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Nominations for Geomorphometry 2015 conference

The nominations to host the Geomorphometry 2015 international conference are (sorted based on the time of received nomination):

  1. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Madrid, Spain
  2. ISRIC — World Soil Information / Wageningen University, the Netherlands
  3. Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation, Poznañ, Poland

To vote for your favorite candidate simply select one of the options from the front page. Let the best candidate win! And do not forget to read what each of the nominees has to offer!

Who is eligable to vote? Only permenant society members i.e. anyone that have visited at least one of the last three conferences (because the society is covered from the conference registration fees). If you have problems voting, please write to mail@gemorphometry.org. If you wish to publicly comment on this post, please write on the Geomorphometry G+ community page:

Deadline to receive your vote: February 1th 2014.

 #1

IGME, Madrid, Spain

Local organizers:

  • Eulogio Pardo-Iguzquiza
    Geological Survey of Spain
  • Juan José Durán
    Director of the Research Department of the Geological Survey of Spain

Hosting institution(s):

Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME)

Venue:The conference will take place at the Conference Room of the Gómez-Pardo Foundation (up to 120 people). There are other rooms at the School of Mining Engineering that could be used for the Conference. This venue is located in the Centre of Madrid just 50 m far from the Ríos Rosas underground station.; it is 50 m far from the School of Mining Engineering and 100 m far from the Geological Survey of Spain.
Town and surrounding:Madrid is the city of Art. Apart the big three museums, the Padro Museum, the Thyssen Bornemisza and the Reina Sofía Museum of Modern Art, in Madrid there are tens of other Art Museums. Even at the same building of the Conference venue there is a very nice museum: the Felix Cañada Museum.
Of course, Madrid is also Spanish food like "tapas" and "paella". The historical towns of Toledo and Salamanca are at 1 hour by train from Madrid.

Preferred dates:

  • 1-4 September 2015
  • 7-10 September 2015
  • 14-17 September 2015

Arrival / local transport :

Madrid has virtually several hundred of hotels with an ample range of prices. The organizers will negotiate special conference rates with nearby hotels. The two most popular options for the 15th Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences were: a budget Hotel with breakfast included by 58 € for a double room. The "hostales" and "pensiones" have economic prices, from 30 euros per night.

Conference theme (leitmotief):

Water, Environment and Digital Terrain Modelling

Logistical information:The coffee will be provided at the Hall of the Conference Venue. Lunch will be provided at the bar of the School of Mines and dinner (cocktail) will be provided at the Hall of the School of Mines. All the coffees (8 coffee breaks), lunch (4 days) and cocktails (3 nights) will be included in the registration fee.

Sponsorship and support:

The organizers will look for a sponsorship but, in any case, the conference registration will not be higher than 300 euros. The registration prize will include the material and documentation, coffee and meals.

Any special reason we should come to...

A special issue of the Boletín Geológico y Minero (an Earth Sciences Journal published by the Geological Survey of Spain since 1874) will be printed with selected papers. The proceedings of the Conference will be provided on a CD with ISBN, the first day of the Conference. Geomorphometry workshop has never before been organised in Spain.

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#2

Wageningen University, the Netherlands

Local organizers:

  • Tomislav Hengl
    ISRIC — World Soil Information
  • Niels Anders
    Environmental Sciences Group, Wageningen University, the Netherlands

Hosting institution(s):

ISRIC — World Soil Information / Wageningen University, the Netherlands

Venue:Forum building. The conference hall can accommodate >150 people and is equipped with top multimedia facilities. There are facilities for parallel and poster sessions. Wageningen University is located on the WUR campus that consists of a number of modern buildings built in the last 2-10 years.
Town and surrounding:Wageningen (ca. 45,000 habitants) is an university town in the centre of the Netherlands with over 10,000 students and some 5000 research and education staff. It is the

Preferred dates:

  • 13-17 July 2015
  • 24-28 August 2015

Arrival / local transport :

Wageningen is about 1 hour away from the Schiphol International airport. Schiphol is the third biggest European airport with direct flights to all major cities in the world. Buses from Ede-Wageningen station to Wageningen drive frequently and take about 20 minutes. We would also organize free bikes for each workshop participant that wants one  :)

Conference theme (leitmotief):

High-resolution and multiscale DEMs for environmental modelling

Logistical information:Forum building has a student restaurant and a cafeteria (the building daily hosts 3000-4000 students!). Organized meals can be provided through an university hired company at subsidized price. A barbeque on campus is planned at the beginning of the conference (night before). Considering the accommodation, Wageningen offers various possibilities, ranging from budget to four-stars hotels. In particular, the organizers can book rooms at special rates (70-80 euro) in hotel Hof van Wageningen, which in fact can also host the workshop if this is preferred (no commuting between hotel and workshop site, closer to town centre). The conference dinner will most likely be held at Castle Doorwerth (dates back to the 13th century, authentic interior and not far — cycling distance! — from Wageningen).

