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Moscow, December 6 - 7, 2007  The 7th Annual International Conference and Exposition 'Laser Scanning and Digital Aerial Photography. Today and Tomorrow' was held in the President Hotel, Moscow, December 6-7, 2007. The event was attended by 250 participants, including 170 seniors and high-rank officials, from 19 countries. This year delegates from Uzbekistan State Committee for Land Management, Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre as well as delegates from Azerbaijan State Committee for Land Management and Cartography attended the conference. CIS countries are making huge strives to improve economic situation in their regions and they are currently facing quite a number of really burning issues that are to be solved on a state level: land inventory, facilities planning (industrial and urban), environmental monitoring. In this respect up-to-date geospatial information is the key factor for implementation of the above tasks and sustainable development of any region. The conference provided a platform for knowledge and experience sharing - delegates presented their reports bringing up the most up-to-date issues in Geodesy, Surveying, Mapping and Topography. This year ISPRS Council members participated in the conference. Orhan Altan, Secretary General, John C. Trinder, First Vice President, Stanley Morain, Treasurer made their speeches. Dr. Franz Leberl's presentation came to be a real surprise for the conference attendees. The founder of Microsoft Photogrammetry announced the development strategy of Virtual Earth Project. Presentations were made by Miles Taylor (Aerodata International Surveys), Anders Ekelund (Airborne Hydrography AB), Dr. Miklos Gross (Eurosense), Hannu Korpela (Terrasolid), Nikolaus Studnicka (RIEGL LMS), Dr. Hans Joachim Hellmeier (Rollei GmbH), Dr. Sergey Kadnichanskiy, (Geokosmos), Valentin Zaitsev and Mikhail Druzhinin (Leica Geosystems) and many others. Another feature of the 7th Conference was the participation of satellite imaging companies. It demonstrates a good tendency of potential convergence and interaction of the two segments of geodetic market that were formerly opposed to each other, i.e. aerial surveying and RS. The Conference hosted an exposition demonstrating the latest innovations on the geodetic market, up-to-date equipment for aerial and terrestrial survey, software products. Among the exhibiting companies were Russian commercial, scientific and educational organizations as well as well-known overseas companies such as Airborne Hydrography AB (Sweden), Terrasolid Ltd. (Finland). Page 1 of 1
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