8th International Symposium on Spatial Data Quality

30 May - 1 June 2013, Hong Kong

 

 


PROGRAMME AT-A-GLANCE

 

On Site Registration

(Chiang Chen Studio Theatre)

Wednesday, 29 May                      14:30– 22:00

Thursday, 30 May             08:30– 17:00

Thursday, 30 May

Friday, 31 May

Saturday, 1 June

 

Opening Ceremony

 

&

 

Keynote Speeches

 

(09:00 -12:15, Chiang Chen Studio Theatre)

 

Coffee Break

 

(10:20 ~ 10:40)

Session 3:

 

Uncertainty in Multi-Scale & Multi-Source Representation

 

(09:00 - 12:15, N001)

Coffee Break

 

(10:40

 ~

11:00)

Session 7:

Uncertainties in Digital Terrain Modelling

(09:00 - 10:15, N001)

Coffee Break

 

(10:15

 ~

10:40)

 

 

Session 8:

Quality Issues in Various Applications

(09:00 - 10:15, N002)

Session 4:

 

Quality Evaluation of LiDAR and Remotely Sensed Data

 

(09:00 - 12:15, N002)

Panel Discussion

&

Closing Ceremony

 

(10:40 -12:00, N001)

Lunch*

(12:45 - 14:15, Staff Restaurant#)

Lunch*

(12:45 - 14:15, Staff Restaurant)

 

Session 1:

 

Accuracy Assessment of Remote Sensing Products

 

(14:30 - 17:45, N001)

Coffee Break

 

(16:10

~

16:30)

Session 5:

 

Spatial Data Quality Management

 

(14:30 - 17:20, N001)

Coffee Break

 

(16:10

 ~

16:30)

 

Session 2:

 

Quality Assessment

in GIS

 

(14:30 - 17:20, N002)

Session 6:

 

Quality Assessment of Internet & Volunteered Data

 

(14:30 - 17:45, N002)

Conference Dinner*

(18:30 – 21:30, Banqueting House#)

Dinner*

(18:30 – 20:00, Staff Restaurant)

Hong Kong City Tour*

(20:00 – 22:30)

 

# Staff Restaurant:  4/F, Communal Building, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

# Banqueting House: 1/F Empire Centre, 68 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

* Ticket required for permission

 

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

 

Thursday (30 May 2013)

 

Opening Ceremony

Venue: Chiang Chen Studio Theatre

Chair: Wenzhong Shi (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

 

08:30 ~ 09:00      On site Registration

09:00 ~ 09:20      Opening Ceremony

 

Opening Address by Prof. Xiaoli Ding (Chair Professor and Head, Department of Land Surveying & Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

 

Keynote Speeches

Venue: Chiang Chen Studio Theatre

Chair: Anthony Yeh (The University of Hong Kong)

Mei-Po Kwan (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)

 

09:20 ~ 10:00      Prospect for a Global Quality Assurance Framework: The Role of United Nations GGIM Initiative

Dr. Paul Cheung (United Nations Global Geospatial Information Initiative, Former Director of UN Statistics Division and GGIM Secretariat)

 

10:00 ~ 10:20      Group Photo

 

10:20 ~ 10:40      Coffee Break

 

10:40 ~ 11:20      The Inherent Structure of Information as a Constraint to Analysis

Prof. Brian G Lees (University of New South Wales: Canberra, Australia)

 

11:20 ~ 12:00      Spatial Statistical Solutions in SDQ to Answer Agricultural Demands Based on Satellite Observations

Prof. Alfred Stein (University of Twente, The Netherlands)

 

12:00 ~ 12:15      Souvenir Presentation

 

Text Box: 12:45 ~ 14:15 	Lunch (Venue: Staff Restaurant, 4/F, Communal Building, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

 


Session 1: Accuracy Assessment of Remote Sensing Products

Venue: N001

Chair: Xiaohua Tong (Tongji University, China)

Jung-Hong Hong (National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan)

 

14:30 ~ 14:55      Design on Validation Network of Remote Sensing Products in China

M. G. Ma, X. Li, W. Wang, (Cold and Arid Regions Remote Sensing Observation System Experiment Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China),

Q. Xiao (Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China),

K. Zhao (Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, China),

X. P. Xin (Institute of Agricultural Research and Regional Planning, China)

 

14:55 ~ 15:20      Incorporating Land-Use Mapping Uncertainty in Remote Sensing Based Calibration of Land-Use Change Models

K. Cockx, T. Van de Voorde, F. Canters (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium),

L. Poelmans, I. Uljee, G. Engelen (Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Belgium),

K. de Jong, D. Karssenberg (Utrecht University, The Netherlands),

J. van der Kwast (UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands)

 