Sponsorship and support:

ISRIC will offer it's New multimedia World Soil Museum to host the geomorphometry workshops. Students will get a 50% reduction on the registration fees.

Any special reason we should come to...

ISRIC has the largest world soil database and library and is actively involved in digital terrain modeling through projects like SOTER or WorldGrids.org. Wageningen University and Research Centre is one of the leading European research centres in the field of Environmental Sciences. The Alterra Soil Geography team has developed and applied DEM processing methods for many years. In 2013, ISRIC will open its New World Soil Museum that can be used to host some of the Geomorphometry 2015 workshops. Geomorphometry workshop has never before been organised in the Netherlands.

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#3

Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation, Poznan, Poland

Local organizers:

  • Grzegorz Rachlewicz
    Head of Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation, vice-chair of the Association of Polish Geomorphologists
  • Zbigniew Zwoliñski
    Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation, Chair of the IAG/AIG WG on Landform Assessment for Geodiversity
  • Jaroslaw Jasiewicz
    Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation

Hosting institution(s):

Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation, Poznañ, Poland /
Association of Polish Geomorphologists, International Association of Geomorphologists Working Group on Landform Assessment for Geodiversity

Venue:Modern building of Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences. The Faculty offers rooms fully equiped with audio-video facilities: one assembly hall for 300 persons, two halls for 150 persons, four rooms for 50-80 persons. Six computer labs with 20 workstations each and wireless eduroam network on the entire building. There is also a place for exhibition and firm stands.
Town and surrounding:Poznañ (ca. 600,000 habitants) is one of the most recognized tourist cities in Poland. Some known attractions: Old Market Square with Town Hall, Citadel Park, Old Brevery, Cathedral, Malta Park and many more.

Preferred dates:

  • 15-19 June 2015
  • 1-5 September 2015
  • 14-18 September 2015

Arrival / local transport :

Daily connections from Munich, Frankfurt, Copenhagen and Warsaw (1 hour flight) are available. The airport is located near the city center: direct bus connection to hotels in the city center are also available. Taxi from the airport starts at 7 Euro to the city center and at 12 Euro directly to Geo-Campus.

Conference theme (leitmotief):

Geomorphometry as a key for natural hazard geomodeling

Logistical information:Conference coffee brakes and lunches will be organized in the Geo-Campus where the conference will take place. There are two restaurants for more than 150 persons. There is an in-place catering company with long term experience in domestic and international conference events. Average meal price in a regular restaurant typically does not exceed 7-10 Euro per person.

Sponsorship and support:

Access to conference halls, computer labs and the entire infrastructure at no cost to all participants. Rector of the Adam Mickiewicz University and the President of the City of Poznañ will be invited for official patronage which might bring additional benefits and possibilities. The Association of Polish Geomorphologists will provide organizational help. There will be also help from geoinformation student volunteers.

Any special reason we should come to...

Poznañ offers quality accommodation services at relatively low cost. As Poznañ is the seat of International Fair Trade and former organizer of UN Climatic Change Conference (2008) it has one of the best hotel network in Europe. Geomorphometry workshop has never before been organised in Poland. On the other hand, Poznañ has already hosted a number of international geomorphological conferences e.g. in 1963 and 1976 (INQUA).

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Geomorphometry Newsletter November 2013

Our conference in Nanjing has closed 2 weeks ago. It was on the end a very smooth event with many excellent discussions and workshops (see the photo gallery). During the conference, the participants, and our international members, were asked to rate extended abstracts submitted to the programme. The current stand of papers is available via our society website. Please help us filter out the best papers by rating the papers in the programme via the geomorphometry.org website.

The submission for full-length research papers for the special issue of Earth Surface Dynamics journal is now open! We are looking for about 12-18 original research papers on topics from the Geomorphometry.org/2013 conference, but we also welcome any other contribution by the wider scientific community.ESurf is an open-access interactive journal (interactive comments are published alongside the discussion paper and will remain permanently archived, publicly accessible and fully citable) with no publication charges. It had ca 40 papers submitted in the past 6 months making it one of the most successful launches of the Copernicus journals

Geomorphometry community is now also on G+. Join this community and post opinions, announcements and short stories and follow up the work of your colleagues.

