General Programme
Final Detailed Programme (Updated 17.6.2016)
Conference Schedule
TUESDAY, JUNE 14TH
REGISTRATION (Lobby 1st floor, on site payment possible until 10:00) |
WORKSHOPS |
COFFEE BREAK (Lobby 3rd floor) |
WORKSHOPS |
LUNCH (Dining room 1st floor) |
WORKSHOPS |
COFFEE BREAK (Lobby 3rd floor) |
WORKSHOPS |
OPENING RECEPTION AT UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI (Lehtisali 1st floor) |
Room |
Sali 16 |
Auditorium IV |
Sali 4 |
Auditorium II |
Auditorium III |
Sali 14 |
Sali 8 |
Sali 15 |
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15TH
REGISTRATION (Lobby 1st floor, on site payment possible until 10:00) |
OPENING AND KEYNOTE SESSION 1 (Room: Suuri juhlasali) Tiina Sarjakoski, Chair of Local Organising Committee Opening words: Vice Dean, Prof. Mari Vaattovaara, University of Helsinki Keynote: Menno-Jan Kraak Chair: Tapani Sarjakoski |
COFFEE BREAK (Etulämpiö 2nd floor) |
MAPS OF THE FUTURE AND THE FUTURE OF MAPS – PANEL DISCUSSION (Room: Suuri juhlasali) Chair: Martin Raubal Panelists: Prof., President of ICA, Menno-Jan Kraak, University of Twente Prof. Harvey Miller, Ohio State University Prof. Mike Gould, Esri Education Manager & Universitat Jaume I Dr. Paula Ahonen-Rainio, Aalto University |
LUNCH (Dining room 1st floor) |
PARALLEL SESSIONS |
SESSION 1 (Room: Sali 13)
SPATIAL ANALYSIS ON CROWDSOURCED DATA
Chair: Maribel Yasmina Santos
Presenting Citizen Engagement Opportunities Online: The Relevancy of Spatial Visualization - Thore Fechner and Christian Kray
An analysis of tagging practices and patterns in urban areas in OpenStreetMap - Nikola Davidovic, Peter Mooney and Leonid Stoimenov
Geo-Privacy Beyond Coordinates - Grant McKenzie, Krzysztof Janowicz and Dara Seidl
Identification of disaster-affected areas using exploratory visual analysis of georeferenced Tweets: application to a flood event - Valentina Cerutti, Georg Fuchs, Gennady Andrienko, Natalia Andrienko and Frank Ostermann
SESSION 2 (Room: Pieni juhlasali)
COGNITIVE AND COMPUTATIONAL ASPECTS ON SPATIAL CONCEPTS
Chair: Marinos Kavouras
A Computational Model for Context and Spatial Concepts - Juergen Hahn, Paolo Fogliaroni, Andrew U. Frank and Gerhard Navratil
Inferring Complex Geographical Concepts with Implicit Geometries Using Ontologies: A Case of Peninsulas - Xiang Zhang, Tinghua Ai and Jantien Stoter
Deriving the Geographic Footprint of Cognitive Regions - Heidelinde Hobel, Paolo Fogliaroni and Andrew U. Frank
Measuring Space-Time Prism Similarity Through Temporal Profile Curves - Harvey J. Miller, Martin Raubal and Young Jaegal
SESSION 3 (Room: Sali 12)
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS
Chair: Hardy Pundt
Question-Based Spatial Computing – A Case Study - Behzad Vahedi, Werner Kuhn and Andrea Ballatore
Extracting Fine-grained Implicit Georeferencing Information from Microblogs Using Crowdsourced Gazetteers and Social Interactions - Laura Di Rocco, Giovanna Guerrini, Barbara Catania, Tiziano Cosso and Michela Bertolotto
The influence of geocoding level and definition of geographic context variables on historical demographic analyses - Karolina Pantazatou, Finn Hedefalk, Lars Harrie and Luciana Quaranta
SensorWeb Semantics on MQTT for responsive Rainfall Recharge Modelling - Alexander Kmoch, Hermann Klug, Paul White and Steffen Reichel
