Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 October 2009 15:48 Written by Bevan Darr Thursday, 20 August 2009 09:44

You are invited to the annual Downs Interest Group in Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing (DIGGARS) Forum

Event: DIGGARS 8th Annual One-Day Forum 2009

When: Thursday 5th November 2009. 8am to 5pm

Where: University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba. Harvard Room (Q501). Q Block.

Cost:

$80 (including $7.27 GST) for regular registrant

$40 (including $3.64 GST) for students

Registration fee includes morning and afternoon tea and lunch, and the "Book of Extended Abstracts"

Special Registration for High School Teachers : register for $80 and bring up to 2 high school students for free. Note: Registration form must be completed for each student.

Registration: See attached or Forms are available from www.diggars.org.au.

What you get:

Informative presentations about practical applications of GIS, remote sensing and GPS mapping.
A book of abstracts
Networking with a range of interesting people from different backgrounds
Morning and afternoon teas, lunch and closing refreshments and snacks
Continuing professional development points from the Surveying & Spatial Sciences Institute
A detailed program will be available shortly. Topics this year include;

· RTK CORS Networks – The Future of Agricultural Machine Guidance
· Foundation Spatial Data Initiative
· Potential of Volunteered Geographic Information
· SEQ Koala Habitat Mapping
· Using Remote Sensing to Map Invasive Weeds Species Prickly Acacia, Rubber Vine & Snake Cacti
· An Integrated GIS Approach in Creating a Continuous Time Series Crop Statistics From 1975-2005 at a Regional Scale
· The Role Of Remote Sensing In Revealing Climate Change Over The Past 100,000 Years
· Utilising Data for Informed Decision Making
· Using Remote Sensing to Monitor Rehabilitation of the German Creek Mine in the Bowen Basin
· Queensland Wetland Mapping and Aquatic Conservation Assessments in the QMDB
· Application of Remotely Sensed Ground Cover Data in Catchment Management
· Navigation Dilemmas Facing a Solo Traveller in Europe, Russia and Eurasia