A software Computer Assisted Teaching CONtest
CATCON is the name of a software contest organized by the ISPRS Commission
VI working group 2, Computer Assisted Teaching (CAT) and sponsored by donor companies.
The main objective of the contest is to promote the development and dissemination of effective and user-friendly
- multimedia tutorials
- simulations and virtual environments
- information packages or data sets
- application software
designed and used specifically for computer assisted teaching.
In general, the tutorial, software or data set is preferred to be non-commercial and provided to users without licence charges or
other fees.
Since many ISPRS attendees have been interested in this contest at previous Congresses, this is a very good opportunity to show the
effectiveness and utility of your software or data set.
The assessment of the submissions by the contestants for each CATCON was based on peer review by the WG VI/2 Chair(s) and
ISPRS office bearers.
CATCON 1 was held at Vienna in 1996 and CATCON 2 at Amsterdam in 2000. Both of these contests were organised by Dr. Kohei Cho,
WG VI/2 Chair during 1992-2000. CATCON 3 was held at the ISPRS Congress in Istanbul, Turkey in July 2004, organised by
Prof. Mark Shortis and Dr. Pierre Grussenmeyer. CATCON 4 was held in Tokyo in 2006, organised by the current WG VI/2 Chairs.
The assessment of the submissions by the contestants for each CATCON was based on peer review by the WG VI/2 Chair(s) and
ISPRS office bearers.