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The following is the program of the joint annual General Meeting of
the Canadian Cartographic Association and the North American
Cartographic Information Society from 9 to 13 August 1994.
in Ottawa Canada, at the University of Ottawa. Why are you not here?
This is being placed on several map related lists so please
excuse if you receive several copies.
 
                        TUESDAY  9 AUGUST
 
Whitewater Rafting tour Cobden Ontario (All day)
 
9:00 -11:59am Tours of map collections (National Archives, Carleton,
                University of Ottawa  (update!! Carleton Map library had a
                                       severe flood, Carleton visit cancelled)
1:00pm        Opening of the Canadian National Map Display for ICA
                Barcelona, Camsell Hall
1:00 - 7:00pm REGISTRATION, Camsell Hall 1:00-2:45pm / Terminus
                Uni-Centre 3:15-7:00pm
3:00 - 5:00pm CCA Executive Meeting / NACIS Board Meeting
7:00pm        Ice Breaker Reception Club 216 Uni-Centre
 
                                WEDNESDAY  10 AUGUST
8:00am - 5:00pm REGISTRATION
 
8:30am                  CONFERENCE OPENING
 
9:00 - 10:00            SESSION A * MAPPING ASPECTS of LANDSCAPE
 
                Peter KELLER and Lesley GRANT, U. of Victoria: "A
                Comparison of Canada's Official  Tourist Maps and
                the User's Perspective."
 
                Michael WOOD, U. of Aberdeen: "Panoramas and Digital
                Terrain Models for Tourist Use:  A Case Study with
                Classified Landsat Data Cover"
 
10:00                   REFRESHMENT BREAK
 
10:30 - 12:00           SESSION B * CARTOGRAPHIC ANIMATION & INNOVATION
 
                Keith Rice and Aaron Wolf, U. of Wisconsin-Stevens
                Point: "Fly-By Animated Terrain Maps:  A Retention
                and Design Experiment."
 
                Laura L. EDGEMAN, San Diego State U.: "Teaching
                Successional Vegetation Dynamics: A  Comparison of
                the Effectiveness of Animated and Static Graphics."
 
                David TILTON, U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee:
                "Integrating Interactive Video into Multimedia
                Cartographic Presentations of Complex Landscapes."
 
10:30 - 12:00           SESSION C * EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
 
                Richard LYCAN, Portland State U.: "Sharing
                Geographic Information for Educational   Planning
                and Research."
 
                Majella-J. GAUTHIER, U. de Quebec a Chicoutimi: "An
                Electronic Atlas of the Evolution  of Agriculture in
                Quebec, 1981-1991."
 
                A.J. KOBYLECKI, U. of Ottawa, Y.K. NEUMYVAKIN AND
                A.A. VARLAMOV, Moscow  State University of Land Use
                Planning: "Cartographic Research and Education at
                the   State University of Land Use Planning in
                Moscow."
 
12:00 - 1:30            LUNCH
 
1:30 - 3:00             SESSION D * CARTOGRAPHIC THEORY
 
                Michel RHEAULT, U. de Sherbrooke: "Cartographic
                Knowledge and Its Formalization."
 
 
                Daniel STREBE, VirtualWare Inc. (Japan): "Why We
                Need Better World Maps, and Where  to Start."
 
                Hansgeorg SCHLICHTMANN, U. of Regina: "Writing and
                Typography in Maps -- The View  From Semiotics."
 
1:30 - 3:00             SESSION E * PUBLIC SECTOR MAPPING
 
                Denis BOUTIN and Rene Pellerin, Canada Centre for
                Geomatics: "The National Topographic  Data Base."
 
                Ron BOLTON, National Ocean and Atmospheric
                Administration: "Aeronautical Chart   Automation --
                An Evolutionary Process."
 
                Marcel BEAUDOIN, Universite Laval: "Illustrating
                Public Transport Potential Using   Cartography."
 
3:00 - 3:30             REFRESHMENT BREAK
 
3:30 - 5:00             SESSION F * ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
 
                Joe STOLL, U. of Akron: "Keeping Your Cartography
                Lab Current and Busy."
 
3:30 - 5:00             SESSION G * MAPPING FOR THE BLIND & PARTIALLY SIGHTED
 
                Mark BLADES, Simon UNGAR and Christopher SPENCER, U.
                of Sheffield: "Tactile Map  Using by Young Children
                with Visual Impairments and Blindness."
 
