GEOINFORMATICS 2004
12th International Conference on Geoinformatics
Geospatial Information Research: Bridging the Pacific and Atlantic
7-9 June 2004, Gävle, Sweden

First Notice and Call for Papers

The International Conference on Geoinformatics is the premier research forum for Geospatial Information Research. It commenced in 1992 in Buffalo, and has been held every year since. Meetings have been held in Beijing (x2), Calgary, Hong Kong, West Palm Beach, Taipei, Ann Arbor, Monterey, Bangkok, Nanjing, and Toronto. This premier event of 2004 is being organized by the University of Gävle, together with the International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Science. This conference is the first one of the series that will take place in Europe. We hope it offers an opportunity for all professionals involved in research and development of GIS, GPS and RS to discuss new theories and technologies around Geospatial Information Research.

We invite submissions that address both theoretical and technical issues of advanced geoinformatics. Suggested topics include, but not limited to as long as they address issue related to geoinformatics:

• Location based services and mobile GIS
• GIS and planning support systems
• Spatial decision support systems
• Information extraction from remote sensing data
• Data fusion and digital mapping
• Multi-scale and multi-media representation
• Spatio-temporal modelling/analysis
• Geovisualization and virtual environments
• Spatio-temporal databases
• Geocomputational modelling
• Uncertainty and spatial data quality control
• Advances in earth observation technologies
• GIS in urban and environmental management
• Integration of environmental modeling and GIS
• Remote sensing and geospatial information for transportation planning
• Landscape modelling and visualization
• Urban modelling and simulation
• GPS in geoinformatics
• Terrestrial laser scanner for 3D data acquisition

Long abstracts with 500-1000 words are welcome (see instructions to be available at the conference website). The selected submission will be asked for full paper to be included in the proceedings published with official ISBN number. A selection of the best papers will be recommended for publication in special issues of scientific journals.

Important Dates:

• 01 December 2003: Deadline of Long Abstract
• 10 January 2004: Acceptance Notice
• 25 March 2004: Deadline of Final Manuscript

All submissions should be made via email to geoinformatics@hig.se  (in MS Word format). Other relevant information about the conference is being put online at the conference site, http://www.hig.se/geoinformatics/