A few weeks back I announced the development of new ESRI industry track dedicated to the use of GIS in Indian Country and by Indigenous Communities around the globe.  I'm very pleased to announce that that is now official and it's time to begin soliciting abstracts for the 2009 ESRI International User Conference!  As a new track it's very important we get a strong start with lots of abstracts submitted for potential speakers for next year's conference.  Even if you are not positive you will be able to attend, please submit an abstract if there is a chance you will attend and would be willing to share your GIS experiences with other Tribal / Indigenous attendees at the conference.   The ESRI International User Conference is the largest GIS gathering in the world with over 14,00 attendees.  If you have not attended before it is an amazing event with something for everyone regardless of your level of expertise with GIS.  

Please click http://tinyurl.com/4flnwm and then "Submit an Abstract".  The deadline to submit a track is currently October 17th so if you could take a few minutes and submit an abstract it would be a great help.

Please be sure you place your paper under our new track which can be found under the science and modeling theme: TRI   Tribal/Indigenous GIS Programs

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David Gadsden - NW Federal Account Manager

ESRI - Environmental Systems Research Institute

606 Columbia Street NW, Suite 300, Olympia WA

Phone: 360.754.4727 Fax: 360.943.6910

Web: www.esri.com

Please join ESRI for the inaugural year of the Tribal / Indigenous (TRI) presentation series at the 2009 ESRI International User Conference.  The ESRI International User Conference is the largest gathering of GIS professionals globally with typically around 14,000 attendees a year.  The conference will be held in San Diego, CA July 13^th – the 17^th.  We've been working to illuminate the important GIS programs in Tribal and Indigenous Communities at the conference.  The result is a full day program featuring 12 distinguished and qualified presenters.  In addition to these presentations we are exploring the following activities to showcase the important use of GIS in Tribal and Indigenous Communities around the world.    

·         A Tribal / Indigenous Map Showcase in the Map Gallery (details below) which will incorporate your maps and screenshots into a display of GIS programs in Tribal and Indigenous Communities.   

·         A booth on the convention floor where you can represent your community, GIS program, and distribute maps and brochures.    

·         A Tribal / Indigenous Special Interest Group Meeting facilitated by  Tribal / Indigenous GIS Professionals to discuss important issues facing GIS in Tribal and Indigenous communities.

Also, the ESRI Graphics team will be building a dedicated display in the Map Gallery for Tribal / Indigenous GIS.  I need your help to make this showcase a success, please let me know if you will be able to contribute a map, or a screenshot, to the display and I will respond with the details of how to submit your work to the ESRI FTP site.  It takes some time to pull these displays together so I need to ask for you to submit your work as soon as possible, although we will have until the end of April to get everything in.  Our graphics team does exceptional work and this display of Tribal / Indigenous GIS will look amazing and drive a lot of discussion and interest in your work.  Please note, while we hope everyone can make it to San Diego, you do not have to be in attendance to include your important work in this display. 

Please let me know if you hope to participate and I’ll send you more details directly. I hope to see you there!

David Gadsden - NW Federal Account Manager 
606 Columbia Street NW, Suite 300, Olympia WA 
Email: dgadsden@esri.com Web: www.esri.com

A few weeks back I announced the development of new ESRI industry track dedicated to the use of GIS in Indian Country and by Indigenous Communities around the globe.  I'm very pleased to announce that that is now official and it's time to begin soliciting abstracts for the 2009 ESRI International User Conference!  As a new track it's very important we get a strong start with lots of abstracts submitted for potential speakers for next year's conference.  Even if you are not positive you will be able to attend, please submit an abstract if there is a chance you will attend and would be willing to share your GIS experiences with other Tribal / Indigenous attendees at the conference.   The ESRI International User Conference is the largest GIS gathering in the world with over 14,00 attendees.  If you have not attended before it is an amazing event with something for everyone regardless of your level of expertise with GIS.  

Please click http://tinyurl.com/4flnwm and then "Submit an Abstract".  The deadline to submit a track is currently October 17th so if you could take a few minutes and submit an abstract it would be a great help.

