26 February, Tuesday 2002

8:00- 9:00 : Registration
9:00- 9:20 : Opening
Opening Address: Armin Gruen, Chairman,ISPRS WG V/6
Welcome Address: Representative from Kunming
Mr. Wang Jianhua, Deputy Director of Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Yunan
Welcome Remarks: ISPRS Commission II

9:20- 10:00 Demonstration for Celebrating the International Year of the Mountains

Animation of Mt. Everest: Armin Gruen and Shunji Murai
Development of "Geo-Simulator" using Solid Model and Computer Projector: Makoto Watanabe, Shunji Murai et. al. (Japan)

10:00-10:30 Tea/ Coffee


10:30-12:00: Session 1: Visualization/ Virtual Reality
Chairman: Kiyoshi Honda, ACRoRS/AIT (Thailand)

1-1 A Virtual Reality Tour for Environmental Study,
G.Fangi, G.Gagliardini, E.S.Malinverni ( Italy )

1-2 Principle and Implement of Measurable Virtual Reality (MVR) based on Seamless Ortho-image Database,
Deren Li, Mi Wang, Jianya Gong ( China )

1-3 "Geo-Art" Technique for Virtual Reality Bird's Eye View, Makoto Watanabe, Shunji Murai, Masanobu Kobayashi, Akira Tsutsumi, Yosuke Seki ( Japan )

1-4 Visualization and Animation of the Historic Town Centre of Telc, Karel Pavelka (Czech Republic)

12:00- 13:30 Lunch


13:30- 15:00: Session 2: 3D Modeling
Chairman: Deren Li ( China )

2-1 Landscape as a Historical Object: 3D Reconstruction and Evaluation of a Relief Model from 18th Century, Jana Niederoest (Switzerland)

2-2 3D Modeling and the Landscape Simulation of Historical Row Houses in Tsumago, Sayaka Suzuki, Hirofumi Chikatsu (Japan)

2-3 3D Modeling of Urban Area by using Video Camera,
Tsukasa Hosomura, Tetsuo Ota, Masaaki Shikada (Japan)

2-4 Development of a Browser for Traffic Line and Terrain Landscape, Zuxun Zhang, Shunyi Zheng, Jianqing Zhang (China)

15:00-15:30 Tea/ Coffee

15:30- 17:00: Session 3: Applications of DTMs/DSMs
Chairman: Shunji Murai (Japan)

3-1 Photo-textured Digital Terrain Models as a Basis for Regional and Local Planning, L.Zhang, A.Gruen, J.Feiner, O. Louy, W. Schmid (Switzerland )

3-2 Real Time Volcano Activity Mapping System using Ground Fixed Digital Camera, Kiyoshi Honda, Masahiko Nagai (Thailand)

3-3 Animation of SPOT Vegetation Instrument Data using Morphing, Wataru Ohira, Yukio Wada (Japan)

3-4 A Voronoi K-order Approach for Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Interpolation, Renliang Zhao, Jun Chen, Zhilin Li, C.M. Gold (China and Hong Kong)

18:30- 21:00 Welcome Party

27 February, Wednesday 2002

8:30- 10:00: Session 4: Data Processing/ Algorithms
Chairman: Jana Niederoest (Switzerland)

4-1 Integration of Terrain Models and Built-up Structures using CAD-Type Euler Operators, Rebecca O. C. Tse, Christopher Gold (Hong Kong)

4-2 Designing of Wavelet-based Processing System for Airborne Laser Scanner Segmentation, T. Thuy Vu, Mitsuharu Tokunaga (Japan)

4-3 Visualizing Terrain Models from Contours- Plausible Ridge, Valley and Slope Estimation, Maciej Dakowicz, Christopher Gold (Hong Kong)

4-4 Real time-Based Representation of 3D Objects, Yong Zhang, Jun Chen, Lizhu Zhou (China)

10:00- 10:30 Tea / Coffee


10:30-12:00: Session 5: Archaeology
Chairman: Hirofumi Chikatsu ( Japan )

5-1 Integration of Landscape and City Modeling - The Pre-hispanic site Xochilcalco, Armin Gruen, Xinhua Wang (Switzerland)

5-2 Computer Reconstruction of the Past Objects and Visual Animation of Landscape, Kohei Sakamoto, Hirofumi Chikatsu (Japan)

5-3 Archarological Visualization of Yangtze River Civilization in China, Yoshito Miyatsuka, Keiko Uno, Kohei Sakamoto (Japan)

5-4 Visual Application for Rockslide in Archaeological Site Keiko Uno, Yoshita Miyatsuka (Japan)

12:00- 13:30 Lunch


13:30- 15:00: Session 6: Urban Applications
Chairman: Prof. Clive Fraser (Australia)

6-1 Combining High Resolution Satellite Imagery and Airborne Laser Scanning Data for Generating Bareland DEM in Urban Areas, Guo Tao, Yoshifumi Yasuoka (Japan)

6-2 Kansei-based Map Visualization, Shunji Murai, Tsukasa Sampei, Naoyuki Tanaka (Japan)

6-3 Construction of Complex City Landscape with the Support of CAD, Min Sun, Jun Chen, Ainai Ma (China)

15:00- 15:30 Tea/ Coffee

15:30- 16:30 Panel Discussion: How can ISPRS contribute to the International Year of the Mountains ?

Chairman: Armin Gruen
Panelists: To be announced

17:00- 17:30 Closing
Summery and Future Activities

28 February, Thursday 2002

Field Visit:
Excursion to Stone Forest and Western Hills