From: Indira Yadira Nolivos Alvarez [mailto:inoli...@fiec.espol.edu.ec]
Sent: 30 July 2012 13:17
To: maria.brove...@polimi.it; s...@ryerson.ca; ragha...@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp;
b.veenend...@exchange.curtin.edu.au; suza...@sfu.ca;
rafael.mor...@ucdenver.edu; gbarran...@gmail.com; hh_bern...@hotmail.com;
helena_mitas...@ncsu.edu; suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk;
massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch; arn...@osgeo.org; patrick.ho...@nasa.gov;
vas...@geo-spatial.org; serena.coet...@up.ac.za; krolinar...@gmail.com;
vol...@unex.es; vola...@gmail.com; giorgio.zamb...@polimi.it;
jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com; grol...@opengeo.org; jgs9...@gmail.com;
lbermu...@opengeospatial.org; Mauricio Miranda; mmad...@uga.edu
Cc: Sergio Flores; enava...@espol.edu.ec; Carlos Martillo Bustamante; Paola
Almeida
Subject: I LatinOSGIS Congress - Call for papers
The First Latin America Congress of Free and Open Source GIS - I Congreso
Latinoamericano de Aplicación de Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) de
código libre y abierto
October, 22-23 2012 - Guayaquil, Ecuador
First call for papers
The awareness about the necessity of integrating, if not basing, the most of
environmental and territorial analyses with geography and mapping has been
growing at every administrative and governmental level. In the meanwhile the
success of application, like for instance Google Earth, demonstrates the
dramatic curiosity and active interest of people with respect to the space in
which they live. Lowering barriers to contributing, making easier the
interaction and the possibility of participation will result in more photos,
maps and other pieces of information uploaded and therefore plays an important
role in that success.
The availability of richer information (from institutional and/or crowdsourced
data) can help decision-makers in their activity.
Free and Open Source Tools and Applications are rapidly increasing in number
and quality. Many and different actors are involved in such a kind of process:
large and small companies, professional practitioners, public agencies,
universities, research centers but also simple map lovers.
The conference aims at foster interdisciplinary discussions in all aspects of
the geospatial and free and open source domains. The conference will be
organized in a way to promote networking between the participants, to initiate
and favour discussions regarding cutting-edge technologies in the field, to
exchange research ideas and to promote national and international collaboration.
Presentations should cover aspects of the use or development of open source GIS.
Some topics of interest are:
* State of development of free and open source GIS
* Case studies and applications of free and open source GIS
* Migration from proprietary to free and open source solutions: problems,
advantages, drawbacks
The conference organizers invite researchers, scholars, students,
professionals, vendors, users, managers and decision makers to present and
discuss the issues and latest trends in free and open source geospatial
technologies and applications.
Important dates
Deadline for abstract submission
August, 17
Notification of acceptance
September, 17
Deadline for registration and payment of at least one author of an accepted
paper (to be confirmed in the program)
September, 28
Deadline for early bird registration and payment
September, 28
Conference venue
October, 22-23
Congress website
www.fiec.espol.edu.ec/LatinOSGIS<http://www.fiec.espol.edu.ec/LatinOSGIS>
--
Indira Nolivos Alvarez, PhD.
Local Coordinator
LatinOSGIS Congress
Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral
Telf.: (+593) 4 2269807<tel:%28%2B593%29%204%202269807>
This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may
contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error,
please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy
or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment.
Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily
reflect the views of the University of Nottingham.
This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment
may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system:
you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the
University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation._______________________________________________
Discuss mailing list
Discuss@lists.osgeo.org
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
