Past Events
 

October 2008
Call for Papers:  2009 AAG CSG Student Paper Competition
Deadline: 10/11/2008   Las Vegas, Nevada

The Cartography Specialty Group (CSG) of the Association of American Geographers is pleased to announce the 2009 Honors Student Paper Competition to be presented at the AAG Annual Meeting in Las Vegas...more information

Conference:  Announcement of 13th ACCRES Meeting in Washington DC
10/7/2008 - 10/7/2008   Washington, DC

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing (ACCRES) will hold a public open session on October 7, 2008 and this event is open to the public a...more information

July 2008
Call for Papers:  IEEE International Workshop on Spatial and Spatiotemporal Data Mining (SSTDM-08)
Deadline: 8/1/2008   Pisa, Italy

This is a call for papers for SSTDM-08 workshop to be held in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Data Mining, Pisa, Italy, December 15-19, 2008...more information

June 2008
Conference:  Geoinformatics 2008
6/28/2008 - 6/29/2008   Guangzhou, P. R. China

The 16th International Conference on Geoinformatics & Joint Conference on GIS and Built Environment June 28-29, 2008 Guangzhou, P. R. China....more information

Conference:  SDH 2008 - The 13th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling
6/23/2008 - 6/25/2008   Montpellier, France

The International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling (SDH) is the premier international research forum for Geographic Information Science. It commenced in 1984, in Zurich, Switzerland, organized by th...more information

Call for Papers:  Cyberinfrastructure Workshop - GIScience 2008
Deadline: 6/28/2008   Park City, Utah

Please submit by June 28th a 1-page position paper indicating your current expertise in the area by way of prior projects and publications, synopsis of current research and related leadership roles, a...more information

Conference:  Geospatial Web Services Workshop 16-17 June 2008
6/16/2008 - 6/17/2008   University of Nottingham

Service-Oriented Software Research Network (SOSoRNET) and Centre for Geospatial Science, University of Nottingham are organising a two day workshop on geospatial web services which will be held at the...more information

Call for Papers:  GEOWS 2009, The International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems & Web Services
Deadline: 9/1/2008   Cancun, Mexico

Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results for the International Conference on Advanced Geographic Inf...more information

Call for Papers:  Terra Cognita 2008 Workshop
Deadline: 6/27/2008   Karlsruhe, Germany

The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers in a growing field of Semantic Web research: the intersection between Semantic Web data and geospatial data and applications. This workshop f...more information

May 2008
Call for Papers:  Special issue of Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
Deadline: 8/15/2008   New York & London

Manuscripts are invited for a special issue of Computers, Environment and Urban Systems focusing on the theme of Spatial Data Mining: Methods and Applications. ...more information

Call for Papers:  CfP: Cyberinfrastructure for GIScience Workshop
Deadline: 6/28/2008   Park City, Utah

Please submit by June 28th a 1-page position paper to http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/gisci08.html indicating your current expertise in the area by way of prior projects and publications, synopsis of current...more information

Call for Papers:  First International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science IWCTS 08: Call For Papers Deadline extended
Deadline: 5/17/2008   Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Now accepting submissions: First International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science , July 21, 2008 – Trinity College Dublin, Ireland- Deadline May 17, 2008 For more info, please visit ...more information

Call for Papers:  31st Applied Geography Conference
Deadline: 5/19/2008   Wilmington, DE

Expression of intent to submit abstracts for papers or posters for the 31st Applied Geography Conference must be made to the Applied Geography Conference Board of Directors by May 19, 2008. ...more information

Call for Papers:  Temporal GIS: the past 20 years and the next 20 years
Deadline: 9/23/2008   Park City, Utah, USA

Call for Participation: Temporal GIS workshop, 23 September, in conjunction with GIScience 2008...more information

Call for Papers:  CFP: Landscape in Language
Deadline: 5/12/2008   New Mexico and Arizona

We seek participants for a transdisciplinary workshop on landscape in language and thought. The workshop will be held in New Mexico and Arizona, from October 26 to November 1 2008. For full considerat...more information

Call for Papers:  UCGIS 2008 Summer Assembly Student Presentation- Deadline Extended to Ma5, 2008
Deadline: 5/10/2008   Hubert Humphrey Institute in Minneapolis, MN

The University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) is a non‑profit organization of over seventy universities and other research institutions dedicated to expanding and strength...more information

Call for Papers:  Call for Papers AutoCarto 2008
Deadline: 5/1/2008   Shepherdstown, West Virginia

