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Below is a copy of the program for the 1994 Australian Map Circle
Conference. Papers presented at the Conference will be published in The
Globe during next year. I offer apologies to any subscribers of The Globe
for the delay in publishing the papers from the Conference which was held
in Christchurch early this year. They will be published and distributed in
the next issues of The Globe shortly.
Bill Stinson
Audiovisual Dept.
Macquarie University
NSW
Australia
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(Please note on the Map-L list I have another email address. It is still
valid, but the above is my preferred email address.)
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A.M.C. SYDNEY '94
`Old Themes, New Ways'
22nd Annual Australian Map Circle Conference
Macquarie University
30 January _ 3 February, 1994
Aim: To provide a forum for producers, publishers, users and
custodians of maps to discuss matters of common concern.
Particular emphasis will be placed on thematic maps and
digitised map data.
For Inquiries please contact:
Bill Stinson
Audiovisual Services Department
Macquarie University Library
Macquarie University
NSW 2109
ph (02) 805-7557
Sunday 30 January 1994
5.00 - 6.00 p.m. Early registration at Dunmore Lang College.
6.30 p.m. Barbecue, grounds of Dunmore Lang College.
Monday 31 January 1994
8.30 - 9.10 a.m. Registration
9.10 - 9.20 a.m. Welcome by the AMC President, Ms Maura O'Connor, Map
Curator, National Library of Australia.
9.20 - 9.30 a.m. Opening of Conference by Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
Prof. Deryk Schreuder, Macquarie University.
9.30 - 10.30 a.m. Keynote address by Dr David Denholm - To Map is to
Discover: The Realisation of Shape and Context.
10.30 - 11.00 a.m. Morning tea
11.00 - 11.30 a.m. Prof. Robert Clancy - Early Australia Thematic Maps.
11.30 - 12.00 p.m. Dr Graeme Aplin - Changing Maps of Changing Cities -
Mapping Urban Change.
12.00 - 12.30 p.m. Mr. John Hillier (Col. Ret.) - From Plane Table Surveys to
Photogrammetry: Meeting the Challenges of Mapping.
12.30 - 1.30 p.m. Lunch
1.30 - 2.30 p.m. Dr John Martyn - Geological Mapping on the Macintosh.
2.30 - 3.00 p.m. Dr Jim Kohen - Mapping Aboriginal Linguistic and Clan
Boundaries in the Sydney Region.
3.00 - 3.30 p.m. Mr Doug Benson - Mapping Vegetation
3.30 - 4.00 pm. Afternoon tea
4.00 - 5.30 p.m. Visit to Universal Press, North Ryde - Display of
production facilities.
Tuesday 1 February 1994
9.00 - 10.00 a.m. Keynote address by Mr Peter Clarke - To Be Or Not To Be
Digitised: A User's Field-Eye View of GIS.
10.00 - 10.30 a.m. Mr Bob Pressy - Types, Uses and Limitations of
Geographic Data in Conservation Planning.
10.30 - 11.00 a.m. Morning tea
11.00 - 11.30 a.m. Dr John Pickard - Landscape Changes on Momba Station:
Old Themes, Temporary Old Ways.
11.30 - 12.00 noon Dr Patricia Selkirk and Dr Don Adamson - Mapping
Vegetation and Landforms on Sub-Antarctic Macquarie
Island: A Mapping Project.
12.00 - 12.30 p.m. Mr Chris Hogan - Australian Beach Safety and Management
Program.
12.30 - 1.30 p.m. Lunch
1.30 - 2.30 p.m. Mr Ken Burrows - History in the Making: The Australian
Electronic Navigation Chart Initiative.
2.30 - 3.00 p.m. Ms Gia Underwood - Mapping Change - Twenty-Five Years of
Global Fertility Rates.
3.00 - 3.30 p.m. Dr Ron Horvath - Mapping Global Development and
Environmental Change: The Use of Global Databases.
3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Afternoon tea
4.00 - 4.30 p.m. Mr Mohan Ayyar - Mapping Via Internet: Transmitting Maps
Electronically.
4.30 - 5.00 p.m. Ms Ailsa Mackenzie - GIS and Crime in Liverpool (Sydney).
6.30 for 7.00 p.m. Annual dinner, Curzon Hall (historic 1890s mansion near
Macquarie University).
Guest speaker, Dr Helen Wallis, formerly Chief Map Librarian, British Library.
