The year 2006 meeting of the International Cartographic Association’s (ICA) Working Commission on “Incremental Updating and Versioning of Spatial Data Bases” will take place at the University of Haifa, in Haifa, Israel, September 1-3, 2006. This meeting is a joint workshop of the International Cartographic Association (ICA), the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), and the EuroGeographics R&D Forum. This workshop will bring together researchers, developers and users from these organizations, who carry out research and development in novel systems based on geo-spatial data, information and knowledge. After the workshop the ISPRS Commission VIII Mid-Congress Symposium on: "Remote Sensing Applications for a Sustainable Future" will take place from September 4-7, 2006, at the University of Haifa, Faculty of Social Sciences, Rabin Building Complex. Please visit the symposium website for more details http://geo.haifa.ac.il/~isprs/comm8-symposium/

The workshop will provide a forum for discussing original research contributions, and practical system design, implementation, and applications of incremental updating and versioning in GIS and other spatial data bases. The program (two and a half days) will cover Mapping agencies status reports, innovation in incremental updating and versioning and discussions over the IU&V concepts ( http://geo.haifa.ac.il/~icaupdt ).

Geo-spatial data bases :
Design, Updating, Maintenance, Incremental updating, Versioning, Identifiers, Multiple representation/resolution data bases, History, Implementations at Mapping Agencies

Geo-spatial data:
Warehousing and indexing, Distribution, Mining, Quality control, Fusion, Visualization, Generalization concepts, Standards

Also, please visit our WG web site http://geo.haifa.ac.il/~icaupdt/ where some more issues for further discussion and investigation are listed.

Authors must submit short abstract of their presentation by e-mail to peled@geo.haifa.ac.il . The abstract must include the title of the presentation, name and address of the contact author, a summary of the presentation, and names and addresses of co-authors, when applicable. Please submit your abstracts or Title and a presentation sketch, ASAP and no later than July 24th 2006.

Handouts of your slides will be distributed to the participants of the workshop, if you prepare an electronic version (*.pdf, *.ps, or *.ppt) of your presentation until August 21th, 2006 and send it by e-mail to peled@geo.haifa.ac.il or bring 20 copies at least to the WS. Make sure your submission is confirmed. If not, please make sure to bring the copies with you.

In addition to "traditional" oral presentations, participants are called to present short discussion papers on issues related to Incremental Updating and Versioning of Spatial Data Bases. Such issues are presented on the Commission web site http://geo.haifa.ac.il/~icaupdt/, under "concepts". These issues and other, as may be suggested by the participants, will be discussed during the WS. All participants will be encouraged to contribute.

The contact author will be notified about acceptance of the presentation by July 28th, 2006

The registration fee for the workshop on “Incremental Updating and Versioning of Spatial Data Bases” is $100. This includes:

• abstracts proceedings
• handouts of the presentations,
• lunches on 1-4 September,
• coffee, tea, refreshments and snacks during the coffee breaks
• presentations CD (will be mailed after the Symposium),
• Free participation at the ISPRS Commission VIII Symposium Opening Ceremony (September 4, 2006. Hecht Auditorium, 10:30-12:30),
• Free participation at the ISPRS Commission VIII Symposium Icebreaker reception (September 4, 2006. 18:30-20:30),
• Free participation at the ISPRS Commission VIII Symposium SE1 Tour for Haifa Bahai Shrine, German Village ans Wadi Nisnas (September 4, 14:00-18:30)

Please use the ISPRS Commission VIIi Symposium Services to register for the workshop. http://geo.haifa.ac.il/~isprs/comm8-symposium/ There, you will find some more information about the Symposium and the on-line registration service http://hevra.haifa.ac.il/isprs8/registration_step1.php Please use the code WS1 for your Workshops & Tutorials registration choice.

You are most welcome to join and register for the ISPRS Commission VIII Symposium as well. Those who wish to register only for the workshop, please use the "Council" option when asked for the type of participants and continue to fill in all other relevant information. Please contact also the Workshop Organizers peled@geo.haifa.ac.il or the Commission Secretariat isprs8@geo.haifa.ac.il for any other information or request. Visit also our Commission website for more details http://geo.haifa.ac.il/~icaupdt/.

A number of rooms have been reserved at international standard category hotels in Haifa for the Commission VIII Symposium. Special rates have been obtained for the participants. However please note that this rate may be applied only if you book by filling the accommodation step offered by the ISPRS COMMISSION VIII Symposium on-line registration service. You are cordially invited to use this service while registering for the Workshop and for the Symposium. Visit the information page http://geo.haifa.ac.il/~isprs/comm8-symposium/registration_fees.php and http://hevra.haifa.ac.il/isprs8/registration_step1.php and reserve your hotel room through the registration form http://www.qronnos.com/inscrip_icc2005/boletines_inscripcion.html.

The workshop will take place at the Universityof Haifa, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Haifa, Israel, September 1-3, 2006. For more information please visit the Commission web site http://geo.haifa.ac.il/~icaupdt/ .

Ammatzia Peled, University of Haifa, Israel
Chair, ICA Commission on 'Incremental Updating and Versioning'
Co-chair, ISPRS IC WG II/IV 'Systems for automated geo-spatial data production and updating from imagery'
(peled@geo.haifa.ac.il)
University of Haifa
Department of Geography,
Haifa 31905, ISRAEL
Tel. +(972) 4-8-240143 (W); +(972) 4-8-343591 (H)
Fax. +(972) 4-8-249605 (W)

Antony Cooper, CSIR, South Africa
Chair, ICA Commission on 'Incremental Updating and Versioning'
(acooper@csir.co.za)

CSIR
Information and Communications Technology,
PO Box 395, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa
Tel. +(27) 12 841 4121 (W)
Fax. +(27) 12 841 4720 (W)

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dietmar Grünreich, BKG, Germany
President, EuroGeographics R&D Forum
(gruenreich@ifag.de)
President,
Bundesamt fur Kartographie und Geodäsie
Richard-Strauss-Allee 11
D-60598 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Tel.: +(49) 69 6333-1
Fax.: +(49) 69 6333-235

Further details about the workshop
http://geo.haifa.ac.il/~icaupdt/
http://geo.haifa.ac.il/~isprs/comm8-symposium/work_shop.php