COFFEE BREAK (Lobby 4th floor) |
PARALLEL SESSIONS |
SESSION 4 (Room: Sali 13)
SPATIAL AND SPATIOTEMPORAL DATA ANALYSIS
Chair: Werner Kuhn
Enhancing Exploratory Analysis by Summarizing Spatiotemporal Events Across Multiple Levels of Detail - Ricardo Almeida Silva, João Moura Pires, Maribel Yasmina Santos and Nuno Datia
Clustering and Analyzing Air Pollution Data Using Self-Organizing Maps - Minji Maria Lee, Enrico Steiger and Alexander Zipf
From a CityGML to an ontology-based approach to support preventive conservation of built cultural heritage Olga Zalamea, Jos Van Orshoven and Thérèse Steenberghen
Open data for accessibility and travel time analyses: Helsinki Region Travel Time and CO2 Matrix 2015 - Henrikki Tenkanen, Vuokko Heikinheimo, Olle Järv, Maria Salonen and Tuuli Toivonen
SESSION 5 (Room: Sali 12)
COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL DATA
Chair: Marek Baranowski
GeoPipes Using GeoMQTT - Stefan Herle and Jörg Blankenbach
Spatial Services in the eGovernment: Delivering WFS and WMS Queries through the Data Exchange Layer of the Finnish National Architecture for Digital Services - Pekka Latvala, Lassi Lehto and Teijo Kalliomäki
Estimating and editing transit topology over the road graph using supply data feeds - Mark Dimond, Neil Taylor and Robert Houghton
An analysis of the form of urban areas in Europe using spatial metrics - Poulicos Prastacos and Apostolos Lagarias
SESSION 6 (Room: Pieni juhlasali)
USER GENERATED CONTENT
Chair: Juha Oksanen
Modelling Spatial Patterns of Outdoor Physical Activities Using Mobile Sports Tracking Application Data - Rusne Sileryte, Pirouz Nourian and Stefan van der Spek
Extracting Semantics of Places from User Generated Content - Heidi Hobel and Paolo Fogliaroni
#hylo – Privacy Preserving Geosocial Network for Sharing Hyperlocal Information on a Map - Mikko Rönneberg, Hanna-Marika Halkosaari, Mari Laakso, Eero Hietanen, José Vallet, Pyry Kettunen and Tapani Sarjakoski
Assessing people travel behavior using GPS and open data to validate neighbourhoods characteristics - Matilde Oliveti, Stefan van der Spek and Wilko Quak
WELCOME RECEPTION AT HELSINKI CITY HALL |
THURSDAY, JUNE 16TH
REGISTRATION (Lobby 1st floor, on site payment possible until 10:00) |
KEYNOTE SESSION 2 (Room: Suuri juhlasali) Keynote: Shaowen Wang Chair: Tapani Sarjakoski |
COFFEE BREAK (Etulämpiö 2nd floor) |
PARALLEL SESSIONS |
SESSION 7 (Room: Sali 13)
MOBILITY OF PERSONS AND OBJECTS
Chair: Rob Weibel
Learning On-Street Parking Maps from Position Information of Parked Vehicles - Fabian Bock, Jiaqi Liu and Monika Sester
Visual exploration of multivariate movement events in space-time cube - Linfang Ding, Jukka M. Krisp, Liqiu Meng, Guohui Xiao and Andreas Keler
Estimating the Biasing Effect of Behavioural Patterns on Mobile Fitness App Data by Density-Based Clustering - Cecilia Bergman and Juha Oksanen
Personalizing Walkability – A Concept for Pedestrian Needs Profiling Based on Movement Trajectories - David Jonietz
A Two-Tiered Approach to OSM Data Collection for Novice Users - Adam Rousell, Stefan Hahmann and Amin Mobasheri
SESSION 8 (Room: Sali 12)
LIDAR DATA AND POINT CLOUDS
Chair: Wolfgang Reinhardt
Feature-Aware Surface Interpolation of Rooftops Using Low-Density Lidar Data for Photovoltaic Applications - René Buffat