CaGIS invites cartographers, geographers, geospatial analysts, GIScientists and others conducting research on the cutting edge of the geospatial sciences to submit abstracts for AutoCarto 2008, an int...more information

April 2008
Call for Papers:  Workshop on Geographical Information Retrieval GIR'08 - Call for papers
Deadline: 7/15/2008   Napa Valley, CA

This is a first call for papers for a workshop on Geographic Information Retrieval (GIR'08), to be held in conjunction with the 17th ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, Napa Valley...more information

Call for Papers:  First International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science IWCTS 08
Deadline: 5/10/2008   Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

The International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science invites submissions of original, previously unpublished papers on CTS issues....more information

February 2008
Call for Papers:  GIScinece '08 2nd call
Deadline: 2/29/2008   Park City, Utah, USA

Workshop proposals are requested for emerging topics and basic research findings across all sectors of geographic information science....more information

Call for Papers:  33rd Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association (SSHA)
Deadline: 2/15/2008   Miami, Florida

The SSHA Meeting is an international conference that attracts academics who share an interest in interdisciplinary and systematic approaches to historical research. Conference sessions typically inclu...more information

Call for Nominations:  William L. Garrison Award for Best Dissertation in Computational Geography
Deadline: 9/2/2008    

The biannual William L. Garrison Award for Best Dissertation in Computational Geography supports innovative research into the computational aspects of geographic science....more information

January 2008
Call for Papers:  COMPUTERS, ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN SYSTEMS
Deadline: 1/31/2008   N/A

The Computers, Environments and Urban Systems special issue aims to provide a compendium of the state-of-the-art in research on distributed & mobile spatial computing. We invite full research journa...more information

Call for Papers:  GEOBIA 2008 - Pixels, Objects, Intelligence: Geographic Object Based Image Analysis for the 21St Century
Deadline: 1/21/2008   University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

You are invited to submit an abstract of up to 350 words before January 21, 2008 through the GEOBIA, 2008 conference on-line system. Abstracts must be written in English, follow the ISPRS Archives sty...more information

November 2007
Conference:  Second International Conference on Geospatial Semantics
11/29/2007 - 11/30/2007   Mexico City, Mexico

GeoS 2007 (www.geosco.org ) aims at providing a timely forum for the exchange of state-of-the-art research results in the areas of modeling and processing of geospatial semantics. Geospatial semantics...more information

Call for Papers:  Spatial Analysis for Business 2008 Conference
Deadline: 12/8/2007   Redlands, California

You are invited to participate in the 2008 Spatial Analysis for Business Conference to be held at the University of Redlands April 5 through April 8, 2008. We encourage you to submit research papers,...more information

Conference:  ACM GIS 2007
11/7/2007 - 11/9/2007   Seattle, Washington, USA

ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM GIS 2007), will be in Seattle in November 7-9, 2007. The invited speakers include Michael Jones of Google Earth and Fran...more information

October 2007
Call for Papers:  AAG Cyberinfrastructure CFP
Deadline: 10/29/2007   Boston, MA

Call For Abstracts – Cyberinfrastructure: 2008 Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, April 15-19, Boston, MA. The Cyberinfrastructure sessions are organized to capture the experie...more information

Call for Papers:  Geoinformatics 2008
Deadline: 12/15/2007   Guangzhou, P. R. China

The 16th International Conference on Geoinformatics & Joint Conference on GIS and Built Environment June 28-29, 2008 Guangzhou, P. R. China. Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or b...more information

Conference:  3rd International Conference on e-Social Science
10/7/2007 - 10/9/2007   University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Initial Annoucement and Call for Submission: We invite contributions from members of the social science and cyberinfrastructure research communities with experience of -- or interests in -- exploring...more information

Call for Papers:  Special Issues on "Progressive Transmission of Spatial Datasets in the Web Environment"
Deadline: 10/1/2007    

Computers & Geosciences seeks original and novel contributions on developments of techniques, methodologies, algorithms, and applications of progressive transmission of spatial datasets in the web env...more information

September 2007
Call for Papers:  AAG 2008 Call for Papers: Geographic Information Retrieval
Deadline: 10/31/2007   Boston, Massachusetts, USA

The AAG Geographic Information Science Specialty Group (AAG-GISSG), sponsor of the Geographic Information Retrieval Session welcomes the submission of abstracts dealing with any aspect of Geographic I...more information

Conference:  Ninth International Conference on Spatial Information Theory
9/19/2007 - 9/23/2007   Mt Eliza, Melbourne, Australia

The Ninth International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT'07, is concerned with theoretical aspects of space, time, and spatial information. Of special interest are aspects of "large-sca...more information

