Dear colleagues, This is a kind reminder that the deadline to submit extended abstracts for OSM Science 2025 is fast approaching: May 18, 2025.
OSM Science 2025, the Academic Track of the State of the Map 2025 conference, will take place October 3–5, 2025, in Manila, Philippines (and online simultaneously). A full day of the conference will be dedicated to scientific research about, and with, OpenStreetMap. We welcome empirical, methodological, conceptual, and literature-review-based contributions exploring any scientific aspect of OpenStreetMap. Submission portal: https://pretalx.com/sotm2025-osm-science/cfp Full call for abstracts: https://2025.stateofthemap.org/calls/osm-science/ Please feel free to share this reminder within your networks. We look forward to your submissions and to seeing you in October. Best regards, Anna, Marco, Peter & Yair The OSM Science 2025 Scientific Committee [email protected] On Tue, Apr 1, 2025, 23:07 Yair Grinberger <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends and Colleagues, > > We are happy to announce that the 2025 of OSM Science (i.e. the Academic > Track at State of the Map) will be held as part of the State of the Map > 2025 conference [1], taking place on October 3-5 in Manilla (Philippines) > and online simultaneously. A full day of sessions will be dedicated to > scientific research about, and with, OpenStreetMap (see past > editions [2-8]). > > The Call for Abstracts is now open - see the full call at the end of this > email. The submission deadline is 18 May 2025. Authors are invited to > submit extended abstract using the OSM Science 2024 Pretalx submission > system [9]. Questions directed to the Scientific Committee should be sent > to [email protected]. > > Please feel free to distribute the call within your networks. We hope to > see you and learn about your research in person or online. > > Best regards, > Anna, Marco, Peter & Yair, aka the OSM Science 2025 Scientific Committee > > ====== OSM Science 2025: Call for Abstracts ======= > OSM Science 2025 (also known as the Academic Track of State of the Map) is > an annual international meeting focused on the scientific study of > OpenStreetMap (OSM). The 8th edition of OSM Science will be part of the > State of the Map 2025 conference [1], taking place on October 3-5 in Manila > (Philippines), where a full day of sessions will be dedicated to scientific > research about, and with, OpenStreetMap (see past editions [2-8]). The goal > of OSM Science 2025 is to showcase the research and innovation of > scientific investigations into OpenStreetMap, while at the same time > providing a bridge to connect members of the OpenStreetMap community and > the scientific community through an open platform to exchange ideas and > opportunities for increased collaboration. We expect empirical, > methodological, conceptual, or literature-review-based contributions > addressing any scientific aspect related to OpenStreetMap, in particular, > but not limited to: data collection, integration and quality analysis in > OpenStreetMap; contribution patterns and the human/social dimensions of the > project; integration of Artificial Intelligence techniques and other > applications in which OpenStreetMap plays a central role. The contribution > of OpenStreetMap data to domain-specific and/or policy-relevant studies is > also welcome. > > * Submission Guidelines > Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts using the OSM Science > 2025 Pretalx submission system [9]. Deadline for submission is 18 May 2025. > > Abstracts should be between 800 and 1200 words. > > Abstracts must be scientifically rigorous, and the content should be > logically structured as follows (without the need to include subsections): > introduction/background, where the problem addressed is introduced; main > aim or purpose of the study; brief description of the methodology and > findings achieved; final discussion highlighting the scientific > contribution of the study and its practical benefits/implications. > Contributions describing applications or usage of OSM data with no > scientific novelty/innovation will be rejected. > > In the evaluation of proposals, the scientific committee will pay > particular attention to the reproducibility of the research (where this is > applicable). Reproducibility is ensured when the research makes all > artifacts (input data, computational steps, methods and code) openly > available to obtain consistent results. When available, the code shall be > released under an open source license. Additionally, precedence shall be > given to authors who intend tol present physically at the conference. > > Abstracts are to be submitted online in plain-text format. You have the > possibility to submit up to 3 figures that will accompany your submission, > demonstrating the results already produced by the research. This is > optional and not mandatory. Figures should be added only whether/when > necessary and must be clear and legible. All figures must be referenced in > the text and clearly numbered according to the order in which they appear > in the text. > > Abstracts will be evaluated by the scientific committee and external > reviewers, when needed. Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to > deliver an oral presentation or a lightning talk during the OSM Science > 2025 sessions at the conference, or to present a poster (in case a poster > session will be organised). Building on top of the successful proceedings > of previous editions of the Academic Track [10-14], authors of the selected > submissions will be required to submit extended abstracts (up to four pages > in length and including a maximum of one figure). These extended abstracts > will be published in the OSM Science 2025 Conference Proceedings, each with > a distinct Digital Object Identifier (DOI) in Zenodo, an open access online > repository. > The 2019 and 2020 Academic Track resulted in a special issue of the ISPRS > International Journal of Geo-Information [15]. > > Similarly and upon interest from the authors of the abstracts, the > scientific committee may seek to further disseminate the contributions to > this conference by investigating the organization of a special issue in a > relevant, open access, scientific journal. In such a case, authors of the > selected abstracts will be invited to submit a full paper to this special > issue. Successful submissions may benefit from partial or full waiver of > publication fees. > > [1] https://2025.stateofthemap.org/ > [2] https://2018.stateofthemap.org/academictrack/ > [3] https://2019.stateofthemap.org/academic_programme/ > [4] https://2020.stateofthemap.org/cfp/academic/ > [5] https://2021.stateofthemap.org/calls/academic/ > [6] https://2022.stateofthemap.org/calls/academic/ > [7] https://osmscience.github.io/OSMScience2023/ > [8] https://2024.stateofthemap.org/calls/academic/ > [9] https://pretalx.com/sotm2025-osm-science/cfp > [10] https://zenodo.org/record/3405431#.ZDug5HZBy3A > [11] https://zenodo.org/record/3928675#.ZDugy3ZBy3A > [12] https://zenodo.org/record/5116434#.ZDuhA3ZBy3A > [13] https://zenodo.org/record/7004791#.ZDuhJHZBy3A > [14] https://zenodo.org/records/10443403 > [15] https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/OpenStreetMap >
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