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GIS UPDATE '04 PROGRAMME

Friday 4th June 2004

 09.30  Coffee (Room 2.01)
 
 10.00	Welcome (Room 2.13)

 10.10	Session: Mapping Matters
 	Chair:  Alex Bell (Informed Solutions) 

        From the Cartographic to the Geographic: Making MasterMap's Water
        Theme usable for Hydrologists
        William Mackaness (University of Edinburgh)

        Gone Today, Here Tomorrow: A Problem of Map Generalisation?
        Bruce Gittings (University of Edinburgh)

 11.10	Coffee
 
 11.30	Session: Government Challenges
 	Chair:  Neil Stuart (University of Edinburgh)

        How to adopt a Geography in Scotland
        Stuart Gardner (Scottish Executive)

        Scottish Path Record - GIS in support of Legislation
        David Andrews (Highland Council)

 12.30	Lunch
 
 14.00	Session: Models and Analysis
 	Chair: Joe Greenwood (Ordnance Survey) 

        Feature-based mapping in three-dimensional space
        Aidan Slingsby (UCL)

        From Hide and Seek to ARQuake: Considering the Challenges of
        Location-Based Gaming
        Sara Revell (Ordnance Survey)

 15.00	Tea
 
 15.20	Session: Technology
 	Chair: Bruce Gittings (University of Edinburgh) 

        Access All Areas. Design Considerations for Web GIS
        David Yarwood (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea)

        Embedded GIS with ArcGIS Engine : Slap a Map in your App! 
        Chris Davies (ESRI)

 16.20	Open Forum
        Chair: Tim Barratt (Tweed Forum)

 17.20	Close


FRIDAY EVENING:  From 6.00pm Pear Tree (opp. Appleton Tower) 
                 7.30pm Restaurant (Ti Amo, South Bridge) 
                 c.10.30pm Brass Monkey (Drummond Street)
                                    
SATURDAY EVENT:  From 3.00pm 'til v.late BBQ at Bruce's House (Tel: 667 0184)
                 26 Cameron March (by Cameron Toll Shopping Centre)
                 Bring Meat and Booze. Sausages, salads, rolls and other basics provided.