Shigeru ARAKI, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan Michihisa UMEKAWA, Center for Integrated Area Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan Re-defining the area on GIS - Ideas behind photo database for integrated area studies.

Long Bui Ta, Institute of Environment and Resources, Vietnam National University of Hochiminh city Quynh Ha Le, Institute of Environment and Resources, Vietnam National University of Hochiminh city Tung Luu Minh, Institute of Environment and Resources, Vietnam National University of Hochiminh city Hieu Duong Ngoc, University of Technology, Vietnam National University of Hochiminh city BUILDING UP AIR QUALITY FORECAST MODEL IN HO CHI MINH CITY USING GIS AND NEUTRAL NETWORK TECHNOLOGY

	Long Bui Ta, Institute of Environment and Resources, Vietnam National University of Hochiminh city Truong Cao Duy, Institute of Environment and Resources, Vietnam National University of Hochiminh city Loi Le Lan, Hue university of Science BUILDING UP A TOOL FOR INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT IN DA NANG CITY

	Luong Chinh Ke, Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Photogrammetry and Cartography ORTHORECTIFICATION ACCURACIES OF VHRS IMAGERY UNDER THE CHARACTERISTICS GROUND CONTROL POINTS

	Luong Chinh Ke, Institute of Photogrammetry and Cartography, Institute of Photogrammetry and Cartography EVALUATING ACCURACIES OF PARAMETRICAL AND RPC MODELS FOR ORTHORECTIFICATING VERY HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERIES

	Long Do Van, Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Information Technology Tuyet Dao Van, Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Information Technology Duan Ho Dinh, Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Physics An approaching to research and develop Geoinformatics base on open source systems

Ho Dinh Duan, Department of Cartography-GIS-Remote Sensing, Faculty of Geography - HCM City University of Social Science and Humanities, Vietnam Pham Bach Viet, Geo-Informatiion and Remote Sensing Division, Institute of Physics HCMC, Vietnam Venkatesh Raghavan, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan Mamoru Shibayama, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 46 Shimoadachi-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan Using satellite imagery to study spatial urban expansion of Hanoi city

	okuku ediang, GIS/REMOTE SENSING Networking:A management strategy for Future of Remote Sensing & GIS Integration in Nigeria

	okuku ediang, GIS/REMOTE SENSING REARCH AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN future of Remote Sensing & GIS Integration in Nigeria.

	Mohamed ElShayal A GIS, GPS, Database, Internet GIS software

	Cornelia Glaesser, Martin Luther University Halle, Institute of Geography, Germany INTEGRATED MULTISCALE AND MULTITEMPORAL REMOTE SENSING AND GIS SYSTEM FOR ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF LIGNITE OPEN CAST MINING ACTIVITIES IN CENTRAL GERMANY

	Huynh Thi Minh HANG, Vietnam National University HCMC Mistuo ICHIKAWA , ASAFAS, Kyoto University Closing address

	Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Information Technology Institute, VNUH Phan The Hung, Information Technology Institute, VNUH Comparative Research on Video Formats and Application in Processing of Video Data for the Project of Historical GIS of 1000 Years Thanglong –Hanoi

	Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Information Technology Institute, VNUH Using Javascript for Some Interactive Operations in Virtual Geographic Model with GeoVRML

Nguyen Hoa Binh, Graduate School for Creative Cities, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan Raghavan Venkatesh, Graduate School for Creative Cities, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan Ninsawat Sarawut, Graduate School for Creative Cities, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan Mamoru Shibayama, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Implementing Spatially Enabled Portal and Content Management Systems

	Viet Anh Hoang, University of Newcastle upon Tyne Remote-sensing monitoring of desertification using ASTER and ENVISAT ASAR: case study at semi-arid area of Vietnam

	Dinh Ho Tong Minh, Department of Geomatics Enginreeing, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology Surface Emissivity in Determining Land Surface Temperature

	Susumu Iai, Director, Institute of Sustainability Science/Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

