
19 May 2008, 9:17am
Service-Oriented Software Research Network (SOSoRNET) and Centre for Geospatial Science, University of Nottingham are organising a two day workshop on geospatial web services which will be held at the University of Nottingham on 16th & 17th June 2008.
Participation in the workshop is free but limited to 50 people on first come registration basis. In order to reserve your place, please register online at
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/geography/geowebservices/
The key aims of this workshop are:
1. to hear presentations from leading academic and industry players on their research on geospatial web services technology
2. to network and develop ideas for future collaborative research in geospatial web services
3. to understand current developments in geospatial web services with focus on generalization and schematization research.
Organisations making presentations include CGS Nottingham, Ordnance Survey, ITC Netherlands, ESRI, University of Zurich, CASA UCL, CORILA
Italy, e-Science Centre and the University of Cardiff.
Please contact me for any information required.
Dr Suchith Anand
Centre for Geospatial Science
Sir Clive Granger Building
University of Nottingham
Tel: (0)115 846 8408

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