French Research Group CASSINI SIGMA

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French Research Group CASSINI / SIGMA

• http//www.univ-lr.fr/cassini/
• Presentation
• January 2001

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GDR S.I.G.M.A. / Cassini

• S.I.G.M.A. Geographic Information Systems,
  Methodologies and Applications

• Department of Sciences and Technologies for
  Information and Communication of the French
  National Center for Research (CNRS)

• Head Robert Laurini
• Deputy Head Pierre Dumolard

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Composition

• 17 labs in Computing
• 22 labs in Geography
• 3 other labs
• 8 other public research institutions

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Map of member labs
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Research Topics

• Theme 1 Management of Environment
• Theme 2 Spatial Analysis
• Theme 3 Quality
• Theme 4 Interaction
• Theme 5 GIS and Mobility
• Theme 6 Satellite and aerial imagery

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Theme 1 Management of Environment

• Mireille BATTON-HUBERT et François CUQ
• Natural and Technological risks
• Pollution
• Spatial decision support systems

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Theme 2 Spatial Analysis

• Léna SANDERS, Didier JOSSELIN
• Management of flows and networks
• Location
• Connecting models
• Spatial data mining

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Theme 3 Quality

• Thérèse LIBOUREL et Serge MOTET
• Cataloguing
• Metadata
• Standardization
• Reliability of measures
• Enriching and automatic corrections
• Updating, fusion, exchange

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Theme 4 Interaction

• Marie-Christine FAUVET, Michel MAINGUENAUD,
  Sylvie LARDON
• Visualising and multimodal interfaces
• Cooperative decision
• Participative GIS

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Theme 5 GIS and mobility

• Philippe RIGAUX et Sylvie SERVIGNE
• Architecture of embarked systems
• Mobile Objects and queries

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Theme 6 Satellite and aerial imagery

• Guy FLOUZAT, Christiane WEBER, Michel DESHAYES
• Object detection and attribute extraction
• Multiresolution analysis
• Spatial dynamics of areas

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Cassini Galaxy
International Reviews IJGIS CEUS GeoInformatica e
tc.
Internationale Revue de Géomatique and French
GIS encyclopaedia
International Conferences AGILE ACM
GIS GeoSciences etc.
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Revue Internationale de Géomatique

• French speaking journal on GIS
• Editor Jean-Paul Cheylan - CIRAD, Montpellier
• Associate editors Christophe Claramunt -
  Nottingham Trent University, UK, and Sylvie
  Lardon - INRA SAD-LECSA, Montpellier
• http//www.editions-hermes.fr/revues/home_fr.asp?i
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CASSINI Conferences

• Previous conferences
• 1st Conf. Lyon October 13-14, 1994
• 2nd Conf. Marseille November 15-17, 1995
• 3rd Conf. Marne La Vallée November 25-27, 1998
• 4th Conf. La Rochelle September 7-8, 2000
• 5th Conf. Montpellier September 26-28, 2001
• Planning
• 6th Conf. Besançon
• 7th Conf. Brest

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French Research Group CASSINI / SIGMA

• http//www.univ-lr.fr/cassini/