Conference Themes

 Sensors and models in Remote Sensing and Geomatics Engineering

• Airborne, terrestrial and mobile mapping
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems
  
• Laser scanning for 3D surveying and mapping
• SAR image analysis, modeling and techniques
• POL and POLInSAR techniques and applications
• Target detection and unmixing in hyperspectral images
• Feature extraction and information retrieval from SAR and hyperspectral images
• Image and spatial data fusion
• Close range photogrammetry
• 3D reconstruction and point cloud processing
• Geodetic sensors and 3D measurements
• Geodesy on large construction: monitoring of structures and system analysis
• Imaging geodesy and GPS for tectonic and non-tectonic deformation analysis
• Modeling atmospheric effects in geodetic observations
• Sensor technology and geodetic meteorology
• Spatio-temporal data mining and knowledge discovery
• Location-based services, geospatial services and real-time applications
• Indoor and outdoor navigation, routing and way finding
• Geosensors networks and sensor Web
• Cartography, generalization and multi-scale representation
• Spatial cognition and spatial linguistics
• Spatial semantics and spatio-temporal ontologies
• Ubiquitous geospatial information systems
• Volunteered geographic information, crowdsourcing and public participatory GIS
• Spatial data structures and algorithms
• Spatial Big data management
• Building information management (BIM)
• Land administration, spatial data infrastructures and spatially-enabled government
• Sensor pose estimation and autonomous navigation
• Image orientation, including direct and indirect geo-referencing
• Structure from Motion, SLAM and bundle adjustment

Applications:

• Remote sensing in agriculture, forestry and for natural resource management
• Precision farming, sustainability and adaptation to climate change;
• Advances in Crop yield and productivity Estimations
• Yield Estimation: Global, Regional & Local Scale
• Agriculture Resources (Soil & Water)
• Disasters in Agriculture
• Agricultural Land-Cover / Land-Use
• Crop Risk Assessment and Crop Insurance
• Agro Eco-system , Processes and Modelling
• Water security and risk management;
• Emerging technologies: Big data, geo-statistics, radar, LiDAR, agricultural drones and satellite imagery in agriculture and natural resource management
• Spatial analysis and soil classification, monitoring of soil functions and proximal soil sensing;
• Remote sensing in geology, soil science and for Earth science
• Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for geospatial world and smart environment & city
• Geospatial information for smart cities and smart environment
• Earth observation and geospatial data sharing for sustainable development
• Remote Sensing and GIS as Tools for Natural and Man-made Disaster Management
• Landslide Monitoring and Data Processing
• Flood Analysis, Drought Monitoring
• Urban Analysis
• Earthquake and Geo-Hazards analysis
• Coastal and Ocean Pollution
• Desertification and Land Degradation
• UAV and Drones in Disaster Management
• Mobile Mapping Applications in Disaster Management
• Internet of Things and Spatial Decision Support
• Modelling urban air quality, noise mapping, micro-climate/heat islands, citizens’ health