Geospatial Knowledge Transfer: Old and New in Geospatial Information Education for Asia


An Antique River Map on a Wooden Panel (Gansu, China, ca. 239 BC)

Venue: Room Z207, Block Z, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Time: 9:00am, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024

Chair: Tao Wang, The ICA Commission on Education and Training

9:00am, Opening Remarks, Georg Gartner, The ICA President

9:10am, Cartographic Body of Knowledge – How Can We Engage the Cartographic Community? Terje Midtbø, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

9:30am, Making Space for Cartography in Geospatial Education in Australia, Amy Griffin, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University

9:50am, Reflections on 25 Years of Online Geospatial Education at Penn State, Anthony Robinson, Pennsylvania State University

10:10am, A Living Structure Based Approach to the Generalization of Digital Elevation Models, Bin Jiang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

10:30am, Cartographic and Geospatial Information Education: Transformation in the Era of AI , Tao Wang, Capital Normal University

10:50am, Panel Discussion