Please be sure you place your paper under our new track which can be found under the science and modeling theme: TRI   Tribal/Indigenous GIS Programs

<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

David Gadsden - NW Federal Account Manager

ESRI - Environmental Systems Research Institute

606 Columbia Street NW, Suite 300, Olympia WA

Phone: 360.754.4727 Fax: 360.943.6910

Web: www.esri.com

Please join ESRI for the inaugural year of the Tribal / Indigenous (TRI) presentation series at the 2009 ESRI International User Conference.  The ESRI International User Conference is the largest gathering of GIS professionals globally with typically around 14,000 attendees a year.  The conference will be held in San Diego, CA July 13^th – the 17^th.  We've been working to illuminate the important GIS programs in Tribal and Indigenous Communities at the conference.  The result is a full day program featuring 12 distinguished and qualified presenters.  In addition to these presentations we are exploring the following activities to showcase the important use of GIS in Tribal and Indigenous Communities around the world.    

·         A Tribal / Indigenous Map Showcase in the Map Gallery (details below) which will incorporate your maps and screenshots into a display of GIS programs in Tribal and Indigenous Communities.   

·         A booth on the convention floor where you can represent your community, GIS program, and distribute maps and brochures.    

·         A Tribal / Indigenous Special Interest Group Meeting facilitated by  Tribal / Indigenous GIS Professionals to discuss important issues facing GIS in Tribal and Indigenous communities.

Also, the ESRI Graphics team will be building a dedicated display in the Map Gallery for Tribal / Indigenous GIS.  I need your help to make this showcase a success, please let me know if you will be able to contribute a map, or a screenshot, to the display and I will respond with the details of how to submit your work to the ESRI FTP site.  It takes some time to pull these displays together so I need to ask for you to submit your work as soon as possible, although we will have until the end of April to get everything in.  Our graphics team does exceptional work and this display of Tribal / Indigenous GIS will look amazing and drive a lot of discussion and interest in your work.  Please note, while we hope everyone can make it to San Diego, you do not have to be in attendance to include your important work in this display. 

Please let me know if you hope to participate and I’ll send you more details directly. I hope to see you there!

David Gadsden - NW Federal Account Manager 
606 Columbia Street NW, Suite 300, Olympia WA 
Email: dgadsden@esri.com Web: www.esri.com

A few weeks back I announced the development of new ESRI industry track dedicated to the use of GIS in Indian Country and by Indigenous Communities around the globe.  I'm very pleased to announce that that is now official and it's time to begin soliciting abstracts for the 2009 ESRI International User Conference!  As a new track it's very important we get a strong start with lots of abstracts submitted for potential speakers for next year's conference.  Even if you are not positive you will be able to attend, please submit an abstract if there is a chance you will attend and would be willing to share your GIS experiences with other Tribal / Indigenous attendees at the conference.   The ESRI International User Conference is the largest GIS gathering in the world with over 14,00 attendees.  If you have not attended before it is an amazing event with something for everyone regardless of your level of expertise with GIS.  

Please click http://tinyurl.com/4flnwm and then "Submit an Abstract".  The deadline to submit a track is currently October 17th so if you could take a few minutes and submit an abstract it would be a great help.

Please be sure you place your paper under our new track which can be found under the science and modeling theme: TRI   Tribal/Indigenous GIS Programs

<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

David Gadsden - NW Federal Account Manager

ESRI - Environmental Systems Research Institute

606 Columbia Street NW, Suite 300, Olympia WA

Phone: 360.754.4727 Fax: 360.943.6910

Web: www.esri.com

Please join ESRI for the inaugural year of the Tribal / Indigenous (TRI) presentation series at the 2009 ESRI International User Conference.  The ESRI International User Conference is the largest gathering of GIS professionals globally with typically around 14,000 attendees a year.  The conference will be held in San Diego, CA July 13^th – the 17^th.  We've been working to illuminate the important GIS programs in Tribal and Indigenous Communities at the conference.  The result is a full day program featuring 12 distinguished and qualified presenters.  In addition to these presentations we are exploring the following activities to showcase the important use of GIS in Tribal and Indigenous Communities around the world.    

·         A Tribal / Indigenous Map Showcase in the Map Gallery (details below) which will incorporate your maps and screenshots into a display of GIS programs in Tribal and Indigenous Communities.   

·         A booth on the convention floor where you can represent your community, GIS program, and distribute maps and brochures.    

·         A Tribal / Indigenous Special Interest Group Meeting facilitated by  Tribal / Indigenous GIS Professionals to discuss important issues facing GIS in Tribal and Indigenous communities.

