Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale grassusersconference 2002 1-3 11 sept. universita' degli studi di trento dipartimento di ingegneria civile e ambientale italy - trento Open Source Free Software GIS GRASS users conference 2002 Trento, Italy, 11-13 September 2002
Open Source Free Software GIS GRASS users conference 2002 This conference is the result of the joint effort of many GRASS developers and users all over the world to foster closer relations and provide opportunities for greater interactions among the open GIS and GRASS communities. The aim of the conference is twofold: the exchange of experiences between Open Source and Free Software GIS and GRASS users and developers and the possibility for the potential users to access first-hand information and GRASS capability demonstration, especially for users from developing countries. The conference is organized by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and CUDAM, Center for advanced studies on hydrogeological risk in mountain areas, of the University of Trento with the help of an Organizing Committee including some of the most prominent GIS/GRASS experts around the world. The papers included in the proceedings have been accepted on the basis of the pertinence with the theme of the conference. All the accepted papers have been included in the proceedings CD Rom as submitted by the authors. A selection of papers will be published on TGIS (Transactions in GIS). Local Organizing Committee Battista Benciolini, Marco Ciolli, Paolo Zatelli E-mail:grass2002@ing.unitn.it Web:http://www.ing.unitn.it/~grass Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and CUDAM, Center for advanced studies on hydrogeological risk in mountain areas University of Trento via Mesiano, 77 38100 Trento ITALY Organising secretariat Via Zell 1 38050 Cognola di Trento, ITALY phone +39-0461-234411 fax +39-0461-233282 email: grass2002@orikata.it The Local Organizing Committee thanks Alfonso Vitti for his valuable support to the conference organization and for the graphical logo. 2 Open Source Free Software GIS - GRASS users conference 2002 - Trento, Italy, 11-13 September 2002
Organizing Committee Lars Arge Battista Benciolini Roger Bivand Maria Brovelli Bruce Byars Marco Ciolli Royol Chitradon Cesare Furlanello Helena Mitasova Markus Neteler Venkatesh Raghavan Phisan Santitamnont Michael Shapiro Raghavan Srinivasan Jim Westervelt John Wilson Paolo Zatelli Duke University, USA University of Trento, Italy Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Norway Politecnico di Milano, Italy Baylor University, USA University of Trento, Italy National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Bangkok, Thailand ITC-IRST Trento, Italy Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, USA ITC-IRST Trento, Italy Media Center, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan Survey Engineering Department, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA Blackland Research Center, USA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA University of Southern California, USA University of Trento, Italy Open Source Free Software GIS - GRASS users conference 2002 - Trento, Italy, 11-13 September 2002 3
Morning Wednesday 11 8.00-10.00 Registration 10.00-10.30 Opening Aronne Armanini, Dean of the Engineering Faculty, University of Trento. Alberto Bellin, Director of the Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering. Battista Benciolini, Marco Ciolli, Paolo Zatelli, Local Organizing Committee. 10.30-12.30 Keynote speeches Chairman Battista Benciolini, University of Trento, Italy. Current status and future development of GRASS Markus Neteler, ITC-irst, Italy. GRASS as a multidimensional dynamic GIS: past vision and where we are now Helena Mitasova, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, USA. The dynamics/development of a free software project in statistical computing: R Kurt Hornik, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria. 4 Open Source Free Software GIS - GRASS users conference 2002 - Trento, Italy, 11-13 September 2002