15:20~ 15:45       Technical Specification for the Validation of Remote Sensing Products

                             Y. Ge (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China),

                             X. Li (Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China),

                             M. G. Hu, J. H. Wang (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China),

                             R. Jin (Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China),

                             J. F. Wang, R. H. Zhang (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

 

15:45~ 16:10       Study On the Quality Control Methods of Cluster-Based Remote Sensing Image Processing

                             L. Xia, L. B. Zhao, X. P. Zhang, X. M. Zhou (The First Institute of Photogrammetry and Remotes Sensing, China)

                            

16:10 ~ 16:30      Coffee Break

 

16:30 ~ 16:55      Assessing Uncertainties in Accuracy of Landuse Classification Using Remote Sensing Images

Lin-Hsuan Hsiao, Ke-Sheng Cheng (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

 

16:55~ 17:20       Development and Experimental Verification of Key Techniques to Validate Remote Sensing Products

                             X. Li, S. G. Wang (Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China),

                             Y. Ge (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China),

                             R. Jin (Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China),

S. M. Liu (Beijing Normal University, China),

                             M. G. Ma (Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China),

                             W. Z. Shi (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong and Wuhan University, China),

R. X. Li (Tongji University, China and The Ohio State University, USA)

                             Q. H. Liu (Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China),

 

17:20~ 17:45       Quality Analysis of Remote Sensing Products for Antarctic Ice Sheet Changes

                             Y. X. Tian, H. Xie, T. T. Feng, M. Scaioni, G. Qiao, S. M. Zhang, X. H. Tong, R. X. Li (Tongji University, China)

 

Session 2: Quality Assessment in GIS

Venue: N002

Chair: Rodolphe Devillers (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)

Yong Ge (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

 

14:30 ~ 14:55      Incorporating Data Quality Information in Mapping for Decision Support

David Wong (George Mason University, USA)

B. J. Kronenfeld (Eastern Illinois University, USA)

Min Sun (George Mason University, USA)

 

14:55 ~ 15:20      Quality Assessment - Example of Digital Products of Fundamental Geographic Information of China

Guoqing Deng (National Administration of Surveying, Mapping & Geoinformation, China),

Ping Xiao (Shaanxi Administration of Surveying, Mapping & Geoinformation, China)

 

15:20~ 15:45       The Design of Intelligent GIS Workflow: A Data Quality Perspective

Jung-Hong Hong, Min-Lang Huang (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)

 

15:45~ 16:10       Spatial Data Model Design and Quality Control for GIS Objects

Yau-chuen Tong, Chun-to Lam, King-fai Wong (Lands Department, HKSAR Government, Hong Kong)

 

16:10 ~ 16:30      Coffee Break

 

16:30 ~ 16:55      Towards a Collaborative Knowledge Discovery System for Enriching Semantic Information about Risks of Geospatial Data misuse

J. Grira, Y. Bédard, S. Roche (Laval University, Canada)

R. Devillers (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)

 

16:55~ 17:20       Quality Assessment of Internet/Desktop Geocoding Services

T. Edwin Chow, Nathaniel D. Bamfo, Khila Dahal (Texas State University, USA)

 

Text Box: 18:30 ~ 21:30	Conference Dinner (Venue: Banqueting House, 1/F Empire Centre, 68 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong)


 

Friday (31 May 2013)

 

Session 3: Uncertainty in Multi-Scale & Multi-Source Representation

Venue: N001

Chair: Rongxing Li (Tongji University, China and The Ohio State University, USA)

Alfred Stein (University of Twente, The Netherlands)

 

09:00 ~ 09:25      Data Quality in the Integration and Analysis of Data from Multiple Sources: Some Research Challenges

J. L. Harding (Ordnance Survey, UK)

 

09:25 ~ 09:50      Research on the Methods of Quality Inspection for Published Charts Based on Entity Rules and Cartographic Specifications

Haitao Zhao (National Quality Inspection and Testing Center for Surveying and Mapping Products, China),

Xuefang Li (Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, China),

Xiaorong Gao (GanSu Provincial Geomatics Center, China)

 

09:50~ 10:15       Quality Control of "DLG and Map" Product

                             Pei Wang (The First Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, China),

                             Jiye Yu (Chang’an University, China),

                             Libin Zhao (The First Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, China),

                             Xincheng Guo (Chang’an University, China)

 

10:15~ 10:40       General Analyzing and Research on Uncertainty of Multi-scale Representation of Street-block Settlement

Feng Xu, Jiqiang Niu, Zhifeng Chi, Wenquan Xie (Xinyang Normal University, China)

