A colloquium Exploring the Visual Landscape will be held 22nd March 2012 at the Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology and is about the combination of landscape research, planning and design, visual perception and Geographic Information Science. During this colloquium renowned scholars and young talented researchers will address theory, methodology and application of visual landscape research in the rural and urban realm. The various contributions provide a wide range of insights into the psychological background of landscape perception, the technical considerations of geomatics, and methodology in landscape architecture, urban planning and design. Furthermore some speakers will discuss applications in the practice of landscape policy making. We cordially invite PhD and MSc students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of landscape and urban planning and design, landscape research, landscape ecology, environmental psychology and policy making to attend the colloquium. The colloquium is an initiative of Delft University of Technology, Landscape Architecture and Wageningen University, Centre for Geo-Information and is a follow up on the recently published book in the Research in Urbanism Series: ‘Exploring the Visual Landscape. Advances in Physiognomic Landscape Research in the Netherlands’ compiled and written by Steffen Nijhuis, Ron van Lammeren and Frank van der Hoeven. Programme: Session 1 Landscape perception Visual landscape indicators and landscape preference; Mari Sundli Tveit (Norwegian University) Psychology of the Landscape; Maarten Jacobs (Wageningen University) The phenomenological experience of the visual landscape; Ana Moya Pellitero (ISMAT) Session 2 Research, planning and design I Perception in landscape research, planning and design; Prof. Marc Antrop (Ghent University) Visual research in landscape architecture; Steffen Nijhuis (Delft University) Mapping landscape attractiveness; Sjerp de Vries (Alterra) The one- and two-dimensional isovist analysis in Space Syntax; Akkelies van Nes (Delft University) Session 3 Research, planning and design II Eye tracking in landscape perception research; Prof. Veerle van Eetvelde (Ghent University) Mapping landscape openness with Isovists; Gerd Weitkamp (Groningen University) 3D-isovists in urban research and design; Egbert Stolk (Delft University) Virtual Historical Landscapes; Arnoud de Boer (Utrecht University) Session 4 Applications Geomatics in physiognomic research; Ron van Lammeren (Wageningen University) Preserving panoramic views along motorways through policy; Manon van Middelkoop & Marnix Breedijk (Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency) Visions of Belle van Zuylen; Han Lorzing (Eindhoven University) Hi Rise, I can See you; Frank van der Hoeven (Delft University)