PhilGEOS 2013, through its Technical Program Committee, is pleased to announce the list of abstracts accepted for oral and poster presentations during the technical sessions of the symposium.

Authors should have already received the notice of acceptance through email. The authors are requested to prepare their full paper and have it submitted on or before 15 November 2013 (strict deadline) by email (philgeos2013@gmail.com). The full paper guidelines and format is available here.

The abstracts can be viewed here.

Geomatics for Agriculture

Assessment of the variability of yield of maize in Lilongwe district in relation to climate change using DSSAT model in Malawi country (Oral)
Kamanga  Mphangera
Bunda College of Agriculture, Lilongwe, Malawi

GeoWEPP Application in Determining Runoff and Sediment Yield in Agriculturally Active Watershed of Mapawa (Oral)
George R. Puno
Central Mindanao University, Musuan, Bukidnon

Mappping the starch-rich Sago palms through maximum likelihood classification of multi-source data (Oral)
Jojene R. Santillan
Research Laboratory for Applied Geodesy and Space Technology, Training Center for Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila

Utilizing Smartphone Potential for GPS Embedded Data Gathering Tool (Oral)
Arturo Arocena, Jr., Henry D.C. Cayaban, Michael M. Malonzo, Luis Alejandri I. Tamani, Jovino L. De Dios
Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), Maligaya, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija

Sugarcane nursery production and development program in Tarlac mill district (Oral)
Laverne C. Olalia
Sugar Regulatory Adminstration, North Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City

Geographic Information System (GIS) in identifying and monitoring root and tuber crops production areas in selected barangays in the province of Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region (Oral)
Arnel L. Tenorio, Office of the City Agriculturist, City Government of Tanauan, Batangas
Rhodora M. Gonzalez, Department of Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Quezon City

Geomatics for Forestry

Combining satellite and airborne mapping and data sets for forest monitoring and assessment of carbon stocks in the Philippines: : An expository review (Oral)
Guillermo A. Mendoza
USAID B+WISER Program and Department of Natural Resources, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA
Randy Vinluan
USAID Office of Environment, Energy and Climate Change, Roxas Boulevard, Manila
Jose Don De Alban
Fauna & Flora International Philippines, Tagaytay City, Cavite, Philippines

Tree species diversity assessment and spatial analysis in a permanent monitoring plots of natural forest in Musuan, Bukidnon (Oral)
Alex S. Olpenda,  Adrian M. Tulod, George R. Puno, Mark Jun A. Rojo, Ronald O. Villarta
College of Forestry and Environmental Science, Central Mindanao University, University Town, Musuan, Maramag, Bukidnon

Assessment of trees outside forest (TOF) in selected Makiling subwatersheds (Oral)
Jan Joseph V. Dida, Joseph C. Paquit, Cheamson Garret K. Boongaling,Gemmalyn E. Magnaye, Nathaniel C. Bantayan
College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines Los Banos, College, Laguna

Mapping canopy crown density of forests in relation to assessing their potential for carbon emissions or removals (Poster)
Ernie D. Urriza, Oliver G. Coroza, Margaux A. Cruz
Conservation International – Philippines, Teachers Village, Diliman, Quezon City

Support to enhancing the capacity of DENR to use geospatial technologies for sustainable forest management (Oral)
Randy John Vinluan (USAID-PH), Calderon, Ricardo (Forest Management Bureau); Rabang, Bonifacio (Forest Management Bureau); Agoncillo, Oliver (USAID/Philippines); Nunez, Ma. Aleta (US Forest Service); Lebow, Elizabeth (US Forest Service)

Assessment of diversity of plants and diversity mapping in the forest ecosystems of Carranglan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines (Oral)
Annie Melinda Paz-Alberto, Shirly C. Serrano, Paul Henric P. Gojo Cruz
Institute for Climate Change and Environmental Management, Central Luzon State University, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines

Assessment of MODIS NDVI data as alternative source of information for forest cover monitoring (Oral)
Alita D. Sangalang
Resource Data Analysis Branch, National Mapping and Resource Information Authority, Fort Bonifacio, Makati City
Ariel C. Blanco
Department of Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Quezon City

Assessing the applicability of GPS-GLONASS-BDS ready GNSS Receivers in mapping under forest canopy (Oral)
Louie P. Balicanta, Edison P. Paraiso, Patricia Kristen A. Dela Cruz
Department of Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Quezon City

Mixed/Other Applications

An estimation of the frequency of historic wind speeds of typhoons in an open-source Geographical Information System (GIS) for Region 8 in the Philippines (Oral)
Hannah Fuchs, University of Bonn, Germany
Olaf Neussner, GIZ, Philippines

The effects of the changing landscape along the Mandulog River to lowland flood risk (Oral)
Julius Noah H. Sempio, Czar Jakiri S. Sarmiento, Enrico C. Paringit
Department of Geodetic Engineering, College of Engineering, UP Diliman, Quezon City

Comparative analysis of elevation acquired using RTK GPS versus differential leveling for obtaining Digital Elevation Models (Oral)
Raquel Raiza T. Francisco, Louie P. Balicanta
Department of Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Quezon City

Geomatics in hydrological simulations: The Iligan Experience (Oral)
Czar Jakiri S. Sarmiento, Enrico C. Paringit
Department of Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Quezon City

ArcGIS customization using VBA for the City Planning and Development Office of Butuan City (Poster)
Arthur M. Amora
College of Engineering and Information Technology, Caraga State University, Butuan City

Integrating SMS and application programming interface (API) for web-based GIS mapping of real property units of Butuan City, Philippines (Poster)
Engr. Michelle V. Japitana
College of Engineering and Information Technology
Caraga State University, Ampayon, Butuan City

Development of a land property registry system application and dynamic database management for web-based GIS mapping: a case of Butuan City, Philippines (Poster)
Engr. Alexander Demetillo
College of Engineering and Information Technology
Caraga State University, Ampayon, Butuan City

Automatic Generation of 3d Objects from LIDAR Data using GIS (Poster)
Dy
Department of Geodetic Engineering, UP Dilimam, Quezon City

Evaluation of Point Positioning Accuracy of GPS-Enabled Android Devices (Poster)
Boado, Cadalzo, Dargantes, Dy, Gonzales, Mamador, Panganiban
Department of Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Quezon City

Damage Potential Mapping of Mangroves in Puerto Princesa, Palawan (Poster)
Homer Pagkalinawan, Roseanne Ramos, Remollo
Department of Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Quezon City

Evaluation of Pan-sharpening Techniques for Crop Delineation (Poster)
Cadalzo, Dargantes, Dy, Mamador, Panganiban
Department of Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Quezon City

Validation of a Major Flooding Scenario in Tonle Sap River, Cambodia using MOD09Q1 Images (Poster)
Cruz, Siev, Caparas
Department of Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Quezon City