CALL FOR PAPERS
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GeoCart'2008 CARTOGRAPHIC CONFERENCE
http://www.cartography.org.nz/geocart2008/ <http://www.cartography.org.nz/geocart2008/>
in conjunction with
SIRC 2008: the 20th Annual Colloquium of the Spatial Information Research Centre http://www.business.otago.ac.nz/SIRC/index.html <http://www.business.otago.ac.nz/SIRC/index.html>
1st to 3rd SEPTEMBER 2008
University of Auckland, New Zealand
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Welcome
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The GeoCart'2008 Cartographic Conference and the SIRC 2008 Colloquium will convene in Auckland, 1-3 September 2008. It will be held at the outstanding facilities of The University of Auckland in the City of Sails - Auckland, New Zealand.
The conference is endorsed by the International Cartographic Association (ICA).
Confirmed Keynote Speakers include Lorenz Hurni (ETH Zurich, Switzerland), David DiBiase (Pennsylvania State University, USA) and Mark Gahegan (University of Auckland, NZ) with a Special Presentation by William Cartwright, President of the ICA.
There will be a book associated with the GeoCart conference, collating the best papers as judged by an international review committee and published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography.
Important Dates
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28 April 2008 - Deadline for full paper submission to be considered for the Springer LNGC book
30 May 2008 - Notification of decision and return of reviews to authors
23 June 2008 - Deadline for submission of amended and camera-ready final paper for book
23 June 2008 - Deadline for submission of papers or extended abstracts for SIRC / GeoCart proceedings
23 June 2008 - Deadline for early bird registration
1-3 September 2008- GeoCart'2008 / SIRC 2008 Conference
GeoCart Conference Theme
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The theme of GeoCart'2008 is Geospatial Vision: New Dimensions in Cartography. As the world embraces geospatial technologies with increasing enthusiasm the quantity, quality, currency and relevance of spatial information is transforming the way we can visualise our worlds. How can cartography meet the challenges of an emerging geospatial society that inhabits a dramatically changing world...?
Suggested major topics include:
- Cartographic Representation (e.g. 3D Cartography, Visualisation of Spatial Uncertainty, Mapping in Space and Time, Generalisation, Symbology);
- Technology-led examples in Geovisualisation and cartography (e.g. Maps on mobile devices, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Geovisualisation for Collaboration, Game-based interaction and visualisation, Web cartography and mapping the Web);
- Application of Cartography (e.g. the challenge of ubiquitous maps for everyone, mountain / terrestrial / urban / coastal / marine cartography, cartography in education, national mapping, resource mapping, grassroots / community mapping);
- Cognition and Usability (e.g. interfaces and their testing, metaphors, cognitive or mental maps);
- Exploratory Geovisualisation;
- Cross-cutting issues (e.g. personal geographies and their mapping, ubiquitous cartographies, the philosophy of cartography, visualisation for Spatial Decision Support / Geovisual Analytics);
These topics are by no means exclusive and any cartographically-related submission is welcomed.
GeoCart'2008 aims to bring together a wide cross section of the cartographic and geospatial community to promote new techniques and a greater understanding of the possible applications for spatial information in the future.
In addition, the conference will host the National Cartographic Exhibition, including a Children's Map Competition, and GeoExpo'2008 - a Commercial Exhibition focused on the latest innovations related to technology, products, applications and services offered by the top national and international manufacturers and vendors.
Participants may also choose to submit papers directly for the SIRC proceedings, which will cover broader aspects of spatial information research. Topics include spatial modelling, ecological systems, public health and theoretical spatial research
Proceedings
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We invite authors to submit papers, extended abstracts or posters to the GeoCart'2008 Conference and the SIRC 2008 colloquium. We are planning two separate publications:
- a book and supporting CD-ROM published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography series, which will contain the best full GeoCart'2008 papers submitted, subject to an international review process
- conference proceedings and supporting CD-ROM covering both the SIRC and GeoCart conferences, which collates papers accepted for SIRC, abstracts of the Springer papers; papers that did not make the book, but were accepted for either paper or poster presentation at the GeoCart conference, and; papers and (extended) abstracts that were specifically submitted for the GeoCart conference proceedings (either paper or poster - subject to a local review process)
Submission
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Papers submitted for the book would have up to 5000 words, be formatted according to the Springer guidelines and template and be in a camera-ready state.
Springer Guidelines: http://www.cartography.org.nz/geocart2008/pdf/sv-pagelayout.pdf <http://www.cartography.org.nz/geocart2008/pdf/sv-pagelayout.pdf>
Springer Template: http://www.cartography.org.nz/geocart2008/pdf/sv-layout-contrib11-e.dot <http://www.cartography.org.nz/geocart2008/pdf/sv-layout-contrib11-e.dot>
Submission will be by email to the chair of the program committee (mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ).
If a submitted paper is accepted, one of the following will apply, depending on the results of the review:
- accepted for the book and oral presentation, subject to any recommendations of the reviewers and editors;
- not accepted for the book but accepted for oral presentation at the conference and included in the conference proceedings, subject to review recommendations
- not accepted for the book but accepted for poster presentation at the conference and included in the conference proceedings, subject to review recommendations
Those submitting specifically for the conference proceedings, not the book, would be assigned one of the latter two decision options, subject to acceptance by a local review.
Organising Committee
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Igor Drecki - University of Auckland, NZ
Antoni Moore - University of Otago, NZ
Peter Whigham - University of Otago, NZ (SIRC)
GeoCart Paper Review Committee
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Gennady Andrienko - Frauenhofer Institute, Germany
Mark Billinghurst - University of Canterbury, NZ
William Cartwright - RMIT University, Australia
Keith Clarke - University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Jeremy Crampton - Georgia State University, USA
Martin Dodge - University of Manchester, UK
Danny Dorling - University of Sheffield, UK
Jason Dykes - City University, UK
Robert Edsall - Arizona State University, USA
Mark Gahegan - University of Auckland, NZ
Georg Gartner - Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Lorenz Hurni - ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Bin Jiang - University of Gavle, Sweden
Markus Jobst - Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Menno-Jan Kraak - ITC, Netherlands
Jonathan Raper - City University, UK
Holger Regenbrecht - University of Otago, NZ
William Wong - Middlesex University, UK
Dawn Wright - Oregon State University, USA
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Antoni Moore
Department of Information Science
University of Otago
Room 11.03, Commerce Building
PO Box 56, Dunedin
New Zealand
Tel: 0064 3 4798180
Fax: 0064 3 4798311
email: <mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >
WWW: http://info-nts-12.otago.ac.nz/amoore/ <http://info-nts-12.otago.ac.nz/amoore/>
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