----------------------------Original message---------------------------- 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]