Geomatics in support of the Common Agricultural Policy : Proceedings of the 16th GeoCAP annual conference, 2010. Centro Congressi Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo 24th-26th November 2010

The 2010 Annual Conference was the 16th edition. The conference entitled 'Geomatics in support of the CAP' was held in Bergamo and organised by the GeoCAP action of the Joint Research Centre (Ispra, Italy) alone. The conference covered the 2010 Control with Remote sensing campaign activities and ortho-imagery use in all the CAP management and control procedures. There has been a specific focus on the Land Parcel Identification Systems quality assessment process. The conference was structured over three days – 24th to 26th November. The first day was mainly dedicated to future Common Agriculture Policy perspectives and futures challenges in Agriculture as well as overview of 2010 CwRS campaign. The second was shared in technical parallel sessions addressing the following topics: i) LPIS Quality Assurance and geo-databases features; ii) New sensors, new software, and their use within the CAP, and iii) Good Agriculture and Environmental Conditions (GAEC): control methods and implementing measures. The last day was dedicated to the GPS validation process and to the conclusions of the conference. The presentations were made available on line, and this publication represents the best presentations judged worthy of inclusion in a conference proceedings aimed at recording the state of the art of technology and practice of that time