Vito

Second International Workshop

ISPRS

 The Future of Remote Sensing 

17 - 18 October 2006, Antwerp (Belgium)

Final Program

17 October 2006
08:30 h Registration and welcome coffee
Welcome Word - D. Fransaer, VITO, Belgium
  Keynote
Innovation, P. Verhaert, Verhaert Space, Belgium
10:20 h Coffee
Belgian proactive policy in Space Technology and Remote Sensing, D. Fonteyn, Belspo, Belgium
Remote Sensing for environmental security, M. Schouppe, European Commission, Belgium
12:00 h

12:15 h
Group photo

Lunch

13:15 h Instruments
New Airborne Sensors for Soil Moisture Mapping, R.B. Haarbrink, Miramap, the Netherlands
Instrument Design for the Pegasus HALE UAV Payload, T. Van Achteren, B. Delauré, VITO, Belgium
Regional monitoring of tropospheric NO2 and CO using Remote Sensing from High Altitude Platforms - preliminary concepts, M. De Mazière, M. Van Roozendael, A. Merlaud, BIRA, Belgium
 
14:50 h Satellite platforms
Sentinel-1 ESA’s New European Radar Observatory, E. Attema, ESA, the Netherlands
TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X: Global Mapping in 3D using Radar, M. Weber, Infoterra, Germany
TopSat: demonstrating high performance from a low cost satellite, W.A. Levett, QinetiQ, UK
Kompsat 1 and kompsat 2 from a European perspective, F. P. Kressler, ARC System Research, Austria
PROBA-1, from technology demonstrator to a valuable small earth observation platform, K. Gantois, Verhaert Space, Belgium
18:30 h Start Workshop dinner Carousel
   
18 October 2006
08:30 h Coffee
09:00 h Airborne platforms
Strategic research agenda for high-altitude aircraft and airship remote sensing applications, Ch. Barbier, CSL, Belgium
Integrated Approach to Assess the Feasibility and Applicability of Modular HALE Platforms, H. Friehmelt, DLR, Germany
AeroVironment's Global Observer Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), I. Bayraktar, Aerovironment, USA
Helicopter UAV for Photogrammetry and Rapid Response, R.B. Haarbrink, Miramap, the Netherlands
Mercator-1: HALE-UAV platform for remote sensing applications, J. Bermyn, Verhaert Space, Belgium
11:00 h Trip to the Mercator-1 platform exhibited
13:00 h Lunch
14:00 h Data processing   Applications
Automatic co-registration tool for geo-data, G. Caenen, KULeuven/IncGeo, Belgium
Dense and reliable DSM generation from VHR stereo pairs in urban environments, T. Bekaert, S. Gautama, Ghent University, Belgium
Architecture for earth observation and field survey data exploitation for humanitarian crisis management, F. Cremer, VUB, Belgium
Development of a commercial laser scanning mobile mapping system - streetmapper, C. Cox, 3D Lasermapping, UK
Image Processing Workflow for the Pegasus HALE UAV Payload, J. Biesemans, VITO, Belgium
Mobile mapping with a stereo-camera for road assessment in the frame of road network management, C. Van Geem, S. Gautama, BRRC, Belgium
  Coffee - Poster session

Operational remote sensing mapping of estuarine suspended sediment concentrations (ORMES), S. Sterckx, VITO, Belgium
15:45 h ICT for Remote Sensing    
Grid Technology for EO applications, B. Beusen, VITO & Y. Coene, Spacebel, Belgium
OMNISAT: EO data acquisition system based on a programmable chip in a pc, A. Azzouza, Alcatel Alenia Space, Belgium
Solving problems with dissemination of remote sensing data via satellite broadcasting, T. Jacobs, VITO, Belgium
   
17:00 h Reception and short wrap up
   
List of Posters
Comparison of photogrammetric applications based on narrow angle line scanners with traditional photogrammetric methods, K. Jacobsen, University of Hannover, Germany
AGFA's : AperTune Software - B. Landsberg, Agfa Gevaert, Belgium
New Platforms - Unconventional platforms for Remote Sensing, J. Everaerts, VITO, Belgium
On the accuracy of a mobile mapping system for land surveying, R. Pires, IncGEO, Belgium
Radiative transfer modelling and the retrieval of biophysical variables, F. Veroustraete, VITO, Belgium
Remote sensing for the support of GIS-Flanders, N. Van Camp, Agency Geographic Information Flanders, Belgium
Remotely sensed soil moisture effects on carbon sequestration spatial patterns, W. Verstraeten, VITO, Belgium

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