On behalf of Asia GIS Association, we welcome your contribution and participation to ASIA GIS 2008 and KAGIS fall symposium.

In the era of ubiquitous network society and information “explosion”, expected functionalities and roles of GIS are rapidly changing. In addition, emergence of second generation GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) in mid 2010’s will accelerate the changes. Traditionally, GIS is regarded as a tool of generating and analyzing digital maps. Future GIS will be a common social platform based on location and position to help people and machine find, integrate and share information. With the combination with GNSS and other ground-based positioning systems, it will serve as a platform to provide location-based or context-based services on the real time basis not only to human users but also to robots and intelligent vehicles. Asia is leading next generation GIS research, development and implementation.

We welcome your visit to Busan and contribution to ASIA GIS 2008 to advance geo-spatial science and technology for the future.

On behalf of the organizing committee, it is our pleasure to inform you that the ASIA GIS 2008 & KAGIS fall symposium will be held on 26~27 September, 2008 at Haeundae Grand Hotel, Busan in Korea.

The Conference is jointly organized by the AGISA(Asia GIS Association) and KAGIS(The Korea Association of Geographic Information on Studies). We would like to invite you, your partners and colleagues to join us in the ASIA GIS 2008 & KAGIS fall symposium and make the conference a success.

Your support and participation in the conference will further help to promote the applications of GIS, satellite image and other related spatial information technologies and to find opportunities in an era of UbiGIS world for surfing the next wave in Korea and the Asia region.

February 2008

Sincerely Yours,