2008 Geoinformatics Conference (11-13 June 2008)
Session No. 1 Wednesday, 11 June 2008
9:00 AM-5:20 PM, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Building H: Main Lecture Theater

Geoinformatics Oral Session I

 Paper #Start Time
 9:00 AM Introductory Remarks
1-19:10 AM KEYNOTE: GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND THE CHALLENGES FOR GEOSCIENCE INFORMATICS: JACKSON, Ian, Information Directorate, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG United Kingdom, ij@bgs.ac.uk
1-29:40 AM ANSWERS TO EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE QUESTIONS: THE EVOLUTION OF INFORMATICS AT THE USGS: GUNDERSEN, Linda C.S., U.S Geological Survey, MS 911 National Center, Reston, VA VA, lgundersen@usgs.gov
1-310:00 AM USING REMOTE SENSING AND GIS TECHNIQUES TO MONITOR THE STATE OF THE GREENLAND ICE SHEET: PAYNE, Meredith C., College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 104 COAS Administration Building, Corvallis, OR 97331, mpayne@coas.oregonstate.edu and NOLIN, Anne W., Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, 104 Wilkinson Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331
1-410:20 AM USE OF REMOTE SENSING DATA IN SEARCHING FOR HYDROCARBON DEPOSITS: BARANOV, Yuri, KULAPOV, Sergey, DENISEVICH, Ekaterina, VANYARKHO, Maxim, and FILATOV, Denis, Space Information Lab, GAZPROM Research Institute (VNIIGAZ), Razvilka, Moscow region, Moscow, 142717, Russia, D_Filatov@vniigaz.gazprom.ru
1-510:40 AM GEOINFORMATICS MAPPING OF RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES AND SYSTEMS IN THE PHILIPPINES: PASCUAL, Carlos Miniano, Agricultural Engineering, Mariano Marcos State University, Marcos Avenue, External Affairs and Partnerships, Batac, 2906, Philippines, cmpascual123@yahoo.com, PASION, Phebe Marcos, Management Information Services, Mariano Marcos State University, Marcos Avenue, External Affairs and Partnerships, Batac, Philippines, and ACEBEDO, Irma Pascual, Affiliated NonConventional Energy Center, College of Agriculture and Forestry, Marcos Avenue, Batac, 2906, Philippines
 11:00 AM Break
1-611:40 AM NETWORK OF RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES FOR EUROPEAN SEISMOLOGY (NERIES): PROGRESS OVERVIEW: BOSSU, Rémy1, VAN ECK, Torild2, GIARDINI, Domenico3, WIENER, Stefan3, and CONSORTIUM, NERIES, (1) Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, Bruyères le Châtel, 91680, France, bossu@emsc-csem.org, (2) Observatories and Research Facilities for European Seismology (ORFEUS), De Bilt, 3730 AE, Netherlands, (3) Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETHZ), Zurich, 8093, Switzerland
1-712:00 PM ONEGEOLOGY: THE GLOBAL CONTEXT FOR A EUROPEAN E-GEOSCIENCE PROJECT: JACKSON, Ian, Information Directorate, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG United Kingdom, ij@bgs.ac.uk
1-812:20 PM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE GEOSCIENCE INFORMATION NETWORK (GIN): ALLISON, M. Lee, Arizona Geological Survey, 416 W. Congress, #100, Tucson, AZ 85701-1381, lee.allison@azgs.az.gov, GUNDERSEN, Linda C., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 911 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, RICHARD, Stephen M., Arizona Geol Survey, 416 W. Congress St, #100, Tucson, AZ 85701, and DICKINSON, Tamara L., US Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192
1-912:40 PM GEOSCINET - A GLOBAL GEOINFORMATICS PARTNERSHIP: SNYDER, Walter S.1, LEHNERT, Kerstin A.2, ITO, Emi3, HARMS, Ulrich4, and KLUMP, Jens4, (1) Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, wsnyder@boisestate.edu, (2) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, (3) Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (4) GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Potsdam, D-14473, Germany
