Message from the conference co-chairs

The Geoinformatics conference series was initiated by the International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Sciences (CPGIS) in 1992. Since then, this annual international conference has provided a unique forum for the professionals worldwide in the field of geoinformatics to exchange ideas and knowledge. The 20th Geoinformatics conference, Geoinformatics 2012, was held on June 15–17, 2012 in Hong Kong, China. The conference was co-organized by the Institute of Space and Earth Information Science at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the National Remote Sensing Center of China, and CPGIS.