Also, the ESRI Graphics team will be building a dedicated display in the Map Gallery for Tribal / Indigenous GIS.  I need your help to make this showcase a success, please let me know if you will be able to contribute a map, or a screenshot, to the display and I will respond with the details of how to submit your work to the ESRI FTP site.  It takes some time to pull these displays together so I need to ask for you to submit your work as soon as possible, although we will have until the end of April to get everything in.  Our graphics team does exceptional work and this display of Tribal / Indigenous GIS will look amazing and drive a lot of discussion and interest in your work.  Please note, while we hope everyone can make it to San Diego, you do not have to be in attendance to include your important work in this display. 

Please let me know if you hope to participate and I’ll send you more details directly. I hope to see you there!

David Gadsden - NW Federal Account Manager 
606 Columbia Street NW, Suite 300, Olympia WA 
Email: dgadsden@esri.com Web: www.esri.com

A few weeks back I announced the development of new ESRI industry track dedicated to the use of GIS in Indian Country and by Indigenous Communities around the globe.  I'm very pleased to announce that that is now official and it's time to begin soliciting abstracts for the 2009 ESRI International User Conference!  As a new track it's very important we get a strong start with lots of abstracts submitted for potential speakers for next year's conference.  Even if you are not positive you will be able to attend, please submit an abstract if there is a chance you will attend and would be willing to share your GIS experiences with other Tribal / Indigenous attendees at the conference.   The ESRI International User Conference is the largest GIS gathering in the world with over 14,00 attendees.  If you have not attended before it is an amazing event with something for everyone regardless of your level of expertise with GIS.  

Please click http://tinyurl.com/4flnwm and then "Submit an Abstract".  The deadline to submit a track is currently October 17th so if you could take a few minutes and submit an abstract it would be a great help.

Please be sure you place your paper under our new track which can be found under the science and modeling theme: TRI   Tribal/Indigenous GIS Programs

<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

David Gadsden - NW Federal Account Manager

ESRI - Environmental Systems Research Institute

606 Columbia Street NW, Suite 300, Olympia WA

Phone: 360.754.4727 Fax: 360.943.6910

Web: www.esri.com

Please join ESRI for the inaugural year of the Tribal / Indigenous (TRI) presentation series at the 2009 ESRI International User Conference.  The ESRI International User Conference is the largest gathering of GIS professionals globally with typically around 14,000 attendees a year.  The conference will be held in San Diego, CA July 13^th – the 17^th.  We've been working to illuminate the important GIS programs in Tribal and Indigenous Communities at the conference.  The result is a full day program featuring 12 distinguished and qualified presenters.  In addition to these presentations we are exploring the following activities to showcase the important use of GIS in Tribal and Indigenous Communities around the world.    

·         A Tribal / Indigenous Map Showcase in the Map Gallery (details below) which will incorporate your maps and screenshots into a display of GIS programs in Tribal and Indigenous Communities.   

·         A booth on the convention floor where you can represent your community, GIS program, and distribute maps and brochures.    

·         A Tribal / Indigenous Special Interest Group Meeting facilitated by  Tribal / Indigenous GIS Professionals to discuss important issues facing GIS in Tribal and Indigenous communities.

Also, the ESRI Graphics team will be building a dedicated display in the Map Gallery for Tribal / Indigenous GIS.  I need your help to make this showcase a success, please let me know if you will be able to contribute a map, or a screenshot, to the display and I will respond with the details of how to submit your work to the ESRI FTP site.  It takes some time to pull these displays together so I need to ask for you to submit your work as soon as possible, although we will have until the end of April to get everything in.  Our graphics team does exceptional work and this display of Tribal / Indigenous GIS will look amazing and drive a lot of discussion and interest in your work.  Please note, while we hope everyone can make it to San Diego, you do not have to be in attendance to include your important work in this display. 

Please let me know if you hope to participate and I’ll send you more details directly. I hope to see you there!

David Gadsden - NW Federal Account Manager 
606 Columbia Street NW, Suite 300, Olympia WA 
Email: dgadsden@esri.com Web: www.esri.com

A few weeks back I announced the development of new ESRI industry track dedicated to the use of GIS in Indian Country and by Indigenous Communities around the globe.  I'm very pleased to announce that that is now official and it's time to begin soliciting abstracts for the 2009 ESRI International User Conference!  As a new track it's very important we get a strong start with lots of abstracts submitted for potential speakers for next year's conference.  Even if you are not positive you will be able to attend, please submit an abstract if there is a chance you will attend and would be willing to share your GIS experiences with other Tribal / Indigenous attendees at the conference.   The ESRI International User Conference is the largest GIS gathering in the world with over 14,00 attendees.  If you have not attended before it is an amazing event with something for everyone regardless of your level of expertise with GIS.  