 1:00 PM Lunch
1-102:00 PM A 3D GIS MODEL BASED ON CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PRINCIPLES DEDICATED TO SPATIAL ANALYSES IN GEOSCIENCES: POUPEAU, Benoit Jr, Earth Materials and Engineering Geology, Université Paris-Est, 5, Boulevard Descartes, Marne-la-Vallée, 77454, France, poupeaubenoit@yahoo.fr, DEFFONTAINES, Benoit Sr, Earth Materials and Engineering Geology G2I, Université Paris-Est, 5, Boulevard Descartes, Marne-la-Vallée, 77454, France, benoit.deffontaines@univ-mlv.fr, and BONIN, Olivier Sr, COGIT, Institut Geographique National, Saint Mandé, 75, France
1-112:20 PM AVIZO - 3D VISUALIZATION FRAMEWORK: WESTENBERGER, Peter, Visualization Sciences Group, Mercury Computer Systems, Wernigeroder Str. 129, Duesseldorf 40595 Germany, pwestenb@mc.com
1-122:40 PM TUNISIA STRUCTURAL EXTRUSION REVEALED BY NUMERICAL GEOMORPHOMETRY: DEFFONTAINES, Benoit Sr, Earth Materials and Engineering Geology, Université Paris-Est, 5, Boulevard Descartes, Marne-la-Vallée, 77454, France, benoit.deffontaines@univ-mlv.fr, SLAMA, Tarek Jr, Geoligcal department, University of Sciences of Tunis, El Manar II, TUnis, Tunisia, REBAI, Noamen Sr, Geological department, University of Sciences of Tunis, El Manar II, Tunis, Tunisia, and TURKI, Mohamed Moncef Sr, Department of Geology, University of Sciences of Tunis, Campus Universitaire, El Manar II, 1060, Tunisia
1-133:00 PM PROJECT TOWARDS SIMULTANEOUS VISUALIZATION FOR VARIOUS KINDS OF GEOSCIENCE DATA ON GOOGLE EARTH: YAMAGISHI, Yasuko1, NAGAO, Hiromichi1, TSUBOI, Seiji1, SUZUKI, Katsuhiko2, TAMURA, Hajimu2, YANAKA, Hiroshi3, and HATAKEYAMA, Tadahiro4, (1) Institute for Research on Earth Evolution, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 3173-25 Showa-machi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0001, Japan, nagao@jamstec.go.jp, (2) Institute for Research on Earth Evolution, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, 237-0061, Japan, (3) Fujitsu Limited, 1-9-3 Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba, 261-0023, Japan, (4) Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho, Okayama, 700-0005, Japan
 3:20 PM Break
1-143:40 PM GIS-MORPHOMETRY: A GIS FRAMEWORK FOR DIGITAL TECTONIC GEOMORPHOLOGY STUDIES: SLAMA, Tarek1, DEFFONTAINES, Benoit2, REBAI, Noamen1, and TURKI, Mohamed Moncef1, (1) Department of Geology, University of Sciences of Tunis, Campus Universitaire, El Manar II, 1060, Tunisia, trslama3d@yahoo.fr, (2) LABORATOIRE GEOMATERIAUX ET GEOLOGIE DE L'INGENIEUR (G2I), Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, 5, bd Descartes - Champs-sur-Marne, Marne-la-Vallée, 77454, France
1-154:00 PM GEOINFORMATICS AND NATURE PARKS: LÖWE, Peter1, ECKHARDT, Claudia2, and LÖWNER, Ralf1, (1) DRZ, GeoForschungsZentrum-Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, 14473, Germany, ploewe@gfz-potsdam.de, (2) Geo-Naturpark Bergstrasse-Odenwald, Nibelungenstrasse 41, Lorsch, 64653, Germany
1-164:20 PM GEOINFORMATICS ON THE FRONT LINES: PURDUE's INAUGURAL GEOINFORMATICS COURSE: MILLER, C.C., Libraries, Purdue University, 2215E Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) Library, 550 Stadium Mall Dr, West Lafayette, IN 47907, ccmiller@purdue.edu and FOSMIRE, Michael, PSET Libraries, Purdue University, Physics, West Lafayette, IN 47907
 4:40 PM Panel Discussion: Global Geoinformatics

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