Table of contents

• Getting to Suva, Fiji
  • Pacific Sun Bus Shuttle Service
  • Visa, Immigration and Customs
  • Flight Information
• Accommodation
  • Budget
  • Midrange
  • Upmarket
• Registered People
• Discussion on Day 4 of the Conference

Getting to Suva, Fiji

Coach services operate from Nadi to Suva daily

Bus Company	Depart Nadi	Arrive Suva	Comments	Contact
Coral Sun	07:30 & 1:00pm	11:45 & 4:50pm	Airport - Holiday Inn	672 3105
Sunbeam	09:30,10:10 & 11:00	1:30, 2:10 & 3:00pm	Nadi Bus Stand - Suva B/Stand	3382 122
	12:00,1:35 & 3:05pm	4:00, 5:35 & 7:05pm	Nadi Bus Stand - Suva B/stand	3382 122

If you are interested in driving down from Nadi to Suva, rental cars are also available.
Please check out the site:
http://www.budget.com.fj/
http://www.avis.com.fj/

Pacific Sun Bus Shuttle Service

From	To	Days	Times
Nausori Airport	Holiday Inn	Mon-Sunday	0645, 0730, 0830, 1030, 1430, 1830, 2115
Holiday Inn	Nausori Airport	Mon-Sunday	0645, 0730, 0830, 1030, 1430, 1830, 2115

Passegers to report 15 minutes before departure time.
Bus fare is $10 per person

Visa, Immigration and Customs

Flight Information

Fiji has frequent flight to Los Angeles, Sydney, Auckland, Brisbane, Tokyo.
Fiji has also good connection service to Pacific Islands Countries
Air Fiji and Pacific Sun operates connections from Nadi International Airport to Nausori Airport Fiji. Taxi Fare from Nausori to Suva is usually FJD25.

Accommodation

Fiji's International Country Code is + 679.You can call or send an email to arrange for your accommodation.

Budget

Hotel	Room Type	Price	Comments	Phone	Email
Studio 6 Apartments	Standard	FJ$58.00		3307477
Studio 6 Apartments	Deluxe	FJ$99.00		3307477
Townhouse Apartments	Single	FJ$67.00	Aircon	3300055	townhouse@connect.com.fj
Townhouse Apartments	Double	FJ$77.00	Aircon	3300055	townhouse@connect.com.fj

Midrange

Hotel	Room Type	Price	Comments	Phone	Email
Suva Motor Inn	Studio	FJ$110.00		3313973	suvamotorinn@connect.com.fj
Capricorn Apartments	Single/Double	FJ$110.00	Ground Floor	3303732	capricornsuva@connect.com.fj
Capricorn Apartments	Single/Double	FJ$122.00	Top Floor	3303732	capricornsuva@connect.com.fj
Raffles Tradewinds Hotel	Standard	FJ$69.00	Without TV	3362450	tradewinds.reservation@rafflesgroup.com.fj
Raffles Tradewinds Hotel	Standard	FJ$80.00	With TV	3362450	tradewinds.reservation@rafflesgroup.com.fj
Raffles Tradewinds Hotel	Deluxe	FJ$90.00	Aircon/With TV	3362450	tradewinds.reservation@rafflesgroup.com.fj
Peninsula International Hotel	Standard	FJ$85.00		3313711	peninsula@connect.com.fj
Peninsula International Hotel	Deluxe	FJ$95.00		3313711	peninsula@connect.com.fj

Upmarket

Hotel	Room Type	Price	Comments	Phone	Email
Holiday Inn	Standard	FJ$150.00	Aircon	3314922	reservations@holidayinnsuva.com.fj
Holiday Inn	Superior Queen	FJ$227.00	Aircon	3314922	reservations@holidayinnsuva.com.fj
Southern Cross Hotel	Standard	FJ$105.00	Aircon	3314233	southerncross1@connect.com.fj
Tanoa Plaza	Superior	FJ$150.00	Aircon	3312300
Tanoa Plaza	Deluxe	FJ$165.50	Aircon	3312300

For more information, please visit http://www.spto.org/spto/export/sites/spto/destinations/fiji/fj_suva.shtml

