“Spatial
Information : tool for reducing poverty”
GSDI-9 invites presentations covering
the full range of working, development
and research experiences that advance
the practice and theory of spatial data
infrastructure development.
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GSDI-9
will support two primary forms of publication:
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(1) a normal conference proceedings
with abstracts and full articles, published on a CD, and
(2) a published book of
fully refereed articles.
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(1)
Call for Conference Proceedings Submissions |
Abstracts
should be 250-500 words in length and
will be reviewed by the GSDI-9
Conference Program Committee. Authors
are limited to a maximum of two conference
paper abstract submissions, whether as
lead or secondary author.
If
desired, authors may indicate a preference
to present their work as a poster. Authors
are limited to one poster abstract submission.
Authors whose oral presentations are not
accepted, may be offered the opportunity
to prepare and present a poster. See Posters
for details concerning poster preparation
deadlines, format requirements, contest
and awards.
(see
Posters)
Presentations
will be organized in the following tracks,
but authors are invited as well to submit
presentations that fall outside of these
topical tracks. The tracks identied by
number are as follows :
1-
Experiences in developing local,
regional, national, multi-national, and
global SDI initiatives, projects and programs
2- Applications arising
from the use of improved spatial data
infrastructure including those related
to poverty alleviation; environmental
sustainability; e-government; e-commerce;
disaster prevention, management and response;
transportation; health; the cadastre and
similar topics
3- Geographic data issues
and Metadata issues
4- Clearinghouses/registries/portals
5- Web-based services
6- Standards
7- Legal, Ethics, Policy,
and Economic issues
8- Institutional and
Administrative, and Management Issues
9- Capacity Building
and Education
10- Basic and Applied
Research Methods and Research Results
11- Geosciences and Applications
12-Other
High-quality
submissions will be accepted for presentation
at the conference. Abstracts and follow-up
full articles will be published in a conference
proceedings volume to be made available
on CD. For follow-up full paper submissions,
authors retain copyright in their work
but will be required to select a Creative
Commons License to help ensure continued
global access to their work over time.
All publications produced for the conference,
including abstracts, full papers and presentation
slides, will be openly archived eventually
at gsdi.org/gsdiConferences.asp
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DATES |
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Proceedings
Submission Deadlines |
Deadline for submission of abstracts |
May
2nd, 2006 |
| Results
of abstract reviews submitted to authors |
June
15th 2006
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| Deadline
for submission of full papers
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September
1st, 2006
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| GSDI-9
Conference Technical Sessions |
November
7th – 10th, 2006
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Web Submission of Abstract : Please submit your conference proceeding abstract through the GSDI9 Conference Management System for Abstracts . You will have the option of uploading your full paper together with the abstract if it is ready. E-mail Submission of Abstract: We highly encourage submission through the web. However, if your web access is limited and you would prefer to make a submission by e-mail, then please do the following. Include paper title, author's name, affiliation, mailing address and email address followed by the text of the abstract. At the very end on a separate line, indicate the number of the track listed below in which your presentation might best fit. The abstract submission should be left justified in entirety, written in English and/or Spanish, 12-point, Times font, single-spaced with no bold, italic, or underlined text. Submit the abstract to onsrud@gsdi.org with an email subject line of GSDI-9 Proceedings Submission - Abstract. Acceptance of Paper : If accepted, a full paper in Word or other editable form may be later submitted at this same location and should adhere to the sample manuscript template.
Submission of Paper : If submitting by web, return to the same on-line GSDI9 Conference Management System for Abstracts where the abstract was presented and follow its instructions and options for submitting the final version of your full paper. If submitting by e-mail, use the formatting requirements in the template, then submit the full article in Word or other editable form (not pdf) to onsrud@gsdi.org with an email subject line of GSDI-9 Proceedings Submission - Paper.
(2)
Call for Article Submissions for the Fully Refereed
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Full papers, consisting of 5,000-word manuscripts, will be thoroughly reviewed by at least three members of the international GSDI-9 Peer Review Board. Manuscripts should describe original work that has not been published before.
Final Papers must be written in English (although the initial abstract and first version of the paper may be in Spanish), include an abstract, conform with the sample manuscript template and be submitted electronically. High-quality submissions will be accepted for presentation at the conference and will be published in book form as a refereed conference document tentatively titled Research and Theory in Advancing Spatial Data Infrastructure Concepts. Authors will retain copyright in their work but will be required to select a Creative Commons License to help ensure continued global access to their work over time. Any submissions not accepted for the book will be forwarded for consideration under the abstract review process for the conference.
Full-length
paper submissions for the book will be expected
to address fundamental theory or research in any
area of spatial data infrastructure advancement.
Submissions in this category might:
· test or analyze innovative
approaches in addressing technical, legal, economic,
or institutional challenges;
· critically assess current
spatial data infrastructure initiatives;
· document and analyze
successes and challenges to be found in standards
efforts, data harmonization efforts, and case
histories;
· describe conceptual
models that incorporate emerging or future technological,
institutional, economic, legal or combined solutions
in overcoming spatial data sharing impediments;
· compare or analyze existing
alternative approaches or models for planning,
financing, and implementing SDI or related initiatives
in different countries or regions of the world
and assess the effects of policy and technical
choices in addressing cultural, social and economic
issues;
· assess whether SDI projects
are achieving programmatic goals or broader goals
such as supporting national economic competitiveness,
increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of
government and advancing health, safety, and social
well-being;
· critically examine “best
practices” in terms of their policy, technological,
institutional and financial approaches and their
ultimate effects on improving efficiency, effectiveness,
and equity;
· identify and assess
the implications of various practices and approaches
on local, state, provincial, national, trans-national
and global stakeholders with a particular emphasis
of ramifications on developing nations.
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DATES |
| Article Submission Deadlines for Peer-Reviewed Publication |
Deadline for submission of full article |
March
27th, 2006 |
| Results
of peer reviews submitted to authors |
May
2nd, 2006
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| Deadline
for submission of revised article |
July
1st, 2006
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| GSDI-9
Conference Technical Sessions |
November
7th – 10th, 2006
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Web Submission: Please submit your full article along with its abstract through the GSDI9 Conference Management System for Refereed Papers, entering at this link the system at the GSDI web site.
E-mail Submission: We highly encourage submission through the web. However, if your paper is too large for the system, deliver it to onsrud@gsdi.org with an email subject line of GSDI-9 Refereed Article Submission.
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Call
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