part of mainstream ICT, expressing the fact that the theme
of the Congress ‘Geo-information for all’ is not an empty
phrase but a real actuality.
At the show it was the data acquisition part of the pho-
togrammetric process that was clearly in the spotlight.
Near the entrance, both Z/I Imaging and LH Systems
demonstrated their newly developed digital cameras. Also
the major providers of satellite imagery, including Spot
Image, Space Imaging and Orbimage, were present. The
diffusion of boundaries between photogrammetry, remote
sensing and GIS was made apparent by the presence of
one of the largest GIS manufacturers in the world, ESRI.
Jack Dangermond, founder and president of ESRI, had
come all the way from Redlands, California, to be present
at the Congress and to visit the land of his ancestors. Ven-
dors from all over the world demonstrated their software
and instrumental tools to extract information from imagery.
Besides commercial firms, universities and other non-
profit organisations also displayed their activities. The
exhibition floor was completely sold out.
Sessions and Posters
In my opinion, it was a good decision by the organisers
to restrict the event to just one, although very long,
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week. Also the limited amount of parallel sessions was a
fortuitous choice. Although in this way only a restricted
number of oral presentations could be scheduled, the
large number of poster sessions, during which one was
able to intensively discuss interesting themes with
authors, compensated for many of the drawbacks. Both
the oral and poster presentations were well attended.
Final Remarks
The proceedings of this congress are distributed both on
CD ROM (two CDs) and in paper format, spread over 14
(fourteen!) books. Three competitors battled to be
organisers of the next Congress in 2004: Spain, China
and Turkey. During a meeting of the General Assembly
on Tuesday 17th July, Turkey won the competition. In
2004, Istanbul will be the venue for the meeting and the
new congress director is Prof. Dr M. Orhan Altan.
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Exhibitors Showcases
(Extraction from Brochure)
Exhibitor Showcases Schedule — Forum Hall
DAY MONDAY TUESDAY
17^ JULY 18% JULY
Time slots
13.00 - 13.40 Not available LH SYSTEMS
13.50 — 14.30 CGR ESRI
14.40 - 15.20 ERDAS Not available
15.30 - 16.10 Z/\ IMAGING Not available
16.20-17.00 ^ LHSYSTEMS Notavaiable -
(1710-1750 Notavalable Not available _
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
19" JULY 20° JULY 21* JULY
Z/ IMAGING LEICA ESRI
Z/ IMAGING ERDAS ERDAS
ERDAS Not available Not available
CGR Not available Not available
APPLANIX
Not available
' Not available
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