FOSS4G is the acronym for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial. FOSS4G Europe 2017 is the premier Open Source Geospatial regional event in Europe.
The third edition of the FOSS4G Europe conference will be held at the National School of Geographic Sciences (ENSG) in Marne La Vallé, France, from July 18th to 22nd, 2017. The conference aims to bring FOSS4G users and developers together and to foster interactions within the European geospatial communities.
Earth Observation (EO)/Remote Sensing (RS) is an ever-growing field of investigation where computer vision, machine learning, and signal/image processing meet. The general objective is to provide large-scale, homogeneous information about processes occurring at the surface of the Earth exploiting data collected by airborne and spaceborne sensors. Earth Observation implies the need for multiple inference tasks, ranging from detection to registration, data mining, multi-sensor, multi-resolution, multi-temporal, and multi-modality fusion, to name just a few. It comprises ample applications like location-based services, online mapping services, large-scale surveillance, 3D urban modelling, navigation systems, natural hazard forecast and response, climate change monitoring, virtual habitat modelling, etc. The shear amount of data needs highly automated workflows.
This workshop, held at the CVPR 2017 conference, aims at fostering collaboration between the computer vision and Earth Observation communities to boost automated interpretation of EO data and to raise awareness inside the vision community for this highly challenging and quickly evolving field of research with a big impact on human society, economy, industry, and the planet.
The event is jointly organised by the Image Analysis and Data Fusion Technical Committee of the IEEE-GRSS and by the ISPRS Commission II “Photogrammetry” and is sponsored by IEEE-GRSS.
Submissions are invited from all areas of computer vision and image analysis relevant for, or applied to, environmental remote sensing. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Super-resolution in the spectral and spatial domain
- Hyperspectral and ultra-spectral image processing
- 3D reconstruction from aerial and satellite images
- Feature extraction and learning
- Semantic classification of UAV / aerial and satellite images and videos
- Deep learning tailored for Earth observation
- Domain adaptation and concept drift
- Human-in-the-loop
- Multi-resolution, multi-temporal, multi-sensor, multi-modal processing
- Public benchmark data sets: training data standards, testing & evaluation metrics, and open source research and development.
All manuscripts will be subject to a double-blind review process. Accepted EARTHVISION papers will be included in the USB proceedings of CVPR and submitted to IEEE for possible publication in IEEE Xplore. Publication in IEEE Xplore will be granted only if the paper meets IEEE publicaiton policies and procedures.
After a successful event at the Sunshine Coast Brewery the QSSA will be running a free seminar for QSSA members at the craft beer specialist venue ‘The Bench’ in Cleveland.
There will be four speakers presenting between 3pm and 5pm and you can have a ‘crafty one’ while you are educated on the surveying and spatial industry as well as the craft brewing industry!
The 2017 World Congress on Unmanned Systems Engineering offers a chance to network with Unmanned Systems researchers, scientists, business professionals and end-users in a relaxing atmosphere. The Congress will attract visitors from all around the world representing excellent opportunities to showcase innovations in drone technology.
The 2017 WUEng promotes the advancement of the applied science, technology and operation of unmanned systems through the dissemination of cutting-edge research. The Congress provides a forum for researchers, scientists, business professionals and industry representatives World-wide to present the latest innovations and future research directions in Unmanned Systems Engineering.
The Congress aims to encapsulate a distinctive international flavour. Participants representing 30 to 40 different countries are expected in attendance.
Benefits of attending the 2017 WUEng:
• Researchers, engineers and scientists will be able to communicate their latest research findings.
• The Congress offers alternative types of Abstract/Paper presentations: e-presentations offer delegates who cannot
personally attend the Congress the opportunity to have their paper presented electronically.
• Delegates may serve as Session Chairs for their respective sessions.
• Delegates may specify their preferred presentation day.
• Best Presentation Awards are determined by a vote of congress participants and recipients obtain a signed
certificate from the World Congress.
• Accepted peer-reviewed Abstracts and Full Papers will be published online in the Proceedings of the WUEng
Congress, hosted by the International Journal of Unmanned Systems Engineering.
• More detailed versions of high-quality full papers from the WUEng Congress will be invited for further review
leading to publication in the International Journal of Unmanned Systems Engineering.
• An excellent opportunity to make business acquaintances and showcase novel industry products.
This year’s ACS NSW Annual State Conference will be held at NSW Parliament House on Wednesday 2 August. The line-up of high-profile speakers will cover important business topics and plans for NSW.