Geomorphometry Society meeting / E-democracy 2013

The Geomorphometry elections are held every two years during the Geomorphometry.org society meeting (Geomorphometry conference series). The results of voting (including the best paper awards and nominations for the next conference) are typically announced by the Chair and vice-Chair on the last day of the conference, and published on the society website (the website is the only official source of information).

Rules and regulations:

  1. Only full members (participated in at least one Geomorphometry.org event in the last 6 years) registered via the website are eligible to vote. The voting is done via geomorphometry.org website.
  2. Voting is anonymous, but the results are published in a table format (names are masked out). If you write down yourd IP and exact time during the voting, you can control that your vote is correct.
  3. Nominations for chair (senior staff; > 15 years of work experience) and vice chair (junior staff; <15 years of work experience) are generated automatically from the Scientific Committee list (active conference paper reviewers). The highest ranked candidates are then invited to lead geomorphometry. If the nominated candidate does not accept the task, then the next on the list is invited.
  4. The role of Chair/Vice-chair is to: (a) ensure continuity of the geomorphometry events, (b) help the local hosts with organization of the conferences and workshops, (c) regularly update members via website and newsletter (at least once in 3 months) about news and events, (d) organize society meeting and elections at least every 2 years.
  5. The deadline to vote for Geomorphometry related issues is indicated on the society website. Typically, there are no extensions of this deadline.
  6. The Chair and Vice-chair are responsible to publish the results of elections (new Chair and Vice-chair, best paper awards, nominations for the next conference) before the end of the Conference and keep the society up-to-date about any major decisions.
  7. The same Chair can only be elected for 2 consequtive elections (hence for a maximum of 4d years). The same Chair and Vice-chair can be re-elected as long as their is at least 2 years of break between the mandates.
  8. New Chair and Vice-chair can request changes to these rules. To ensure continuity of the society, each amendment needs to receive >50% votes from the Geomorphometry members at the Geomorphometry elections.

Previous elections:

Geomorphometry Newsletter July 2013

A working programme for the conference has now been published on-line. We have over 30 oral talks and >15 poster presentations. The registrations have been also now opened. To classify for the discounted price of $280 (regular) i.e. $140 (student) please register a.s.a.p. (and not later than 4th of August 2013!). For all other info please refer to: www.geomorphometry.org/2013

Geomorphometry.org/2013 conference 2-3 parallel or combined DEM software / data analysis workshops will be held in Nanjing. The received workshop proposals are:Peter Guth: Free and Open Source Geomorphometry SoftwareJarek Jasiewicz: Watershed modeling with r.stream (GRASS GIS toolbox)Scott Peckham: RiverTools 4.0 Registrations for the workshops will be opened in mid August. For more info refer to the conference programme.

Our proposal for a special issue of Earth Surface Dynamics journal (this is an interactive Open Access journal) based on the Geomorphometry.org/2013 conference has been accepted by the managing board. The working title of the special issue is: “Advances in Geomorphometry: new technologies, data and software for DEM analysis”. The submissions will open in early November 2013.

Geomorphometry community is now also on G+. Join this community and post opinions, announcements and short stories and follow up the work of your colleagues.

