Tony Li
Sales Director
PilotGaea
Taiwan


Bio
Director of GIS sales Center of PilotGaeaTechnologies, Taiwan, Tony have been in GIS technology and Applications field more than a decade of experience, is familiar with the evolution of 3D high-tech and is well experienced in the implementations of diverse GIS projects.

Abstract
Accuracy Matters- Undergoing a Mobile GIS Change
3D GIS can be divided into Professional and realistic two categories, Professional 3D GIS features is professional spatial analysis, such as geological layers, Air safety corridor. The virtual reality 3D GIS emphasis in the immersive effect with big data, as much as possible to improve the affinity of the 3D scene.This presentation will provide an overview of 3D O’View - newest 3D tech from PilotGaea, technical characteristics are high-level API quickly customized to meet the general demand for GIS, use of algorithms quickly show a large number of landscapes buildings and LIDAR, Immersive effect of 3D space technology, let GIS Technology Development to the perfection. It is a great opportunity to interact with PilotGaea 3D technical and to learn more about how your organization can benefit from using 3D GIS applications.

Jan Schoderer
Sales Director APAC
Microsoft / Vexcel Imaging GmbH
Austria


Bio
Jan Schoderer is working for Vexcel Imaging GmbH – a Microsoft company – as Sales Director APAC since July 2012 representing Microsoft’s photogrammetric business unit across the Asian & Pacific region. He is in charge of a vast channel network and related sales of Vexcel’s entire UltraCam and UltraMap line of products. Prior to Vexcel, he has been involved in GIS/RS related projects since the mid 90s, initially working on radio network planning for a major German mobile phone company. Shortly thereafter he permanently moved to Jakarta/Indonesia working for 5 years as a Project Manager and later General Manager for EarthLine - a regional mapping company with focus on high resolution satellite and airborne IFSAR data - where he managed over 60 people in large commercial mapping projects. In May 2007, Jan joined Intermap Technologies – a leading US based airborne Radar provider - working as Business Development and Channel Manager out of their Jakarta office. During his 5 year stint at Intermap, he was in charge of sales of all IFSAR related products and applications dealing with various government agencies as well as private sector companies throughout SE-Asia and Europe. Jan holds a Diploma in Physical Geography, Remote Sensing and Spatial Planning from Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich/Germany.

Abstract
Photogrammetry meets Oblique
Microsoft has announced two revolutionary products in 2013: firstly the new version of UltraMap. This version now allows to generate automatically 3D data such as point clouds or Digital Surface Models from aerial images; and secondly the UltraCam Osprey, a new and unique aerial camera system of the UltraCam camera family, combining a photogrammetric camera with additional oblique images. That makes the UltraCam Osprey THE perfect camera for 3D city modelling. The paper introduces the two new technologies in detail. It also describes, how the new technologies are being used to generate the 3D city models for BING maps and how the commercial remote sensing community can benefit from these new products.

Mika Salolahti
Business Development Manager
Terrasolid
Finland


Bio
Mika Salolahti, M.Sc., is the business development manager in the world leading LiDAR processing software company Terrasolid Ltd. He has over 25 years of experience in CAD, GIS and 3D modeling.

Abstract
Automatic 3D building modeling and wall texturing using LiDAR and oblique images
The presentation will show how to classify LiDAR point clouds and then automatically create 3D building models based on the classified building roof points. The 3D models are then checked against the aerial images and edited when necessary. Once the 3D models are ready wall textures are automatically generated from oblique images. Finally a flythrough animation is created.

Jean-Marc Gauthier
Chair, Animation and Digital Arts
New York University
Tisch School of the Arts Asia
Singapore

Bio
An animator, architect, author, entrepreneur and teacher, Jean-Marc's work addresses animation, interactivity and virtual spaces. Jean-Marc is the Chair of Singapore’s Animation and Digital Arts MFA program at New York University Tisch School of the Arts Asia. His interactive media artwork has been presented atvenues internationally including the American Museum of the Moving Image (NYC), the Institute of Fine Arts (NYC), Chelsea Art Museum (NYC), File Festival(Brazil), Ars Electronica Festival (Austria), Villette-Biennale Numérique (Paris), Le Cube, MAMAC (France), Siggraph Asia (Singapore) and DaeGu (South Korea). Jean-Marc's projects include 3D character animation and motion capture. They have ranged from a 3D interactive set design for the theater play "Cold Stone Dead Serious" at the Coleman Theater in Manhattan, and “NightHawks”, a 3D animation interacting with a large audience inside a public park. He has also collaborated on numerous scientific visualization projects, including the "Dynamic Virtual Patient’, a 3D interactive animation of the human body, the “Brain Project”, a 3D interactive animation of the brain and an interactive animation for exploring the genetic diversity of the world’s 10,000 bird species. He recently completed the design of an immersive display for the visualization of pedestrian crossings and street intersections for a project funded by the National Eye Institute (USA) and the University of Alabama (USA).

