Dear All, Little over a month is left before the GIS-IDEAS Symposium is held from in Hanoi 25-28 September, 2002. I would like to express my personal thanks to all the participants for submitting very interesting papers to the Symposium. The Proceeding volume for GIS-IDEAS (about 60 full-papers covering 350 pages) has been just finalized and dispatched to the printers. The Proceeding will be made available to the participants at the Symposium venue. The GIS-IDEAS web-site has also been updated and is available at http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gisideas/ The program for the GIS-IDEAS has also been almost finalized and can be viewed (also downloaded) for the above mentioned web-site. The program that is presently made available is subject to some minor changes. The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of GIS-IDEAS 2002 has recently decided that *No Registration Fee* will be charged to participants and who have pre-registered for the GIS-IDEAS Symposium. LOC is also arranging for field trip during the GIS-IDEAS Symposium. Interested participants wishing to take part in either of the field trip mentioned below can please send your request to the Symposium Secratariat before 10th September, 2002. -------------------------------------------------------------- Field Trip Date: 28th September(Saturday) , 2002 Field trip A: 8:30-16:30 Field Workshop along Red River (Charge USD 30, includes working lunch) Field Trip B: 7:30-18:30 Visit to UNESCO World Heritage Site in Halong Bay (Charge USD 50 includes lunch) Contact Point: GISIDEAS Symposium Secretariat E-mail:hmh@netnam.vn Web:http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gisideas/ Hanoi University of Mining and Geology Dong Ngac, Tu Liem, Hanoi, Vietnam phone +84-4-838-9940 fax +84-4-838-9633 --------------------------------------------------------------- Payment for the field trip can be made at the GIS-IDEAS Registration Desk on 25th September, 2002. Should you need any local assistance such as Hotel reservation air-port pick-up etc., please contact the GIS-IDEAS Symposium Secretariat. Looking forward to seeing you all in Hanoi at the GIS-IDEAS Symposium. Kind regards Raghavan -- --------------------------------------------------- Dr. Venkatesh Raghavan GIS-IDEAS & JVGC Co-Coordinator