Call For Papers

This Symposium is intended to provide an up-to-date review of advances in recent development of Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems (W2GIS). We invite submissions that address both theoretical and technical issues of W2GIS. Reports on implementations are particularly welcome. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to as long as they address issues related to W2GIS and location-based services:

• Conceptual and logical models
• Data management and retrieval
• Geographical search engines
• Web services
• Query languages and interfaces
• 2D and 3D information visualization
• Exploratory cartography and interfaces
• Data mining
• Security and usability
• Location-based services
• Peer-to-peer computing
• Cyber-geography
• Semantic geo-spatial web
• Mobile & Wireless GIS
• Telematics and GIS Applications
• Ubiquitous GIS
• Personalization and adaptation
• Wayfinding and navigation

Accepted papers will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Each paper must be written in English, should be limited to 6000 words, and submitted in PDF file. Each paper must include a short abstract and a list of keywords indicating subject classification. The full names and addresses of the authors should be printed only on the title page. The author who is the contact person should be identified as such. Authors please see www.springer.com/lncs for detailed formatting instructions. Acceptance of a paper means an obligation for at least one of the authors to attend the conference and present the paper. A selection of best papers will be considered for a special issue of a journal publication.