Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial...

20 November 2009, 10:41am

Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial Statistics Workshop submission deadline extended

Fifth International Workshop on "Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial Statistics"
GEOG-AN-MOD 10

in conjunction with

The 2010 International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2010) March 23th to March 26th, 2010,
Kyushu Sangyo University, Fukuoka, Japan

Workshop Description
During the past decades the main problem in geographical analysis was the lack of spatial data availability. Nowadays the wide diffusion of electronic devices containing geo-referenced information generates a great production of spatial data. Volunteered geographic information activities (e.g. Wikimapia, OpenStreetMap), public initiatives (e.g. Spatial Data Infrastructures, Geo-portals) and private projects (e.g. Google Earth, Microsoft Virtual Earth, etc.) produced an overabundance of spatial data, which, in many cases, does not help the efficiency of decision processes. The increase of geographical data availability has not been fully coupled by an increase of knowledge to support spatial decisions. The inclusion of spatial simulation techniques in recent GIS software favoured the diffusion of these methods, but in several cases led to the mechanism based on which buttons have to pressed without having geography or processes in mind. Spatia! l modelling, analytical techniques and geographical analyses are therefore required in order to analyse data and to facilitate the decision process at all levels, with a clear identification of the geographical information needed and reference scale to adopt. Old geographical issues can find an answer thanks to new methods and instruments, while new issues are developing, challenging the researchers for new solutions. This workshop aims at contributing to the development of new techniques and methods to improve the process of knowledge acquisition.

Due to request of delaying the submission by several authors, the deadline of GEOG-AN-MOD 2010 ( http://www.unibas.it/utenti/murgante/geog_an_mod_10/index.html) for submitting full paper has been extended to Sunday, 6 December 2009.

Further information
For further information or questions, please send an e-mail to:
Giuseppe Borruso (University of Trieste, Italy) giuseppe.borruso@econ.units.it
Beniamino Murgante (University of Basilicata, Italy) beniamino.murgante@unibas.it

Important dates
6 December 2009: Deadline for full paper submission
21 December 2009: Notification of acceptance
11 January 2010: Deadline for Camera Ready Papers
March 23-26, 2010: ICCSA 2010 Conference

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