Faheem Khan
Vice President
Business Development HDS
Leica Geosystems
Singapore

Bio
Faheem brings a global perspective to his work, connecting Leica Geosystems with solutions providers, partners and end users world wide.Prior to Faheem's current role, he held management positions in technology and software firms with a focus on location-based service offerings.His experience spans over 15 years and covers APAC, EMEA, AMERICAS and includes areas in R&D, software engineering, strategic business development, channel development, sales, operations and marketing.

Abstract
High-Definition Surveying: The Next Leap Forward
High-Definition Surveying (HDS) combines 3D Laser Scanning, High Resolution Imagery, Surveying Workflow and Information Extraction software to deliver features and capabilities required for a number of industries; these include: Civil and Building Survey (including tunnelling and deformation studies), 3D City Modelling, Plant Engineering, Asset Management, Forensic and Security, Volumetric and Mining Survey through to Heritage and Archaeology and so on.Today HDS takes the next major leap and fuels the connectivity between the digital world and the real world, providing improved decision making capabilities through a series of Smart Solutions.This paper reviews the development of HDS, benefits and capabilities offered today and most importantly, looks at how everyone can take advantage of the technology and offer smarter capabilities to address our growing needs to do more with less.

Frank Bignone
Product Line Sales Director - GeoSpatial Processing Systems
AstriumGeo-Information Services
China


Bio
Frank Bignone from Astrium Geo-Information Services graduated in 1994 from the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis with a master degree of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics with the special distinction of the University. The same year, he also graduated from the High School of Computer and Sciences of Nice with an engineering degree in Computer Vision and Optics. During two years, he then worked as a researcher in the Zurich Federal Polytechnic (ETH) school for the Amobe project under the direction of Professor Olaf Kuebler and Professor Armin Gruen. His main achievement during that time was an automatic method to extract complex house roofs from airborne image, which was published in multiple journals and conferences. He then joined a French company named ISTAR where he developed new techniques for Digital Elevation Model certification. During that time he was involved in projects for stereo-matching, image segmentation, image geometry and SAR processing. In 1999, he was the project leader of the ProtoMap project, a new automatic mapping solution for large data volume, which leads in 2002 to the first Pixel Factory. He then used to be the business director of Pixel Factory. He introduces Street Factory in middle 2012 to generate photogrammetric quality 3D urban database and he is currently the international managing director of ASV Geo processing solutions.

Abstract
3D Mosaic, a New Generation of 3D Urban Database
During last few years, many developments have been done in order to generate semi-automatically three dimensional urban models from airborne imagery in combination with LIDAR height measurements ranging from simple box model with complex one with real texture. Today, new digital acquisition means are available like oblique camera and mobile mapping system. This paper will focus on the automated processing of those devices to generate a new kind of mapping products named 3D Mosaic. It has to be noted that processing of those information, specially the oblique and mobile mapping imageries is still a very tedious process. There are at least three main issues to overcome in order to have a highly automated production workflow: amount of data, geometry and generalization from 3D point cloud. This paper will present some techniques put in place in order to tackle those three issues and integrated into one solution named Street Factory which will tackle all those issues. Parallel GPU servers are demonstrated in order to process thousands of images in few hours. Advanced frame camera sensor model will be explained allowing precise geometric calibration of the camera (for both internal and external parameters). Thanks to this precise and fine geometric measurement, it is then possible to have full photogrammetric measurements between all different views and possible to merge airborne and ground images together during same flow. Demonstration of precise and full 3D point cloud generalization allowing generation of so-called 3D Mosaic will be shown through numerous examples. Those examples will clearly show fine and detailed 3D models in urban areas of building, trees, man-made object with full detail like chimneys, balconies.

