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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.

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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

Geomorphometry Newsletter March 2013

Still working on the extended abstract for the next conference? Don’t worry: the submission deadline for Geomorphometry has been pushed to 1st of April (2 weeks extension). This is a one time extension, so please try to follow this deadline closely. The submission instructions are available here. Several people asked us about the content and length of the extended abstracts. So here are one more time main things to memorize: (1) the extended abstract MUST be between 2-4 pages, (2) try to put a more general topic for the abstract so that, if your abstract gets selected for the special issue, you can have a different title. For all other info please refer to: www.geomorphometry.org/2013

Most of keynotes and invited speakers for the upcoming Geomorphometry.org/2013 conference have been already listed on the conference website. We are happy to announce them here one more time: Ian Evans, Michael Hutchinson, Chenghu Zhou, Peter Guth, Helena Mitasova, Josef Strobl, Qinke Yang…

Learn more about our hosts at the Geomorphometry.org/2013: Nanjing Normal University have already hosted the International Science Seminar on the Terrain Analysis and Digital Terrain Stimulation (TADTM) in 2006. Later in 2008, the team participated in organizing ISPRS Summer School as well. Nanjing is an old ancient capital city of Six Dynasties, which is a key university of Jiangsu Province.

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Geomorphometry 2013 - Announcement

Geomorphometry 2013: Conference + Workshops

October 16-20, 2013 (Wednesday to Sunday)

Xianlin Campus, Nanjing Normal University

THEMES

Themes include but not limited:

  • Creation of DEM, such as LiDAR DEM, bathymetry DEM, Aster G-DEM etc.
  • Terrain attributes and objects extraction & mapping.
  • Scaling effect and uncertainty quantification analysis in terrain analysis.
  • Terrain visualization.
  • High performance computation and big data in terrain analysis.
  • Terrain analysis for land-cover modeling, hydrological modeling, soil-landscape modeling, environment modeling and - other landform modeling.
  • Other fundamental issues of geomorphometry.

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME (WORKING)

Click here for a detailed conference programme.

  • Day 1 16.10.2013: DEM generation methods / DEM attributes and objects: extraction & mapping I
  • Day 2 17.10.2013: DEM attributes and objects: extraction & mapping II / DEM analysis for land-cover, hydrological, soil-landscape and environmental modeling / High performance computation and big data in terrain analysis; geo-computing and statistics analysis
  • Day 3 18.10.2013: Fundamental problems of geomorphometry I, II and III.
  • Day 4 19.10.2013: Geomorphometry workshops (training sessions)
    • 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 20.10.2013: Excursion (optional)

PROGRAM CHAIRS

  • Tang Guoan, Nanjing Normal University, China
  • Zhou Qiming, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China
  • Helena Mitasova, North Carolina State University, NC, USA
  • Tomislav Hengl, ISRIC / Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands

Conference secretariat: Prof. Liu Xuejun, Conference secretary School of Geographical Science, Nanjing Normal University No.1 Wenyuan road, Xianlin Campus, Nanjing 210046, P.R. China Mobile: 0086 13776685731 Email: liuxuejun@njnu.edu.cn

Dr. Li Fayuan, Conference secretary School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University No.1 Wenyuan road, Nanjing, 210023, P.R. China Mobile: 0086 13776626973 Email: lifayuan@njnu.edu.cn

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

  • Ian Evans, Durham University, UK
  • Michael Hutchinson, Fenner School of Environment and Society Canberra, Australia
  • Chenghu Zhou, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources, CAS, China
  • Peter Guth, US Naval Academy, USA

INVITED SPEAKERS

  • Josef Strobl, Salzburg University, Austria
  • Qinke Yang, Northwest University, China
  • Alexander Brenning, University of Waterloo, Canada
  • Benjamin Bräutigam, Microwaves and Radar Institute, Germany

KEY DATES

  • Workshop proposals due: 1 April 2013
  • Extended abstracts due: 1 April 2013 (one time extension)
  • Notification of acceptance (revisions): end of May 2013
  • Submit a proposal for Geomorphometry workshop: end of June 2013
  • Early registration deadline: 4th of August 2013
  • Final camera-ready digital manuscripts due: 15th of September 2013
  • Late registration deadline: at the conference (+$90 additional fee)
  • Conference date: October 16-20, 2013 (Wednesday to Sunday)
  • Special issue openning: 1st of November, 2013

AIMS AND SCOPE

The aim of Geomorphometry 2013 is to create a platform for better communications and scholarly exchange among researchers in the fields of terrain analysis, geomorphometry, environmental modeling and geographical information sciences. It is the intention of the conference organizer to allow sufficient discussion and exchange of ideas during the conference sessions, so that the conference will be run in the single session format with sufficient time for each paper presentation and follow-up discussion.

Conference language: English

SUBMISSIONS

Prospective authors are invited to submit extended abstracts of up to 4 pages (ca 2000 words) and at least 2 pages by 1st of April 2013. Extended abstracts must be original works by the authors, not be currently under review in the same form by another outlet and not submitted elsewhere prior to the notification date.