Laser scanning in modelling changes in vegetation – added value for existing data sets - Ninni Saarinen, Mikko Vastaranta, Markus Holopainen, Juha Hyyppä and Hannu Hyyppä
Using a linear octree to identify empty space in indoor point clouds for 3D pathfinding - Tom Broersen, Florian W. Fichtner, Erik J. Heeres, Ivo de Liefde, Olivier B. P. M. Rodenberg, Edward Verbree and Robert Voûte
Semi-automated landslide mapping from historical and recent aerial photography - Daniel Hölbling, Harley Betts, Raphael Spiekermann and Chris Phillips
SESSION 9 (Room: Pieni juhlasali)
SPATIAL DATA QUALITY AND VISUALIZATION
Chair: Alexis Comber
Representation and Visualization of Imperfect Geohistorical Data About Natural Risks: A Qualitative Classification and its Experimental - Cécile Saint-Marc, Marlène Villanova-Oliver, Paule-Annick Davoine, Cicely Pams Capoccioni and Dorine Chenier
Visualizing Location Uncertainty on Mobile Devices: Assessing Users’ Perception and Preferences - Champika Manel Ranasinghe and Christian Kray
Conflict in Pedestrian Networks - Jia Wang, Zena Wood and Mike Worboys
Development of new open and free multi-temporal global population grids at 250 m resolution - Sergio Freire, Kytt MacManus, Martino Pesaresi, Erin Doxsey-Whitfield and Jane Mills
What to put where? Extending the p-median problem to consider multiple facilities, multiple sizes and associated resource needs - Alexis Comber, Jen Dickie, David Elston and David Miller
SESSION 10 (Room: Sali 10)
GEOSPATIAL APPLICATIONS
Chair: Tuuli Toivonen
Towards Automated GIS-based Analysis of Scoring Attempt Patterns in Association Football - Gilbert Kotzbek and Wolfgang Kainz
Probabilistic Framework for Modelling the Evolution of Geomorphic Features in10,000-Year Time Scale: The Eurajoki River Case - Jari Pohjola, Jari Turunen, Tarmo Lipping and Ari T. K. Ikonen
An Interactive GIS-Tool for Collaborative Local Renewable Energy Planning - Johannes Flacke and Cheryl de Boer
Smart Cities and new professional opportunities: the Geographic Information Manager - Sergio Farruggia and Monica Sebillo
A method for integrity assessment of information in a worldwide maritime localization system - Clément Iphar, Aldo Napoli and Cyril Ray
LUNCH (Dining room 1st floor) |
AGILE ANNUAL MEETING (Room: Pieni juhlasali) |
POSTER SESSION / COFFEE BREAK (Lobby, 2nd floor) Chair: Fred Toppen |
PARALLEL SESSIONS |
SESSION 11 (Room: Pieni juhlasali)
VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Chair: Ali Mansourian
Analyzing Phenological Synchronicity Using Volunteered Geographic Information - Hamed MehdiPoor, Raul Zurita-Milla, Ellen-Wien Augustijn and Arnold Van Vliet
Android-Based Multi-Criteria Evaluation Approach for Enhancing Public Participation for a Wind Farm Site Selection - Pece V. Gorsevski and Alberto Manzano Torregrosa
Using VGI for analyzing activities and emotions of locals and tourists - Eva Hauthal and Dirk Burghardt
How to recruit and motivate users to utilize VGI-systems? - Sarah Composto, Jens Ingensand, Marion Nappez, Olivier Ertz, Daniel Rappo, Rémi Bovard, Ivo Widmer and Stéphane Joost
An Automatic Approach for Building Place-Name Datasets from the Web - Ying Zhang, Yao-Yi Chiang, Craig Knoblock, Chaopeng Li, Liming Du, Shaowen Liu and Sanjay Singh
SESSION 12 (Room: Sali 13)
