Geoinformatics 2009

The 17th International Conference on Geoinformatics (Geoinformatics 2009)

CALL FOR PAPERS AND SESSIONS

August 12-14, 2009 at Fairfax, Virginia, USA

The 17th International Conference on Geoinformatics (Geoinformatics 2009) will be held on August 12-14, 2009 at Fairfax, Virginia, USA. The conference is co-sponsored by the IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society (IEEE-GRSS), the International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Sciences (CPGIS), the U. S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the U. S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), and George Mason University. The Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems (CSISS) of George Mason University is the local organizer of the conference.

The conference will provide an unprecedented opportunity for professionals and students from remote sensing, Geoinformation science, and related disciplines to discover cutting-edge geoinformatics technology and applications, while at the same time exchanging their ideas, research results, professional experiences, and future visions in the fields of geographic information science, remote sensing, and their applications.

The conference will include plenary, special, oral, and poster sessions. Please consider submitting your abstracts and papers to the sessions most suitable for exchanging your ideas and research with similar researchers.

The Organization Committee would like to invite all interested parties to propose special sessions for Geoinformatics 2009. Special session Chairs can propose full sessions (10 papers) or half sessions (5 papers). The Session chairs are responsible for inviting the papers and ensuring these papers are submitted via the normal conference referee process. If a Special Session lacks enough papers to complete the time allotment, additional papers can be selected from the general paper submissions.

Conference Theme: ??The ways to advance GIScience researches and applications??

Conference Topics:

The conference will focus on, but not be limited to, the following cutting-edge topics: New trends in GIS technologies and research Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) Geospatial Semantic Web Geospatial Sensor Web Geospatial Grid Geospatial Web Services and service quality Geospatial Web Portal Analysis-oriented and standards-compliant WebGIS Workflow-oriented geospatial decision support systems Virtual globes and their application to scientific research Geo-CyberInfrastructure Location-based services (LBS) Wireless and mobile GIS Geospatial interoperability and standards Climate change and the global environment Data systems for the future Earth observation satellites Calibration and validation of remotely sensed data Earth observation sensor Web and applications New Earth observation technology and systems Automated object extraction and database updates from imagery Processing and application of high-resolution imagery Integration of remote sensing, GIS and GPS LIDAR technology for generating digital elevation models and 3D modeling Geospatial education, such as virtual globe based virtual education Map generalization Cartographic theory and applications Data models in cartography Spatial decision support systems Representation and visualization of geospatial data Errors and their measurement in spatial data Acquisition and processing of remotely sensed data Information extraction from remotely sensed data Statistics and application models of spatial data Satellite positioning technology and LBS Urban GIS and its applications Theories and algorithms in GIS Government and public GIS Land use / land cover changes GIS for the environment and health Geospatial simulation and computation Environmental criminology and crime simulation

Special Sessions:

Professionals are welcome to organize special sessions. The special session proposal should include the following information: ?	Session chair(s) names, affiliations ?	Contact information ?	Session title ?	Full or half (10 or 5 papers) ?	List of potential contributors to be invited (if available) ?	Short description of the session (about 150 words) Submit completed session proposals to specialsessions@geoinformatics2009.org.

Please refer to ??Special Sessions?? at the conference Web site http://www.geoinformatics2009.org for details on organizing your special sessions.

Abstracts and Papers:

Participants are invited to electronically submit original, unpublished research contributions or experience reports not concurrently submitted elsewhere. All abstracts must be 300-500 words long and written in English. They will be refereed for quality, originality, and relevance by the program committee. The first call is for an extended abstract. Authors of the accepted abstracts will be invited to submit full papers to be published by IEEE eXplore that is EI-indexed. Some selected papers will be published in special issues of SCI-indexed journals.

Please submit abstracts online at http://www.geoinformatics2009.org. Abstracts must include title, authors (first name surname), indicating the presenter by underlining their name and providing author's contact details: affiliations, department, full address (street, city, state/province, and country), telephone, fax, and Email.

Special programs for participating students: Student paper awards will be given, to encourage student participation to the conference and publication of their research results.

Important Dates:

Session Proposal Deadline: December 27, 2008 Session Proposal Acceptance Notice: January 3, 2009 Abstract Deadline: February 15, 2009 Abstract Acceptance Notice: February 25, 2009 Full paper Deadline: May 1, 2009 Registration Deadline:	May 7, 2009 Conference Date: August 12-14, 2009

International Steering Committee:

Chair: Michael Goodchild, University of California Santa Barbara, USA Members: Liping Di, George Mason University, USA David Goodenough, Natural Resource Canada & University of Victoria, Canada Mike Jackson, University of Nottingham, UK Steve Kempler, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA Roger King, Mississippi State University, USA Deren Li, Wuhan University, China Hui Lin, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Ken McDonald, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), USA Tony Milne, University of New South Walse, Australia Mark Reichardt, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (president of), USA Paul Smits, European Commission - Joint Research Centre, Italy Vincent C. Tao, Microsoft Virtual Earth and Local/Mobile Search Unit, USA John Townshend, University of Maryland, USA Chandhoke, Vikas, George Mason University, USA

For further information and conference updates, please visit the conference website at: http://www.geoinformatics2009.org/ or send email to: info@geoinformatics2009.org This CfP was obtained from WikiCFP