Registered People

Title	LastName	FirstName	Organisation	Occupation	Country
Ms	Ailesi	Meelina	Tuvalu Telecom	GIS Officer	Tuvalu
Mr	Akao	Philemon	Ministry of Mines & Energy	Exploration/Mining Tenement Officer	Solomon Islands
Ms	Ali Havea	Sulieti	USP		Fiji
Mr	Amini	Mohammad Rashid	Razi University Technology Incubator		Iran
Mr	Andrea	Mocelutu	University of the South Pacific	Student	Fiji
Ms	Artack	Emily	SOPAC Division	Project Officer	Fiji
Ms	Ateca	Nauluvula	Biosecurity Authority of Fiji	Supervisor	Fiji
Mr	Atherton	James	Environmental consultant		Samoa
Ms	Baleisuva	Salote	Department of Environment		Fiji
Mr	Bari	Iowani	dept of National Roads		Fiji
Mr	Baro	Josaia	TFL		Fiji
Mr	Biudole	Savu	PCN	Communications	Fiji
Mr	Bolaitamana	Seremaia	Biosecurity Authority of Fiji		Fiji
Dr	Borja	Elva	Secretariat of the Pacific Community		Fiji
Ms	Brown	Miriama	Secretariat of the Pacific Community	Pacific Agriculture & Forestry Policy Network (PAFPNet) Assistant	Fiji
Mr	Buinimasi	Jeremaia	Government	Technical Assistant	Fiji
Mr	Bukasoqo	Timoci	Biosecurity Authority of Fiji	IT Assistant	Fiji
Mr	Bulabalavu	Lesivou	Biosecurity Authority of Fiji	IT Officer	Fiji
Mr	Buwawa	Isireli	Fiji Pine Limited	GIS Officer	Fiji
Mr	Caesar	William	Land Use Unit	Technical Oficer	Fiji
Mr	Chand	Kamlesh	Ministry of lands and survey	tech.officer	fiji
Mr	Chang	David T	Lands & Surveys	Land Surveyor	Fiji
Ms	Charan	Rajneesh	FSC	Manager Information	Fiji
Mr	Chauhan	Rajkumar	Kathmandu Biodiversity Research center	Managing director	Nepal
Mr	Chew	Phillip M	Ministry of Health	National Manager Ambulance Services	Fiji
Mr	Chuentragun	Tatiya	GISTDA	Chief of Image Processing and Value-Added Product Development Div	Thailand
Mr	Chung	Rayward	Trimble Navigation	APAC Sales Manager	New Zealand
Mr	Coriakula	Andrew	Department of Environment	Waste Management and Pollution control Unit - Volunteer	Fiji
Ms	Curuki	Sala	MRD	Technical Officer	Fiji
Mr	Dakaica	Ilaisa	Biosecurity Authority of Fiji	Manager Standards & Compliance	Fiji
Ms	Dakuibari	Loraini	Water Authority of Fiji	GIS Officer	Fiji
Ms	Damar	Dorothy	Mineral Resources Authority	Cartographer	Papua New Guinea
Ms	Dau	Mareta	University of the South Pacific	Student	Fiji
Mr	Dayal	Asheesh Want	Lands & Survey Dept	Surveyor	Fiji
Mr	Delana	Rabalaka	Dept of National Roads		Fiji
Mr	Dewan	Nawin	JICA	Program	Fiji
Mr	Dr Timote	Visoni	BAFF	Plant Pathologist	Fiji
Ms	Duaibe	Katalaine	SOPAC Division		Fiji
Mr	Eade	Warren	Geosystems	Field Solution Manager	New Zealand
Mr	Egara	Simon	Mineral Resources Authority	Senior Hydro-Geologist	Papua New Guinea
Mr	Eqbali	Sayed Faheem	UNMIT	GIS Officer	Timor-Leste
Mr	Fifita	Makameone	Ministry of Lands, Survey and Natural Resources		Tonga
Ms	Fisher	Toni	USP	Lecturer	Fiji
Mr	Folau	Viliami	Ministry of Lands, Survey and Natural Resources.	Surveyor	Tonga
Ms	Gaunavinaka	Leba	PSSC		Fiji
Ms	Gaunavou	Litia	SOPAC Division		Fiji
Ms	Gomese	Chelcia	University of the South Pacific		Solomon Islands
Mr	Gonemaituba	Waisiki	BAFF	Deputy CEO	Fiji
Mr	Guillard	Frederic	Government	Senior advisor	New Caledonia
Ms	Havea 'Ali	Sulieti	USP		Fiji
Dr	Heinzel	Johannes	University of Freiburg	Scientific assistant	Germany
Ms	Hughes	Naomi	USP	Student	Fiji
Ms	Jackson	Naomi	SOPAC Division	GIS\RS Intern	Fiji
Mr	Jain	Abhineet	Digital Globe	Technical Sales Manager	Singapore
Mr	Jeremaia	Buinimasi	Government	Technical Assistant	Fiji