Please click http://tinyurl.com/4flnwm and then "Submit an Abstract".  The deadline to submit a track is currently October 17th so if you could take a few minutes and submit an abstract it would be a great help.

Please be sure you place your paper under our new track which can be found under the science and modeling theme: TRI   Tribal/Indigenous GIS Programs

<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

David Gadsden - NW Federal Account Manager

ESRI - Environmental Systems Research Institute

606 Columbia Street NW, Suite 300, Olympia WA

Phone: 360.754.4727 Fax: 360.943.6910

Web: www.esri.com

Please join ESRI for the inaugural year of the Tribal / Indigenous (TRI) presentation series at the 2009 ESRI International User Conference.  The ESRI International User Conference is the largest gathering of GIS professionals globally with typically around 14,000 attendees a year.  The conference will be held in San Diego, CA July 13^th – the 17^th.  We've been working to illuminate the important GIS programs in Tribal and Indigenous Communities at the conference.  The result is a full day program featuring 12 distinguished and qualified presenters.  In addition to these presentations we are exploring the following activities to showcase the important use of GIS in Tribal and Indigenous Communities around the world.    

·         A Tribal / Indigenous Map Showcase in the Map Gallery (details below) which will incorporate your maps and screenshots into a display of GIS programs in Tribal and Indigenous Communities.   

·         A booth on the convention floor where you can represent your community, GIS program, and distribute maps and brochures.    

·         A Tribal / Indigenous Special Interest Group Meeting facilitated by  Tribal / Indigenous GIS Professionals to discuss important issues facing GIS in Tribal and Indigenous communities.

Also, the ESRI Graphics team will be building a dedicated display in the Map Gallery for Tribal / Indigenous GIS.  I need your help to make this showcase a success, please let me know if you will be able to contribute a map, or a screenshot, to the display and I will respond with the details of how to submit your work to the ESRI FTP site.  It takes some time to pull these displays together so I need to ask for you to submit your work as soon as possible, although we will have until the end of April to get everything in.  Our graphics team does exceptional work and this display of Tribal / Indigenous GIS will look amazing and drive a lot of discussion and interest in your work.  Please note, while we hope everyone can make it to San Diego, you do not have to be in attendance to include your important work in this display. 

Please let me know if you hope to participate and I’ll send you more details directly. I hope to see you there!

David Gadsden - NW Federal Account Manager 
606 Columbia Street NW, Suite 300, Olympia WA 
Email: dgadsden@esri.com Web: www.esri.com

Indigenous Mapping Network is proud to present an opportunity to hear Tammie Grant speak on her "Personal Journey with Geospatial Education & Tribal Colleges", on September 15th, Tuesday, on UC Berkeley campus. See the forum post for more information.

Location: Emerald Downs

Lunch: I am not sure about if the lunch will be hosted or not.

Potential agenda items:

The next NW Tribal GIS Users Group meeting will be held on
Wed, Oct. 14^th, 2009 at the Emerald Downs Racetrack. The meeting
will run from 10 am to 3 pm. Please RSVP so I can get an estimate for how much
food to have for lunch. It will be hosted so we don’t have to break for lunch.
If you have any topics for discussion, please let me know. Thank you.

Location: Campala, Uganda

Place: Commonwealth Resort Hotel, Munyonyo

http://www.spekeresort.com/

AFRICAGIS is the premier conference and exhibition focusing ongeo-information technologies and applications in Africa. The principalobjective of AFRICAGIS is to provide a platform for geo-informationprofessionals from Africa to learn about geo-information technology andits applications. It provides a forum for geo-information professionalsto meet, interact, and be updated on new developments, products andemerging trends and issues.

Location: Campala, Uganda

Place: Commonwealth Resort Hotel, Munyonyo

http://www.spekeresort.com/

AFRICAGIS is the premier conference and exhibition focusing ongeo-information technologies and applications in Africa. The principalobjective of AFRICAGIS is to provide a platform for geo-informationprofessionals from Africa to learn about geo-information technology andits applications. It provides a forum for geo-information professionalsto meet, interact, and be updated on new developments, products andemerging trends and issues.