                Michael COULSON, U. of Calgary: "Tactile GIS
                Images."
 
                Charles LA PIERRE, Carlton U.: "Combining GPS and
                GIS to Create Talking Maps for the  Visually-
                Impaired."
 
3:30 - 5:00             SESSION H * DEMONSTRATION
 
                David BROSCOE, Algonquin College: "ArcView as a Tool
                for the Visualization of Temporal  Change."
 
5:30 - 7:00             DINNER on the Town  (Byward Market area)
 
7:00 - 10:00            SESSION J * Opening of the POSTER SESSION
                                - RECEPTION, and CASH BAR
 
 
                                THURSDAY  11 AUGUST
 
8:30 - 9:30             Bus Transportation to Natural Resources Canada
 
9:00 - 12:00            CONCURRENT TOURS:
 
                National Atlas Information Service GIS Division
                Centre for Remote Sensing & Geoscope Aeronautical
                Charts System Topographical Surveys Innovation &
                Technology   Digital System & Products Development
                Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names
 
                Intergraph site visit Canadian national map display
                at Camsell Hall Geological Survey Map Collection
 
12:00 - 1:30            LUNCH at ethnic restaurants along Preston Street
 
1:30 - 3:00             CONCURRENT TOURS & W/S
 
                Canadian national map display at Camsell Hall
                Intergraph site visit?
 
                Michael Peterson, Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha,
                Cartographic Animation Review
 
3:00 - 4:00             Bus Transportation return to Ottawa U.
 
4:00 - 6:00             CCA ANNUAL MEETING
 
5:30 - 7:00             Cash Bar and Social Gathering
 
6:30 - 7:30             NACIS ANNUAL MEETING
 
7:30 -                  Dinner and Rideau River Cruise on By-Towne Pumper
 
                                FRIDAY 12 AUGUST
 
8:00am - 6:00pm SESSION J * POSTER SESSION Continues
 
8:00 - 9:45 SESSION K * ORIENTING OURSELVES IN SPACE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE
                        SCHOOL CURRICULUM
 
                Henry CASTNER, Queen's U.:  Opening Remarks
 
                Robert LLOYD, Rex CAMMACK and William HOLLIDAY, U.
                of South Carolina: "Learning  from Maps and
                Switching Perspectives."
 
                Mark BLADES, U. of Sheffield: "Very Young Children's
                Ability to Understand and Use  Spatial
                Relationships."
 
                Scott FREUNDSCHUH, Memorial University and Madhu
                SHARMA, U. of Maine: "Spatial  Image Schema,
                Locative (Spatial) Terms, and Geographic Spaces in
                Children's   Narrative."
 
 
8:30 - 9:45             SESSION L ANALYTICAL CARTOGRAPHY IN THE GIS ERA
 
                Xiaoping SHEN, University of Ottawa, "Spatial
                Analysis and Visualization of Rural Industry in
                China."
 
                Aining ZHANG, H. YU A CARON and W. DONNA, Canada
                Centre for Mapping: "Creation of Analytical Maps
                based on an Integrated Environment for Spatial
                Analysis and Visualization".
 
                Ping AN and Chang-Jo F. CHUNG, Geological Survey of
                Canada:, "Quantitative Techniques for Geological
                Mapping".
 
8:30 - 9:45             SESSION M DEMONSTRATION
 
                Philip DODDS, Intergraph: "Map Finishing with
                Intergraph on Microsoft Windows."
 
9:45 - 10:30            REFRESHMENT BREAK
 
 
 
10:15 - 12:30           SESSION K * ORIENTING OURSELVES IN SPACE
 
                Regina VASCONCELLOS, U. of Sao Paulo: "Introducing
                the Concept of Orientation to  Sighted and Visually
                Impaired Children."
 
                S.E. WALSH, U. of Wales and J.R. MARTLAND, U. of
                Liverpool: "Maintaining Orientation  Within Route
                Following Tasks."
 
                11:15  Discussion of the Implications for the School
                Curriculum
 
10:30 - 12:00           SESSION N * APPLICATIONS WITH GIS
 
                Jean McKENDRY and Anne GIBSON, Clark University: "
                Integrating IDRISI GIS Output  and Graphic Design
                Software to Produce High Quality Maps."
 