Wednesday 2 February 1994
EXCURSION:
Historical and vegetation landscape of Sydney. The day will begin with
a talk introducing some of the places which will be visited during the
morning. The talk will be illustrated with historic maps of sections of
the Harbour shoreline. Bus departs from Dunmore Lang College at 9.00 a.m.
Participants will travel through various suburban landscapes with
commentaries by Dr Graeme Aplin and Mrs Lynne McLoughlin. Lunch will be
provided in the Royal Botanic Gardens, followed by a visit to the
Herbarium, library and cartographic production section with Mr Doug Benson
and colleagues.
Areas to be traversed early in the excursion include the Lane Cove National
Park, sections of the Upper North Shore, parts of the Hills District and
Parramatta, before reaching the upper reaches of the Harbour at Meadowbank.
After crossing the Parramatta River, the journey will be through suburban
areas ranging from the 1920s back to the 1850s. Highlights of the morning
will include some of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs, a wide range of
architectural styles and types of housing, major examples of shoreline
vegetation, remnants of the original forest cover, the site for the major
Sydney 2000 Olympic facilities, Bicentennial Park and Darling Harbour.
Thursday 3 February
9.00 - 10.30 a.m. School of Earth Sciences Presentation:
* Demonstration of MCIDAS weather forecasting and mapping system -
Mr Milton Speer
* GIS Education at Macquarie University - Using ArcInfo software - Dr
Mike Poulsen and Mrs Carol Jacobson.
10.30 - 11.00 a.m. Morning tea
11.00 - 12.30 p.m. Australian Map Circle General Meeting
12.30 - 1.30 p.m. Lunch
1.30 - 2.10 p.m. Mr Paul Molloy, Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Census Mapping Data and Future developments.
2.10 - 2.50 p.m. Mr John Payne, Auslig - Map Products and Future
Developments.
2.50 - 3.30 p.m. Mr Gill Norrie, Land Information Centre - Map Products and
Future Developments.
3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Afternoon tea
4.00 - 4.30 p.m. Ms Rebecca Thomas _ Lost (and Found) in Space: Digital
Data and Map Libraries.
4.30 - 4.45 p.m. Closing remarks by AMC President
Registration
Please print. Tear off and despatch as soon as possible with
your remittance.
Surname: ...................................................
Given Name: ................................................
Preferred Name For Conference Badge: .......................
Organisation: ..............................................
Postal Address: ............................................
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Phone: ............................ Fax: ................
Accommodation Requirements
Dunmore Lang College (Macquarie University) 130 Herring Rd,
North Ryde, single room, bed and breakfast $45 per night.
There are a limited number of double rooms available for
couples. Rate per person is same as above. Please pay total
accommodation costs per person with registration fees.
I wish to book accommodation for: ..... person(s)
Sunday: ...............................
Monday: ...............................
Tuesday: ..............................
Wednesday: .............................
Thursday: ..............................
Full Registration Fees
AMC Members $225
Non-Members $250
Includes attendance at all sessions, lunches, morning and
afternoon teas, conference dinner, conference Satchel and day
excursion.
Late Fee (if registering after 10.12.93) $50
Sunday BBQ (optional extra) $15
Partial Registration and Accompanying Persons
Includes attendance at sessions, lunch, morning and afternoon
teas and conference satchel.
Please circle day(s) attending.
Daily registration before 10.12.93 $75
Mon/Tues/Thurs
Full-time student (one day only, no satchel) $40
Mon/Tues/Thurs
Late fee (if registering after 10.12.93) $15
Mon/Tues/Thurs
Excursion (Only if space is available. Pay Tuesday 1.2.94)
$30
Annual Dinner $55
Sunday BBQ $15
Note: All costs are in Australian Dollars
Payment
Please make cheques payable to AMC'94 and send to:
AMC Conference Treasurer
Bert Cornelius (email [log in to unmask])
Audiovisual Services Department
Macquarie University Library
Macquarie University
NSW 2109
Total amount enclosed: $.....................
Venue
The conference will be held in the Mollie Thomson Room, 5th
floor, Macquarie University Library, Macquarie University.
The University is named after Major-General Lachlan Macquarie,
Governor of New South Wales (1810 _ 1821) and is situated
about 18 kilometres west from the central business district of
Sydney. Buses leave regularly for Wynyard Station in the city
or to Epping Railway Station. The Macquarie Shopping Centre is
a short walk from the University. The campus has National
Australia Bank and a Commonwealth Bank ATM. All major banks
are located at the Macquarie Centre. On campus parking is
available at $2.00 per day, payable to the gatekeeper.
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