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Call for Papers:  First International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science IWCTS 08
Deadline: 5/10/2008   Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
The International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science invites submissions of original, previously unpublished papers on CTS issues....more information

Call for Papers:  CFP: Landscape in Language
Deadline: 5/12/2008   New Mexico and Arizona
We seek participants for a transdisciplinary workshop on landscape in language and thought. The workshop will be held in New Mexico and Arizona, from October 26 to November 1 2008. For full considerat...more information

Call for Papers: First International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science IWCTS 08: Call For Papers Deadline extended
Deadline: 5/17/2008 Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Now accepting submissions: First International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science , July 21, 2008 – Trinity College Dublin, Ireland- Deadline May 17, 2008 For more info, please visit ...more information

Call for Papers: 31st Applied Geography Conference
Deadline: 5/19/2008 Wilmington, DE
Expression of intent to submit abstracts for papers or posters for the 31st Applied Geography Conference must be made to the Applied Geography Conference Board of Directors by May 19, 2008. ...more information

Call for Papers: Workshop on Geographical Information Retrieval GIR'08 - Call for papers
Deadline: 7/15/2008 Napa Valley, CA
This is a first call for papers for a workshop on Geographic Information Retrieval (GIR'08), to be held in conjunction with the 17th ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, Napa Valley...more information

Call for Nominations:  William L. Garrison Award for Best Dissertation in Computational Geography
Deadline: 9/2/2008    
The biannual William L. Garrison Award for Best Dissertation in Computational Geography supports innovative research into the computational aspects of geographic science....more information

Call for Papers: Temporal GIS: the past 20 years and the next 20 years
Deadline: 9/23/2008 Park City, Utah, USA
Call for Participation: Temporal GIS workshop, 23 September, in conjunction with GIScience 2008...more information

News

UCGIS Endorsement of California Data Access Amicus Brief
Santa Clara County, CA, May 7, 2008 UCGIS has endorsed an Amicus Brief filed in California involving questions of geographic information access.  ...more

 UCGIS President Named to National Geospatial Advisory Committee
Washington DC, Feb 01, 2008 Sean Ahearn, President of UCGIS, has been appointed to the National Geospatial Advisory Committee by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne ...more

UCGIS President Robert McMaster, chair of the department of geography at the University of Minnesota, has been appointed Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education by the Provost and Board of Regents.  ...more

MAPPS Loses in Federal Court
Washington DC, Jun 19, 2007 The United States District Court in Alexandria, Virginia has reached a decision in the MAPPS (Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors) litigation, ruling last week that MAPPS lacks legal standing. A press release describing the decision  and the full decision  provide further detail. UCGIS was one of the first organizations to agree to join in an amicus brief opposing the MAPPS claims. ...more