9th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling
10-12 August 2000, Beijing, P.R.China 

  General Information

The International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling (SDH) is the premier research forum for Geographic Information Science. It commenced in 1984, in Zurich, and has been held every two years since. Meetings have been held in Seattle, Sydney, Zurich, Charleston, Edinburgh, Delft and Vancouver. This is the primary event organized by the International Geographical Union's Study Group on Geographic Information Science, the successor of the IGU Commission on Geographic Information Systems. The SDH2000 will be held in Beijing in 10-12 August 2000 as a pre-congress meeting of the International Geographical Congress (IGC) in Seoul in 14-18 August 2000. The symposium is organized by Prof. Shupeng Chen (Chairman) and Prof. Jianbang He (Secretary-General) of the National Laboratory of Resources and Environment Information System (LREIS), Institute of Geography (IOG), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing.

In addition to coming for this important conference, participants will be able to see the latest development of GIS in China and the ancient capital and new face of Beijing.

Venue

Academic Exchange Centre, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China

Beijing Map-1

Beijing Map-2

Guide from Airport to Hotel

Sketch Map about the Conference and Hotels

The Venue Site

 Call for Papers

 Organizers

National Laboratory of Resources and Environment Information System (LREIS),
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Geographical Society of China

 Sponsors

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC),
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS),
National Remote Sensing Center of China (NRSC),
Chinese Association of Geographic Information System (CAGIS),
Institute of Geography (IOG) of CAS,
Institute of Remote Sensing Application (IRSA) of CAS
National Geomatics Center of China (NGCC)
National Lab. For Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS)

 Organizing Committee

Chair:                                          Prof. Shupeng Chen
Secretary-General:                      Prof. Jianbang He
Deputy Secretary-Generals :       Prof. Chenghu Zhou
                                                  Prof. Lizhong Zheng
                                                  Prof. Huiguo Li

 Programme Committee

Pip Forer, University of Auckland, New Zealand (Chairman )
Anthony Yeh, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR (Vice-Chairman)
Shupeng Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PR China
Robert Barr , University of Manchester, UK
George Benwell, University of Otago, New Zealand
Patrice Boursier, Universite de la Rochelle, France
Peter Burrough, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Barbara Buttenfield, University of Colorado, USA
Lex Chalmers, Waikato University, New Zealand
Max Egenhofer, University of Maine, USA
Peter Fisher, University of Leicester, UK
Stewart Fotheringham, University of Newcastle, U.K.
Andrew Frank, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
Mark Gahegan, Penn State University, USA
Christopher Gold, Laval University, Canada
Michael Goodchild, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Steve Guptill, United States Geological Service, USA
Jan-Menno Kraak, ITC, The Netherlands
Brent Hall, University of Waterloo, Canada
Gary Hunter, University of Melbourne, Australia
Karen Kemp, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Zarine Kemp, University of Canterbury at Kent, UK
Sachio Kubo, Keio University, Japan
Robert Laurini, Universite C. Bernard Lyon , France
Brian Lees, Australian National University, Australia
Deren Li, Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping, PR China
David Mark, State University of New York, Buffalo, USA
Duane Marble, Ohio State University, USA
Harvey Miller, University of Utah, USA
Shunji Murai, University of Tokyo, Japan
Ferjan Ormelling, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Donna Peuquet, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Michael Poulsen, Macquarie University, Australia
David Rhind, City University, London, UK
Tapani Sarjakoski, Finnish Geodetic Institute, Finland
David Unwin, Birkbeck College, UK
Tom Waugh, Gimms, Edinburgh, UK
Robert Weibel, Zurich University, Switzerland
John Wilson, University of Southern California, USA
Mike Worboys, Keele University, UK
Guanhua Xu, Ministry of Science and Technology, PR. China

 Registration Fees

Early birds before 1 July 2000                 US$220
After 1 July 2000                                      US$250

Registration fee includes a reception on 10 August, proceedings, tea and coffee, and one technical tour (lunch not included)

Cancellations will be accepted by letter, fax or email.
If cancelled before 15 July 2000, US$50 handling charges will be deducted from the refund. After his date, US$150 will be charged.

Bank Account :
Account Name:        Centre for International Scientific Exchanges CAS
Account Number:     000-750082-41-014
Bank Name:             Bank of China, Beijing, China

Please make Money Order/Bank Draft payable to "Centre for International Scientific Exchanges CAS" and specify "SDH2000" on it.

Click here for online registration OR here for downloading registration form

Contact

Prof . Jianbang He
Secretary-General of the Conference
National Laboratory of Resources and Environment Information System (LREIS),
Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Bldg. 917, Datun Road, Beijing, 100101, P.R.China

Tel:    (+86-10) 6488-9787,  6488-9764 ext 23
Fax:    (+86-10) 6488-9787, 6488-9630
E-mail:         jbhe@dial.cashq.ac.cn   or  sdh2000@lreis.ac.cn
Homepage:  www.hku.hk/cupem/igugisc/sdh2000
                   http://sdh2000.lreis.ac.cn