Call for Papers:  Call for Presentations: Special GIScience Research Track - 2008 ESRI International User Conference
Deadline: 10/15/2007   San Diego, California

ESRI invites you to present a peer-reviewed paper presentation in a special joint GIScience Research Track for the 2008 ESRI International User Conference and Educational User Conference. Papers in t...more information

Call for Papers:  GIScience 2008
Deadline: 12/14/2007   Park City, Utah, USA

First call for Papers for the 5th International Conference on Geographic Information Science September 23-26, 2008 Park City, Utah, USA. ...more information

Call for Papers:  Call for abstracts: Fuzzy Sets and Systems in Geography
Deadline: 10/29/2007   Boston, MA

A call for abstracts for specialized session(s) on Fuzzy Sets and Systems in Geography at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, April 15-19, Boston, MA. This session is a...more information

August 2007
Call for Papers:  First Announcement and CFP - 11th AGILE 2008 Conference on GI Science
Deadline: 12/15/2007   Girona, Spain

On behalf of the AGILE Council and Working Groups, we invite you to participate at the 11th AGILE International Conference on GI Science, scheduled to take place in Girona, a beautiful historical city...more information

Request for Applications:  Call for Participation: Specialist Meeting on Volunteered Geographic Information
Deadline: 9/20/2007   Upham Hotel in Santa Barbara, California

Applications are invited to participate in the meeting, and limited funding is available to support travel and accommodation. Please send a 2-page resume and a 2-page position paper outlining your int...more information

June 2007
Conference:  Welcome to Summer 2007 Assembly
6/27/2007 - 6/28/2007   Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

The Summer 2007 Assembly will be hosted at the Lake Yellowstone Hotel Cabins and Lake Lodge Cabins, a relaxing and rustic getaway located in Yellowstone National Park, sitting on the shores of Lake Y...more information

Call for Papers:  Second International Conference on Geospatial Semantics
Deadline: 6/5/2007   Mexico City, Mexico

GeoS 2007 (www.geosco.org ) aims at providing a timely forum for the exchange of state-of-the-art research results in the areas of modeling and processing of geospatial semantics. Authors are invited ...more information

Call for Proposals:  Intergraph UCGIS RFP - 2007
Deadline: 6/1/2007   University Of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

UCGIS solicits proposals from individuals at its member institutions to develop an exceptional and innovative applied research proposal to further the implementation and evolution of GIS. This grant ...more information

May 2007
Call for Papers:  CFP - 2007 International Workshop on Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Data Mining
Deadline: 6/2/2007   Omaha, Nebraska

The IEEE International Conference on Data Mining series (ICDM) has issued a call-for-papers the 2007 International Workshop on Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Data Mining. ...more information

Conference:  3rd Annual NGA-USGIF Tech Days
5/16/2007 - 5/18/2007   NGA Headquarters, Bethesda, MD

Join USGIF and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) at the 3rd annual GEOINT TECH DAYS. This exclusive two-day event provides a Forward Focused look at the next-generation of geospatial ...more information

April 2007
Call for Papers:  UCGIS 2007 Summer Assembly: Graduate Student Presentations
Deadline: 4/27/2007   Yellowstone National Park, Montana

Graduate students from UCGIS member institutions are invited to submit a full paper of approximately 6000 words to be considered for presentation at the 2007 Summer Assembly....more information

Request for Applications:  2007 NSF-funded SPACE workshop program
Deadline: 4/23/2007   Columbus, OH and Santa Barabara, CA

An announcement for the summer 2007 NSF-funded SPACE (Spatial Perspectives on Analysis for Curriculum Enhancement) workshop program. The deadline for applicants is 23 April...more information

March 2007
Call for Papers:  Second ICA Workshop on Geospatial Analysis and Modeling
Deadline: 3/25/2007   Athens, Georgia

We solicit papers about formal models, methods, theories, and their applications to spatial problems that involve spatial structures and dynamics of urban environments. The International Cartographic ...more information

Grants:  Funding Opportunity- $500,000
Deadline: 3/30/2007   Duke University, North Carolina

A two year initiative funded by the Duke Uniiversity -David and Lucile Packard Foundation to stimulate the development and dissemination of creative software tools for Marine Ecosystem-Based Manageme...more information

Call for Proposals:  Funding Available For Environmental Technology Demonstration and Validation
Deadline: 3/15/2007   Arlington, VA

The Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) is seeking innovative environmental technology demonstrations as candidates for funding beginning in Fiscal Year (FY) 2008. This so...more information

