Térinformatikával az intelligens közlekedésért

Mai postánkból. Az AGILE Titkárságáról Ms.(Maribel Yasmina Santos, AGILE Secretary) érkezett ITS/LBS hír:

"GIS Ostrava 2014

Geoinformatics for Intelligent Transportation

The symposium GIS Ostrava 2014 follows one main topic – Geoinformatics for Intelligent Transportation.

VSB – Technical University of Ostrava campus, the New Hall building, Ostrava, Czech Republic, January 27-29, 2014

Shorter or longer movements inevitably accompany everyday people’s activities including commuting to work and school, shopping, leisure time, etc. Transportation developments have a significant impact on the evolution of human society. The demand for the fastest, cheapest, safest and ecologically friendly means of transport attracts professionals from various disciplines with one mutual goal, to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of transportation, and increase its intelligence. The impact of geoinformatics in the attainment of this goal is clearly evident. Advanced models of transport systems, integrated, accurate spatial representation of reality and the spatial relationships of agents are all supported by geospatial expertise. Computational performance, clouds, parallel processing and new algorithms provide the possibility to change our focus from units to individuals, analysing not just settlement-to-settlement but rather stop-to-stop and even door-to-door conditions, which enable a better understanding of the mobility attitudes and patterns. They improve our control and management of transportation in space. Also individuals still increasingly, and usually unknowingly, utilize geoinformation technologies to better plan their movements. Intelligent navigation systems have become common in all new cars and cell phones. The track logs from these sources provide an interesting volunteer data source for further studies of spatial behaviour, parameters such as average speed, transport densities, etc. New web applications provide extended possibility to search for the best route based on initial conditions, e.g. trying to avoid main roads to increase the safety of cyclists or pedestrians. Land use planning requires an improved design of transport routes and facilities to minimise negative impacts on the environment and society. The increasing number of cars on roads stimulates the development of intelligent transport systems dealing with real-time traffic data for efficient organisation of transport. The intelligent transport systems allows creation of realistic models for further detail simulation with large transport data sets often stored in spatial databases. Denser traffic increases the probability of congestion or accidents, and spatial analysis and simulations help to discover the most problematic locations, and to minimise risks. Geoinformatics also provides methods and tools to make public transport more attractive and more competitive thanks to the planning of fast, inexpensive, seamless, and safe public transport links even where there is the necessity to reduce financial support and to rationalise a system. Cartographers also meet new challenges to deal with enlarged volumes of traffic data towards more effective real-time or static visualisations.

The aim of the conference is to present and discuss new methods, issues and challenges of the geoinformatics contributing to make transportation more intelligent, efficient and human friendly. It is a chance for GI experts, geographers, transportation planners, developers, public sector as well as industry transportation specialists, and other professionals who are interested in using geoinformation technologies for transportation purposes to get together and share experiences, innovations and inspirations. The Symposium annually attracts over 200 participants from dozens of countries.

Keynote lessons

• Prof. Bin Jiang - University of Gävle
• Prof. Tao Cheng - University College London
• Doc. Ing. Pavel Hrubes, Ph.D. – Czech Technical University in Prague
• and others

Important days

• September 30, 2013 full paper submission due
• November 17, 2013 notification of paper acceptance
• December 1, 2013 camera ready full paper due
• December 1, 2013 early registration (discounted fees)
• January 27-29, 2014 symposium days

For more information:http://gis.vsb.cz/gisostrava/index.php

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Maribel Yasmina Santos
Secretary AGILE Council
Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe
agile.secretary@gmail.com
http://www.agile-online.org"