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Workshop GEOBIA of RS and ALS data with eCognition (TRIMBLE)

In order to participate in the workshop, each participant must have:

A number of new remote sensing sensors, advanced processing tools and classification methods were developed in the field of forestry applications during the last years or will be announced very soon (e.g. Sentinel ESA satellites). However, the implementation of the remote sensing applications into forest inventory and management practices still seem insufficiently considered by the forest owners or other potential users/policy makers (Natura 2000, National Parks, public administration, etc.). This fact is surprising, especially in terms of increased environmental disasters such as hurricanes, droughts, forest fires and floods in Europe in recent years.

The 2^nd Workshop of the Special Interest Group (SIG) on Forestry aims at setting up the common forum for the research community and people involved in the forestry sector, where both the operational techniques as well as developing methodologies can be presented and understood in order to improve the inventory, management, monitoring and protection practices in European forests.

The workshop will be organized by SIG on Forestry of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL). You are very welcome to participate in a workshop with challenging topics. Please feel free to submit your individual input and to share your experiences with colleagues from around Europe.

Topics

• Forest ecosystem mapping technologies using modern RS sensors
• Modeling RS application on forest biomass and change detection
• 2D and 3D forest inventories (VHRS, LiDAR; Stereomatching - Photogrammetry)
• Data processing technology (e.g. GEOBIA)
• Forest decline/forest degradation/ ecological disasters
• Biodiversity, protected forests, mountain forests, Natura 2000 vs. management forests
• New technologies of ground truth collection (UAV, TLS, etc.)

The 1^st International Workshop of the Special Interest Group (SIG) on Forestry was held in framework of the EARSeL Symposium in Prague - 2011 (Czech Republic).There were several relevant and very successful predecessor events such as ScandLaser in Umeå 2003, ForestSat in Borås 2005, 3D Remote Sensing in Vienna 2006, and ForestSat in Montpellier 2007, initiated or (co)organised by the previous SIG chairman Hakan Olsson, Sweden.

Organisers

Assoc. Prof. Piotr Wezyk (e-mail: rlwezyk@cyf-kr.edu.pl) - Chairman of the SIG on Forestry, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Forestry, Laboratory of Geomatics

Assoc. Prof. Bogdan Zagajewski (e-mail: bogdan@uw.edu.pl) - University of Warsaw, Poland

European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories

Faculty of Forestry, University of Agriculture in Krakow

University of Warsaw

Venue

The Workshop will be hosted at the University of Warsaw - Old Library, Main Campus Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26/28, Warsaw, Poland

Further information about the venue place and Warsaw can be found at the 34^th EARSEL Symposium page.

Important Dates

Abstract Submission Instructions (non-reviewed)

Contributions will be presented orally and by poster. Both are considered of equal standing and no distinction is made between them in the Symposium publications. When submitting your contribution to EARSeL's Conference Management System you are kindly requested to notify your preference (oral/poster).

The Abstract Book will be available to attendees at the symposium registration desk, and will be published on the Symposium webpage.

Extended Abstract submission (peer-reviewed)

For the first time, EARSeL is offering publication of Extended Abstracts in a Special Issue 34^th EARSeL Symposium 2014 of EARSeL eProceedings, EARSeL's Open Access Journal for peer-reviewed publications. Special Issue Guest Editor will be Bogdan Zagajewski, University of Warsaw.

Manuscripts shall be prepared using the Special Issue Template and should not exceed four to five pages in length. Please submit your Extended Abstract not later than by 31 March 2014 (due date) to the Symposium Organiser, Mrs. Martyna Wietecha by e-mail: m.wietecha@student.uw.edu.pl. Following successful peer-review by two independent referees and revision the manuscript will be published online in EARSeL eProceedings. A Special Issue volume on CD will be available to attendees at the symposium registration desk.

Please note: Submission of Extended Abstracts does not make superfluous the Conference Registration, and submission of your contribution including abstract to the Conference Management System, as decribed above!

Registration Fees*

* - a discount for a presenting author of an oral/poster contribution

The symposium fee includes Proceedings on CD ROM, the abstract book, coffee breaks, lunches and Icebreaker. Full registration fee (€ 200-500) covers the cost of the Gala Dinner. Students are warm invited to join social events of the EARSeL & ISPRS Young Scientist Days.

To register, please follow the instructions at the Earsel Conference Management System web site: www.conferences.earsel.org