Background

With increasing amount of data collected from various airborne and satellite sensors, image and data fusion techniques are gaining more and more importance. By means of integration of complementary data sets, more and better information about an object or a study area can be obtained than can be derived from single sensor data alone. Optical sensors acquire the reflected energy from sunlight reaching the ground in the visible and near-infrared spectrum. Despite multi-spectral data presents rich spectral information of the observed objects, it is significantly influenced by the atmospheric conditions and the reflectivity of the observed object, e.g. clouds, fog, smoke or darkness. Different from optical sensors, SAR sensor has the all-weather capability. SAR data can present rich structural and texture information, and is very sensitive to the shape, orientation, roughness and moisture content of the illuminated ground objects. Therefore, the combination of different characteristics of optical imagery and SAR data by using fusion techniques can give a more complete view of the observed objects, provide increased interpretation capabilities and more reliable results.  

 Objectives

This international symposium will provide a forum for international leading scientists and young researchers to present their latest research developments, exchange their research ideas and share their experience in techniques and applications of optical and SAR imagery fusion. There will be technical sessions, poster sessions, and social events. You are cordially invited to contribute to this event by delivering a paper and by attending the symposium.

 Venue

SICHUAN State Guest House－Jinniu Hotel, No.2 Jinquan Road, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P. R. China.

More Information Please Visit the Website:http://www.jnhotel.com

 Date

25-27 September 2007

 Sponsors

International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)

State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, China 

Organizers

Ÿ           Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping

Ÿ           Sichuan Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, China

Ÿ           Beijing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture，China

Ÿ           ISPRS WG VII/6 - Remote Sensing Data Fusion

Ÿ           ISPRS WG VII/7 - Innovative Problem Solving Methodologies for Less Developed Countries

Ÿ           ISPRS WG II/1 – Spatio-Temporal Modeling 

Co-organizers

Ÿ           Wuhan University, China

Ÿ           Shandong University of Science and Technology, China

Ÿ           Liaoning Technical University, China

Ÿ           Chinese University of Mining and Technology

Ÿ           USGS EROS (U.S. Geological Survey, Earth Resources Observation and Science)

Ÿ Purdue University, USA 

Themes

New thoughts, novel techniques and various applications about optical and SAR image fusion are welcome, specifically the themes:

• Radiometric correction and geometric rectification of images

• Co-registration of images with different sensors, different resolutions, and different acquisition modes

• Multi-sensor, multi-resolution and multi-temporal data fusion, especially for SAR and optical imagery

• Thematic information extraction , i.e. geographic features (road, building, etc.) from multi-source remotely sensed data

• Applications of data fusion to :

• topographic mapping
• environmental science
• disaster monitoring
• land use and land cover
• decision making, etc.

• Change detection based on remote sensing :

  • change extraction,
  • change analysis,
  • feature tracing,
  • change simulation

• Others

Call for Papers

Ÿ           Authors are invited to submit electronically original, English-language research contributions or experience reports not concurrently submitted elsewhere. Abstracts should be typed in Word for Windows PC format. Abstracts must include author's contact details (name, organization, full address, telephone, fax and Email).

Ÿ           The abstract will be checked, and the full paper will be reviewed by two reviewers for quality, correctness, originality and relevance. Notification and reviews will be communicated via Email.

Ÿ           The paper format should follow the ISPRS guidelines, which you can find under http://www.isprs.org/documents/orangebook/app5.html.

Ÿ           Please submit your abstract and full paper to: imagefusion07@casm.ac.cn.

Ÿ           A symposium proceeding will be published as well as CD before the symposium. Best Paper Awards will be awarded to the best oral presentation papers and the best poster papers during the symposium. Selected papers will be published in a Special Issue after the symposium. 