Location: Campala, Uganda

Place: Commonwealth Resort Hotel, Munyonyo

http://www.spekeresort.com/

AFRICAGIS is the premier conference and exhibition focusing ongeo-information technologies and applications in Africa. The principalobjective of AFRICAGIS is to provide a platform for geo-informationprofessionals from Africa to learn about geo-information technology andits applications. It provides a forum for geo-information professionalsto meet, interact, and be updated on new developments, products andemerging trends and issues.

GeoConnections is pleased to invite you to a web presentation concerning the Aboriginal Land and Resource Management Data Needs Assessment. The results of the data needs assessment will be presented via the web by Makivik Corporation.

Location: Campala, Uganda

Place: Commonwealth Resort Hotel, Munyonyo

http://www.spekeresort.com/

AFRICAGIS is the premier conference and exhibition focusing ongeo-information technologies and applications in Africa. The principalobjective of AFRICAGIS is to provide a platform for geo-informationprofessionals from Africa to learn about geo-information technology andits applications. It provides a forum for geo-information professionalsto meet, interact, and be updated on new developments, products andemerging trends and issues.

                        (ACM GIS 2009)

                        Call for Papers
          ---------------------------------------------

                      November 4-6, 2009
                      Seattle, WA, USA
                  http://acmgis09.cs.umn.edu

The ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems 2009 (ACM GIS 2009) is the seventeenth event of a series of symposia and workshops that began in 1993 with the aim of bringing together researchers, developers, users, and practitioners carrying out research and development in novel systems based on geo-spatial data and knowledge, and fostering interdisciplinary discussions and research in all aspects of geographic information systems. The conference provides a forum for original research contributions covering all conceptual, design, and implementation aspects of GIS ranging from applications, user interface considerations, and visualization down to storage management and indexing issues. This year's conference builds on last year's conference great success and on being the premier annual conference of the ACM Special Interest Group on Spatial Information (ACM SIGSPATIAL). Researchers, students, and practitioners are invited to submit their contributions to this year's ACM GIS.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Suggested topics include but are not limited to:

* Cartography and Geodesy
* Computational Geometry
* Computer Vision Applications in GIS
* Distributed, Parallel, and GPU algorithms for GIS
* Earth Observation
* Geographic Information Retrieval
* Human Computer Interaction and Visualization
* Image and Video Understanding
* Location-based Services
* Location Privacy, Data Sharing and Security
* Performance Evaluation
* Photogrammetry
* Similarity Searching
* Spatial Analysis and Integration
* Spatial and Spatio-temporal Information Acquisition
* Spatial Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
* Spatial Data Quality and Uncertainty
* Spatial Data Structures and Algorithms
* Spatial Data Warehousing, OLAP, and Decision Support
* Spatial Information and Society
* Spatial Modeling and Reasoning
* Spatial Query Processing and Optimization
* Spatio-temporal Data Handling
* Spatio-temporal Sensor Networks
* Spatio-temporal Stream Processing
* Spatio-textual Searching
* Standardization and Interoperability for GIS
* Storage and Indexing
* Systems, Architectures and Middleware for GIS
* Traffic Telematics
* Transportation
* Urban and Environmental Planning
* Visual Languages and Querying
* Wireless, Web, and Real-time Applications

PAPER FORMAT

Authors are invited to submit full, original, unpublished research papers that are not being considered for publication in any other forum. Manuscripts should be submitted in PDF format and formatted using the ACM camera-ready templates available at:

http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html

Papers cannot exceed 10 pages in length. In addition to the regular full-length papers, the Program Committee may accept some as poster papers which may be requested to be shortened. All submitted papers will be refereed for quality, originality, and relevance by the Program Committee. The acceptance/rejection of papers will be based on review results. All questions should be addressed to the Program Committee Chairs. Some accepted submissions may receive a best paper/poster award.

Ph.D. DISSERTATION SHOWCASE PAPER FORMAT

Ph.D. students are encouraged to submit their Ph.D. research contributions and work-in-progress. Submissions cannot exceed 6 pages -- Add (Ph.D. Showcase) to the title. Student authors of the accepted papers will be given an opportunity to present a summary of their research at the conference. Successful Ph.D. showcase papers will appear in the ACM SIGSPATIAL Newsletter.