Request for Applications:  Funding available to attend the 2007 Vespucci Summer Institute on GIScience
Deadline: 3/9/2007   Fiesole (near Florence), Italy

The IGERT Program in Geographic Information Science at the University at Buffalo invites applications from U.S. doctoral students to attend the 2007 Vespucci Summer Institute on Geographic Information...more information

Call for Papers:  VAST 2007 Call for Participation
Deadline: 3/31/2007   Sacramento, California

IEEE VAST, founded in 2006, is the first international symposium dedicated to advances in visual analytics science and technology. The scope of the symposium, co-located with the annual IEEE Visualiza...more information

Call for Papers:  Ninth International Conference on Spatial Information Theory
Deadline: 3/2/2007   Melbourne, Australia

The Ninth International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT'07,September 19-23, 2007 is concerned with theoretical aspects of space, time, and spatial information. Of special interest are...more information

February 2007
Conference:  UCGIS Winter 2007 Meeting
2/7/2007 - 2/9/2007   Washington, DC

The final schedule and hotel information for the UCGIS Winter Meeting can be found at www.ucgis.org/winter2007. ...more information

November 2006
Conference:  Ontology for the Intelligence Community
11/30/2006 - 12/1/2006   Columbia, MD

The National Center for Ontological Reseach Ontology- Buffalo presents "Ontology for the Intelligence Community: Towards Effective Exploitation and Inegratio of Intelligence Resources" at the Hilton ...more information

Call for Papers:  AGILE International Conference on GIScience
Deadline: 11/15/2006   Aalborg, Denmark

10th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science: ‘The European Information Society: Leading the way with geo-information’ call for papers. The deadline for receipt of full paper...more information

Conference:  GSDI 9th international conference
11/6/2006 - 11/10/2006   Santiago, Chile

Association is pleased to invite the global spatial data community to attend our 9th international conference in Santiago, Chile. The primary sessions will occur Monday through Friday November 6-10, 2...more information

October 2006
Conference:  A workshop for women in science and engineering
10/22/2006 - 10/24/2006   Rice University, Houston, Texas

Graduate Students and Post-docs are invited to submit an online application prior to the August 15th deadline. Travel costs will be provided for selected participants* ...more information

Request for Applications:  CaGIS scholarship
Deadline: 12/15/2006   Gaithersburg, MD

Call for applications for the Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) Scholarships 2006 for excellence in cartography or GIScience: attached is a description of the scholarships and the...more information

Call for Papers:  for the SPIE Defense Transformation and Network-Centric Systems II Special Session on Predictive Analytic Modeling
Deadline: 11/13/2006   Orlando, Florida

This session will explore models of processes that involve human interaction with or changes to landforms--the application of abstract or generalized models to real-world data--either to test the mode...more information

Conference:  Workshop on Computation and Visualization for the Understanding of Dynamics in Geographic Domains
10/16/2006 - 10/18/2006   Maritime Institute of Technology & Graduate Studies, Washington, D.C.

Building upon the success of the workshop on Geospatial Data Mining and Visualization held in 2003, the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) is hosting this workshop to bri...more information

Call for Papers:  Distributed Geospatial Processing: Cyber Infrastructure, Interoperability, and Spatial Web Portal
Deadline: 10/23/2006   San Francisco, California

Developments in distributed computing, geospatial interoperability, and Web services technologies are changing the way we use GIS. The Distributed Geospatial Processing session(s) is organized to capt...more information

September 2006
Conference:  GIScienc 2006, 4th International Conference on Geographic Information Science
9/20/2006 - 9/23/2006   Muenster, Germany

It will be the follow-up meeting to the highly successful GIScience 2000, 2002, and 2004 conferences with over 300 researchers attending each time. GIScience 2006 will again bring together scientists ...more information

Conference:  2006 Pennsylvania Data User Conference
9/14/2006 - 9/14/2006   Penn State Harrisibug, PA

The PA Data User Conference is hosted annually by the Pennsylvania State Data Center at Penn State Harrisburg. This year's theme is "How Safe is Pennsylvania? Data and Emergency Preparedness in the 2...more information

Call for Papers:  Digital Gazetteer Research & Practice: Call for Participation
Deadline: 9/30/2006   Upham Hotel, Santa Barbara, CA

A 2 1/2-day workshop for the presentation, discussion, and summarization of current issues and opportunities convened by the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, University of Cali...more information

August 2006
Conference:  GIS-Based Stream Identification Workshop & Lab
8/1/2006 - 8/3/2006   Raleigh, NC

This is a computer-based workshop and lab designed to equip natural resource professionals with the knowledge and GIS experience necessary for the acquisition and manipulation of remotely sensed data ...more information

