GIS RESEARCH UK: 6th National Conference

31st March - 2nd April 1998, University of Edinburgh, UK.

FINAL PROGRAMME

Tuesday 31st March, 1998

13.15 Plenary Session, Davidson Lecture Theatre, Lister Institute           Chair: Professor Michael Worboys, Department of Computer Science, Keele University           AGI/NGDF Keynote: NSDI Was Supposed to be a Verb           Nancy Tosta, Director of Forecasting and Growth Strategy, Puget Sound Regional Council, USA. 14.00 Panel Discussion: National Geospatial Data Framework Research Issues

15.00 Poster Introductions, Davidson Lecture Theatre, Lister Institute           Chair: David Parker, University of Newcastle

 15.30 Break

16.00 - 17.00 Parallel Sessions

Session 1: Managing the Environment Location: High School Yards Lecture Theatre Chair: Jonathan Baldwin, Universities of Leicester & Aberystywth Investigating the Feasibility of Small On-farm Reservoirs in Staffordshire using a GIS-based Hydrological Model BEALE Spatial Analysis Tools for Measuring Forest Characteristics, Disturbance and Damage MILLER, QUINE & HADLEY Range Information Systems (RIS) for better Planning and Management: A Case Study of Banavasi Range, India SUGAMARAN, FURLEY, PLACE & HARRISON Using GIS to Map the Wilderness Continuum at a National and Local Level FRITZ & CARVER

Session 2: Geodemographics Location: Geography Lecture Theatre Chair: David Martin, University of Southampton The use of Raster Population Surfaces in Epidemiology - Can We Rely on Them? COOPER RISC Neighbourhood FARR A Preliminary Test for Fuzzy Geodemographics FENG & FLOWERDEW Comparison of Alternative Location-Allocation Algorithms KIM & OPENSHAW

18.00 Dinner, Pollock Halls 19.00 Round Table Discussion Sessions 20.30 Taylor & Francis Whisky Tasting (a social evening based around a introduction to the malt           whiskies of Scotland, guided by an expert speaker, with soft drinks available for non-whisky drinkers)

Wednesday 1st April, 1998

 10.40 Break

11.10 - 12.30 Parallel Sessions
Session 5: Visualisation Location: High School Yards Lecture Theatre Chair: David Unwin, Birkbeck College Perceptions of Visuality CAMPBELL Visualising Higher Dimensional Spatial Data Sets: What GIS Lacks CHARLTON, BRUNSDON & FOTHERINGHAM Analysing and Visualising Long-Term Change WHITE, GREGORY & SOUTHALL	Session 6: Image Processing Location: Geography Lecture Theatre Chair: Jane Drummond, University of Glasgow Visualizing Historic Landscapes using Digital Photogrammetry MILLER, CAMERON & RAMSAY Object Recognition in Aerial Imagery using Moments Invariant for Dataset Revision TENG & FAIRBAIRN Using Pattern Recognition to Discover Concepts in Spatial Data TURTON

 12.30 Lunch, Lister Institute

14.00 - 15.40 Parallel Sessions

Session 7: Using GIS on the Web Location: High School Yards Lecture Theatre Chair: Sita Smith, University of Edinburgh Spatial Information Systems and the World-Wide Web: Requirements and Issues DE SOUZA BAPTISTA & KEMP Distance Decay effects in Web Server Information Flows MURNION Web Based Geospatial Data Conversion Tools PRADHAN & GITTINGS Developing and deploying a Knowledge Based System (KBS) within KINDS STEHR & BASDEN

Session 8: Spatial Analysis Location: Geography Lecture Theatre Chair: Jan Rigby, University of Lancaster Robust Normalisation in Spatial Data Analysis BRIMICOMBE To Interpolate and Thence to Model, Or Vice Versa? JARVIS & STUART Towards an Integral Strategy for Modelling Uncertainties in Spatial Data: Dialectics and Pragmatics KIRBY & ZHANG Modelling Disease Exposure: Estimating Relative Risk for Motor Neurone Disease in Finland SABEL, GATRELL, LOYTONEN, MAASILTA & JOKELAINEN

 15.40 Break

16.00 View Software Demonstrations, Posters and Publishers Exhibition

17.00 - 18.00 Parallel Sessions

Session 9: Environmental Decision Support Location: High School Yards Lecture Theatre Chair: Steve Carver, University of Leeds A Decision Support Demonstrator for Abiotic Damage to Trees, using a WWW Interface DUNHAM, MILLER & BROADGATE GIS, Environmental Impact Assessment and Scale Issues JOĆO Forestry Prediction by Spatio-Temporal Analysis and Fuzzy Sets MEZZADRI-CENTENO & DESACHY IRDSS – An Innovative Distributed Geographical System, serving Europe by the Use of Emerging Internet Technologies MOORE, PARR, MCCORMICK & MCALISTER

Session 10: Multi-Dimensional Modelling Location: Geography Lecture Theatre Chair: David Kidner, University of Glamorgan Modelling Floodwater Inundation in Space and Time PETER & STUART A Survey of Current Trends in Incorporating Virtual Reality and Geographical Information Systems HAKLAY Borehole Data Management and Volume Calculation KUDOWOR & TAYLOR Multi Dimensional Virtual Reality Geographical Information Systems (VRGIS): Research Guidelines WILLIAMS, MCCARTHY, UNWIN & RAPER

19.00 Oxford University Press Wine Reception, Pollock Halls 19.30 Conference Dinner           Followed by the Bar (with a traditional Scottish late licence)

Thursday 2nd April, 1998

 10.40 Break

11.10 - 12.00 Parallel Sessions
Session 13: GIS and the Internet Location: High School Yards Lecture Theatre Chair: Peter Halls, University of York Assessing GIS over the Web: An Aid to Public Participation KINGSTON, CARVER & TURTON Putting the Geographical Analysis Machine on the Internet OPENSHAW, TURTON, MCGILL & DAVY Using GIS to analyse the Spatial Pattern of the Internet in the United Kingdom SHIODE & DODGE	Session 14: Data Effects and Issues Location: Geography Lecture Theatre Chair: David Parker, University of Newcastle Implementing an Object Oriented Approach to Data Quality DUCKHAM Ordnance Survey Geospatial Data Management Systems - The Next Generation MURPHY A GIS Strategy for Controlling Error and Uncertainty Due to Upscaling of Distributed Environmental Models van ROMPAEY, GOVERS & BAUDET

12.00 Plenary Session, Davidson Lecture Theatre, Lister Institute           Chair: Bruce Gittings, The University of Edinburgh           Taylor & Francis Keynote: The Web, Maps and Society           Professor Menno-Jan Kraak, ITC, The Netherlands

13.00 Closing Session, Davidson Lecture Theatre, Lister Institute

 13.30 Close of Conference