Important Dates

Ÿ           Deadline for submission of abstracts: 31 March 2007

Ÿ           Notification of acceptance:  30 April 2007

Ÿ           Deadline for submission of full paper: 31 July 2007

Ÿ           Final Programme: 31 August 2007

Ÿ           Symposium Date:  25-27 September 2007 

Scientific Committee

Chair:

Prof. Dr. Deren Li (Wuhan University, China)

Co-chairs:

Prof. Jun Chen (National Geomatics Centre of China, 2008 ISPRS Congress Director)

Prof. Dr. J.L.van Genderen (International Institute for Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation (ITC), President of ISPRS Technical Commission VII)

Prof. Dr. Jixian Zhang (President of Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, Chair of ISPRS WG VII/6)

Members:

Prof. Dr. Jie Shan (Geomatics Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, Co-Chair of ISPRS WG VII/6)

Dr. Zhong Lu (Senior Principal Scientist, USGS EROS, USA)

Dr. Thierry Toutin (Principal Research Scientist of Canadian Centre for Remote Sensing, Canada)

Dr. William Jefferies （Chief Technical Officer, GeoSpatial services, MDA, Canada）

Dr. Xiaoliang Wu (Senior Research Scientist, Mathematical and Information Sciences, CSIRO, Australia)

Prof. Dr. Andrew Skidmore (Chairman of the Department of Natural Resources, International Institute for Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation (ITC))

Prof. Dr. Jean Serra (ESIEE and Center of Mathematical Morphology, France)

Prof. Dr. Armin Grün (Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), Switzerland)

Prof. Dr. Romuald Kaczynski (Head of Department of Photogrammetry, Institute of Geodesy and Cartography, Poland)

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kainz (Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna, Austria)

Prof. Dr. Yongqi Chen (The HongKong Polytechnic University, China)

Prof. Dr. Chenghu Zhou (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Prof. Dr. Xiaoyong Chen (School of Advanced Technologies, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand)  

Organizing Committee

Chair:

Prof. Dr. Jixian Zhang (President of Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, Chair of ISPRS WG VII/6)

Co-chairs:

Prof. Guoshan Yu (Vice President of Sichuan Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, China)

Prof. Dr. Yanmin Wang (Head of College of Geomatics and Urban Information, Beijing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture, China)

Prof. Dr. Xinming Tang (Deputy Director of Key Laboratory of Geo-Informatics of State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, Co-Chair of ISPRS WG II/1)

Prof. Qin Yan (Deputy Director of Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, Regional Coordinator of ISPRS WG VII/7)

Members:

Prof. Dr. Huili Gong (Vice President of Capital Normal University)

Prof. Dr. Qiming Qin (Deputy Director of School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University)

Prof. Dr. Youchuan Wan (Director of School of Remote Sensing Information Engineering, Wuhan University)

Prof. Dr. Zengyuan Li (Chinese Academy of Forestry)

Prof. Dr. Xiushan Lu (Director of College of Geo-Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology)

Prof. Dr. Yunjia Wang (Deputy Director of School of Environment Science and Spatial Informatics, China University of Mining and Technology)

Prof. Dr. Weidong Song (Director of School of Geomatics, LiaoNing Technical University)

Prof. Dr. Zhen Li (Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Prof. Xi'an Zhao (Director of Department of Geographical Information Engineering, College of Geomatics and Urban Information, Beijing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture)

Prof. Yuanmin Fang （Deputy Director of Faculty of Land Resource Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology)

Mr. Xuhui Fei (Director of Office of Foreign Affairs, Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping)

Mr. Zhenggang Gu (Director of Division of Science and Technology, Sichuan Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, China)

Prof. Dr. Yonghong Zhang (Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping)

Prof. Dr. Li Zhang (Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping)

Ms. Yu Zeng (Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, Secretary of ISPRS WG VII/6) 

Secretariat

Ms. Yu Zeng (Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, Secretary of ISPRS WG VII/6)

Mr. Liang Zhai (Key Laboratory of Geo-Informatics of State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping)

Mr. Jinghui Yang (Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping)

Ms. Yi Zang (Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping)

Programme at a Glance

Registration Fees

The registration fee includes CD proceedings, access to all scientific sessions, lunch and welcome dinner.

The City- Chengdu

Chengdu is the capital city of Sichuan Province in southwestern China. It is a famous historic and cultural city, and has been the centre of politics, economy and culture in southwest part of China from of old. It has rich biological and tourist resources, and known as the starting city of "Southern Silk Road".