A message from the Tatra: Geographical information systems and remote sensing in mountain environmental research

This book presents an edited selection of papers from the Environ-Mount conference, held in 2002 - the year designated by the United Nations General Assemby as the International Year of Mountains in order to "elevate human understanding of mountains and their place, both cultural and ecological, in the life of nations." The conference took place in Zakopane, a historic and picturesque village on the Polish side of the Tatra mountains, organised by the Jagiellonian University and other European and international organisations sharing an interest geographic information sensing systems (GIS), remote sensing, cartography, forestry and, above all, mountains.