Chamnan Kumsap
Researcher
Defence Technology Institute
Thailand


Bio
Dr.ChamnanKumsap is an air force group captain now working as a researcher of military simulation and training master plan of the Defence Technology Institute (Public Organiztion). He received BSc in Physical Chemistry from the Royal Thai Air Force Academy, in 1992, MSc in Geographical Information Systems from The University of Edinburgh, in 1998, and PhD in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems from Asian Institute of Technology in 2005.

Abstract
A Technical Report of Geo-Specific Simulation for Training Services: An RTA Point of View
This paper discusses the technical and strategic aspects of GIS - based scenario in a virtual small-arms simulator designed specifically for training services in the infantry of Royal Thai Army (RTA). The geo-specific shooting system is prototyped to demonstrate that research and development on military simulation and training with initial design and plan to get shooters acquainted with a geo-located scenario are best suited for the RTA infantry. GIS is employed to model whereabouts of a scenario and what objects exist in an environment and later on simulated in a manner that resembles reality. The approach is promising and technically sound from an infantry point of view whose maneuver operations mostly involve ultra close-range terrain visualization. Additionally, advantages of the GIS - based scenario for the geo-specific shooting system include the constitutive familiarity and constructive recognition of shooters towards interactively rendered scenes so highly that they managed to name correctly from which the scenarios were sampled and simulated. Most importantly, the report confirms that the geo-specific scenarios are an abstract of geography which is achieved through GIS - enabled techniques that connect geography to military simulation and training.

Shailesh Shankar
Manager, Sales Engineering
DigitalGlobe
India


Bio
Shailesh Shankar is Manager - Sales Engineering for Asia Pacific region of Digital Globe. Shailesh has been active in this field of Remote Sensing and GIS for the last 14 years. Shailesh has a Masters in Environmental Science. In the last 14 years, Shailesh has served various roles in the industry, managing presales, business development and project implementation with prominent companies namely Tata Consultancy Services, ESRI India and Rolta India. In the past 14 years Shailesh has gained a wide experience in various industry domains including Defense, Homeland Security, Utilities, Telecom, eGovernance, Environment & Forest etc.

Prof. Hasanuddin Z. Abidin
Head of Geodesy Research Division
Faculty of Earth Science and Technology
Institute of Technology Bandung
Indonesia

Bio
Hasanuddin Z. Abidin is a Professor and Head of Geodesy Research Division, Faculty of Earth Science and Technology, Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Indonesia. He obtained his Insinyur degree from Dept. of Geodetic Engineering, ITB in 1985, and his MSc.Eng and PhD degrees from the Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, Univ. of New Brunswick, Canada, in 1989 and 1992 respectively. His academic background is related to the theory and applications of satellite geodesy.

Abstract
On the Use of Terrestrial Laser Scanner for Volcanic Hazard Assessment
In the case of volcanic hazard assessment, Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS) can be used for precise 3D modeling of certain volcanic hotspot areas. It can be used for several purposes, e.g. volcano deformation monitoring and analysis, potential volcanic hazard evaluation and analysis, and for updating the volcanic hazard map of the areas. Volcano environment has unique and dynamic environment, either related to geomorphology, surface activity, or local atmospheric variation, which in turn will affect the quality of TLS data and results. This research investigates the quantitative relation between those volcano environment variables with the obtained quality of TLS point cloud and derived digital elevation model. A few volcano in West Java (Indonesia) are used as research objects for TLS measurements. This paper will present and analyze the obtained results. Potential prospects and limitation of TLS for volcanic hazard assessment are also discussed.

Dr. Jinwon Choi
Chief Executive Officer
Virtual Builders
South Korea


Bio
Dr.Jinwon Choi has spent much of his life devoted to researching and development BIM software. He has served as a professor at Ajou Univ.(1996~2000) &Yonsei Univ.(2000~2010) and CEO of Virtual Builders Inc.(2003~now) due to his excellent management skills and ability to encourage the growth of this well-known and successful company. Beginning his career through education, Jinwon Choi received Ph.D in architecture, the Ohio State University, USA. His business areas are in BIM software development;,FMS(space management, facility management, asset management), EMS(building energy management system, etc.), building security system, convergence to RFID/USN/Robot technology, 3D GIS and geospatial applications.