INDUSTRIAL PAPER FORMAT

Authors are invited to submit industrial experience papers that describe their original industrial experiences, challenges, and applications to be presented during the  conference. Industrial paper submissions cannot exceed 10 pages -- Add (Industrial Paper) to the title. The accepted industrial experience papers will appear in the Conference Proceedings.

DEMONSTRATION PAPER FORMAT

Authors are invited to submit demo papers that describe their original demonstrations to be presented during the conference. Demo paper submissions cannot exceed 2 pages -- Add (Demo Paper) to the title. The demo papers will appear in the Conference Proceedings.

SUBMISSION

Submissions will be made electronically and online only at:

http://acmgis09.cs.umn.edu

One author per accepted paper, poster, PhD. Dissertation showcase, industrial paper, or demo is required to register and attend the conference and to present the accepted submission . Otherwise, the accepted submission will not appear in the published conference proceedings or in the ACM Digital Library version of the conference
proceedings. All questions should be addressed to the Program Committee Chairs.

IMPORTANT DATES (Research, Ph.D, and Demo papers)

Abstract Submission:        Jun. 18, 2009
Full Paper Submission:      Jun. 25, 2009
Notification of Acceptance:  Aug. 4, 2009
Camera Ready Copy:          Sept. 6, 2009
Conference Date:            Nov. 4-6, 2009

ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE

General Chair
Ouri Wolfson, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

General Co-Chairs
Divyakant Agrawal, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Chang-Tien Lu, Virginia Tech, USA

General Vice Chair
Cyrus Shahabi, University of Southern California, USA

Program Co-Chairs
Mohamed Mokbel, University of Minnesota, USA
Peter Scheuermann, Northwestern University, USA

Program Vice Chair
Walid G. Aref, Purdue University, USA

Local Arrangement Co-Chairs
John Krumm, Microsoft Corporation, USA
Mohamed Ali, Microsoft Corporation, USA

Treasurer
Yan Huang, University of North Texas, USA

Publicity Chair
Judy Cushing, Evergreen College, USA

Proceedings Co-Chairs
Andrew Danner, Swarthmore College, USA
Alejandro Pauly, University of Florida, USA

Poster Chair
Jagan Sankaranarayanan, University of Maryland, USA

                        (ACM GIS 2009)

                        Call for Papers
          ---------------------------------------------

                      November 4-6, 2009
                      Seattle, WA, USA
                  http://acmgis09.cs.umn.edu

The ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems 2009 (ACM GIS 2009) is the seventeenth event of a series of symposia and workshops that began in 1993 with the aim of bringing together researchers, developers, users, and practitioners carrying out research and development in novel systems based on geo-spatial data and knowledge, and fostering interdisciplinary discussions and research in all aspects of geographic information systems. The conference provides a forum for original research contributions covering all conceptual, design, and implementation aspects of GIS ranging from applications, user interface considerations, and visualization down to storage management and indexing issues. This year's conference builds on last year's conference great success and on being the premier annual conference of the ACM Special Interest Group on Spatial Information (ACM SIGSPATIAL). Researchers, students, and practitioners are invited to submit their contributions to this year's ACM GIS.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Suggested topics include but are not limited to:

* Cartography and Geodesy
* Computational Geometry
* Computer Vision Applications in GIS
* Distributed, Parallel, and GPU algorithms for GIS
* Earth Observation
* Geographic Information Retrieval
* Human Computer Interaction and Visualization
* Image and Video Understanding
* Location-based Services
* Location Privacy, Data Sharing and Security
* Performance Evaluation
* Photogrammetry
* Similarity Searching
* Spatial Analysis and Integration
* Spatial and Spatio-temporal Information Acquisition
* Spatial Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
* Spatial Data Quality and Uncertainty
* Spatial Data Structures and Algorithms
* Spatial Data Warehousing, OLAP, and Decision Support
* Spatial Information and Society
* Spatial Modeling and Reasoning
* Spatial Query Processing and Optimization
* Spatio-temporal Data Handling
* Spatio-temporal Sensor Networks
* Spatio-temporal Stream Processing
* Spatio-textual Searching
* Standardization and Interoperability for GIS
* Storage and Indexing
* Systems, Architectures and Middleware for GIS
* Traffic Telematics
* Transportation
* Urban and Environmental Planning
* Visual Languages and Querying
* Wireless, Web, and Real-time Applications

