Hello,
I just stumbled across this, below, on the PPGIS website: the Forum on
Participatory Geographic Information Systems and Technologies.
http://ppgis.iapad.org/ ( via Schuyler Erle )
-Mike
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Call for Papers:
THE GEOSPATIAL WEB - How Geo-Browsers, Social Software and the Web 2.0
are Shaping the Network Society
http://geoweb.know-center.at/
You are cordially invited to submit chapters for an upcoming book on the
Geospatial Web, published by Springer in the Advanced Information and
Knowledge Processing Series. The book will present the technical
foundations of the Geospatial Web, investigate information services and
collaborative environments built on top of geo-browsers like Google
Earth and NASA World Wind, and explore the economic, social and
environmental impacts of such knowledge-intensive applications.
Geo-browsers are an ideal platform to integrate (i) cartographic data
such as topographic maps and street directories, (ii) geo-tagged
knowledge repositories aggregated from public online sources or
intra-organizational systems, and (iii) environmental indicators such as
emission levels and air quality, ozone concentrations, and biodiversity
density.
At least three interrelated forces drive the global demand for
environmental information: the urgency and scope of environmental
problems, the increasingly active character of civil society, and
advances in information and communication technology. Disseminating
environmental information via the Geospatial Web can enhance public
knowledge and build awareness about the interdependency of economic,
social and environmental issues. We therefore specifically invite
submissions in an environmental context. Possible topics for submissions
in this category include but are not limited to: Applications of
geospatial technology to increase environmental awareness and catalyze
environmental online communication, support of NGOs and environmental
communities (e.g. matchmaking services, decision support, effective
interfaces to access environmental information), environmental education
initiatives, ecosystem monitoring, policy support, crisis and disaster
management, and emergency respon!
se simulations.
IMPORTANT DATES
Oct 10, 2006: Paper Submission Deadline
Nov 01, 2006: Notification of Acceptance Dec 01, 2006: Camera-ready Copy
of Final Chapters Due May 31, 2007: Publication
Arno Scharl & Klaus Tochtermann; Know-Center & Graz Univ of Technology
Knowledge Management Institute, Inffeldgasse 21a, A-8010 Graz, Austria
www.know-center.at | kmi.tugraz.at | www.ecoresearch.net
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