City University London
Department of Information Science
Northampton Square
EC1V 0HB London
United Kingdom

Since the introduction of a course on "Collecting and Communicating Scientific Knowledge" in 1961, City University has been at the forefront of Information Science education and research. The department's interests encompass the theory and practice of information management, processing and retrieval, information-related legal and policy issues, and geographic information handling. Their research standing was recognised by the award of a 5* ranking in the last HEFC Research Assessment Exercise. They provide high quality cutting-edge teaching with their 5 postgraduate MSc programmes.



EADS Systèmes & Information
6, voie l'Occitane BP 171
F-31676 Labège Cedex
France

As an architect and integrator of information, communications and imaging systems, EADS Systèmes & Information is the European leader in image ground-based systems and their applications, and the French leader in information and command systems. The company is prime contractor for numerous Defence and Space programs. Using key technologies, the company also develops products, applications and services for a variety of civilian uses.



 

Geodan Mobile Solutions
President Kennedylaan 1
1079 MB Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Geodan Mobile Solutions is a daughter company of Geodan, one of the oldest and most renowned companies in Europe fully specialised in the location and spatial information business. Geodan Mobile Solutions focuses on wireless location services. It provides a wide portfolio of location-based applications, professional services and specialised consultancy for corporate customers and wireless operators. Geodan Mobile Solutions operates on the European market and has is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.




Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Departamento de Hidráulica
Av. do Brasil 101
1700-066 Lisboa
Portugal

LNEC was created in 1946. An University and a governmental laboratory joint efforts to create the Civil Engineering National Laboratory. This double orientation, of investigation and experimentation, would definitively set the development of LNEC. Three major action lines guide the general activity of LNEC: innovation, under investigation programmes, application of the new knowledge on the investigation programmes that focus on the resolution of specific problems in the fields of civil engineering and construction industry, and the dissemination of knowledge in the national technical and scientific environment.




Parc Naziunal Svizzer
Chasa dal Parc
7530 Zernez
Switzerland

With its 169 km2, the Swiss National Park is the largest protected area in Switzerland and the country's only National Park designated by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as a category 1 nature reserve (highest protection level - strict Nature Reserve/wilderness area). It is situated in the Engadine and Münstertal valleys (in the canton of Graubünden) in the easternmost corner of Switzerland. The Swiss National Park is famous for its rich variety of alpine animal life and its intact natural landscape and is visited yearly by 150.000 nature lovers.




University of Zurich
Department of Geography, GIS Division
Winterthurerstrasse 190
8057 Zurich
Switzerland

The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Division, together with the Geographic Information Analysis (GIA) Division, form the Geographic Information Science (GIScience) concentration at the Department of Geography of the University of Zurich. The roots date back until 1981, making it one of the earliest university groups worldwide exclusively devoted to research and teaching in GIScience. Several staff members and more than a dozen PhD students are involved in various research projects funded by national and international research agencies.