Geomorphometry 2013 - Programme

Scientific Program

Start: Oct 16 2013 09:30 / End: Oct 20 2013 17:00 Timezone: Asia/Shanghai

DAY 1: Wednesday 16.10.2013

0930-1000 Opening ceremony
Word from the local organizers and Chair and Vice-chair of the society
1000-1020 Group photo and coffee break
1020-1105 Keynote: Michael Hutchinson
New Methods for Incorporating and Analysing Drainage Structure in Digital Elevation Models (K-1)
1105-1150 Keynote: Chenghu Zhou
Extracting geomorphologic features from high resolution DEM (K-2)
1200-1300 Lunch
1300-1330 Poster session day 1
  Chunmei Wang, Qinke Yang, David Jupp, Lei Wang and Rui Li.
Modeling of Topographic Spatial Structures Using Geo-statistical Method (P-1)
  Yi Yan and Fei Xiao.
Monitoring topographical changes of island in the outlet of the Dongting Lake from 2000 to 2010 using time series of Landsat images (P-2)
  Fei Xiao, Yi Yan, Qi Feng and Xuan Ban.
Characterize the spatial patterns of perennial waterlogged cropland using the micro-geomorphology structure in Jianghan Plain, middle reaches of the Yangtze River (P-3)
  Weiming Cheng.
Extraction of loess tableland from digital elevation model and ASTER image (P-4)
  Zhao Mingwei.
Extend the Analysis window to improve the Geo-Computation (P-5)
  Shangmin Zhao.
Characteristic analysis for typical loess 1 geomorphologic types based on slope spectrum (P-6)
  Ting Zhang, Trevor Page and David Oliver.
Effectiveness of Mitigation Measures on Phosphorus Delivery (P-7)
1330-1520 DEM generation methods
(session chair: Josef Strobl)
  Benjamin Bräutigam, Irena Hajnsek and Gerhard Krieger (invited speaker)
The TanDEM-X Mission: Earth Observation in 3D (I-1)
  Carlos Grohmann
Resampling morphometric data for regional-scale analysis (O-1)
  Niels Anders et al
High-Res Digital Surface Modeling using Fixed-Wing UAV-based Photogrammetry (O-2)
  Wan Qiao et al
Comparison of several methods for multi-scale DEM generalization in different landform areas (O-3)
  Zeng Fei et al
An MPI-CUDA Implementation for The Compression of DEM (O-4)
  Jaroslaw Jasiewicz et al
Content-based landscape retrieval using geomorphons (O-5)
1520-1540 Coffee break
1540-1740 DEM attributes and objects: extraction & mapping I
(session chair: Li Fayuan)
  Lucian Dragut et al
Land-surface segmentation to delineate elementary forms from Digital Elevation Models (O-6)
  Fuyuan Liang et al
An automated method to extract typical karst landform entities from contour lines on topographic maps (O-7)
  Guruh Samodra, et al
Application of supervised landform classification of 9-unit slope model for preliminary rockfall risk analysis in Gunung Kelir Indonesia (O-8)
  Dong Youfu
Research on Terrain Significance Index (O-9)
  Liu Kai et al
Research on the classification of terrain texture from DEMs based on BP neural network (O-10)
1810-2000 Welcome banquet!

DAY 2: Thursday 17.10.2013

0830-0915 Keynote: Ian Evans
Land surface derivatives (K-3)
0915-10:00 Keynote: Peter Guth
The Giga Revolution in Geomorphometry: Gigabytes of RAM, Gigabyte-Sized Data Sets, and Gigabit Internet Access (K-4)
1000-1020 Coffee break
1020-1200 DEM attributes and objects: extraction & mapping II
(session chair: Chenghu Zhou)
  Scott Peckham
Mathematical Surfaces for which Specific and Total Contributing Area can be Computed: Testing Contributing Area Algorithms (O-11)
  Liyang Xiong et al
Simulating Loess Underlying Bedrock Paleotopographic strata for Landscape Evolution in the Loess Plateau Based on Digital Elevation Models (O-12)
  Shijiang Yan et al
Terrain similarity characterizing approach based on two-dimensional continuous wavelet (O-13)
  Wenhui He
Research on 3D-Openness in urban area based on Urban Digital Elevation Model (O-14)
  Hongming Zhang et al
DEM based Extraction of LS factor: integrate channel networks and convergence flow (O-15)
1210-1300 Lunch
1300-1330 Poster session day 2
  Tian Jian.
Point pattern for landform based on SOFM (P-8)
  Kamila Justyna Lis and Tang Goan.
Fractal analysis of the Loess Plateau in China (P-9)
  Haijiang Wang and Qinke Yang.
Generalizing Resolution-assignable DEM Based on Rational-dilation Wavelet Transform and Sampling Theory (P-10)
  Lei Wang, Yong Qing Long and Fayuan Li.
The elevation error of DEMs caused by grid size (P-11)
  Zhang Zhenke, Fu Yuexin, Li Shengfen, Zhang Linghua and F Li.
Soil erosion and rill system evolution based on field observation in Kongshan Hill, South-west Jiangsu Province, China (P-12)
  Xu Hong Wang, Zhang Zhe, Fei Li and Xiao Ning Liu.
Construction of Remote Sensing Image Information Capacity Model for Evaluation on Land Surface Complexity (P-13)
  Li Xiaoyin.
Vegetation Pattern Topographic Differentiation of YaoXian county, Shaanxi province, China (P-14)
1430-1500 Coffee break
1330-1540 DEM analysis for land-cover, hydrological, soil-landscape and environmental modeling
(session chair: Michael Hutchinson)
  Qinke Yang et al (invited speaker)
Study on the Distributed Slope Length for Soil Erosion Prediction at Watershed Scale (I-2)
  Lucian Dragut et al
Evaluation of land-surface segmentation as support for soil sampling (O-16)
  Zhen Li et al
Development of gully and its controlling factors in the Loess Plateau of China using high spatial resolution imagery (O-17)
  Sheng Li et al
From rills to gullies: how do we measure them? (O-18)
  Yi Zhou et al
Method for extraction continuous shoulder line in Loess watershed (O-19)
  Dong Chen et al
Vegetation mapping using discrete-return and full-waveform airborne LiDAR data (O-20)
1540-1600 Coffee break
1330-1540 High performance computation and big data in terrain analysis; geo-computing and statistics analysis
(session chair: Peter Guth)
  Alexander Brenning (invited speaker)
Leveraging geomorphometric data and statistical computing to gain complementary insights into complex Earth surface processes (I-3)
  Baiping Zhang
Mass elevation effect: concept and quantification (O-21)
  Qinke Yang et al
Extraction and Analysis of Slope, Slope Length, and LS for National Soil Erosion Inventory in China (O-22)
  Xiaodong Song et al
Landscape planning of route-based visibility analysis (O-23)
  Ling Jiang et al
Extraction of drainage network from grid terrain datasets using parallel computing (O-24)
1800-1830 Geomorphometry society meeting (elections)
1800-2000 Conference dinner (outdoor barbeque or similar)

