First Announcement and Call for Papers
International Workshop
"3D Geospatial Data Production : Meeting Application Requirements"
April 7-9, 1999
Paris, France
Conference chairs:
Olivier Jamet David McKeown
Laboratoire Matis Digital Mapping Laboratory
Institut Geographique National School of Computer Science
2 Avenue Pasteur Carnegie Mellon University
F 94165 St. Mande 5000 Forbes Avenue
FRANCE Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3891 USA
ojamet@teaser.fr dmm@cs.cmu.edu
Program committee:
- Ghislaine Bordes - Institut Geographique National
- Patrice Bueso - IFI
- Gerard Giraudon - Institut National de Recherche en Informatique
et en Automatique
- Michel Kasser - Socit Franaise de Photogrammtrie et Teledetection
- Herve Le Men - Institut Geographique National
- George Lukes - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Henri Maitre - Ecole Nationale Suprieure des Tlcommunications
- Chris McGlone - Carnegie Mellon University
- Guy Ruckebush - SYSECA
- Seth Teller - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Topics
The ISPRS WG II/6, "Integration of Image Understanding into Cartographic
Systems," is at the intersection of computer vision, photogrammetry and
cartography; image understanding algorithms and systems are considered
in the context of photogrammetric and cartographic systems and their
applications.
The need for 3D geospatial data is increasing with the emergence of new
applications beyond traditional cartographic products. As a consequence,
the production of 3D geospatial data by automated image understanding
processes is a crucial issue.
The workshop will focus on the ways that geospatial data capture systems
which include image understanding processes can ensure a quality level
that meets their application requirements. A common theme, then, is
performance evaluation described as predictive and/or post-processing
analysis of system performance. Interesting papers are invited that give
practical insights or experiences in the following three areas:
Predictive analysis:
Relationships between internal quality measures in image understanding
processes and the end user application requirements.
Which methods can be used for efficient quality control in an operational
context?
Is it possible to guarantee a quality level for data produced by an
automatic image understanding process?
Post-processing analysis:
Qualification procedures for data capture systems.
Methods or procedures to make an assessment of image processing systems
based on theoretical studies of the algorithms used in the system.
Applicability of simulated images for this type of assessment.
How to deduce an overall quality prediction from a "step by step" error
analysis?
Comparison of such assessment methods with overall evaluation through
data quality control.
Performance analysis methodologies:
3D geospatial data quality assessment.
Quantitative measures for cartgraphic feature capture (buildings, roads,
etc.)
Which quality measurements for given operational requirements?
How to compile usable reference data and define representative test sets?
Experience with software tools and metrics for performance analysis.
In addition to contributions on the above topics, papers on classical
cartographic feature extraction, as well as emerging applications in
visualization of geospatial data, simulation, and automated update of
geographic databases are invited. These submissions should have some
significant connection in content with the overall workshop theme of
performance analysis for application requirements.
Some specific applications relevant to the goals of this workshop include:
(non-exhaustive list):
* cartographic feature extraction (internal system control and
quality assessment)
* urban DEM (applications, quality control and assessment...)
* system simulation for evaluation (error decomposition, validation
through image simulation...)
* implications of new high-resolution satellite images (new cartographic
products, effects of image quality on feature capture precision
and reliability...)
* use of multi-view images for feature extraction (redundancy as a
quality control method...)
* accuracy/fidelity of data for cartographic applications
* content/accuracy/speed for geospatial visualization
* geospatial data requirements of telecommunication applications
Submission Deadlines
You are invited to submit full papers to the workshop secretariat (see
"Contacts," below) not later than December 31, 1998. Authors will be
notified of acceptance by February 1, 1999. NOTE--the submission
dates have been changed from the preliminary notice, to allow increased
time for accepted authors to make travel arrangements.
Authors are requested to submit 3 copies of their full paper (10 to 15 pages,
in English or French). Since reviewing will be double blind, each copy of the
paper must include a cover page (with title, names and addresses of authors,
and a short abstract and keywords) and an additional cover page containing
only the title and abstract.
While scientific proposals on the above issues will be appreciated, technical
papers about operational issues will also be welcome. Papers will be evaluated
according to their relevancy regarding the workshop topics and according to
their originality, for research works.
A selection of the best contributions will be published in the Bulletin of
the "Societe Francaise de Photogrammetrie et de Teledetection."
Workshop Venue
This workshop is organized in cooperation with the Societe Francaise de
Photogrammetrie et Teledetection (SFPT) and the Institut Geographique
National (I.G.N). As the French national mapping center, the I.G.N.
is responsible for maintenance of nationwide digital topographic and
cartographic databases and aerial photography archives; it also supports
major research programs into automated systems for cartographic feature
extraction, cartographic database management, and map generation and update,
among other topics. The Workshop will be held at the I.G.N. campus in
Saint-Mande (15 minutes from Paris city center by Paris Metro).
Contacts
For paper submission and for further information on the workshop,
please contact:
Ghislaine Bordes, Institut Geographique National
Service de la Recherche, Lab. Matis
2, avenue Pasteur, 94 165 Saint-Mande FRANCE
Phone : +33 1 43 98 80 69, Fax : +33 1 43 98 85 81
E-mail address : Ghislaine.Bordes@ign.fr
Conference web page:
(English version) http://www.ign.fr/sfpt/manifestations/paris_99_us.html
(French version) http://www.ign.fr/sfpt/manifestations/paris_99_fr.html
WG II/6 www home page: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~MAPSLab/isprs.html