July 2006
Conference:  SPACE Summer 2006 Workshop: Spatial Analysis in the Social Science Curriculum: Enhancing Undergraduate Learning
7/31/2006 - 8/5/2006   Santa Barbara CA

This workshop focuses on spatial methods and perspectives suited for applications in the undergraduate social science curriculum, such as spatial statistics, spatial econometrics, spatial pattern anal...more information

Conference:  SPACE Summer 2006 Workshop: Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies for Undergraduate Curricula in the Social Sciences
7/23/2006 - 7/28/2006   Norman OK

This workshop will explore the uses of geographic information technologies for undergraduate curricula in the social sciences and offer guidance on the uses of these technologies to enhance spatial un...more information

Conference:  12th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling, 2006
7/10/2006 - 7/12/2006   University of Vienna, Austria

The SDH Series The International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling (SDH) is the premier international research forum for Geographic Information Science. It commenced in 1984, in Zurich, Switzerland, ...more information

Conference:  International Geographical Union Regional Conference (IGU)
7/3/2006 - 7/7/2006   Brisbane, Australia

The Regional IGU Conference will be held in Brisbane from July 3-7th 2006 in conjunction with the New Zealand Geographical Society and the Institute of Australian Geographers’ 35th Annual Conference....more information

June 2006
Conference:  UCGIS Summer Assembly
6/28/2006 - 7/1/2006   Vancover, WA

The Summer 2006 Assembly will be hosted at the Heathman Lodge, a relaxing and rustic getaway located in Vancouver, Washington, just a short drive from the majestic views of Mount Saint Helens, the Tow...more information

Conference:  AutoCarto 2006
6/26/2006 - 6/28/2006   Vancouver, WA

A CaGIS Research Symposium Organized by the Cartography and Geographic Information Society In conjunction with the UCGIS 2006 Summer Assembly...more information

Conference:  SPACE Summer 2006 Workshop: GIS and Spatial Modeling for the Undergraduate Social Science Curriculum
6/18/2006 - 6/23/2006   Columbus OH

This workshop focuses on applications of spatial analytic techniques suited for undergraduate social science courses. These techniques include cartographic visualization, exploratory spatial data anal...more information

Call for Proposals:  Intergraph RFP announcement
Deadline: 6/2/2006    

UCGIS solicits proposals from individuals at its member institutions to develop an exceptional and innovative applied research proposal to further the implementation and evolution of GIS. This grant o...more information

May 2006
Call for Papers:  Position Papers for the UCGIS Workshop on Computation and Visualization for the Understanding of Dynamics in Geographic Domains
Deadline: 5/21/2006   Washington, D.C.

Position papers (2-3 pages) are invited from researchers at UCGIS member institutions. Possible topics for consideration at the Workshop include (but are not limited to): spatiotemporal analysis and ...more information

Conference:  2006 Pennsylvania GIS Conference: earth, arc, google and beyond
5/16/2006 - 5/17/2006   Camp Hill, PA

On May 16-17, 2006 the Pennsylvania GIS Conference will bring the Pennsylvania GIS community together for the 14th year to present, discuss and debate critical issues affecting the development and use...more information

Call for Nominations:  2006 UCGIS Research Award
Deadline: 5/12/2006   Vancouver, Washington

The UCGIS Research Award is given to the creators of a particularly outstanding research contribution to Geographic Information Science in 2005. Normally, the Research Award is awarded to author(s) of...more information

Call for Papers:  UCGIS Student Paper Competition
Deadline: 5/12/2006   Vancouver, Washington

Graduate students from UCGIS member institutions are invited to submit an extended abstract (1000-1500 words) or full paper (6000 words) to be considered for presentation at the 2006 Summer Assembly. ...more information

April 2006
Conference:  AGILE 2006 conference
4/20/2006 - 4/22/2006   Visegrád, Hungary

9th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science: The Association of Geographic Information Laboratories of Europe (AGILE) groups more than 80 research organisations from 23 diffe...more information

Request for Applications:  NSF-funded SPACE workshop program for summer 2006
Deadline: 4/18/2006    

SPACE workshops are intended for instructors of undergraduate students in the social sciences. They offer content knowledge in methods of spatial analysis, instructional resources, and professional de...more information

March 2006
Call for Papers:  GSDI-9 Call for Abstracts / Full Papers (English/Espanol)
Deadline: 3/15/2006   Santiago, Chile

Members of the UCGIS academic community are invited particularly to submit full research papers to this conference for the refereed book to be published prior to and made available at the conference....more information

