Tutorials:

Date: Saturday April 24, 2010, Le Gulf Meridian Hotel in Al-Khobar

1. Web GIS
2. ArcGIS Server Image Extension (2 days)
3. Arabic Tutorial: تفعيل دور نظم المعلومات الجغرافية في إدارة التنمية العمرانية بالبلديات والأمانات
4. Arabic Tutorial: (DGPS) رصد نقاط التحكم الأرضية بإستخدام نظام تحديد المواقع العالمي التفاضلي
5. ERDAS APOLLO, the Geospatial Business System

Date: Sunday April 25, 2010, Le Gulf Meridian Hotel in Al-Khobar

6. Geographic Information Systems and Science: Today and Tomorrow
7. New Mapping Techniques for GIS Applications
8. Deriving Geospatial content from Imagery using ENVI to populate, update and maintain ArcGIS Geodatabase
9. Arabic Tutorial:   مقدمة الى تحليل صور الأقمار الصناعية بإستخدام برنامج Definiens (eCogntion) Developer 

Language : English
Date: Saturday April 24, 8:00 AM to 12:00 Noon
Location: Le Gulf Meridian Hotel in Al-Khobar

Fees: 500 SR, including workshop handouts and lunch.

This tutorial is scheduled on Saturday April 24, 8:00 AM to 12:00 Noon at Le Gulf Meridian Hotel in Al-Khobar.

The term of Web 2.0 emerged in 2004, and since then Web 2.0 revolutionizes the way we design and use computer software applications. Web 2.0 uses “Web as Platform”, where software applications are built upon the Web as opposed to upon the desktop. Web 2.0 harnesses the activities of users generating content (in the forms of blogs, pictures, videos, or even maps) in order to develop innovative applications and eventually to create value. The Web 2.0 revolution also changes the way we design, implement, and use Web-based Geographical Information Systems (WebGIS).

This half-day tutorial will give an introduction to the Web 2.0 and Web 2.0-based geospatial applications. We will firstly introduce the definition and characteristics of Web 2.0. Use cases and examples will be introduced in the tutorial in order to illustrate the Web 2.0 concept. And then we will extend the Web 2.0 characteristics to WebGIS. Several concepts, such as Volunteered Geospatial Information (VGI) and participatory sensing, will be introduced. In addition, more Web 2.0-based GIS applications will be introduced.

Tutorial Capacity: 30

Instructor:

Dr. Steve H.L. Liang, Assistant Professor
Department of Geomatics Engineering
University of Calgary, Canada

Dr. Steve Liang is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Geomatics Engineering at the University of Calgary. He holds a B.Sc. degree in surveying engineering from National Cheng- Kung University in Taiwan, and a Ph.D. degree in earth and space science from York University.

His general research area is Geospaital Information and Communication Technology (GeoICT). Currently, his specific research interests lie at the intersection of Geo-Sensor Networks, Peer-to- Peer (p2p) computing and Cyberinfrastructure, specifically in the area of the GeoSensor Web, which is a geospatial information infrastructure for heterogeneous sensor networks. For example, he is the principle investigator of the $1.1 million GeoCENS project. The GeoCENS project is building a two and three-dimensional WebGIS portal for scientific analysis and social networking among the biogeoscience research community. More information about Steve’s research, please visit his web site: http://sensorweb.geomatics.ucalgary.ca

Language : English
Date: Saturday & Sunday April 24 & 25, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: Le Gulf Meridian Hotel in Al-Khobar

Fees: 1000 SR, including workshop handouts and lunch.

This two-day tutorial is scheduled on April 24-25, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM at Le Gulf Meridian Hotel in Al-Khobar.

ArcGIS Server Image Extension provides fast access to file-based geospatial imagery, allowing organizations to distribute their imagery to a variety of clients and leverage their investment in the data. This course teaches how to manage and serve image data using ArcGIS Server Image Extension. You learn about different raster formats and ArcGIS Server Image Extension raster types, how to author image services and deploy panchromatic and multiband imagery. You also learn how to generate derivative rasters, tiles, and service overviews; apply compressions; access geometric and image processing techniques; and access image services through Image Server Viewer, ArcMap, and ArcGIS Explorer. This course does not cover image analysis.