PAPER FORMAT

Authors are invited to submit full, original, unpublished research papers that are not being considered for publication in any other forum. Manuscripts should be submitted in PDF format and formatted using the ACM camera-ready templates available at:

http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html

Papers cannot exceed 10 pages in length. In addition to the regular full-length papers, the Program Committee may accept some as poster papers which may be requested to be shortened. All submitted papers will be refereed for quality, originality, and relevance by the Program Committee. The acceptance/rejection of papers will be based on review results. All questions should be addressed to the Program Committee Chairs. Some accepted submissions may receive a best paper/poster award.

Ph.D. DISSERTATION SHOWCASE PAPER FORMAT

Ph.D. students are encouraged to submit their Ph.D. research contributions and work-in-progress. Submissions cannot exceed 6 pages -- Add (Ph.D. Showcase) to the title. Student authors of the accepted papers will be given an opportunity to present a summary of their research at the conference. Successful Ph.D. showcase papers will appear in the ACM SIGSPATIAL Newsletter.

INDUSTRIAL PAPER FORMAT

Authors are invited to submit industrial experience papers that describe their original industrial experiences, challenges, and applications to be presented during the  conference. Industrial paper submissions cannot exceed 10 pages -- Add (Industrial Paper) to the title. The accepted industrial experience papers will appear in the Conference Proceedings.

DEMONSTRATION PAPER FORMAT

Authors are invited to submit demo papers that describe their original demonstrations to be presented during the conference. Demo paper submissions cannot exceed 2 pages -- Add (Demo Paper) to the title. The demo papers will appear in the Conference Proceedings.

SUBMISSION

Submissions will be made electronically and online only at:

http://acmgis09.cs.umn.edu

One author per accepted paper, poster, PhD. Dissertation showcase, industrial paper, or demo is required to register and attend the conference and to present the accepted submission . Otherwise, the accepted submission will not appear in the published conference proceedings or in the ACM Digital Library version of the conference
proceedings. All questions should be addressed to the Program Committee Chairs.

IMPORTANT DATES (Research, Ph.D, and Demo papers)

Abstract Submission:        Jun. 18, 2009
Full Paper Submission:      Jun. 25, 2009
Notification of Acceptance:  Aug. 4, 2009
Camera Ready Copy:          Sept. 6, 2009
Conference Date:            Nov. 4-6, 2009

ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE

General Chair
Ouri Wolfson, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

General Co-Chairs
Divyakant Agrawal, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Chang-Tien Lu, Virginia Tech, USA

General Vice Chair
Cyrus Shahabi, University of Southern California, USA

Program Co-Chairs
Mohamed Mokbel, University of Minnesota, USA
Peter Scheuermann, Northwestern University, USA

Program Vice Chair
Walid G. Aref, Purdue University, USA

Local Arrangement Co-Chairs
John Krumm, Microsoft Corporation, USA
Mohamed Ali, Microsoft Corporation, USA

Treasurer
Yan Huang, University of North Texas, USA

Publicity Chair
Judy Cushing, Evergreen College, USA

Proceedings Co-Chairs
Andrew Danner, Swarthmore College, USA
Alejandro Pauly, University of Florida, USA

Poster Chair
Jagan Sankaranarayanan, University of Maryland, USA

                        (ACM GIS 2009)

                        Call for Papers
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                      November 4-6, 2009
                      Seattle, WA, USA
                  http://acmgis09.cs.umn.edu

The ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems 2009 (ACM GIS 2009) is the seventeenth event of a series of symposia and workshops that began in 1993 with the aim of bringing together researchers, developers, users, and practitioners carrying out research and development in novel systems based on geo-spatial data and knowledge, and fostering interdisciplinary discussions and research in all aspects of geographic information systems. The conference provides a forum for original research contributions covering all conceptual, design, and implementation aspects of GIS ranging from applications, user interface considerations, and visualization down to storage management and indexing issues. This year's conference builds on last year's conference great success and on being the premier annual conference of the ACM Special Interest Group on Spatial Information (ACM SIGSPATIAL). Researchers, students, and practitioners are invited to submit their contributions to this year's ACM GIS.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Suggested topics include but are not limited to:

