[Foss4g2009] Errata - Presentation Bios

[Bruce]

Cameron,

Are we opening ourselves up to get a different abstract to that which
was submitted, vetted and selected?


Bruce


On Sun, 2009-08-02 at 07:44 +1000, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Volker,
> What process do you suggest we follow to allow people to change their 
> abstracts and bios?
> Is this something you would be able to facilitate?
> 
> Ideally, I'd like to open up the abstract software for 3 weeks or so, 
> allow people to change their abstracts, then at the end do a bulk update 
> to the website.
> 
> Venka wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I am awaiting some response and follow-up for
> > my request below.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Venka
> >
> > Venka wrote:
> >> Dear All,
> >>
> >> Could you kindly make changes our abstract submission
> >> http://2009.foss4g.org/presentations/#presentation_155
> >> as below to;
> >>
> >> There is no change in the abstract. only in the presenters and bio.
> >>
> >> Sorry for the trouble and thanks in advance.
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >>
> >> Venka
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> >>
> >>
> >> Open Web Processing Services for Improving Accuracy of GPS tracks using
> >> Filtering and Map-Matching
> >>
> >> Abstract: This paper presents open geo-processing services to support
> >> co-registering the vehicle GPS traces with road network, based on open
> >> GIS standards and open source geospatial software. An integrated 
> >> approach
> >> is proposed to glue open source geospatial software to provide Web 
> >> Services
> >> for enhancement of GPS tracks. Map matching algorithms for vehicle 
> >> tracking
> >> data are implemented using the PyWPS interface. Track-logs are stored 
> >> in the
> >> PostgreSQL/PostGIS enabling handling of large volume data of road 
> >> network
> >> and the Openlayers client is used to visualize the processing 
> >> results. As a part
> >> of the core processes of map matching in PyWPS, specific filters of 
> >> GPS tracks,
> >> related to vehicle motion characteristics, are first applied to 
> >> produce high quality
> >> vehicle trajectories. Secondly, advanced curve-to-curve distance 
> >> measurement
> >> algorithms - Hausdorff distance and Frechet distance are implemented 
> >> in Python
> >> to perform map matching of road network. The system has been tested 
> >> under dense
> >> urban road network conditions in Osaka City in Japan. The results of 
> >> the experiments
> >> suggest that the Web Services are effective for retrieval of the 
> >> paths from urban street
> >> network and accurate matching of tracking data form low-cost GPS 
> >> tracking devices.
> >> The services implemented as a part of this research will be not only 
> >> useful for vehicle
> >> tracking but also for automated update of road network and in 
> >> improving quality of
> >> community driven geo-data collection initiatives such as the Open 
> >> Street Map.
> >>
> >> Presenters: Xianfeng Song, Venkatesh Raghavan and Daisuke Yoshida
> >>
> >> Biography:
> >>
> >> Xianfeng Song research interest is Geo-Processing Workflow and their
> >> applications in infrastructure management and environment modeling. His
> >> current research include (1) Optimizing geospatial Web services chain
> >> based on QoS (2) SWAT model for hydrology simulation and sediment yield
> >> estimation (3)Map-Matching and LBS Services. He is presently Associate
> >> Professor at the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
> >> He is an active member of the OSGeo-China Chapter.
> >>
> >> Venkatesh Raghavan (Venka) has been involved in OSGeo since its
> >> inception. He was one of the Directors in the first OSGeo Board and is
> >> currently a Charter Member. He is deeply involved in OSGeo Local
> >> Chapters in Asia. Presently based in Japan as Professor of
> >> Geoinformatics at Osaka City University. His research interest
> >> include distributed geoprocessing, Sensor Net and Remote Sensing
> >> for change detection.
> >>
> >> Daisuke Yoshida is a doctoral student at the Graduate School of
> >> Creative Cities, Osaka City University and works at the Faculty of
> >> Liberal Arts, Tezukayama Gakuin University as a lecturer. He has
> >> participated on a Japanese volunteer program, JICA in the Philippines to
> >> provide technical assistance for implementing SDI prototype using
> >> FOSS4G tools. His research interests are Web-GIS development, LBS,
> >> Real-time GPS, Mobile GIS and digital archives. He has also been a
> >> FOSS4G trainer at several international workshops. He is board member
> >> OSGeo-Japan Chapter and organizer for FOSS4G-Osaka annual events.
> >>
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