	Mistuo ICHIKAWA, ASAFAS, Kyoto University Closing address

suprajaka jaka, Researcher at The Center for Marine Natural Resources Survey, National Coordinating Agency for Survey and Mapping (BAKOSURTANAL) Indonesia suwahyuono wahyu, Head of The Center for Marine Natural Resources Survey, National Coordinating Agency for Survey and Mapping (BAKOSURTANAL) Indonesia A. Ari Dartooyo Ari, Researcher at The Center for Marine Natural Resources Survey, National Coordinating Agency for Survey and Mapping (BAKOSURTANAL) Indonesia Geographical Marine Resource Information System Applied Coastal Zone Management in Indonesia

	Akihiko KOTERA, NIAES; National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences Toshihiro SAKAMOTO, NIAES; National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences Masayuki YOKOZAWA, NIAES; National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences Detecting spatial pattern of rice cropping schedules using time-series satellite images in the Red River Delta, Vietnam

	MINH NHAT Le, DDMFC_MARD Establishment of Intensity-Duration-Frequency curves

Surat Lertlum, Mathematics and Computer Science Department, Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy Panjai Tantatsanawong, Silpakorn university Ang Choulean, APSARA Authority, Cambodia Im Sokrithy, APSARA Authority, Cambodia Pongdhan Sampaongen , Fine Art Department, Thailand Warawutti Lohawijarn, Prince of Songkla University Living Angkor Road : Integrated Geo-informatics Approach for Archaeological Study

	TRUNG LE VAN , Department of Geomatics Engineering, HoChiMinh City University of Technology (HCMUT) MINH NGUYEN THANH, Geo-Information and Remote Sensing Division, HoChiMinh City Institute of Physics (IOPH), Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) MAPPING LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE (LST) FROM SATELLITE IMAGERIES. CASE STUDY IN HOCHIMINH CITY

	Ngoc Minh Ly, Industrial University HCMC Van Quan Nguyen, Sub – Institute For Labour Safety – HCMC Xuan Thang Dinh, Institute For Environment and Resources Study and apply the Pasquill-Gifford puff model to calculate the dispersion of the hazard substance in the air for assessing the environmental risk caused by the receiver of the liquid petroleum gas (LPG)

	Pham Thi Mai Thy, Geo-Informatics and Remote Sensing Division, HCMC Institute of Physics, HCMC Ho Dinh Duan, Geo-Informatics and Remote Sensing Division, HCMC Institute of Physics, HCMC A Study On The Potential Of Applying Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (Modis) For Detecting Land Cover Change In The Mekong Delta

Shinji Masumoto, Department of Geosciences, Osaka City University Susumu Nonogaki, Department of Geosciences, Osaka City University Tatsuya Nemoto, Department of Geosciences, Osaka City University Kiyoji Shiono, Department of Geosciences, Osaka City University Venkatesh Raghavan, Graduate School for Creative Cities, Osaka City University Development of Visualization Tool for Geologic Information on GRASS GIS

	Phan Minh Thu, Dept. Marine Environment & Ecology; Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Application of Remote Sensing and GIS Tools for Recognizing Changes of Mangrove Forests in Ca Mau Province

	Le Minh Vinh, Faculty of Geography, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hochiminh city PROPOSITIONAL SOLUTION FOR DATA CLASSIFICATION IN THEMATIC MAPPING

	Muneki Mitamura, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University Kayo Yamamoto, Department of Geosciences, Osaka City University Takehiko Nishio, Department of Geosciences, Osaka City University Evaluation and detection of filled up inland water area by comparison between old and new topographic maps in Osaka, Japan

	Ferdenant Mkrtchyan, IRE RAS Vladimir Krapivin, IRE RAS Microwave Radiometry Technology for the Nature-Society System Biocomplexity Assessment

	Ferdenant Mkrtchyan, Institute ò Radioengineering And Electronics, RAS Vladimir Krapivin, Institute ò Radioengineering And Electronics, RAS Expert system for the operative environment diagnostics