Conference:  2006 Civil Commercial Imagery Evaluation Workshop
3/14/2006 - 3/16/2006   Laurel, Maryland

The Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation (JACIE) team, comprising representatives from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Geospatial-Intelligences Agency (NGA...more information

Conference:  AAG Session on "Spatial Data Mining and Exploratory Data Analysis"
3/7/2006 - 3/11/2006   Chicago, IL

Sponsored by the Geographic Information Science and Systems, and Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Groups This session will address new research in the theory, design, implementation, and appli...more information

February 2006
Conference:  Annual UCGIS Winter Meeting for 2006
2/9/2006 - 2/10/2006   Washington, DC

The annual Winter Meeting of UCGIS is scheduled for Washington, DC, February 9-10. You can register for the conference and make hotel reservations at http://www.ucgis.org/winter2006....more information

Call for Papers:  Mobile Location-Aware Sensor Networks
Deadline: 2/1/2006   Nara, Japan

Workshop on Mobile Location-Aware Sensor Networks in conjunction with the MDM 2006 Conference May 13, 2006, Nara, Japan. All submissions must be original unpublished work written in English that is cu...more information

January 2006
Other:  2006 UCGIS Winter Assembly USGS & FEMA Tours Registration Deadline
Deadline: 1/27/2006   Washington, DC

If you plan to attend the USGS and/or FEMA tours, because of size limitation and security clearance, we will need to know by Friday, Jan. 27 which agency you wish to visit (both visits are on Thursday...more information

Request for Applications:  USGS Sponsored Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Geographic Information Science
Deadline: 5/1/2006   Rolla, Missouri USGS facility

Deadline Extended to May 1: The USGS has provided funds to UCGIS to support a post-doctoral fellow in GIScience for a period from July 1, 2006 to October 31, 2007. The selected fellow will participate...more information

Call for Papers:  AUTOCARTO 2006 (conjoint with UCGIS 2006 Summer meeting)
Deadline: 1/15/2006   Vancouver, Washington

Paper Submissions Abstracts of 250 to 500 words are due in pdf or Word format by January 15, 2006. Final papers are due by April 1, 2006. A subset of the papers may be selected for peer review and pu...more information

Other:  ACSM-CaGIS 33rd ANNUAL MAP DESIGN COMPETITION
Deadline: 1/15/2006    

Entry Deadline: January 15, 2006 - For he Cartography and Geographic Information Society of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping 2006 map design competition! The purpose of the competition i...more information

Other:  GIS session, American Historical Association
Deadline: 1/5/2006   Philadelphia, PA

There will be a roundtable discussion of the use of GIS for historical research and teaching at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association in Philadelphia...more information

December 2005
Other:  GI S&T Body of Knowledge 2006 available for review and comment
Deadline: 1/31/2005    

On behalf of the editorial team and advisory board, I'm pleased to announce that a draft version of the GI S&T Body of Knowledge 2006 (BoK 2006) is available for review and comment. ...more information

November 2005
Conference:  Dynamic Planet 2005
11/22/2005 - 11/26/2005   CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA

"Monitoring and Understanding a Dynamic Planet with Geodetic and Oceanographic Tools" ; a joint assembly of the IAG, IAPSO and IABO. ...more information

Conference:  Research Symposium on Societies and Cities in the Age of Instant Access
11/10/2005 - 11/12/2005   University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah

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October 2005
Conference:  Europe's Urban Data Management Symposium
10/27/2005 - 10/29/2004   Chioggia - Venice, Italy

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September 2005
Conference:  The ASPRS “Images to Decisions:Remote Sensing Foundations for GIS Applications” Conference.
9/12/2005 - 9/16/2005   Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri

The ASPRS "Images to Decisions: Remote Sensing Foundations for GIS Applications" Conference is a perfect opportunity to continue your education this fall....more information

Conference:  DMGIS'05- 4th ISPRS Workshop on Dynamic and Multi-dimensional GIS
9/5/2005 - 9/8/2005    

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August 2005
Conference:  First Call for Paper for the 13th International Conference on GeoInformatics
8/17/2005 - 8/19/2005   Toronto, Canada

Conference to be held in Toronto, Canada on August 17-19, 2005. For further information and conference updates, please visit the conference website at: http://www.ryerson.ca/geoinformatics2005/ ...more information

Conference:  The 13th International Conference on Geoinformatics
8/17/2005 - 8/19/2005   Toronto, Canada

The 13th International Conference on Geoinformatics will be held in August 17-19, 2005 in Toronto, Canada. This year's theme will be "Coping with Disasters across Continents". Although the deadline fo...more information

