Geographic Information Science Research UK Conference 2007
Maynooth, Ireland 11th - 13th April 2007
http://ncg.nuim.ie/gisruk/
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GISRUK 2007: FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
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GISRUK 2007 will be held at the National Centre for Geocomputation, National
University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland between 11th April and 13th April
2007. This is the first time the conference has been held outside UK.
Maynooth is located 25km west of Dublin with good road and rail connections
to the city centre. Maynooth is also easily accessible from Dublin Airport,
which has inexpensive direct flights from all parts of the UK and Europe.
The conference will follow its usual format of plenary sessions with invited
keynote speakers and breakout sessions with presentations of papers in a
series of parallel themes. There will also be a poster session. A full
social programme is also planned.
Papers are invited on ANY ASPECT of the theory, development and practical
application of Geographic Information Science and Systems and related
fields, including but not restricted to:
Postcode Geography
Small area analysis
Computer Vision and GIS
Location-based Services
GIS and Transport
Spatial Statistics
Spatial Video
Issues of scale in spatial analysis
GIS and Education
Automated cartography
Spatial meta-data
Sensors for spatial data
Papers should be submitted as extended abstracts (approx 1500 words) in Word
or PDF format. Abstracts should include background, methodology, results and
analysis of the work described, with illustrations and references as
appropriate. A short biography of the principal author should be included
indicated the stage of their research career. This is to ensure a good mix
of young and established researchers at the conference. A sample template
will be available on the website shortly. Abstracts should be emailed to
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Accepted abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings and an
invitation will be extended to authors to submit full papers for review for
post-conference journal/book publication.
Contact Details
GISRUK 2007
National Centre for Geocomputation
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
County Kildare, Ireland
Tel: +353 1 708 6455 Fax: +353 1 708 6456
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