mr. Li Maobiao, Office for International Cooperation (both are in charge of local support) Southwest Forestry College Bailongsi, Kunming 650224 Yunnan Province, the Peoples' Republic of China Tel: +86-871-386-3211 Fax: +86-871-386-3217 E-mail: benjamin@public.km.yn.cn

	Registration Fee:
	200 US dollar per person includes the conference, proceedings, welcome party, lunch, excursion and other services. The fee will be received only in cash at the registration. Student fee is 100 US dollar and accompanying person 50 US dollar.

	Important Dates:
	Deadline of Abstract: 26 December 2001 Acceptance Note: 31 December 2001 Deadline of Final Manuscript: 11 February 2002 Submission of Manuscripts: Manuscripts formatted according ISPRS Commision's Guidelines must be submitted to kunming@ait.ac.th as an attachment of MS word or Acrobat PDF file. Abstract, registration and final manuscript should be submitted to Dr.Kiyoshi Honda, Secretariat of the Workshop. For Chinese, please contact Mr.Yi Shaoliang concerning the registration.