Afternoon Wednesday 11 14.30-16.00 Environmental modeling Chairman Helena Mitasova, North Carolina State University, USA GIS-based habitat potentiality model: In search of natural hotspots Nieminen Juhana, Environmental Biology GIS Laboratory, University of Helsinki, Finland. Wildlife management and landscape analysis in the GRASS GIS Menegon Stefano, Fontanari Steno, Blazek Radim, Neteler Markus, Merler Stefano, Furlanello Cesare, ITC-irst, Italy, Dassau Otto, University of Hannover, Germany. Environmental GIS database for the White Sea Kaitala Seppo, Finnish Institute of Marine Research, Helsinki, Finland, Shavykin Anatoly, Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Russia, Volkov Vladimir, Nansen International Enviromental and Remote Sensing Centre, St.Petersburg, Russia. Sea-bed classification and sea-bottom mapping with GRASS in the R.N.M.M. Ciriaco Saul, Bonacito Clizia, Miramare Natural Marine Reserve, Trieste, Italy, Costantini Marco, University of Trieste, Department of Biology, Spoto Maurizio, Trieste, Italy. 16.00-16.30 GRASS/R interface workshop and demonstration Bivand Roger, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Norway. 17.00-18.30 GRASS formats and interface Chairman Maria Antonia Brovelli, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Support of WMO binary formats (BUFR and GRIB) Bergès Jean Claude, PRODIG Université Paris 1, Paris, France. The new GRASS 5.1 vector architecture Blazek Radim, Markus Neteler, ITC-irst, Italy. GRASS 5.0 vector layer management and operation enhancement by using RDBMS Postgres Shevlakov Alexander, Motivation free software consulting company, Moscow, Russia. GRASS on the Web Hess Sigrid, University of Mainz, Institute of Geography, Mainz, Germany. Open Source Free Software GIS - GRASS users conference 2002 - Trento, Italy, 11-13 September 2002 5
Morning Thursday 12 9.00-10.30 GRASS, Open Source and Free Software Chairman Markus Neteler, ITC-irst, Italy. Advantages of open-source GIS to improve spatial environmental modelling Mitchell Scott, Csillag Ferko, Department of Geography, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, Tague Christina, Department of Geography, San Diego State University CA, USA. How GRASS' development reflects Free Software history and what to expect next Reiter Bernhard, Intevation GmbH, Osnabrück, Germany. Challenges of using Open Source GIS - experiences of Thailand Phisan Santitamnont, Survey Engineering Department, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. Activities of GRASS in Thailand Socharoentum Monsak, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thaladplu Thonburi Bangkok, Thailand. 10.00-12.30 Mathematical methods and techniques Chairman Battista Benciolini, University of Trento, Italy. Environmental thematic map and easy probabilistic estimation of a threshold exceed Biagi Ludovico, Brovelli Maria Antonia, Negretti Marco, Politecnico di Milano - Campus Como, Como, Italy. New GRASS modules for Multiresolution Analysis with wavelets Zatelli Paolo, Antonello Andrea, Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy. Development of the GRASS/R interface - GIS and statistical data analysis Bivand Roger, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Bergen, Norway. Automatic image registration on 3D-to-2D images Tipdecho Taravudh, High Performance Computing Research and Development Division, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Bangkok, Thailand. 6 Open Source Free Software GIS - GRASS users conference 2002 - Trento, Italy, 11-13 September 2002
Afternoon Thursday 12 14.30-16.00 Natural hazards prediction and management Chairman Riccardo Rigon, Università di Trento, Italy. Gis and dendrochronological techniques for avalanche hazard mapping with GRASS Bezzi Marco, Ciolli Marco, Comunello Giovanni, Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy. A spatial decision support system for radar meteorologic data in South Africa Löwe Peter, University of Wuerzburg, Germany. Weather radar enhanced flash flood forecasting O'Donnell Scott, Lakewood, CO, USA. GIS GRASS-embedded decision support framework for flood forecasting García Galiano Sandra, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena. EUIT Civil., Spain. 