	Ferdenant Mkrtchyan, IRE RAS Vladimir Krapivin, IRE RAS AN ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY GEOINFORMATION MONITORING OF THE ENVIRONMENT

	Habib-ur-Rehman Mughal, Professor, Civil Engineering Department, UET, Lahore Srikantha Herath , United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan. Naeem Akhtar , Civil Engineering Department, UET, Lahore EVALUATING SENSITIVE CALIBRATING PARAMETERS OF A REGIONAL SCALE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODEL

	Habib-ur-Rehman Mughal, Professor, CED, UET, Lahore Srikantha Herath , United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan. Abdul Ghaffar , Civil Engineering Department, BZU, Multan MODELING SEDIMENT YIELDS AT REGIONAL SCALE

	Yoshikatsu NAGATA, Graduate School for Creative Cities, Osaka City University A Spatial Information System for Use in Sociological Field Surveys: Prototype Experiments in Northeast Thailand

	Nguyen Quang Ngoc, Vietnam National University, Hanoi Truong Xuan Luan, Faculty of Information Technology, Hanoi University of Mining and Geology APPLYING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN RESEARCHING AND TEACHING VIETNAM HISTORY

	Tran Ngoc Minh, Osaka City University Kiyoji Shiono, Osaka City University Shinji Masumoto, Osaka City University Application of General Cubic B-Spline Function for Geological Surface Simulation

	Van Dai Nguyen, Faculty of Geology, Hanoi University of Science, Hanoi, Vietnam Van Quynh Phan, Faculty of Geology, Hanoi University of Science, Hanoi, Vietnam Thi Hong Nguyen, Faculty of Geology, Hanoi University of Science, Hanoi, Vietnam REMOTE SENSING INTERPRETATION AND GIS MODELING FOR THE STUDY OF WATER RESOURCES IN THE HIGHLANDS OF DONG VAN - MEO VAC, VIETNAM

	Kim Loi Nguyen, Nong Lam University, Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Decision Support System (DSS) and GIS for Sustainable Watershed Management in Dong Nai Watershed-Vietnam

	Van Truong Nguyen, Center for Simulation Technology, Military Technical Academy Minh Duc Nguyen RECREATING HISTORICAL MONUMENT BY VIRTUAL REALITY

	Hong Quan Nguyen , Institute for Environment and Resources - vietnam University of Ho Chi Minh city Tom Rientjes, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation Ben Maathuis, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation GEO-INFORMATICS FOR IMPROVED RAINFALL – RUNOFF MODELING AT WATERSHED SCALE

	Minh Nguyen Dinh, Hanoi University of Science POINT DATABASE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE HEALTHMAPPER GIS APPLICATION IN VIETNAM

	Minh Nguyen Dinh MAPPING VEGETATION USING LANDSAT DATA IN BA VI DISTRICT, HA TAY PROVINCE, VIETNAM

	Trung Nguyen Hieu, College of Technology, Can Tho University L.Q. Tri, College of Agriculture, Can Tho University M.E.F. van Mensvoort, Wageningen University, The Netherlands A.K. Bregt, Wageningen University, The Netherlands Application of GIS in Land-Use Planning. A case study in the Coastal Mekong Delta of Vietnam

	Thach Nguyen Ngoc , Centre for applied of Remote sensing and GIS ( CARGIS), University of Science, Viet Nam National University, Ha Noi Tai Nguyen Dinh, Centre for applied of Remote sensing and GIS ( CARGIS), University of Science, Viet Nam National University, Ha Noi Application of salinity index for determine salinization in coastal zone of hai phong city

	Sarawut Ninsawat, Graduate School for Creative Cities, Osaka City University Venkatash Raghavan, Graduate School for Creative Cities, Osaka City University Masumoto Shinji, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University Yann Chemin, School of Engineering and Technology, Asian Institute of Technology From GrassLinks to Web Processing services with GRASS GIS

	Akiko Noda, Office of Space Applications, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Yasushi Yamaguchi, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Nagoya University Characterizing urban sprawl and its impacts by utilizing a simple spatial metric in a medium sized city of Japan