                Lisbeth FRIEMOTH and Julio RIVERA, U. of Wisconsin-
                Milwaukee: "Using GIS for   Economic Analysis."
 
                William MACKANESS, U. of Maine: "An Algorithm for
                Conflict Identification and Feature  Displacement in
                Automated Map Generalization."
 
10:30 - 12:00           SESSION O * DEMONSTRATION
 
                Majella-J. GAUTHIER, UQAC: "The Electronic Atlas of
                the Evolution of Agriculture in  Quebec, 1981-1991."
 
12:00 - 2:00            LUNCH
 
2:00 - 3:30             SESSION P * ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
 
                Patricia CHALK, U. of Western Ontario: "Map
                Projection Programs Under Inspection:
                Cartographers Discuss Their Latitudes."
 
2:00 - 3:30             SESSION Q * CONCURRENT ORIENTATION WORKSHOPS:
 
                Jacqueline ANDERSON, Concordia U.: "Help! I know
                that North is the wall with the windows  -- but what
                does that really mean?"
                                Maximum of 16 participants
                Henry CASTNER, Queen's University: "Where am I?
                Basic Concepts in Human Orientation."
                                Maximum of 20 participants
                Susan WALSH and Jim MARTLAND: "I know where I am and
                I know where I am going!"
                                Maximum of 24 participants
 
3:30 - 4:00             REFRESHMENT BREAK
 
4:00 - 5:30             SESSION P *  CONCURRENT ORIENTATION WORKSHOPS
 
5:30                    Continued Informal Discussion on Orientation
                        and the Curriculum at a Happy Hour venue
 
 
4:00 - 5:30             SESSION R * PERCEPTUAL RESEARCH
 
                Jason CUPP and Alan MacEACHREN, Penn State U.:
                "Chorodot Symbolization: A   Comparison with
                Traditional Maps."
 
                Monika RIEGER, U. of Calgary: "Some Methodological
                Challenges of Testing Screen Images."
 
                Eva Siekierska and Lise Aurore Laplame Roy, Canada
                Centre for Mapping, "Multi-media Design and Funct-
                ionalities: Challenges to Information Representations
 
4:00 - 5:30             SESSION S * CARTOGRAPHIC EDUCATION
 
                Paul ANDERSON, Illinois State U.  and Other
                Speakers: "Transforming Cartographic   Education
                with Microcomputers."
 
                Glen Newton, Natural Resources Canada, "NAISMAP
                Interactive Mapping on the INTERNET
 
7:00            Banquet
 
                                SATURDAY 13 AUGUST
 
8:30 - 12:00            SESSION T * MicroCAM WORKSHOP
 
                Paul ANDERSON, Illinois State U.: "Proficiency with
                MicroCAM." People who understand  basic cartography
                and have modest microcomputer skills will gain
                proficiency to   produce maps easily with the free
                MicroCAM software.
 
9:00                    CCA Executive Meeting / NACIS Board Meeting
 
                        TOURS/FIELD TRIPS:
 
11:30 am - 10.00 pm     RIDEAU WATERWAY (JONES FALLS)
                        STEAM TRAIN TO WAKEFILED
                        OTTAWA ON YOUR OWN
 
 
 REGISTRATION FORM  ** CCA/NACIS
 (It is kind of late to register remotely now, but if you wish to come
please notify Betty Kidd by electronic mail. Or you may register in
person and you will be very welcome. We have nearly 200 delegates now.
 
For the Joint Meeting of the Canadian Cartographic Association
      and the North American Cartographic Information Society
        at the University of Ottawa, 10-13 August 1994.
 
 
REGISTRATION FEES (in C$):  Members   non-Members   Students
 
        After 30 June      C$150.00     C$165.00     C$60.00
Day registration $C75.00 per day
 
The Registration Fee includes admittance to all sessions,
receptions, coffee breaks, the banquet, Thursday transportation
 
 
       Extra  Banquet (Accompanying Person at C$35?)
 
ACCOMMODATIONS
Lodgings are available on the University of Ottawa campus and at
nearby hotels. It is the registrant's responsibility to make his
or her own arrangements.
 
For a room within the University residences, FAX or CALL
     University of Ottawa, Conference/Housing Reservations Office
        Stanton Hall, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5
            or call (613) 564-3463 or Fax (613) 564-9534.
 
      Betty Kidd electronic mail [log in to unmask]

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