Welcome to WG IV/4:

Virtual Globes and Context-Aware Visualisation/Analysis

Events

March 2009: First Call for the International Workshop on Virtual Changing Globe for Visualisation and Analysis(VCGVA 2009) October 27-28, 2009 Wuhan, China

ISPRS workshop " Virtual Changing Globe for Visualisation and Analysis "

The ISPRS Wuhan Workshop 2009 ” Virtual Changing Globe for Visualisation and Analysis” was hosted by the State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS), Wuhan University, from 27th to 28th October 2009. The website is http://www.lmars.whu.edu.cn/vcgva2009/index.html. The workshop was co-organized by the ISPRS working groups WG IV/4 (Virtual Globes and Context-Aware Visualisation/Analysis) and WG VII/5 (Methods for Change Detection and Process Modelling). Representatives in universities, research institutions, and private industry attended the workshop. Experts and scholars from China, USA, UK and other countries have delivered 4 keynotes, 18 oral presentations and related demonstrations. The main workshop consisted of a technical program of four oral sessions, focusing on Virtual Globe, Visualization and Analysis, Virtual Globe Case Studies, Spatio-Temporal Process Modeling and Methods of Change Detection. Conference proceedings are available through the ISPRS Archives: ISPRS Wuhan 2009 Workshop Virtual Changing Globe for Visualisation and Analysis, Wuhan, China 27 – 28 October 2009, ISPRS Volume No. XXXVIII- 4/W10. Archives ISSN No.:1682-1777. 116p

Group Photo for Participants

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Virtual Globe and Web Service Tools

The workgroup was awarded the 2009 ISPRS SCIENCE INITIATIVE, entitled “Integrating Virtual Globe and Web Service Technologies for ISPRS Higher-Education Teaching and Research”. The integration combines the visualization and communication power of Virtual Globes with the powerful analysis functionalities of geospatial Web Services to help students and researchers investigate various scientific problems in an environment with natural and intuitive user experiences. This integration aims to provide analysis-enhanced Virtual Globes for in-classroom teaching and scientific research. Recent progresses include: (1) Development of geoprocessing Web services; (2) Implementation of OGC data service protocol access to Virtual Globe-managed data; (3) Preliminary implementation of access from Virtual Globe clients to geospatial Web services and services integration. Some tools are available to the public at http://www.iccgs.whu.edu.cn/english/tools/index.html.

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