 

10:40 ~ 11:00      Coffee Break

 

11:00~ 11:25       Quality Assessment in River Network Generalisation by Preserving the Drainage Pattern

                             Ling Zhang, Eric Guilbert (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

                            

11:25~ 11:50       Comparison of Point Matching Techniques for Road Network Matching

A. Hackeloeer, K. Klasing (BMW Forschung und Technik GmbH, Germany),

J. M. Krisp, L. Meng (Technische Universität München, Germany)

 

11:50~ 12:15       Multiscale M:N Areal Object Matching with Agglomerative Hierarchical Graph Clustering

Y. Huh and J. B. Lee (Seoul National University, Korea)

 

Session 4: Quality Evaluation of LiDAR and Remotely Sensed Data

Venue: N002

Chair: Qinhuo Liu (Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Mahmoud Reza Delavar (University of Tehran, Iran)

 

09:00 ~ 09:25      Multi-Dimensional Quality Assessment of Photogrammetric and LiDAR Datesets Based on a Vector Approach

M. Mohamed, T. Landes, P. Grussenmeyer (ICube Laboratory, France),

W. Zhang (Beijing Normal University, China)

 

09:25 ~ 09:50      Analysis of the Influence of Distance on Data Acquisition Intensity Forestry Targets by a LiDAR Technique With Terrestrial Laser Scanner

F. Bordin (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil),

E. C. Teixeira (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and State Foundation of Environmental Protection Luiz Henrique Roessler, Brazil),

S. B. A. Rolim (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

F. M. W. Tognoli, C. N. Souza, M. R. Veronez (University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil)

 

09:50~ 10:15       Integration of Different Filter Algorithms for Improving the Ground Surface Extraction from Airborne LiDAR Data

S. S. Deng, W. Z. Shi (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

 

10:15~ 10:40       Quality Issues in LiDAR Based Bridge Inspection

H. Bian, S. E. Chen (UNC Charlotte, USA)

W. Liu (Dalian University of Technology, China)

B. Smith (UNC Charlotte, USA)

 

10:40 ~ 11:00      Coffee Break

 

11:00~ 11:25       The Geometric Accuracy Validation of the ZY-3 Mapping Satellite

Xiaoming Gao, Xinming Tang (Satellite Surveying and Mapping Application Center of National Administration of Surveying, China),

Guo Zhang (Wuhan university, China),

Xiaoyong Zhua (Satellite Surveying and Mapping Application Center of National Administration of Surveying, China)

 

11:25~ 11:50       Outliers Detection and Feature Extraction Based on Spatio-Temporal Information of InSAR Deformation Monitoring

Juqing Zhang (Chang’an University, China)

 

11:50~ 12:15       Automatic Deformation Inspection Method for Digital Aerial Imagery Based on Statistical Characteristics

Yaohua Yi, Yuan Yuan, Hai Su, Mingjin Miao (Wuhan University, China)

 

Text Box: 12:15 ~ 14:15	Lunch (Venue: Staff Restaurant, 4/F, Communal Building, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

 

Session 5: Spatial Data Quality Management

Venue: N001

Chair: Nicholas Chrisman (RMIT University, Australia)

Xin Li (Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

 

14:30 ~ 14:55      Uncertainty Management in Seismic Vulnerability Assessment Using Computing Based on Covering of Universe

F. Khamespanah, M. R. Delavar (University of Tehran, Iran),

M. Zare (International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Iran)

 

14:55 ~ 15:20      Quality Management of Reference Geo-Information

A. Jakobsson (National Land Survey of Finland, Finland),

A. Hopfstock (Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy, Germany),

M. Beare (1Spatial Group Ltd., UK),

R. Patrucco (Ordnance Survey, UK)

 

15:20~ 15:45       Control Measures, Supervision and Inspection System for the Quality of National Basic Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation Results

Jianpei Ji and Wei Ma (National Quality Inspection and Testing Center for Surveying and Mapping Products, China)

 

15:45~ 16:10       Uncertainties in Navigation of Elderly People in Towns – The ASSISTANT Project

W. Kainz, K. Kalian (University of Vienna, Austria)

 

 

16:10 ~ 16:30      Coffee Break

 

16:30~ 16:55       Handling Imprecision in Qualitative Data Warehouse: Urban Building Sites Annoyance Analysis Use Case

F. Amanzougarene (EIVP and Université de Versailles-SQ, France),

M. Chachoua (EIVP, France),

K. Zeitouni (Université de Versailles-SQ, France)

 

16:55~ 17:20       Assessing the Quality of 3D City Models for Efficient Sensor Networks Deployment

