----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The Australian Map Circle is holding its 23rd Annual Conference at the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia from 6 to 9 February, 1995. The conference program is : AUSTRALIAN MAP CIRCLE CONFERENCE 1995 UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND ARMIDALE PROVISIONAL PROGRAM Sunday 5 February, 1995 1700 Registration at Mary White College 1830 BBQ at Mary White College Monday 6 February, 1995 0830 Registration in Room G1, Department of Geography & Planning 0900 Opening of Conference Professor B.G. Thom, Vice Chancellor, UNE Professor D.J.Walmsley, Head, Department of Geography & Planning, UNE Maura O'Connor, President of the Australian Map Circle 0930 Keynote Paper Graham Baker (Secretary ANZLIC) - Developing a National Infrastructure for Land and Geographic Information 1030 Morning Break 1100 Alan Jones & Dorothy Prescott - Digital Spatial Data and Libraries John Roberts - The University of Sydney Geography Map Library. Problems of Survival : Is it a Beginning or an End? 1230 Lunch 1400 Ian Paxton - Digital Developments at the Land Information Centre Maura O'Connor - The National Library of Australia's Map Collection : Moving into the Future 1515 Afternoon break 1545 Nick Rollings - CASI and Quantitative Water Quality Mapping Ian Bowie - "Whose Environment are we Mapping ?" 1700 Close 1900 Optional Workshop : Introduction to Internet and the World Wide Web Tuesday 7 February, 1995 0900 Bruce Hooper - A GIS Decision Support System for Integrated Environmental Management - a Proposal Roger Epps - Mapping Broom in Barrington Tops 1030 Morning break 1100 John Benson - Mapping Remnant Plant Communities in the Guyra Area Simon Ferrier - Mapping for Biological Conservation - the Role of GIS in Data Collection, Analysis and Presentation 1230 Lunch 1400 Brian Williams - Hazard mapping Richard Cooper - The Hydrogeological Map Series of the Murray Basin 1515 Afternoon break 1545 Rob Robson - Construction of a Radar Elevation Model Peter Vickery - Mapping the Botanical Composition of Grazed Pasture in the Temperate High Rainfall Zone of Eastern Australia 1700 Close 1900 Conference Dinner at Old Bishopscourt Wednesday 8 February, 1995 0845 Field trip to New England National Park, Dutton Trout hatchery, Cathedral Rock NP and Wollomombi Falls 1900 Optional Workshop : Computer Display of Spatial Data Thursday 9 February, 1995 0900 Terry Cooke - Mapping for Orienteering Rudi Boskovic - Atlas Mapping in PNG John Ferry - The Robertson Land Acts in Central New England : An Exercise in Historic Mapping and Interpretation 1030 Morning break 1100 AMC Annual General Meeting 1230 Lunch 1400 John Atchison - Towards an Australian place names project Chris Buckley - The Value of Maps and Charts in Regional and Family History 1530 Close of Conference - Afternoon tea Full registration for AMC members is $225 and for non-members $250. A late fee of $50 applies after 10 December, 1994. The optional workshops are $25 each. For further details please contact Alan Jones at the address below. Alan Jones, email : [log in to unmask] Department of Geography & Planning, phone : 067 732430 University of New England, fax : 067 711787 Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia. ======================================================================= 13