16.00-16.30 Poster Session 1 Chairman Marco Ciolli, Università di Trento, Italy. Using GRASS in evaluation of landslide susceptibility in Handlovská Kotlina basin Paudits Peter, Geological Survey of Slovak Republic, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, Bednarik Martin, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. A GRASS GIS based shell script for landslide susceptibility zonation Clerici Aldo, Università di Parma - Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Parma, Italy. Construction and visualization of three dimensional geologic model using GRASS GIS. Masumoto Shinji, Nemoto Tatsuya, Shiono Kiyoji, Department of Geosciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan, Raghavan Venkatesh, Media Center of Osaka City University. Development of SISGeM - an online system for 3D geological modeling Nemoto Tatsuya, Masumoto Shinji, Shiono Kiyoji, Department of Geosciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan, Raghavan Venkatesh, Media Center, Osaka City University. Open Source Free Software GIS - GRASS users conference 2002 - Trento, Italy, 11-13 September 2002 7
3-D geologic modeling and visualization of faulted structures Yonezawa Go, Nemoto Tatsuya, Masumoto Shinji, Shiono Kiyoji, Department of Geosciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan. GIS application for land planning and management of Montserrat (West Indies) Ahmed Iftikhar, United Nations Volunteer (UNV) Program/Government of Montserrat (West Indies), Physical Planning Unit, Ministry of Agriculture, Land, Housing and Env. Brades, Montserrat (West Indies). The use of the GIS into the forest fire prediction. The simulation model Saidi Ahmed, Daoud Briksi Hichem, Missoumi Abdelkader, Centre National des Techniques Spatiales CNTS, Arzew ALGERIA. Assessment and monitoring of desertification in north of Jordan Harahsheh Hussein, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates. 17.00-18.30 Solar radiation, digital terrain modeling and applications Chairman Lars Arge, Duke University, USA. The solar radiation model for Open Source GIS: implementation and applications Hofierka Jaroslav, GeoModel s.r.o., Bratislava, Slovak Republic, Suri Marcel, European Commission Joint Research Centre. Processing digital elevation models by Regularized Spline with Tension Cebecauer Tomas, Hofierka Jaroslav, Suri Marcel, GeoModel s.r.o., Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Improving D.T.M. generation by enhancing the resolution of remotely sensed digital imagery Fryer John G., Scarmana Gabriel, Department of Civil, Surveying and Environmental Engineering, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia. Scale-dependent geomorphometric analysis for glacier mapping at Nanga Parbat Bonk Radoslav, Dept. of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Slovakia. 8 Open Source Free Software GIS - GRASS users conference 2002 - Trento, Italy, 11-13 September 2002
Morning Friday 13 9.00-10.30 Online spatial databases and their applications Chairman Cesare Furlanello, ITC-irst, Italy. Implementing an online spatial database using the GRASS GIS environment Raghavan Venkatesh, Media Center, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan, Masumoto Shinji, Faculty of Science, Osaka City University. Using Mapserver to integrate local government spatial data Greenwood Richard, Greenwood Mapping, Inc., Wilson, WY, U.S.A. An archaeological web GIS application based on Mapserver and PostGIS Brovelli Maria Antonia, Magni Diego, Politecnico di Milano - Campus Como, Como, Italy. Geographical distributed system using Grid Panatkool Apirak, Laoveerakul Sitthichai, Computing Research and Development, Thailand Science Park, Pathumthani, Thailand. 11.00-12.30 LIDAR data processing and new solutions for GPS and mobile computing Chairman Biagi Ludovico, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Managing and processing LIDAR data within GRASS Brovelli Maria Antonia, Cannata Massimiliano, Longoni Ulisse Matteo, Politecnico di Milano - Campus Como, COMO, Italy. Flow computation on massive grid terrains Toma Laura, Lars Arge, Department of Computer Science, Duke University, USA, Mitasova Helena, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University Low cost PDA/Gps based field logging solution for GRASS data. Frigeri Alessandro, Minelli Giorgio, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra - Geologia Strutturale e Geofisica, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy. Experimental mobile wireless GRASS based GIS for handheld computers running GNU/Linux Stankovic Jan, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, Neteler Markus, Flor Roberto, ITC-irst, Italy Open Source Free Software GIS - GRASS users conference 2002 - Trento, Italy, 11-13 September 2002 9