The speaker line-up for this event just gets better and better each year. Martin Lakos, Division Director for Macquarie Wealth Management will provide an overview of the economic outlook for the surveying profession, while Mark McCrindle from McCrindle will be presenting on the very relevant topic – recruiting, retaining and motivating diverse generations.
Join us as Mark Coure MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Transport and Infrastructure, updates delegates on infrastructure plans for NSW and The Hon, Gregory Pearce provides an overview of the Aboriginal cultural sites Titles Project.
This conference will take place on the afternoon of Wednesday August 2 at NSW Parliament House. It will be followed by dinner, with the Hon. Victor Dominello MP as the dinner speaker. Partners are welcome to attend the dinner.
The next GeoRabble Sydney will be on Thursday 10th August, and we want to hear your thoughts on the future of technology as it relates to our industry.
What will be the impact of low-cost drones, or the Internet of Things, or blockchain?
We’re looking for speakers who can deliver an interesting presentation about the future of “geo”, following the simple GeoRabble structure:
- Celebrate each others’ triumphs
- Respect each others’ choice – no technology bigotry
- No sales pitches – this includes services, software, data etc.
- No company logos or ‘about us’ slides
- Keep it short – 10 minutes per talk
So if you have an idea for a presentation, please send a title and short description to sydney@georabble.org.
Details of the event:
- Thursday 10th August 2017 from 6 PM
- Occidental Hotel, 43 York St Sydney
Attendance is free, as always – we’ll be in touch with further details soon. Please get in touch if you’re interested in sponsoring our community-run event.
The annual FOSS4G conference is the largest global gathering focused on open source geospatial software. FOSS4G brings together developers, users, decision-makers and observers from a broad spectrum of organizations and fields of operation. Through six days of workshops, presentations, discussions, and cooperation, FOSS4G participants create effective and relevant geospatial products, standards, and protocols.
FOSS4G has been held all over the world and draws attendees from over 40 countries. Bonn, Germany hosted the conference in 2016. In 2017, Boston, Massachusetts, USA will host.
The event’s host, the Open Source Geospatial Foundation, was founded to support and build the highest-quality open source geospatial software. The foundation’s goal is to encourage the use and collaborative development of community-led projects, data development and education. Many projects live under the OSGeo umbrella.
“The June 2016 Coastal Storm – the event, damage, response and lessons”
The June 2016 Coastal Storm as a media sensation with dramatic images of damage across NSW. However, it wasnt the largest storm seen in NSW, now was damage entirely unexpected.
Recent advances in ocean, beach and structure monitoring together with an abundance of imagery and videography provides an unprecendented opportunity to learn from the effects of this storm.
This seminar will review the storm conditions, the damage observed across NSW, and the emergency response as it happened. A panel discussion will explore what can be learnt from this event to make our coastal communities safer, maritime infrastructure more resilient, and how to achieve these within conflicting stakeholder expectations.
After a superb feedback from successful events in Toowoomba and Springfield last year, the QSSA, in conjunction with USQ, will be running a GNSS Control Survey course at the USQ Springfield Campus on the 19th and 20th August.
The course will use the Trimble Business Centre and the USQ computer labs.
The objective of the workshop is to provide graduates with the information and skills to complete components of their registration that may not always be provided in all workplaces. The course will cover theory, field practice and office calculations involved in rapid static GNSS control networks.
The Australian Esri User Conference – Ozri is back!
In its brand-new format, Ozri 2017 returns with a three-city roadshow across the country in three capital cities. The Australian Esri User Conference strives towards bringing together leading industry experts; showcasing innovative, real-world GIS applications; and displaying the latest in GIS technology advancements.
The new one-day conference will be held in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane during August – with some of the world’s leading GIS experts discussing current trends and the latest technology.
Full event details will be announced shortly. Until then, save the date in your calendar, and start planning for Australia’s nation’s premier geospatial conference.
For further event details, please click here.
The Ozri 2017 call for papers is now open.
Don’t miss this opportunity to share your story with Australia’s spatial community. All abstracts must be submitted by 9 June.
We’re looking for presenters on:
- Innovative applications of the ArcGIS platform;
- Using apps to increase productivity, collaborate and share insight;
- Sharing maps using Web GIS;
- Applying spatial analysis to gain real-world insight;
- Modern day cartography and next-gen map-making; and,
- Supporting the platform through geodatabase design.
Click here to submit an abstract for Ozri 2017.
Each presenter selected for Ozri 2017 will receive a free, all-access pass to attend the largest event on Australia’s spatial calendar.