July 2005
Conference:  PPGIS 2005
7/31/2005 - 8/2/2005   Cleveland State University, The Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland, Ohio

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology provides great value for empowering citizen organizations and revitalizing communities. URISA will hold a conference from July 31-August 2, 2005 at ...more information

Conference:  The Human-Computer Interaction Summer Institute
7/11/2005 - 7/14/2005   Penn State University Park Campus, State College, Pennsylvania

The first annual HCI Summer Institute is quickly approaching. Make sure to reserve your place today to take part in this unique learning and problem-solving opportunity. ...more information

Call for Papers:  ICA CARTOGRAPHIC CONFERENCE: Call for Abstracts
Deadline: 7/16/2005   A Coruña (Spain)

The Spanish Society for Cartography, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing has the great honour of inviting you to attend the XXII International Cartographic Conference in A Coruña (Spain) from July 9th-1...more information

June 2005
Call for Papers:  UCGIS 2005 Summer Assembly Call for Student Papers
Deadline: 7/1/2005   Snow King Resort in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Graduate students from UCGIS member institutions are invited to submit an extended abstract (1000-1500 words) or full paper (6000 words) to be considered for a $800 travel award to present a full pape...more information

Conference:  UCGIS 2005 Summer Assembly
6/27/2005 - 7/1/2005   Jackson Hole, WY

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Call for Proposals:  Young Scholar Summit meeting in China
Deadline: 7/4/2005   JiangXi Normal University & Hubei University

CPGIS, in conjunction with JiangXi Normal University and Hubei University, will organize the CPGIS young scholar summit meeting in China in this summer. This is the second year that CPGIS holds this m...more information

May 2005
Other:  2nd call - Nominations for the 2005 UCGIS Research Award
Deadline:      

The UCGIS Research Award is given to the creators of a particularly outstanding research contribution to Geographic Information Science in 2004. Normally, the Research Award is awarded to author(s) of...more information

March 2005
Call for Papers:  JOINT CONFERENCES ON REMOTE SENSING OF URBAN AREAS Call for Papers - May 2004
Deadline: 3/16/2005   Tempe, Arizona

These joint conferences follow-up on URBAN 2003 at Berlin, Germany, Technical University and URS 2003 conference at Regensburg University, Germany....more information

Conference:  JOINT CONFERENCES ON URBAN REMOTE SENSING
3/13/2005 - 3/15/2005   Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe, Phoenix, Arizona

Remote Sensing and Data Fusion over Urban Areas (URBAN 2005) and Remote Sensing of Urban Areas (URS 2005) which will be held March 13 - 15th 2005 at Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe, Phoenix, A...more information

February 2005
Conference:  UCGIS 2005 Winter Meeting
2/10/2005 - 2/11/2005   Washington, DC

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November 2004
Call for Papers:  ACM GIS 2004: Call for Papers
Deadline: 11/13/2004   Washington, D.C.

The 12th International Symposium of ACM GIS will take place in Washington D.C. on November 12-13th, 2004....more information

Conference:  URISA Caribbean GIS and Annual Conference Programs Online
11/7/2004 - 11/10/2004   Reno, Nevada

URISA has announced that the complete program for URISA's Second Caribbean GIS Conference is now available online. The conference will take place September 13 through 17, 2004 in Barbados....more information

Conference:  Invitation to participate, URISA 2004
11/7/2004 - 11/10/2004   Reno, Nevada

You are invited to be a part of the program during URISA 2004 in Reno ...more information

October 2004
Call for Papers:  UDMS 200424TH URBAN DATA MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM
Deadline: 10/29/2004   Chioggia, Italy

UDMS, the Urban Data Management Society, has organised international symposia at various locations in Europe in order to promote the development of information systems in local government since 1971. ...more information

Call for Papers:  Call for participation: Workshop and Paper Sessions - distributed geovisualization
Deadline: 10/23/2004   University College Maryland, College Park, Maryland

The 2004 meeting of the ICA Commission on Visualization & Virtual Environments is planned in conjunction with the GIScience-conference in the United States, October 20-23, 2004 in University College...more information

Call for Papers:  Spatial Cognition 2004: Call for Contributions
Deadline: 10/13/2004   Bavaria, Germany

The Transregional Collaborative Research Center SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition invites you to submit a paper to the international conference...more information

August 2004
Conference:  Geovisualization at SIGGRAPH
8/8/2004 - 8/12/2004   Los Angelos, California

