Chair Professor Inaugural Lecture

Chair
Professor
Inaugural
Lecture
With Attendance
Certificate
From Paper Maps to Google Earth:
Scientific Advancement and Roles in Human
Knowledge Representation
by Prof. Zhilin Li
Chair Professor in Geo-Informatics
Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
Date: 21 November 2014 (Fri)
Time: 6:00p.m. to 7:00p.m.
Venue: Room HJ303, PolyU
Fee: Free of Charge
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Abstract
It has been widely recognized that map is one of the three ancient communication means (other two are
natural language and music). Since very ancient time, maps have found applications in various
disciplines such business, construction, environment, international relations, military, planning, politics,
resources management and social sciences. The advent of Google Earth has made public use of maps
popular. In this presentation, illustrations will be given on how maps can be utilized to represent human
knowledge (about the concepts, facts, attributes, status and relations of natural/social
events/phenomena); key theoretical and technological issues in map-based representations such as
Google Earth will then be examined; examples will be given on how the presenter has tackled some of
the key issues (both in theory and methodology), leading to a number of national and international
awards; and some personal views will be given on future development.
About the Speaker
Prof. Zhilin Li is a chair professor of Geo-Informatics at the Department of Land Surveying and
Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He joined The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University in 1996 as assistant professor, and was promoted to associate professor in 1998, to
professor in 2003 and to chair professor in 2013.
His main research areas are theories of digital cartography, digital terrain modelling and feature
extraction from remote sensing images. His research achievement has been well-recognized nationally
and internationally. As a result, he has been presented with the Schwidefsky Award by the International
Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) in 2004, National Natural Science Award by
Central Government of China in 2004, the Gino Cassinis Award by ISPRS in 2008, and DSc (Doctor of
Science) by the University of Glasgow in 2009 ( http://www.lsgi.polyu.edu.hk/staff/ZL.Li/index.htm).
He holds a BSc (1982) from Southwest Jiaotong University and a PhD (1990) from the University of
Glasgow (UK). Prior to his appointment at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1996, he had been
a lecturer at Curtin University of Technology (Australia), research fellows at Berlin University of
Technology (Germany) and University of Southampton, a research associate at Newcastle upon Tyne.
All Interested Are Welcome
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