SPATIAL DATA MODELLING AND VISUALIZATION
Chair: Dirk Burghardt
Continuous Generalization of Administrative Boundaries Based on Compatible Triangulations - Dongliang Peng, Alexander Wolff and Jan-Henrik Haunert
Modeling transitions between syntactic variants in the dialect continuum - Péter Jeszenszky and Robert Weibel
Automatic Delineation of Polling Station Areas Using Legal Texts - Didier Josselin, Soumaya Yahiaoui, Eric San Juan and Christele Marchand-Lagier
Helical time representation to visualize return-periods of spatio-temporal events - Jacques Gautier, Paule-Annick Davoine and Claire Cunty
3D-GIS Heritage City Model: Case Study of the Historical City of Leiria - Luisa M.S. Gonçalves, Andreia Almeida, Ana P. Falcão and Sónia Ildefonso
SESSION 13 (Room: Sali 12)
METHODS FOR TERRAIN AND REGIONAL ANALYSIS
Chair: Lars Bernard
Mapping gullies using terrain-surface roughness - Karolina Korzeniowska and Oliver Korup
Automatic Workflow Composition in the Geospatial Domain: An Application on Sea-Level Rise Impacts Analysis - Samih Al-Areqi, Anna-Lena Lamprecht and Tiziana Margaria
Target-specific digital soil mapping supporting spatial planning in Hungary - Katalin Takács, Gábor Szatmári, Zsófia Bakacsi, Annamária Laborczi, József Szabó, Tibor Tóth and László Pásztor
OPTIDENS: a simulation model to explore the sustainable forms of accessibility for the urban territories - Cyrille Genre-Grandpierre, Alena Melnikava and Philippe Michelon
SESSION 14 (Room: Sali 10)
EDUCATION AND SPATIAL THINKING
Chair: Kirsi Virrantaus Paula Ahonen-Rainio
Evaluation of the usability of spatial thinking components (concepts, representation tools, and reasoning tools) in educational scenarios - Alkyoni Baglatzi, Athanasia Darra, Marinos Kavouras, Margarita Kokla and Eleni Tomai
Developing a Study Aptitude Test for International Distance Education Students of Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation - Parya Pasha Zadeh, Ellen-Wien Augustijn and Marie-Jose Verkroost
Investigating the Influence of Spatial Thinking in Problem Solving - Christos Charcharos, Margarita Kokla and Eleni Tomai
Spatio-Temporal Discussion Board - Gustavo Adolfo García Chapeton and Frank Ostermann
GALA DINNER AT RESTAURANT SAARISTO |
FRIDAY, JUNE 17TH
REGISTRATION (Lobby 1st floor) |
KEYNOTE SESSION 3 (Room: Suuri juhlasali) Keynote: Niina Käyhkö Chair: Tapani Sarjakoski |
COFFEE BREAK (Lobby 4th floor) |
SESSION 15 (Room: Pieni juhlasali) |
BEST PAPER SESSION
Chair: Martin Raubal
Critical Situation Monitoring at Large Scale Events from Airborne Video based Crowd Dynamics Analysis - Alexander Almer, Roland Perko, Helmut Schrom-Feiertag, Thomas Schnabel and Lucas Paletta
Cross-linkage between Mapillary Street Level Photos and OSM Edits - Levente Juhász and Hartwig H. Hochmair
Spatial Data Relations as a Means to Enrich Species Observations from Crowdsourcing - Stefan Wiemann
Sonorous Cartography for Sighted and Blind People - Didier Josselin, Abdelbery Saidi, Dorian Roussel, Said Boularouk, Olivier Bonin, Eitan Altman and Driss Matrouf
Full Meta Objects for Flexible Geoprocessing workflows: profiling WPS or BPMN? - Julian Rosser, Amir Pourabdollah, Roger Brackin, Mike Jackson and Didier Leibovici
Closing, Awards, Presentation of the next Conference |
LUNCH (Dining room 1st floor) |