	Susumu Nonogaki, Department of Geosciences, Osaka City University Kiyoji Shiono, Department of Geosciences, Osaka City University Shinji Masumoto, Department of Geosciences, Osaka City University Masafumi Ekawa, Department of Geosciences, Osaka City University An algorithm of surface estimation using cubic B-spline fuction for geologic modeling

	Yousuke Noumi, Okayama University of Science Keiichi Nishimura, Okayama University of Science Jyunpei Akamatsu, Disaster Prevention Research Institute Kyoto University Natural gamma ray spectrometry for Yata active fault area

	Carlos Pascual, Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture and Forestry, Mariano Marcos State University GEOINFORMATICS MAPPING OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS IN THE PHILIPPINES

	Minh Hai Pham , Nagoya University, Japan Yasushi Yamaguchi, Nagoya University, Japan Monitoring land cover change of the Hanoi city center under impacts of urbanization by using remote sensing

	Le Phuoc Thanh, VidaGIS CO., Ltd., 05 Láng Hạ- Hà Nội GIS-Database forwater supply and waste water management

	Hoang Quang Vinh, Institute of Geological Sciences, Vietnam Academy of Sciences and Technologies, Dong Da, Hanoi Phan Trong Trinh Nguyen Van Huong Ngo Van Liem Le Minh Tung REMOTE SENSING AND GIS FOR SEISMIC RISK ASSESSMENT IN HOA BINH HYDROPOWER DAM

	Venkatesh Raghavan, Graduate School for Creative Cities, Osaka City University Shinji Masumoto, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University David Hastings, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics - Present Status and Future Prospects

	Toshihiro Sakamoto, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences Nhan Van Nguyen Hiroyuki Ohno Naoki Ishitsuka Akihiko Kotera Masayuki Yokozawa Detecting cropping pattern change using time-series satellite images in Vietnam: the Mekong Delta

	Mamoru SHIBAYAMA, Center for SouthEast Asian Studies, Kyoto University Opening address

	Shinya TAKEDA , Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan Reiji SUZUKI, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan Hla Maung Thein, Forest Department, Yangon, Myanmar Three-year monitoring of shifting cultivation fields in a Karen area of the Bago Mountains, Myanmar.

	Mai Thanh Tan, Institute of Geological Sciences, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Dong Da, Hanoi Phan Trong Trinh Nguyen Van Huong Andre Ozer REMOTE SENSING IN STUDY OF HAI PHONG COASTAL ZONE

	Huynh Thi Minh Hang, IER Kazuyo Hirose Nguyen Hoang Anh, IER Studying the impacts of man-made topography on Mangrove forest – Case study of Cangio area, HCMC-Vietnam

	Tran Thi Quynh Chi, Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agricultural and Rural Development APPLICATION OF GIS TECHNIQUES ON AGRICULTURAL CROP MONITORING

	Le Thi Quynh Ha, Institute for Environment and Resources Modeling influence of water object to air pollution distribution by stacks for support to planning

	Dang Van To, Department of Oceanology - Meteorology - Hydrology University of Natural Sciences, 227 Nguyen Van Cu Dist. 5, HoChiMinh City, Vietnam Pham Thi Phuong Thao A SHORELINE ANALYSIS USING DSAS IN NAM DINH COASTAL AREA

	Roberto Torra, Departamento de Geociencias. Facultad de Ingeniería. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste Thematic 1:100,000 base-map of San Fernando, Donovan, Libertad and 1º de Mayo territories at the Northeastern Chaco Province, Argentina. Fundamental study-case through the use of LANDSAT TM 5 images

	Roberto Torra, Departamento de Geociencias. Facultad de Ingeniería. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste Application of LANDSAT TM 5 images to supervised and non-supervised classifications in the northeastern region of Argentina (South America). Creating proxies to automatic natural resources monitoring in mid-detail scales