Afternoon Friday 13 14.30-16.00 Modeling earth system processes Chairman Roger Bivand, NHH, Norway Modeling of evaporation processes over tilted slopes by means of 3D GRASS raster Zatelli Paolo, Ciolli Marco, Rea Roberto, Zardi Dino, Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy. 2D/3D GRASS modules use and development for atmospheric modeling Zatelli Paolo, Ciolli Marco, Vitti Alfonso, Zardi Dino, Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy. GRASS and modeling landscape processes using duality between particles and fields Mitasova Helena, Dept. of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, Hofierka Jaroslav, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA and University of Presov, Slovakia, Mitas Lubos, Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA. Horton: a new set of tools for geomorphological analysis ported into GRASS Rigon Riccardo, Antonello Andrea, Pisoni Silvano, Cozzini Andrea, University of Trento, Italy. 16.00-16.30 Poster Session 2 Chairman Paolo Zatelli, University of Trento, Italy. Identifying wrinkle ridges structures from Mars MGS and Viking mission data Frigeri Alessandro, Federico Costanzo, Minelli Giorgio, Pauselli Cristina, Caldarella Cristina, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra - Geologia Strutturale e Geofisica, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy. Development of a complete climate database using a new GRASS module Sboarina Chiara, Centro di Ecologia Alpina, Trento, Italy. Implementing the automatic extraction of ridge and valley axes using the PPA algorithm Frigeri Alessandro, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra - Geologia Strutturale e Geofisica, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy, Chang Yet-Chung, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Institute of Oceanography. 10 Open Source Free Software GIS - GRASS users conference 2002 - Trento, Italy, 11-13 September 2002
A knowledge-integrated stepwise optimization model for feature mining in RS image Luo Jiancheng, Dr., Chen Qiuxiao, Zheng Jiang, Zhou Cheng Hu, Leung Yee, LREIS, Institute of Geography, Beijing, China. Teaching GIS the GNU way Nieminen Juhana, Environmental Biology GIS Laboratory, University of Helsinki, Finland. Modeling emission and dispersion of road traffic pollutant for the town of Trento Cemin Andrea, Ciolli Marco, Nave Domenico, University of Trento, Italy. University of Helsinki Environmental Biology GIS laboratory Nieminen Juhana, Kaitala Seppo, Kiviaho Katja, University of Helsinki, Finland. Spatio-temporal monitoring of evolving topography using LIDAR, RTKS and sonar data Mitasova Helena, Drake Thomas, Dept. of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC, Harmon Russel, Army Research Office, USA, Hofierka Jaroslav, Dept. of Geography and Geoecology, University of Presov, and MEAS NCSU, USA, McNinch Jesse, Virginia Inst. of Marine Science, USA. 17.00-18.30 Applications and techniques Chairman Marco Ragazzi, University of Trento, Italy. Illuminating Clay: a tangible interface with potential GRASS applications Piper Ben, University of Cambridge, UK, Ratti Carlo, Ratti Associates, Italy, Hiroshi Ishii, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Potential erosion map for Bagmati basin using GRASS Jha Raghunath, Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk, Kathmandu, Nepal. Land use change maps in a developing country. Application of GRASS GIS in Caia district Ciolli Marco, Deola Claudio, Tamanini Tomas, Università di Trento, Italy. Reference frames: definition and management Sguerso Domenico, Vitti Alfonso, Carcano Elena, Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy. Spatial economics: applied models simulated with GRASS Preda Mauro, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, Italy. Open Source Free Software GIS - GRASS users conference 2002 - Trento, Italy, 11-13 September 2002 11
Supported by International Centre for Science and High Technology (ICS-UNIDO) Presidenza Del Consiglio Della Provincia Autonoma Di Trento Ingegneria senza Frontiere Azienda per la Promozione Turistica del Trentino SAD Trasporto locale Nahverkehr Politecnico di Milano Under the auspices of: Ministero degli Affari Esteri Ministero dell'istruzione, dell'università e della Ricerca