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SDH
2000
9th International Symposium on Spatial
Data Handling
10-12 August 2000, Beijing,
P.R.China
Call for Papers and Instructions to Authors
Call for Papers |
Important Dates
Author Guidelines |
Paper Submission
As in previous symposia, the SDH programme committee will select contributions based on complete papers, not abstracts, and these papers will be fully refereed by at least two internationally recognized specialists. The programme committee is chaired by Prof. Pip Forer, Department of Geography, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Papers will be evaluated on the basis of a) their scientific innovation; and b) the quality of description. There is no particular conference theme, but possible threads include integration, spatial databases, algorithms, spatial decision support systems, spatial analysis, digital terrain modeling, visualization and multi-media, spatio-temporal GIS, fuzzy processing, uncertainty and error analysis, and NSDI and digital earth. Previous SDH proceedings provide a guide to the range of topics in previous years and expectations of paper quality. Accepted papers will be published in book format as conference proceedings.
Submission of initial papers:
15 November 1999
Notification of acceptance of papers and comments:
15 January 2000
Final receipt of amended version of papers:
30 April 2000
The official language of the International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling (SDH) is English, and therefore, papers are to be submitted only in English. Oral presentations will also be in English and simultaneous translation will not be available due to prohibitive cost. The presentation of the papers must be made in a maximum of 20 minutes.
The SDH programme committee will be selecting contributions based on the
complete papers, not abstracts, and these will be fully refereed by at least
two internationally recognized specialists. Papers will be evaluated on the
basis of :
Authors should submit both a digital and a printed copy of their original paper to the Programme Committee Chair (Prof. Pip Forer: p.forer@auckland.ac.nz) for refereeing and possible acceptance by members of the Programme Committee. After acceptance, all authors MUST submit a copy of the final papers both on paper and on disk or by ftp. The name of the word processor and graphics file formats used should be identifed. Microsoft Word is the required file format for text. Any alternative formats should be firstly cleared with the Programme Chair.
Authors should use the following guidelines in preparing their paper (according to the sample style sheet) :
Format
1. Paginated to A4 paper
2. Upper, lower and right margins of 2.5 cm
3. Left margin of 3 cm
4. Times New Roman font set at 12 point size
5. Single spacing
6. Maximum length of 5,000 words and/or 14 pages including figures,
tables, appendices and references
7. No indentations for paragraphs, but a blank line between
paragraphs
8. Page numbers should be set central to the bottom of each page
Structure
There should be two blank lines to start with. The title should be written in capitals and centred, starting from the 3rd line from the top. The name(s) of author(s), affiliation, addresses, tel/fax numbers, email should be provided starting at the 7th line from the top. The title and name(s) of the author(s) should be in bold typeface. Author details should be followed by the heading 'ABSTRACT' , left adjusted, followed by a blank line. An abstract of maximum 200 words, with up to 5 keywords, should follow this.
After the abstract, two blank lines should separate the main body of the paper from the Abstract.. The body of the paper can have sections and subsections which can be numbered using a maximum of two digits (for example, 1. INTRODUCTION, 2.1 Model Validation, etc). The section and sub-section headings must be bold typeface. All text must start at the left hand margin (that is, new paragraphs are not to be indented) with exception of listings which may be indented. The second and subsequent pages should start text from the first line of the page.
Order
The general order of the materials in the paper should be as follows:
- Title and authors
- Abstract
- The sections of the main body of the text, tables and figures
(the tables and figures should appear
close to their citation in the text)
- Acknowledgements, if any
- References
- Appendices, if required
Equations, Tables and Figures
Equations should be typed, preferably using the same word processor used for the rest of the text. Equations must be numbered sequentially with their numbers in parenthesis and right justified.
Tables must be numbered sequentially and have a reasonably explanatory title centred above the table; the measurement units employed in the table must be indicated.
Figures must be drawn in ink or (preferably) using a good quality graphics programme. They should be numbered sequentially and have a reasonably informative title centred under the figure.
References
The Harvard System of referencing must be used (see for example, Transportation Research). In the body of the text papers or documents are referred by author's surname with the year of publication in parenthesis; if the quotation is itself in parenthesis, the year of publication is separated by a comma. If the reference has more than two authors, only the surname of the first author followed by et al in italics will appear in the body of the text.
At the end of the paper complete references must be given alphabetically by author's surname including: surname(s) and initials of author(s), separated by a comma, year of publication in parentheses, title of the paper, title of the journal in italic typeface, and first and last pages. In case of books the title of the book must be in italics typeface, with first letter capitals; the publisher and the city of publication must also be indicated.
The following examples present some of the most typical cases of referencing that might appear at the end of the paper. Please follow them as closely as possible.
a) Books and book chapters
Buttenfield, B.P. and McMaster, R.B. (eds.) (1991). Map Generalization: Making Rules for Knowledge Representation, London: Longman.
Kuhn, W. and Frank, A.U. (1991). "A formalization of metaphors and image-schemas in user interfaces", in Mark, D.M. and Frank, A.U. (eds.), Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 419-434.
b) Journal papers
Goodchild, M.G. and Rizzo, B.R. (1987). "Performance evaluation and workload estimation for geographic information systems", International Journal of Geographical Information System, 1(1), 67-76.
c) Papers presented in conferences
Evans, J., Ferreira, J. and Thompson, P. (1992). "A visual interface to heterogeneous spatial databses based on spatial metadata", Proceedings 5th International Spatial Data Handling, 3-7 August, 1992, Charleston, South Carolina, 282-293.
d) Other documents
Econometric Software (1994). LIMDEP, Econometric Software Inc., New York and Sydney
Kokur, G., Adlet, T., Hyman, W. and Aunet, B. (1982). Guide to Forecast Travel Demand with Direct Utility Assessment, Report No. UMTA-NH-11-1-82, US Department of Transport, Washington, DC.
Individuals and groups should submit complete papers to the Program Committee Chair (Pip Forer) by the deadline of 15th November 1999. These papers should be approximately 5,000 words in length, and papers of significantly greater length are likely to suffer rejection. They should conform to the author guidelines. Initial papers should be submitted in digital form (on disk or by e-mail or preferably by ftp) and backed up by a hardcopy by mail. Papers may not be submitted by fax. After acceptance, all authors MUST submit both a hard copy and digital version of their final papers, specifying the name of the word processor and graphics file format used. Please send papers to :
Prof. Pip Forer
Department of
Geography
University of Auckland,
Private Bag 92019,
Auckland, New
Zealand
Tel:
(+64-9) 373-7599 ext 5183
Fax:
(+64-9) 373-7434
Email:
p.forer@auckland.ac.nz
Ftp:
ftp.geog.auckland.ac.nz/sdh99