Theresa-Marie Rhyne and Alan M. MacEachren will be offering a 1/2 day course on geovisualization at the 2004 SIGGRAPH conference -- Course 30. Visualizing Geospatial Data. ...more information

July 2004
Conference:  3rd Annual Public Participation GIS conference
7/18/2004 - 7/20/2004   Madison, Wisconsin

Public Participation GIS refers to a range of topics raised by the intersection of community interests and GIS technology. to be held in University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin from July 18th to 2...more information

June 2004
Other:  2004 CSISS Summer Workshop Program
Deadline: 7/2/2004   Santa Barbara, Califoronia

The Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science (CSISS) is accepting applications for positions in its summer workshops....more information

Call for Papers:  AI-GEOSTATS: TIES 2004 & ACCURACY 2004: Call for papers
Deadline: 7/1/2004   Portland, Maine

For the first time, the annual TIES conference and the biennial Spatial Accuracy Symposium will hold a joint meeting reflecting their mutual interest in the quantification of environmental and natur...more information

Call for Papers:  URISA: 3rd Annual PPGIS Conference : Call for Papers
Deadline: 6/20/2004   University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI

URISA will be holding a conference from July 18-20, 2004 at the University of Wisconsin - Madison on the subject of public participation GIS....more information

Call for Papers:  ISICT 04 International Symposium on Information and Communication Technologies- Call for workshops/papers
Deadline: 6/18/2004   Las Vegas, Nevada

The purpose of ISICT 04 is to provide an international forum for discussion between theoreticians and practitioners and to promote an inter disciplinary exchange of research ideas. We invite papers ex...more information

Call for Papers:  Geoinformatics 2004, 7-9 June 2004, Gävle, Sweden Call for papers
Deadline: 6/9/2004   Gävle, Sweden

The International Conference on Geoinformatics is the premier research forum for Geospatial Information Research. It commenced in 1992 in Buffalo, and has been held every year since. Meetings have bee...more information

May 2004
Conference:  12th Annual Pennsylvania GIS Conference
5/11/2004 - 5/12/2004   Harrisburg, PA

This year’s conference theme is “Building Our Spatial Future” and will feature keynote speakers Jack Dangermond, President and Founder of GIS giant ESRI, and James Knudson, Director of GIS for the Com...more information

April 2004
Call for Papers:  7th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science AGILE 2004: Call for Papers
Deadline: 5/1/2004   Crete, Greece

The scientific programme committee will evaluate long abstracts, each of which shall include a full description of the research undertaken and concrete results. ...more information

Call for Papers:  Call for comments - NSDI Future Directions Initiative
Deadline: 4/26/2004    

In 2003, we were charged by the Steering Committee of the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) to pursue the NSDI Future Directions Initiative....more information

Conference:  The 2004 Intermountain GIS Conference
4/19/2004 - 4/23/2004   Billings, Montana

The Conference, sponsored by the Montana GIS Users Group(http://mtgeo.org/mtgis ) and the Northern Rockies Chapter of URISA (http://intermountaingis.org ), will bring participants together for an e...more information

Call for Proposals:  2004 NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program (CAP) Funding
Deadline: 6/4/2004    

The 2004 Cooperative Agreements Program (CAP) will open for submissions on or about April 16, 2004. This year, the CAP is jointly sponsored by the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), Geospatial ...more information

March 2004
Conference:  The Seventh Annual International Crime Mapping Research Conf.
3/31/2004 - 4/1/2004   Boston, Massachusetts

Conference will be held at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers in Boston, Massachusetts, March 31-April 3, 2004....more information

Conference:  History and GIS Conference Announcement
3/25/2004 - 3/27/2004    

This conference is devoted to assessing the many dimensions of historians' rapidly growing interest in geographical methods and sources and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in particular. Schola...more information

Call for Papers:  Call for Presentations for TUGIS 2004, the 17th Annual GIS Conference!
Deadline: 3/26/2004   Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland

The Center for Geographic Information Sciences at Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland is sponsoring TUGIS 2004, "Planning, Prevention, and Response: GIS and Homeland Security," on March 22 and 23...more information

February 2004
Conference:  GIS and Remote Sensing in Health Sciences Symposium
2/20/2004 - 2/20/2004    

Speakers will include national leaders in this field from government, industry, and academia, such as Dr. Venezia, head Public Health Applications of NASA; Mr. Davenhall, head of Health and Human Serv...more information

September 2003
Call for Papers:  International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling: Call for Papers
Deadline: 8/23/2004   University of Leicester, United Kingdom

Any researcher interested in presenting a paper at the 11th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling is invited to submit a full text paper. ...more information