In 2005 the CoastGIS symposium and exhibition was once again held in
Aberdeen, Scotland, in the UK, the second time that we have had the
privilege host this international event in the city of Aberdeen. This
was the 6th International S- posium Computer Mapping and GIS for Coastal
Zone Management, a collabo- tion between the International Cartographic
Association's (ICA) Commission on Marine Cartography, and the
International Geographical Union's (IGU) Comm- sion on Coastal Systems.
The theme for 2005 was: De ning and Building a Marine and Coastal
Spatial Data Infrastructure. As a major coastal event, the CoastGIS
series of conferences always attracts an international audience of
coastal researchers, managers, and pr- titioners who use one or more of
the geospatial technologies (e. g. GIS, GPS, digital mapping, remote
sensing, databases, and the Internet) in their work. The CoastGIS series
is fundamentally an international event which over the years has gained
a strong following attracting delegates from around the globe. Hosted by
the University of Aberdeen - at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference
Centre (AECC) - once again CoastGIS 2005 provided an opportunity to
communicate the results of a wide range of innovative scienti c research
into coastal and marine applications of the geospatial technologies,
including remote sensing, Geograp- cal Information Systems (GIS), Global
Positioning Systems (GPS), databases, data models, the Internet and
online mapping systems.
