-------- Original Message -------- Subject: GEOBIA 2008 - Pixels, Objects, Intelligence Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:18:10 -0500 From: Marguerite Madden <[log in to unmask]> To: maps-L CC: *Call for Papers** *(Abstracts deadline: Jan 21, 2008) *GEOBIA 2008 - Pixels, Objects, Intelligence: Geographic Object Based Image Analysis for the 21St Century* 2nd International Conference on Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, August 6-7, 2008, Workshops August 4-5, 8-9 2008 * http://www.ucalgary.ca/geobia/ * *GEOBIA* is a recent sub-discipline of GIScience devoted to developing automated methods to partition remote sensing imagery into meaningful, geographically based image-objects, and assessing their characteristics through spatial, spectral and temporal scales. Applications range from agriculture and natural resource management, to national defense and global climate change. Its economic impact spans from data collection, hardware and software vendors, developers and users, to recipients of sound sustainable environmental policy. *Call for Papers: *You are invited to submit an abstract of up to _350 words_ *before January 21, 2008* through the GEOBIA, 2008 conference on-line system. Abstracts must be written in English, follow the ISPRS Archives style guide and report methods and results. Accepted abstracts will be invited for a full paper in the conference proceedings, and select papers will be invited for submission to a GEOBIA _Special Issue_ of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (PE&RS) for publication in 2009. Please visit the Conference website for more information. *Conference Organizers: *Dr. Geoffrey J. Hay, Univ. of Calgary, Geography, Canada Dr. Thomas Blaschke, Univ. of Salzburg, Z_GIS, Austria Dr. Danielle Marceau, Univ. of Calgary, Geomatics Engineering, Canada *Email: *[log in to unmask] *Web: *http://www.ucalgary.ca/geobia/ *Wiki: *http://wiki.ucalgary.ca/page/geobia Marguerite Madden, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Director Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science (CRMS) Department of Geography The University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 30602-2305 Tel: 706-542-2379, Fax: 706-542-2388 [log in to unmask] www.crms.uga.edu <http://www.crms.uga.edu/>