* Cartography and Geodesy
* Computational Geometry
* Computer Vision Applications in GIS
* Distributed, Parallel, and GPU algorithms for GIS
* Earth Observation
* Geographic Information Retrieval
* Human Computer Interaction and Visualization
* Image and Video Understanding
* Location-based Services
* Location Privacy, Data Sharing and Security
* Performance Evaluation
* Photogrammetry
* Similarity Searching
* Spatial Analysis and Integration
* Spatial and Spatio-temporal Information Acquisition
* Spatial Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
* Spatial Data Quality and Uncertainty
* Spatial Data Structures and Algorithms
* Spatial Data Warehousing, OLAP, and Decision Support
* Spatial Information and Society
* Spatial Modeling and Reasoning
* Spatial Query Processing and Optimization
* Spatio-temporal Data Handling
* Spatio-temporal Sensor Networks
* Spatio-temporal Stream Processing
* Spatio-textual Searching
* Standardization and Interoperability for GIS
* Storage and Indexing
* Systems, Architectures and Middleware for GIS
* Traffic Telematics
* Transportation
* Urban and Environmental Planning
* Visual Languages and Querying
* Wireless, Web, and Real-time Applications

PAPER FORMAT

Authors are invited to submit full, original, unpublished research papers that are not being considered for publication in any other forum. Manuscripts should be submitted in PDF format and formatted using the ACM camera-ready templates available at:

http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html

Papers cannot exceed 10 pages in length. In addition to the regular full-length papers, the Program Committee may accept some as poster papers which may be requested to be shortened. All submitted papers will be refereed for quality, originality, and relevance by the Program Committee. The acceptance/rejection of papers will be based on review results. All questions should be addressed to the Program Committee Chairs. Some accepted submissions may receive a best paper/poster award.

Ph.D. DISSERTATION SHOWCASE PAPER FORMAT

Ph.D. students are encouraged to submit their Ph.D. research contributions and work-in-progress. Submissions cannot exceed 6 pages -- Add (Ph.D. Showcase) to the title. Student authors of the accepted papers will be given an opportunity to present a summary of their research at the conference. Successful Ph.D. showcase papers will appear in the ACM SIGSPATIAL Newsletter.

INDUSTRIAL PAPER FORMAT

Authors are invited to submit industrial experience papers that describe their original industrial experiences, challenges, and applications to be presented during the  conference. Industrial paper submissions cannot exceed 10 pages -- Add (Industrial Paper) to the title. The accepted industrial experience papers will appear in the Conference Proceedings.

DEMONSTRATION PAPER FORMAT

Authors are invited to submit demo papers that describe their original demonstrations to be presented during the conference. Demo paper submissions cannot exceed 2 pages -- Add (Demo Paper) to the title. The demo papers will appear in the Conference Proceedings.

SUBMISSION

Submissions will be made electronically and online only at:

http://acmgis09.cs.umn.edu

One author per accepted paper, poster, PhD. Dissertation showcase, industrial paper, or demo is required to register and attend the conference and to present the accepted submission . Otherwise, the accepted submission will not appear in the published conference proceedings or in the ACM Digital Library version of the conference
proceedings. All questions should be addressed to the Program Committee Chairs.

IMPORTANT DATES (Research, Ph.D, and Demo papers)

Abstract Submission:        Jun. 18, 2009
Full Paper Submission:      Jun. 25, 2009
Notification of Acceptance:  Aug. 4, 2009
Camera Ready Copy:          Sept. 6, 2009
Conference Date:            Nov. 4-6, 2009

ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE

General Chair
Ouri Wolfson, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

General Co-Chairs
Divyakant Agrawal, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Chang-Tien Lu, Virginia Tech, USA

General Vice Chair
Cyrus Shahabi, University of Southern California, USA

Program Co-Chairs
Mohamed Mokbel, University of Minnesota, USA
Peter Scheuermann, Northwestern University, USA

Program Vice Chair
Walid G. Aref, Purdue University, USA

Local Arrangement Co-Chairs
John Krumm, Microsoft Corporation, USA
Mohamed Ali, Microsoft Corporation, USA

Treasurer
Yan Huang, University of North Texas, USA

Publicity Chair
Judy Cushing, Evergreen College, USA

Proceedings Co-Chairs
Andrew Danner, Swarthmore College, USA
Alejandro Pauly, University of Florida, USA

Poster Chair
Jagan Sankaranarayanan, University of Maryland, USA