Abstract
Implementation of 3D Indoor Spatial Information System
Seoul City cooperates with Virtual Builders Corp. to build databases of indoor spatial information of its public buildings based on the standard of Indoor GML(Generalized Markup Language). It, meanwhile, creates more jobs as well as pioneers the field of indoor spatial information. Seoul City carried forward the project which called “Building the database of 3D indoor spatial information of public buildings in Seoul”. In relation to this, it employed 150 young citizens for 8 months from May to December in 2013.Having adopted 3D-Indoor GIS(Geographic Information System), the aim of this project is to create indoor spaces of 112 diverse public buildings in Seoul including government buildings and transfer stations.Seoul City expects that the database can be used for people’s safety, building management, security monitoring, fire protection and evacuation simulation. These applications are being shared with private companies and institutes to be utilized in many other fields.Moreover, Seoul City plans to create occupations for these 150 young employees who have advanced skill of 3D indoor spatial information management. In other words, it signed the MOU(Memorandum of Understanding) with companies and research institutes related to spatial information on July 31st in 2013.Virtual Builders, who is in charge of the technical support and is a member of OGC(Open Geospatial Consortium), works on Indoor GML SWG(Standard Working Group) as a professional Indoor GIS DB company.Virtual Builders Corp. provides technical supports, 3D space modelers which is designed for the standard of Indoor GML and Web Viewer for the public to access information.

Koichi Sakai
Section Manager
Satellite Business Division, Application Technology Department 1, Technology Section 2
PASCO, Japan


Bio
Koichi Sakai has been engaged with aerial survey for many years. As a consequence of the experience, he is particularly high skilled with creating ortho images. He is now mainly working on management of technologies and creating ortho images using imagery data from earth observation satellites. Furthermore, as a new attempt, he is working on making 3D model.He is always challenging new steps and never knows giving up those challenges.

Abstract
Utilization of Photographs taken by Oblique Camera and 3D Modelling
PASCO will be starting a 3D geospatial infrastructure service by generating 3D model, based on Oblique camera. Images are collected through variousmethods: using a camera that can be installed on Cessna and simultaneouslycaptures the target from both one nadir and five different oblique anglesall at once; and by taking photos from a helicopter, utilizing a handheldcamera. With a usage of Cessna, 3D model can be generated via imagesphotographed on a vast range. On the other hand, to compose 3D models usingimages taken from a helicopter, targets are narrow downed within a limitedrange.From 3D basis data gathered mainly from these two techniques, we willexamine the characteristics and deliberate the utilization of the 3D model.Moreover, not only the Oblique camera will be used to generate 3D model, butalso to apply a vertical and diagonal photograph itself to some other use;and expand the service by combining with conventional DSM and ORTHO.

M. Lorraine Tighe
Director
Geospatial Solutions DES Consulting
Singapore


Bio
Dr. Tighe has a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences, a Graduate Diploma in Remote Sensing, and a B.Sc. in Physics/Geology. She has delivered lectures training program in USA, Canada, Jamaica, Brazil, Ecuador, Honduras, England, Scotland, Poland, Germany, Amsterdam, Spain, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, China, Turkey, and Australia.

Abstract
Asia Pacific DEMs Availability for Geospatial Solutions
Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) provide fundamental information that is required for many 3D geospatial risk hazard and mitigation modeling applications. The Asia Pacific region, which makes up 30% of the Earth’s land mass and experiences 45% of the world’s natural disasters, yet this region has limited access to consistent homogenous and affordable DEM for natural disaster and risk assessment modeling. The demand for nation-wide high-quality and low-cost elevation data for many geospatial applications is therefore escalating. Many methodologies are currently being used to generate DEMs at various scales, details, and accuracy. Foremost among these technologies are the use of stereo photogrammetry, light detection and ranging (LiDAR), stereo radargrammetry based on synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images, and interferometric SAR methods. These technologies are generating high resolution surface and terrain elevation models which play a critical role in applications such as climate modeling, forest inventory, flood analysis, topographic mapping, land and fire applications, and biomass studies. In this presentation, we discuss the various vertical accuracies and sources of elevation data available for the Asia Pacific region to equip users with the knowledge needed in deciding which DEM is most suitable for their applications. Having this knowledge empowers users to be more aware of DEM technologies, available elevation data in their region, and appreciate the feasibility of utilizing such data for their projects.