DAY 3: Friday 18.10.2013

0830-1020 Fundamental problems of geomorphometry I
(session chair: Ian Evans)
  Josef Strobl (invited speaker)
DTM Slope – simple measure, or to each his own? (I-4)
  Niculita Mihai et al
Floodplain delineation using cluster analysis of geomorphometric variables and class spectral statistics (O-25)
  Kosuke Naruse and Takashi Oguchi
Classification and formation environment of glacial valleys based on morphometric analyses (O-26)
  Cheng-Zhi Qin et al
A Browser/Server-based Prototype of Heuristic Modelling Environment for Digital Terrain Analysis (O-27)
  Jie Wang et al
Modeling hourly solar radiation over rugged terrains, based on DEM (O-28)
1020-1040 Coffee break
1040-1200 Fundamental problems of geomorphometry II
(session chair: Tang Guoan)
  Zhang Yanli et al
Estimating shortwave radiation based on DEM and MODIS atmospheric products in rugged terrain (O-29)
  Hu Ding et al
A Near-lossless Digital Watermarking Algorithm of DEM Based on DCT (O-30)
  Biju John et al
Use of SRTM Data for a Quick Recognition of the Active Tectonic Signatures (O-31)
  Zhang Zhenke et al
Soil erosion and rill system evolution based on field observation in Kongshan Hill, South-west Jiangsu Province, China (O-32)
1200-1300 Lunch
1330-1510 Fundamental problems of geomorphometry III
(session chair: Qiming Zhou)
  Jing Tang et al
Implementation of a multiple flow algorithm into the dynamic ecosystem model LPJ-GUESS (O-33)
  Sheng Jiang
Extraction of loess shoulder-line based on object-based image analysis (O-34)
  Shijie Zhu et al
Scale-effect of Hypsometric Integral in Loess Plateau (O-35)
  Weiling Guo et al
The scale effect analysis of slope length based on DEM multi-scale representation (O-36)
  Sheng Li et al
Snow distribution pattern and its influencing factors in a small watershed in Atlantic Canada (O-37)
1510-1530 Coffee break
1600-1700 Life achievement awards
Best paper awards
Towards Geomorphometry 2015
1800-2000 Dinner and visit to Fuzi temple

DAY 4: Saturday 19.10.2013:

Workshops from 9:00 to 17:00

0900-1200 Workshop
1200-1300 Lunch
1300-1500 Workshop
1500-1515 Coffee break
1515-1700 Workshop
1800-2100 Dinner

Workshops:

  • Peter Guth (US Naval Academy): Free and Open Source Geomorphometry Software
  • Jarek Jasiewicz: Watershed modeling with r.stream (GRASS GIS toolbox)
  • Scott Peckham: RiverTools 4.0

DAY 5: Sunday 20.10.2013:

Field trip to Zijing mountain and Xuanwu lake (optional) Venue: Xianlin Campus, Nanjing Normal University No.1 Wenyuan Road Nanjing China 32° 6’ 4.9896” N, 118° 55’ 6.312” E

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