CoastGls'99: geomatics and coastal environment
weil as building on and further consolidating inter-personal and interagency linkages made during the course of the meeting, it was felt that
such an initiative might also lead to the creation of actual tools of
practical benefit to anyone tasked with developing integrated, and
international, coastal management policies.
Ir was also suggested that the conclusions of these symposia might be
drafted in English and French. They could then be made available, as
part of a broader "outreach" and lobbying initiative to decision-makers,
policy analysts and ail others who work on the co-ordination of (coastal)
geographic information in our respective countries and at the European
Commission. The fact that CoastGIS is jointly sponsored by two of
the major international scientific bodies in relevant fields, namely the
Commission on Coastal Systems of the International Geographical
Union, and the Commission on Marine Cartography of the International
Cartographic Association rèspectively, underscores and emphasizes the
influence that such an initiative could potentiaily have in helping to
shape future coastal management strategies.
Finaily, in spite of the quality of the presentations shown at CoastGIs'99, it was felt by sorne delegates that training programmes and
other "technology transfer" problems had been somewhat overlooked
when the contents and format of the meeting were decided on. Given
that these are also very important issues, a suggestion was made that
sessions devoted to these issues should be explicitly built in to the
programme for the next CoastGIS meeting, due to take place in Halifax,
Nova Scotia, in 2001.
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weil as building on and further consolidating inter-personal and interagency linkages made during the course of the meeting, it was felt that
such an initiative might also lead to the creation of actual tools of
practical benefit to anyone tasked with developing integrated, and
international, coastal management policies.
Ir was also suggested that the conclusions of these symposia might be
drafted in English and French. They could then be made available, as
part of a broader "outreach" and lobbying initiative to decision-makers,
policy analysts and ail others who work on the co-ordination of (coastal)
geographic information in our respective countries and at the European
Commission. The fact that CoastGIS is jointly sponsored by two of
the major international scientific bodies in relevant fields, namely the
Commission on Coastal Systems of the International Geographical
Union, and the Commission on Marine Cartography of the International
Cartographic Association rèspectively, underscores and emphasizes the
influence that such an initiative could potentiaily have in helping to
shape future coastal management strategies.
Finaily, in spite of the quality of the presentations shown at CoastGIs'99, it was felt by sorne delegates that training programmes and
other "technology transfer" problems had been somewhat overlooked
when the contents and format of the meeting were decided on. Given
that these are also very important issues, a suggestion was made that
sessions devoted to these issues should be explicitly built in to the
programme for the next CoastGIS meeting, due to take place in Halifax,
Nova Scotia, in 2001.
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