Ms	Kamasteia	Phyllis	Department of Forest	Mapping Officer	Vanuatu
Dr	Kamontum	Siripon	GISTDA, Thailand	Chief of Knowledge and Network Development Division	Thailand
Mr	Kanamoli	Samson	National Statistics Office	GIS officer	Solomon Islands
Mr	Karikaritu	Tevita	Biosecurity Authority of Fiji	IT Technician	Fiji
Mr	Kautoke	Richard	Ministry of Lands, Survey and Natural Resources		Tonga
Ms	Kelly	Kenna	Eagle Technology Group	GIS Accounts Manager	New Zealand
Mr	Kesdech	Watchara	GISTDA, Thailand	Geo-Informatics scientist	Thailand
Ms	Ketewai	Mereoni	SOPAC Division		Fiji
Ms	Kini	Akanisi	Ministry of Lands & Survey		Fiji
Mr	Kinne	Peter	Digital Globe	Regional Director	Australia
Ms	Kolinisau	Miriama	Department of Environment	Project Assistant: NBSAP	Fiji
Ms	Kolinivala	Asenaca	Fiji Elections Office	Civil Servant	Fiji
Mr	Koroigasagasa	Ilisaniasi	Forestry Department	Forest Guard	Fiji
Mr	Koroilavesau	Alifereti	usp		fiji
Mr	Kumar	Awishkar	SPT		Fiji
Ms	Kuyei	Florence Joyce	PNG Sustainable Development Program Ltd	GIS Engineering Officer	Papua New Guinea
Mr	Lal	Navneet	SOPAC Division		Fiji
Mr	Laladidi	Jone	Lands and Survey		Fiji
Ms	Lalasava	Virisine	Depertment of Agriculture	Project Officer	Fiji
Mr	Lawrence	Balani	Ministry of Mines & Energy	Tenement Officer -Gold Ridge Project	Solomon Islands
Mr	Leki	Sione	Ministry of Lands Survey and Natural Resorces		Tonga
Ms	Lewai	Akosita	Forestry Department	Forest Officer	FIJI
Mr	Lewanituva	Osea	Airports Fiji Limited	AIS Cartographer	Fiji
Mr	Lewaravu	Jeremaia	Airports Fiji Limited	PAN-OPS Instrument Procedure Designer	Fiji
Mr	Liava'a	Edwin	SOPAC Division		Fiji
Mr	Loco	Josua	Ministry of Education		Fiji
Ms	Loco	Salote	Telecom Fiji	GIS Designer Network	Fiji
Ms	Lomani	Elizabeth	SOPAC Division	GIS	Fiji
Ms	Lupe	Matoto	Ministry of Environment and Climate Change		Tonga
Ms	Macpherson	Amy	Navteq	Research and Acquisition Specialist	Singapore
Mr	Maisema	Epeli	Lands and Survey		Fiji
Ms	Maraia	Vavaitamana	FICAC		Fiji
Mr	Masilomani	Semi Salauca	Ministry of HEalth	National Emergency Health Coordinator	Fiji
Mr	Matakitoga	Matai	Biosecurity Authority of Fiji	Manager Finance & IT	Fiji
Mr	Mate	George	Airports Fiji Limited	Controller AIS	Fiji
Ms	Matoto	Lupe	Ministry of Environment and Climate Change	Chief Environment Officer	Tonga
Mr	Matsubara	Shoji	ESCAP	Expert	Thailand
Mr	McConell	Kevin	Lukemine Enterprises		Fiji
Mr	Mok	Boon P	NAVTEQ	Global Expansion Manager	Singapore
Mr	Moli	Harold	Department of lands, Surveys & Records	Senior Remote Sensing and Mapping Officer	Vanuatu
Mr	Naicker	Ronita	Fiji Elections Office	Project Officer	Fiji
Mr	Napier	David	NZ Aerial Mapping Limited		New Zealand
Mr	Natasiwai	Tevita	Department of Agriculture-Economic Planning & Statistics Div		Fiji
Mr	Navula	Ilimeleki	Airports Fiji Limited	Controller Standards/SAR	Fiji
Ms	Niumataiwalu	Sylvia	USP	student	Fiji Islands
Mr	Okumura	Shoji	National Disaster Management Office	JICA SV	Fiji
Ms	Papao	Joy	SOPAC Division		Fiji
Mr	Pene	Conway	University of the South Pacific		Fiji
Ms	Pouvalu	Siu	University of the South Pacific	student	Tonga
Mr	Prasad	Rohitesh	Fiji National University	Lecturer	Fiji
Ms	Prukpitikul	Siriluk	GISTDA, Thailand	Chief of Geo-Informatics Development Division	Thailand
Ms	Qauqau	Ingrid Pifeleti	Wildlife Conservation Society	GIS Officer	Fiji
Ms	Qurusu	Apelyn	Ministry of Forests & Research	Forest officer	solomon islands
