<div>Dear Marco,<br></div><div><br></div><div>This would be an interesting venue to submit an article on PyWPS. However, the PyWPS project is entirely based on voluntary contributions, therefore we have no financial means to pay the 840 € required to publish in this journal. Would a waiver be considered for our case?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you.</div><div class="protonmail_signature_block"><div class="protonmail_signature_block-user"><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>Luís Moreira de Sousa<br></div><div>Molenweg 4<br></div><div>6871 CW Renkum<br></div><div>The Netherlands<br></div><div>Phone: +31 628 544 755<br></div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:luis.de.sousa@protonmail.ch">luis.de.sousa@protonmail.ch</a><br></div><div>RingID: ring:7ca91d83f4f9dec82fec9f1144b8e5c1ef2a110c<br></div><div>URL: <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/luismoreiradesousa">https://sites.google.com/site/luismoreiradesousa</a><br></div></div><div class="protonmail_signature_block-proton protonmail_signature_block-empty"><br></div></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="protonmail_quote" type="cite"><div>-------- Original Message --------<br></div><div>Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Special Issue: Open Source Geospatial Software<br></div><div>Local Time: November 3, 2017 11:47 AM<br></div><div>UTC Time: November 3, 2017 10:47 AM<br></div><div>From: marco.minghini86@gmail.com<br></div><div>To: geoforall@lists.osgeo.org, discuss@lists.osgeo.org <discuss@lists.osgeo.org><br></div><div>"Mobasheri, Amin" <A.Mobasheri@uni-heidelberg.de><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>(apologies for cross-posting)<br></div><div><br></div><div>Dear all,<br></div></div><div>I am pleased to share with you the Call for Papers of a Special Issue relevant to open source geospatial software that I am currently leading. I look forward for your contributions!<br></div></div></div><div>Best regards,<br></div><div><br></div></div><div>Marco (on behalf of the Guest Editors)<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><h2 style="line-height:1.38" dir="ltr"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><b><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:17pt">Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards </span></span></b></span></span><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt">(ISSN: 2363-7501)</span></span></span></span><br></h2><h1 style="line-height:1.38" dir="ltr"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><b><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:17pt">Special Issue: Open Source Geospatial Software</span></span></b></span></span><br></h1><div><br></div><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><b><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt">Call for Papers </span></span></b></span></span><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt">(</span></span></span></span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://opengeospatialdata.springeropen.com/osgs"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt"><u>https://opengeospatialdata.<wbr>springeropen.com/osgs</u></span></span></span></span></a><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt">)</span></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><p style="line-height:1.38" dir="ltr"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">The use of open source software has nowadays become well-established in our society. In the geospatial domain, the creation and evolution of open source software projects are typically based on a crowdsourcing mechanism counting on communities (project leaders, users, developers, translators, etc.) from all over the world. The importance of open source geospatial software, also termed FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial), has become so high that the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) was created to support and promote its development and widespread adoption. In addition to being chosen for ethical reasons, nowadays open source geospatial software is exploited in science and research, as the transparency of code ensures reproducibility of analyses and results, and in education, as it allows sustainability by avoiding dependence on proprietary vendors. Open source geospatial software represents also an established business model for many companies worldwide. With these premises, this Special Issue of the </span></span></span></span><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><i><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">Journal of Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards</span></span></i></span></span><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt"> invites original research contributions and/or software implementations on all aspects of open source geospatial software and its applications, and particularly encourages submissions focusing on the following themes:</span></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">Open source/open data policies for SDI development and implementation</span></span></span></span><br></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">Reproducibility of analyses and results in research and science</span></span></span></span><br></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">Quality of open geospatial data</span></span></span></span><br></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), Crowdsourcing and OpenStreetMap (OSM)</span></span></span></span><br></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">Sensor Web and Internet of Things (IoT)</span></span></span></span><br></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing</span></span></span></span><br></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">Standardization and interoperability of open geo-data and services</span></span></span></span><br></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">Big geo-data storage, visualization and processing</span></span></span></span><br></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">Open source geospatial software in scientific research</span></span></span></span><br></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">Open source geospatial software in education and business</span></span></span></span><br></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">Management and sustainability of open source geospatial projects</span></span></span></span><br></p></li></ul><div><br></div><p style="line-height:1.38" dir="ltr"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">The </span></span></span></span><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><i><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">Journal of Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards</span></span></i></span></span><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt"> welcomes submissions of various types, including “Original article”, “Review” as well as “Database article”. Apart from these article types, the Journal has a special type of article called “Software article”, where you can publish a short article about services/software of broad utility that have been developed within your project/institute. For more information about the article types, please access the Journal’s online menu</span></span></span></span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://opengeospatialdata.springeropen.com/submission-guidelines"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span></span><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt"><u>Submission Guidelines</u></span></span></span></span></a><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt"> and</span></span></span></span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://opengeospatialdata.springeropen.com/submission-guidelines/preparing-your-manuscript"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-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le="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span></span><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt"><u>here</u></span></span></span></span></a><span class="highlight" style="background-color:transparent"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt">.</span></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div><div class="m_-5426062626051197355gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Marco Minghini, Ph.D.<br></div><div>GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano - DICA<br></div></div><div>Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano (Italy)<br></div><div><a value="+390223996409" href="tel:+39%2002%202399%206409">+39 02 23996409</a><br></div></div><div><div><a href="mailto:marco.minghini@polimi.it">marco.minghini@polimi.it</a><br></div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/MarcoMinghini">@MarcoMinghini</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>