Taking the benefits of geographic information technologies: Proceedings Applied Geoinformatics for Society and Environment 2009 (AGSE Conferences) (Volume 2)

Applied Geoinformatics for Society and Environment (AGSE) is an interdisciplinary, international forum for sharing knowledge about the application of Geoinformatics with focus on application and on developing countries. This volume comprises the contributions to AGSE 2009, held in Stuttgart / Germany, covering scientific and application oriented topics from seven broad themes of current relevance to geoinformatics, viz., (1) Environmental issues, sustainable development, millennium development goals, (2) Photogrammetry, earth observation systems, information extraction, (3) Spatial data infrastructures, E-Cadastre, (4) Internet-based applications, Open Source solutions (5) LiDAR data analysis and 3D visualisation, (6) Alumni experiences and business development and (7) Disaster and risk management, flood modelling, hazard prevention.