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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 09:35:31 +0100
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- From: "Andrew U. Frank" <frank@MECAN1.MAINE.EDU>
- Subject: Re: UIGIS conferences in winter 1993-94?
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- >Is there going to be any GIS user interface conferences held in winter 1993-94?
- >
- >Mikko Lindholm
- >mlindholm@cc.helsinki.fi
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- there will be the COSIT conference in fall 1993, where there will be a good
- place to present and learn about GIS user interface. if anybody volonteers,
- there could be a one or two day workshop on GIS user interface organized to
- follow the main conference.
- i include the call for paper...
- andrew frank
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- Andrew U. Frank email: frank@mecan1.maine.edu
- Geoinformation E127.1 office: +43 1 588 01 3786
- Technical University Vienna TU secr.: +43 1 588 01 3787
- Gusshausstrasse 27-29 fax: +43 1 504 3535
- A-1040 Vienna (Austria)
- European Conference on
- SPATIAL INFORMATION THEORY
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- September 19-22, 1993
- Marciana Marina, Elba Island, Italy
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- First announcement
- and
- C A L L F O R P A P E R S
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- Chairs:
- Andrew U. Frank (Technical University Vienna)
- Irene Campari (CNUCE-CNR, Pisa)
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- American Co-Chair:
- David Mark (NCGIA, New York State University at Buffalo)
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- Chair of Organizing Committee:
- Ubaldo Formentini (University of Pisa)
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- The COSIT Symposium will concentrates on theoretical aspects of spatial
- information and deal with all aspects of 'large scale' or 'geographic'
- space and description of objects, processes or events in large scale space.
- Spatial information theory is the basis for the construction of GIS but
- necessary for other uses of geographic information. The use of the
- technology reveals a large number of interesting research questions, which
- require an interdisciplinary approach to their solution. COSIT intends to
- bring together researchers from different disciplines, e.g.,
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- geography
- engineering
- geodesy
- computer science
- cognitive science
- environmental psychology
- artificial intelligence
- administration
- history
- sociology
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- The conference organizers welcome all contributions on spatial information
- theory. The following list of topics is indicative for the field of
- interest and does not intend to exclude other research areas.
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- Structure of geographic information
- Languages of spatial relation
- Cognitive structure of space
- Time in geography and geographic information
- Spatial and temporal reasoning in geographic space
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- Data quality aspects of geographic information
- Treatment of incomplete or imprecise spatial data
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- Computational geography
- Spatial analysis and modeling
- Simulation of processes in geographic space
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- User Interface design
- Design of generally useful elements for GIS interfaces
- Metaphors for GIS
- Virtual Reality
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- Presentation of spatial information
- Cartographic generalization
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- Spatial data integration
- Cooperative work with spatial information
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- One day of the conference will be devoted to papers discussing aspects of
- CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
- in spatial information treatment, which may be found in many of the above
- topics.
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- The conference program will be selected by an international,
- interdisciplinary program committee. Three planned INVITED LECTURES by
- eminent scientists in the field will start each day of the conference. The
- conference is the place to present results from recent work and discuss
- advanced 'work in progress'. The research contributions will be selected
- through rigorous review of full papers and proceedings will be printed
- before the conference.
-
- PANELS will discuss relevance of research questions and compare possible
- approaches. Before the conference, TUTORIALS introducing the topics of the
- conference will be organized. They will last from half a day to two days.
- One tutorial will discuss the preparation of scientific papers for
- conferences and their presentation. After the conference, TOPICAL MEETINGS
- ("birds of a feather sessions") can be organized after the research
- conference and proposals from 'convenors' are welcome. A ROMANCE LANGUAGE
- round table will be scheduled.
-
- Note for Authors:
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- Deadline for submitting papers: MARCH 15, 1993
- for papers received later review, and therefore consideration for the
- program committee meeting, cannot be guaranteed
- Program committee meeting: APRIL 25, 1993
- Information on acceptance sent out: MAY 1, 1993
- Revised paper in camera-ready form due: JUNE 10, 1993
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- Authors are requested to submit full papers in English, not abstracts, to
- the program chairs. The title page of the paper should contain the title,
- author(s), affiliation(s), the submitting author's mailing address,
- telephone number, fax number and e-mail address, and an abstract. Total
- length of a paper is expected to be less than 18 pages double spaced (less
- than 6000 words) including figures and bibliography. The Program Committee
- will evaluate the papers based on scientific significance, relevance to the
- conference, novelty, relation to previously published literature, and
- clarity of presentation.
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-
- Irene Campari Andrew Frank
- CNUCE-CNR Geoinformation
- via Santa Maria 36 Technical University Vienna
- 56126 Pisa (Italy) Gusshausstrasse 27/29
- A - 1040 Vienna, Austria
- Phone: +39-50-593320 Phone: +43 1 588 01 3786
- Fax: +39-50-58935 Fax: +43 1 5043535
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- irene@Icnucevm.cnuce.cnr.it frank@mecan1.maine.edu
-
- The Symposium will be mostly organized using e-mail. We appreciate if you
- further distribute this Call for Papers either by e-mail or by
- conventional means. We are particularly grateful for inclusion of this
- text in newsletters etc.
-
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- REGISTRATION
- The registration fee is 250.000 L (approx. $200) with a reduction to
- 230.000 L for registration before April 15, 1993. Registration for
- students will be 100.000 L. (approx. $100). Registration includes
- proceedings, symposium attendance, special events (ice breaker and dinner).
-
- A Note on the Site
- The island of Elba is one of the nicest island in the Mediterranean sea,
- and September is the best month to visit it. The weather should still
- permit swimming in the clean sea. It is easily reachable by ship from the
- port of Piombino, which is well connected by train with Pisa and Rome.
- Marciana Marina is a small town on the western end of the island. It offers
- a choice of hotels etc. and should provide ample opportunity for
- serendipitous meetings in many small restaurants. There are a considerable
- number of hotels but September is still high season and we suggest to plan
- ahead.
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- REPLY FORM
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- If you intend
- to participate,
- present a paper,
- convene a topical meeting (before or after)
- propose a tutorial or
- suggest a panel,
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- then please inform us at the following addresses:
-
- afrank@email.tuwien.ac.at
- or by fax to
- Fax: +43 1 504 3535
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- COSIT'93
- European Conference on Spatial Information Theory
- Marciana Marina, Elba, Italy
- September 19-22, 1993
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- I intend to submit a paper/panel/topical meeting/tutorial
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