Author guidelines

Extended abstracts that have been accepted for the conference (either as poster presentations or oral talks) must be submitted before 15th of September 2013. Please follow the author guidelines closely. The submitted digital copies of extended abstracts (PDF) that do not comply with the author guidelines might not be included in the conference proceedings and shared at the conference.

After the conference, a number of authors will be invited to submission a full article for the special issue on “Advances in Geomorphometry: new technologies, data and software for DEM analysis” in the Earth Surface Dynamics (ESurf) journal (this is an interactive Open Access journal).

REGISTRATIONS

Registrations are now open!

Regular registration fees:

  • ¥1800 or $280 (before 4th of August 2013)
  • ¥2300 or $370 (after 4th of August 2013)

The registration fees will cover all sessions of the conference, proceedings, meals, welcome banquet and coffee breaks.

Students registration fees:

  • ¥900 or $140 (before 4th of August 2013),
  • ¥1150 or $235 (after 4th of August 2013).

The registration fees will cover all sessions of the conference, proceedings, meals, welcome banquet and coffee breaks.

Accompanying person registration fees:

  • ¥800 or $130

The registration fees will cover all meals, welcome banquet and coffee breaks.

LOGISTICS

Recommended accommodation:

  • Xian Lin Hotel, Xian Lin Campus, Nanjing Normal University.
  • 仙林宾馆
  • Address: No.1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing,南京市栖霞区文苑路1号
  • Tel: (0086) 25 85845888
  • Fax: (0086) 25 85845766

Nanjing Normal University, Xian Lin Hotel was founded in 2005, located in Xian Lin Campus of Nanjing Normal University. Xian Lin Hotel is an accommodation, dining, academic exchanges, meeting and a modern tourist resort place for three-star hotel.

There are over 150 rooms available for at least 250 people. It takes about 10 minutes walk to Jinwen library and about 10 minutes walk to K3/K4 buildings.

To know more about Nanjing, please vist http://www.cityofnanjing.com/.

Local transportation:

From SHANGHAI Pudong International Airport

Train from SHANGHAI Pudong International Airport to SHANGHAI Railway Station takes about one hour and 30 minutes using the metro line 2; or airport bus from Shanghai pudong to Shanghai Railway station \ then two hours by high-speed rail from SHANGHAI Railway Station to Nanjing South Railway Station; taxi to the Xian Lin Campus.

From Nanjing Lukou International Airport taxi : 60km , about 150 yuan public transit : take airport bus to NanJing Railway Station 20yuan bus route 97 to the station of Ya Dong Xin Cheng Qu, then walk to XianLin Hotel from south gate (you can find walk route in the programm)

From Nanjing railway station——–XianLin Hotel Taxi: 15km, about 38yuan Public transit:bus 97Nanjing Normal University south gate,walk to XianLin Hotel from south gate

From Nanjing South Railway Station——–XianLin Hotel Taxi: 26.5km, about 90yuan Public transit:take the metro 1 to Xin Jiekou Station then transfer Metro 2 to Xue Zelu Station take bus 138 or bus 165 to Wenlan Road, walk to Xianlin Hotel utes and costs about 140RMB.

SPONSORS

This event is sponsored by:

  • Geographical Society of China
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China
  • Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographical Environment, Ministry of Education
  • Nanjing Normal University
  • Centre for Geo-computation Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University

Nanjing Normal University, located in Nanjing–an old ancient capital city of Six Dynasties, which is a key university of Jiangsu Province. The history of Nanjing Normal University can be traced back to Sanjiang Normal Institute, which was established by Zhang Zhidong, Governor-General of Jiangsu and Jiangxi, in 1902. It has three campuses including Xianlin, Suiyuan and Zijin, of which Suiyuan is a key historical site under state protection and has been praised as “the most beautiful campus of the east”. The university covers a total area of 2,199,575 m2 and the built-up area is 1,064,103m2; it has 24 colleges with 2 independent ones added. The number of the faculty is 3293, 482 of them with Senior Title and 842 with the Vice-senior. 16,213 undergraduates (without the consideration of independent colleges), 6681 masters and 963 doctors are pursuing knowledge of various fields, as well as 1725 on-the-job graduates working for the master degrees and more than 5000 adults for the higher and further education.

School of Geography is the most prestigious college of Nanjing Normal University. It has three major research platforms including Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographical Environment of Ministry of Education, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Change and Ecological Construction and Regional planning and Development Research Center, there are 8 departments in the college including Geographic Science, Tourism Management, Land Management, Geographic Information System, Marine Science, Surveying and Mapping Engineering, Environmental Science, and Environmental Engineering. Nanjing Normal University have already hosted the International Science Seminar on the Terrain Analysis and Digital Terrain Stimulation (TADTM) in 2006. Later in 2008, the team participated in organizing ISPRS Summer School as well.

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