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The following topics are dealt with: cartography; map generalization; data models; representation and visualization of geospatial data; data acquisition and processing; remotely sensed data; information extraction; satellite positioning technology and location based service; Web GIS; spatial decision support systems; soil moisture; forests and vegetation; wetlands and inland waters; agroecosystems; ocean biology; ocean color; water quality; ocean surface winds and currents; ocean temperature and salinity; ocean altimetry; precipitation and clouds; numerical weather prediction and data assimilation; atmospheric sounding; aerosols and atmospheric chemistry; cryosphere; land ice and snow; sea ice; image processing techniques; classification and data mining; geographic information science; government and public GIS; land use and land cover change; digital earth and virtual geographic environment; climate changes and global environment; health; urban and built environment; urban dynamics; environmental criminology and crime simulation; geo-simulation; geology and solid earth; pollution and contamination; unexploded ordnance and landmine remediation; microwave scattering and propagation; optical and infrared modeling; sensors and platforms; SAR instruments, missions and calibration; SAR processing; active microwave; radiometer instruments and calibration; lidar sensors; passive optical and hyperspectral sensors; UAV and airborne platforms; education and policy; and data management and systems.