Mr	Qutonilaba	Dan	Water Authority of Fiji	GIS Officer	Fiji
Mr	Racaca	Nasi	NaGIS Enterprise Technology (Fiji)	Spatial Infomation Specialist	Fiji
Ms	Raghina	Farida	Pacific Geomatic Ltd		Canada
Mr	Raj	Amrit	SOPAC Division		Fiji
Mr	Raj	Penvel	Ministry of lands and Mineral Resources	Valuer	Fiji
Ms	Ralulu	Daiana	Depertment of Agriculture	Project Officer	Fiji
Ms	Raqisia	Keleni	SOPAC	Ocean Information System Support Officer	Fiji
Mr	Rasiga	Solomone	Water Authority of Fiji		Fiji
Ms	Ratumudu	Taraivini Tawake	Lands Department	Registered Valuer	Fiji
Mr	Ratutini	Jonacani	Biosecurity Authority of Fiji		Fiji
Mr	Roko	Isaia	Airports Fiji Limited	Airside Officer	Fiji
Ms	Rukulawe	Mereisi	National DIsaster Management Offce		Fiji
Mr	Sami	Sachindran	University of the South Pacific	Student	Fiji
Mr	Saqatanaivalu	Romuluse	Department of Forestry	Forest Guard/GIS Officer	Fiji
Mr	Savou	Joeli	Secretariat of the Pacific Community		Fiji
Mr	Senibaravi	Nacanieli	TFL		Fiji
Mr	Senikuraciri	Ilaisa	Forestry Department	Technical Assistant/Mapping	Fiji
Mr	Senipitu	Obed Russell	Solomon Islands Electricity Authority	GIS Officer	Solomon Islands
Mr	Seru	Vula	Airports Fiji Limited	Manager ATM	Fiji
Ms	Sharma	Ashishika	University of the South Pacific		Fiji
Ms	Shaw	Amali	SOPAC Division		Fiji
Mr	Singh	Eric	Suva City Council		Fiji
Mr	Singh	Manish	SOPAC Division		Fiji
Mr	Singh	Jasneel Jay	Sugar Research Institute of Fiji	GIS Officer	Fiji
Ms	Soko	Vasiti	PSSC		Fiji
Ms	Sokota	Arieta	SOPAC Division	WSP	Fiji
Ms	Streeter	Megan	SPC	Systems Development Adviser	Fiji
Mr	Suliasi	Tawake	BAFF	Manager Operations	Fiji
Mr	Taganesia	Jerry	Lion One Fiji ltd	Geologist	Fiji
Mr	Taguse	Sonick	Mineral Resources Authority	GIS Specialist	Papua New Guinea
Ms	Taiyab	Shareen	Secretariat of the Pacific Community	Systems & Database Assistant	Fiji
Ms	Takayawa	Marama	Land Use Unit	TR TO II	Fiji
Mr	Tamani	Mesake	Dept of National Roads		Fiji
Mr	Teraoi	Naibunaki	Telecom Services Kiribati Ltd	Cable Assigner	Kiribati
Mr	Thomas	Simon	Lands & Physical Planning	GIS Officer	Papua New Guinea
Ms	Tiuhe'a	Rave	SOPAC Division		Fiji
Ms	Toga	Vika	Dept of National Roads		Fiji
Ms	Tokalauvere	Vilisi	SOPAC Division	GIS Officer	Fiji
Ms	Tora	Kasaqa	The National Trust of Fiji	Project Officer Protected Areas	Fiji
Mr	Tubuna	Sanivalati	SOPAC/USP	Trainee Attachment	Fiji
Ms	Tuivanuyalewa	Penina	Department of Environment		Fiji
Ms	Tuivuya	Lia	Land Use Unit	TECHNICAL OFFICER	Fiji
Mr	Tukana	Andrew	Secretariat of the Pacific Community	Animal Health Technician	Fiji
Mr	Tukana	Andrew	SPC	Research Technician	Fiji
Mr	Tunabuna	Kaliova	Department of Town & Country Planning	GIS Officer	Fiji
Mr	Ulitu	Samisoni	Dept of National Roads		Fiji
Mr	Ulunivanua	Nete	Fiji Elections Office	Civil Servant	Fiji
Mr	Uriam	Tion	Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development	GIS Officer	Kiribati
Mr	Veibose	Senitieli	Ministry of Lands and Survey	Lands officer	fiji
Mr	Vuiyanuca	Viliame	Fiji Elections Office	Electoral Officer	Fiji
Mr	Waikere	Alova	Biosecurity Authority of Fiji	Supervisor	Fiji
Ms	Wainiqolo	Veniana	Lands Department	Technical Officer II	Fiji
Mr	Waqanokonoko	Pauliasi MK	Ministry of Works, TRansport and Public Utilities		Fiji
Ms	Winnie	Veikoso	Ministry of Environment and Climate Change	Energy Planner	Tonga
Mr	Wise	Francis	Biosecurity Authority of Fiji		Fiji
Mr	Yavita	Lesi	Biosecurity Authority of Fiji		Fiji