Tutorial Capacity: 30

Instructor:

Mr. Mike Rhoades, ESRI

Mike has over 20 years of GIS training, marketing and project experience. He joined ESRI in 1989 and works at the ESRI—Charlotte regional office where he has been a GIS Instructor since 1996. He teaches the Introduction to ArcGIS I, II, and II, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Server Administration, Image Server, Network Analyst, Advanced Analysis, ArcGIS Spatial Analyst, Building Geodatabases, Scripting with Python, and Advanced Python Scripting instructor-led classes. Mike enjoys helping ESRI users solve problems and become successful users.

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 Tutorial 5:

ERDAS APOLLO, the Geospatial Business System

Language: English
Date: Saturday April 24, 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Location: Le Gulf Meridian Hotel in Al-Khobar

Fees: 500 SR, including workshop handouts.

This tutorial is scheduled on Saturday April 24, 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Le Gulf Meridian Hotel in Al-Khobar.
ERDAS APOLLO is an enterprise-class data management, delivery and collaboration solution providing remarkable business value for our customers.  ERDAS APOLLO is scalable to meet your organization’s specific needs. From a low-cost, remarkably fast image server to a comprehensive data management system, ERDAS APOLLO is the most advanced geospatial enterprise solution, ensuring unprecedented performance even when handling the largest data archives.
During this training class, you will learn:

• Discover how geospatial web services are easily created on top of vector and imagery.
• You will get in touch with the most advanced technologies in serving Imagery data by using enhanced wavelet compression.
• Learn about the use and the advantages of OGC web services like WMS, WFS, and WCS.
• Last but not least you will use powerful catalog functionalities, to be able to search, discover and retrieve your web services through a real user friendly interface.

Tutorial Capacity: 30

Instructor:

Mr. Reinoud Delaere, Enterprise Solutions Presales Consultant
ERDAS Company

Mr. Delaere has 10 years of professional experience with Geospatial software from different vendors (Erdas, Mapinfo, Autodesk, ESRI...).

For registration, Cancelled.

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The goal of this tutorial is to provide the audience a comprehensive overview of Mobile Multi-sensor Systems (MMS), their components and application in GIS, mapping surface and underground projects and disaster monitoring applications. The material introduced in the tutorial will be emphasized by real-life examples of Systems in land, air, marine, and underground systems.

The tutorial is aimed at students, practitioners, engineer and managers who are new to the field of mobile mapping. The material will be presented in such a way that requires minimal technical background.

Tutorial Capacity: 30

Presenters:

Dr. Naser El-Sheimy, The University Of Calgary, Canada.
Dr. Mohamed Al-Habiby, Micro Engeo, Canada.

Dr. Elhabiby is the Vice President of the Micro EnGeo Inc. in Canada. His industrial experience is in system integration and multi-dimensional signal processing for underground mapping, structural health monitoring and archaeology. He is currently the treasurer of the Geodesy Section at the Canadian Geophysical Union and the director of an archaeological mission at Giza Plateau. Dr. Elhabiby has degrees in Civil Engineering (B.Sc.), Mapping and Geodesy (M.Sc.), and Gravity and Geodynamics (Ph.D.).

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Tutorial 8

Deriving Geospatial content from Imagery using ENVI to populate, update and maintain ArcGIS Geodatabase

Language: English
Date: Sunday April 25, 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM Noon
Location: Le Gulf Meridian Hotel in Al-Khobar
Fees: 500 SR, including workshop handouts and lunch.

GIS (Geographic Information System) professionals recognize that imagery is essential for understanding what is happening in the world, learning how the environment is changing, and giving context to other types of data. Image availability, the power of its information content and the number of dissemination methods are rapidly increasing. While digital orthophotography is an essential element in a GIS professional’s geospatial data store, high resolution color and multispectral satellite imagery is also coming into common use. As the spatial and spectral fidelity of these sources improve, so does the ability to extract information important to GIS professionals.

This workshop will show you how ENVI & ENVI EX can add value to your GIS, for populating, updating and assess the quality of your GIS datalayers. Further more we’ll show how to map accurate orthophotos or satellite images and how they are used to collect (digitize) features such as road centerlines, land use areas, building footprints and utility infrastructure. Up-to-date imagery makes it easy to identify areas of development not yet captured in the GIS database. Automated image processing methods tailored for classification, change detection and / or feature extraction can be used to reduce the effort of often tedious digitizing tasks of this type.

We’ll also show the tight integration and interoperability of ENVI & ENVI EX with the ArcGIS Geodatabase, with drag and drop, Geo-linking capabilities, direct read and writes functionality from and to the Geodatabase and more.