Meysam Argany, Mir-Abolfazl Mostafavi (Université Laval, Canada)

 

Session 6: Quality Assessment of Internet & Volunteered Data

Venue: N002

Chair: Brian G Lees (University of New South Wales: Canberra, Australia)

Paul Cheung (United Nations Global Geospatial Information Initiative)

 

14:30 ~ 14:55      Improving Volunteered Geographic Data Quality Using Semantic Similarity Measurements

A. Vandecasteele, R. Devillers (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)

 

14:55 ~ 15:20      Assessing Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) Quality Based on Contributors’ Mapping Behaviours

                             D. Bégin, R. Devillers (Memorial University and Université Laval, Canada),

                             S. Roche (Université Laval, Canada)

 

15:20~ 15:45       Quality Analysis of Open Street Map Data

Ming Wang, Qingquan Li, Qingwu Hu, Meng Zhou (Wuhan University, China)

 

15:45~ 16:10       VGI for Land Administration – A Quality Perspective

G. Navratil, A.U. Frank (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)

 

16:10 ~ 16:30      Coffee Break

 

16:30~ 16:55       A Quality Analysis and Uncertainty Modeling Approach for Crowd-Sourcing Location Check-in Data

Meng Zhou, Qingwu Hu, Ming Wang (Wuhan University, China)

 

16:55~ 17:20       A Framework for Logical Consistency Checks in Volunteered Geographic Information

P. Hashemi, R. A. Abbaspour (University of Tehran, Iran)

 

17:20~ 17:45       A Quality Study of Open Street Map Dataset for Tehran

M. Forghani, M. R. Delavar (University of Tehran, Iran)

 

Text Box: 18:30 ~ 20:00	Dinner (Venue: Staff Restaurant, 4/F, Communal Building, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

 

Text Box: 20:00 ~ 22:30	Hong Kong City Tour (Assembling at S Podium of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University at 20:00 pm)

 


 

Saturday (1 June 2013)

 

Session 7: Uncertainties in Digital Terrain Modelling

Venue: N001

Chair: Jose Luis Casanova (LATUV-University of Valladolid, Spain)

 

 

09:00 ~ 09:25      Comparison and Evaluation of the ASTER GDEM ver2, SRTM and Local DEM

F. Samadzadegan, F. Dadras Javan, F. Alidoost (University of Tehran, Iran)

 

09:25 ~ 09:50      The Characteristics of Regional Difference on DEM Terrain Representation Error

Chun Wang (Chuzhou University, China)

Guoan Tang (Nanjing Normal University, China)

Ling Jiang (Chuzhou University, China)

Jing Wang (Nanjing Normal University, China)

                            

09:50 ~ 10:15      Key Technologies of Quality Inspection for Sea Island and Rock DEM Data

Yousong Zhao, Wenjuan Mao (National Quality Inspection and Testing Center for Surveying and Mapping Products, China)

 

Session 8: Quality Issues in Various Applications

Venue: N002

Chair: David Wong (George Mason University, USA)

Pierre Grussenmeyer (ICube Laboratory, France)

 

09:00 ~ 09:25      First, Do No Harm: Eliminating Systematic Error in Analytical Results of GIS Applications

N. Chrisman (RMIT University, Australia),

J-F Girres (Université Paris-Est, France)

 

09:25 ~ 09:50      Cloud Detection Method Based on Feature Extraction in Remote Sensing Images

Changhui Yu, Yuan Yuan, Minjing Miao, Menglu Zhu (Wuhan University, China)

 

09:50 ~ 10:15      Study on Increasing the Accuracy of Classification Based on Ant Colony Algorithm

Ming Yu (Fujian Normal University, China and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong),

Dawei Chen (Sun Yat-Sen University, China)

Chenyan Dai (Fujian Normal University, China)

Zhilin Li (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong and Southwest Jiao Tong University, China)

 

10:15 ~ 10:40      Coffee Break


 

10:40 ~ 12:00      Panel Discussion and Closing Ceremony

Venue: N001

Chair: Wenzhong Shi (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

Members: Nicholas Chrisman (RMIT University, Australia)

                   Mahmoud Reza Delavar (University of Tehran, Iran)

                   Rodolphe Devillers (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)

Yong Ge (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Mei Po Kwan (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)

                   Brian Lees (University of New South Wales: Canberra, Australia)

                   Rongxing Li (Tongji University, China and The Ohio State University, USA)

Xin Li (Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Qinhuo Liu (Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

                   Alfred Stein (University of Twente, The Netherlands)

                   Xiaohua Tong (Tongji University, China)