Web site registration closes on Friday 28th December. But you can also walk into register during the conference.

Discussion on Day 4 of the Conference

Introduction
A conference of 200 people from different Pacific islands actively involved in GIS and RS gives the opportunity to discuss methods of GIS and RS application, which work well in Europe and North America but need adaptation and development to be deployed in Pacific Island Countries. A discussion will be held again at the end of the Conference. The discussion will be documented on the PICISOC website and followed up by the special interest group on GIS&RS within the PICISOC. The time windows for each topic will be announced in the Conference schedule. Each topic will be introduced by a PPT presentation and prior to the Conference status and development will be discussed on GIS-PacNet.

This year, there will be four persons on the panel guiding the discussion:

a) Prof. Tuan Chen, representative of ISPRS,
b) Conway Pene USP, PICISOC,
c) Wolf Forstreuter SOPAC, PICISOC,
d) (changing) a specialist who is involved in the specific topic

So far there are 11 topics (the discussion on GIS-PacNet might increase the number) listed below.

Topics of Discussion

1) Digital Terrain Model for Small Islands
Subtopics: RTK GPS utilisation, LiDAR, stereo cameras on ballons etc.

2) Utility GIS and System Integration
Subtopics: Modelling position of transformers, consumption analysis within GIS environment, calculating conductor size (pipe diameter), fuse size, etc.

3) Water Catchment Monitoring, Geo Hazard Mapping
Subtopics: DTM generation at 1:25,000 and 1:50,000 scale, overlay analysis in raster data environment, landslide susceptibility, flood mapping

4) Application and techniques for Large Scale Mapping
Subtopics: rainwater harvest, census mapping, disaster recovery survey

5) Shallow Water Bathymetry with Satellite Images

6) Ocean Monitoring
Subtopics: ocean colour, sea surface temperature, wave hight, etc.

7) Radar Application for Mapping Extent of Flooding and Coastal Change

8) Radar Application for Fishing Vessel Detection
Subtopics: vessel outline, vessel velocity, vessel material

9) Image Pre-Processing? for Pacific Island Users
Subtopics: image stitching and mosaicing, conversion 16 bit to 8 bit data range, object specific contrast enhancement, haze removal, atmospheric correction, image archiving, geometric correction using reference image points

10) Vegetation Mapping
Subtopics: vegetation stratification using texture information of pan-sharpened image data, haze influence of mountain lee side, species composition and radiometric signature

11) Open Source and Proprietary Software
Subtopics: database software, GIS software, image analysis software

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