	Van Anh Tran, Osaka city university Shinji MASUMOTO , Osaka city university Kiyoji SHIONO , Osaka city university Venkatesh RAGHAVAN, Osaka city university ACCURACY OF TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS DERIVED FROM JERS-1 SAR INTERFEROMETRY

V. Y Tran, Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Natural Sciences and Technology T. Long Nguyen, Department of Landscape Ecology, Institute of Geography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Techology T. Tuan Nguyen, Department of Landscape Ecology, Institute of Geography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Techology T.T. Hien Le, Department of Landscape Ecology, Institute of Geography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Techology Simon Watkinson, Department of Landscape Ecology, Institute of Geography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Techology GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM AND REMOTE SENSING DATA BASED FOR MAPPING ECOLOGICAL UNIT IN MANAGEMENT OF COASTAL SANDY SOIL IN CENTRAL VIETNAM

	Binh Tran Quoc, Geography Faculty, Hanoi University of Science, VNU Thuy Le Phuong, Geography Faculty, Hanoi University of Science, VNU DEVELOPMENT OF HANOI BUS INFORMATION SYSTEM

	Duc Tran Trong, Dept. of Geoinformatics, Polytechnique University HCMC, Vietnam USING GIS AND AHP TECHNIQUE FOR LAND-USE SUITABILITY ANALYSIS

	Dung Tran Tuan, Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics- Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology Thu Trinh Hoai, Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics- Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology INTEGRATED APPROACH OF GIS AND GEOPHYSICS TO OIL-GAS EXPLORATION IN THE SOUTHEAST VIETNAM CONTINENTAL SHELF

	Nitin Tripathi, Asian Institute of Technology Nyoman Radiarta MONITORING CHANGES IN CORAL REEF AND OTHER BENTHIC HABITATS USING REMOTELY SENSED DATA AND GIS

	Quang Truong Xuan, Hanoi University of Ming and Geology Ha Nhu Viet, Faculty of Information Technology, HanoiUniversity of Mining and Geology Luan Truong Xuan, Faculty of Information Technology, HanoiUniversity of Mining and Geology The problem of the data collection and database of the historical and cultural sites in Hanoi using GIS

	Luan Truong Xuan , Hanoi University of Ming and Geology Nhu Viet Ha, Hanoi University of Ming and Geology Quang Truong Xuan, Hanoi University of Ming and Geology GIS, remote sensing and mathematical models in combination to study landslide: a case study of the Bo river catchments in Thua Thien Hue province of Central of Vietnam

	Tran Thi Van, Institute for Environment and Resources, Vietnam National University Hochiminh City, Vietnam Urban Expansion and Loss of Agricultural Land in The North of Hochiminh City: a GIS and Remote Sensing Approach

	Pham Bach Viet, Department of Cartography-GIS-Remote Sensing, Faculty of Geography - HCM City University of Social Science and Humanities Study on potential of medium and high resolution satellite imageries for forest vegetation mapping - A case of semi-evergreen forest in South Viet Nam

	Horst Wessel, Moskito-GIS , Germany Van Vuong Minh Q. Dam Web-Based GIS-usage in tourism

	Yasushi Yamaguchi, Nagoya University Akiyoshi Kato, Nagoya University Soushi Kato, Nagoya University Assessment of water and temperature stresses of vegetation in urban areas by ASTER

	Yasushi Yamaguchi, Nagoya University Estimation of carbon and heat fluxes by remote sensing

	Go Yonezawa, CSEAS, Kyoto University Mamoru Shibayama, CSEAS, Kyoto University Daisuke Yoshida, Osaka City University Venkatesh Raghavan, Osaka City University Spatiotemporal Mapping of Cultural Heritage in Hanoi City

Daisuke Yoshida, Osaka City University Sarawut Ninsawat, Osaka City University Maryanne Darauay, National Economic and Development Authority II Milagros Rimando, National Economic and Development Authority II Regional Development Council II , Regional Development Council II Venkatesh Raghavan, Osaka City University Development of Open Web-GIS Prototype for Regional Geographic Information Network Project in the Philippines Region II