<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello,</div><div><br></div><div>Just for FYI!</div><div><br></div><div>Saeid</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><br><br><u></u>





<div vlink="#5c5b5b" text="#5c5b5b" link="#5c5b5b" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" alink="#5c5b5b"><a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c1/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/B/~/0" target="_blank"></a>



<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600">
  <tbody><tr> 
    <td align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">We are pleased to provide you with information on products and 
services that might be of interest to you.  Want to keep receiving these 
valuable messages in your inbox? <a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/wl.html" target="_blank">Click here</a> to find out how. </font>
<br>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c1/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/4fcaae3effa4cef6/~/-108" target="_blank">Online version</a> | <a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c1/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/4fcaae3effa4cef6/~/-109" target="_blank">Mobile friendly</a>

</font></td>
  </tr></tbody></table>





<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600">
<tbody><tr>
<td colspan="6" valign="bottom" width="600">

<img src="https://images.springer.com/cda/content/image/cda_displayimage.jpg?SGWID=0-0-16-1848336-0" width="600" height="75" alt="SpringerOpen">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#E7E8E3" valign="center" align="left" height="32" width="55">
</td><td bgcolor="#E7E8E3" valign="center" align="left" height="32" width="358">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif" color="#003366">
<i>Announcing Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards</i>
</font>
</td>
<td bgcolor="#E7E8E3" valign="center" align="left" height="32" width="12">
</td><td bgcolor="#E7E8E3" valign="center" align="left" height="32" width="10">
</td><td bgcolor="#E7E8E3" valign="center" align="left" height="32" width="153">
<font face="Times New Roman" color="#003366">
<font color="#003366">Visit us on <a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/3" target="_blank"><font color="#035289">SpringerOpen</font></a></font>
</font>
</td>
<td bgcolor="#E7E8E3" valign="center" align="left" height="32" width="12">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" width="55">
</td><td height="20" width="358">
</td><td height="20" width="12">
</td><td bgcolor="#E7E8E3" height="20" width="10">
</td><td bgcolor="#E7E8E3" height="20" width="153">
</td><td bgcolor="#E7E8E3" height="20" width="12">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td width="55">
</td><td valign="top" align="left" width="358">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="358">
<tbody><tr>
<td>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="358">
<tbody><tr>
<td>
<table width="105" align="left" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tbody><tr>
<td>
<img src="https://images.springer.com/cda/content/image/cda_displayimage.jpg?SGWID=0-0-16-2579585-0" width="95" height="111" border="0" alt="">
</td>
<td width="10">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td height="4" colspan="2">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
        
          "Allow me to introduce <a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/4" target="_blank"><b>Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards</b></a>, a new peer-reviewed, online, open access journal that is now accepting submissions. This journal is an increasingly important forum for promoting the democratization of geographical information, the transparency of governments and institutions, as well as social, economic and environmental opportunities. The unique feature of <i>Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards</i> is how it brings together different disciplines that relate to the various forms of open geospatial data, so as to offer a unified view of essential issues and research advances." 
<br>
<br><i>Dr. Mohamed Bakillah, Editor-in-Chief</i>
        
      </font>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="10">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<img border="0" height="1" width="358" alt="separating line" src="http://www.springer.com/?SGWID=0-0-16-147271-0">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="10">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<font color="#035289" face="Times New Roman, serif" size="4">Cost implications</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="5">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u></u>
<br>There are several ways to cover the <a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/5" target="_blank">article-processing charge</a> (APC) when submitting to <i>Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards</i>. One of the ways to remove this burden from individual authors is for institutions to join our open access <a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/6" target="_blank"><b></b></a><b><a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/7" target="_blank">Membership Program</a></b>. To find out if your institution is a member, giving you discounts on the APC, check the list <a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/8" target="_blank"><b></b></a><b><a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/9" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="10">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="358">
<tbody><tr>
<td align="middle">
<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="348">
<tbody><tr>
<td bgcolor="#db9f04">
<table bgcolor="#ffd134" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="346">
<tbody><tr>
<td align="center">
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u></u>
<br>There are a number of editorial waivers available in 2015. Requesting a waiver during submission will ensure the APC is waived.</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="6">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="10">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td height="10">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<img border="0" height="1" width="358" alt="separating line" src="http://www.springer.com/?SGWID=0-0-16-147271-0">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="10">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<font color="#035289" face="Times New Roman, serif" size="4">Reasons to publish with us</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="5">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td height="7">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<ul type="square">
<li><b>Peer review:</b> High-quality peer-review service</li>
<li><b>Rapid publication:</b> Once your paper is accepted</li>
<li><b>Global reach:</b> Global visibility for your research</li>
</ul>
</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="7">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td height="10">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<img border="0" height="1" width="358" alt="separating line" src="http://www.springer.com/?SGWID=0-0-16-147271-0">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="10">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/10" target="_blank"><b>Keep up to date</b></a> — get the latest articles delivered straight to your inbox.</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<b>Kind regards,</b>
</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:editorial@opengeospatialdata.com" target="_blank"><b>Mohamed Bakillah</b></a> & <a href="mailto:editorial@opengeospatialdata.com" target="_blank"><b>Steve H. L. Liang</b></a>
<br>Editors-in-Chief
<br><i>Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards</i></font>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
<td width="12">
</td><td bgcolor="#E7E8E3" width="10">
</td><td bgcolor="#E7E8E3" valign="top" align="left" width="153">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="153">
<tbody><tr>
<td>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
                                                        Share this newsletter:
                                                    </font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="5">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="153">
<tbody><tr>
<td>
<a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/11" alt="twitter" title="Share this with your Twitter followers" target="_blank">
<img border="0" height="16" width="16" src="http://images.springer.com/cda/content/image/cda_displayimage.jpg?SGWID=0-0-16-951269-0">
</a>
</td>
<td>
<a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/12" alt="facebook" title="Post this on Facebook" target="_blank">
<img border="0" height="16" width="16" src="http://images.springer.com/cda/content/image/cda_displayimage.jpg?SGWID=0-0-16-951267-0">
</a>
</td>
<td>
<a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/13" alt="linkedin" title="Share this on LinkedIn" target="_blank">
<img border="0" height="16" width="16" src="http://images.springer.com/cda/content/image/cda_displayimage.jpg?SGWID=0-0-16-951268-0">
</a>
</td>
<td width="80">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="10">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<img border="0" height="1" width="153" alt="separating line" src="http://www.springer.com/?SGWID=0-0-16-114263-0">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="10">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/14" target="_blank">
<img src="https://images.springer.com/sgw/journals/medium/40965.jpg" width="153" height="203" border="0" alt="">
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="6">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/15" target="_blank"><b>Aims and Scope</b></a></font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="6">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/16" target="_blank"><b>Editorial Board</b></a></font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="6">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/17" target="_blank"><b>Submission</b></a></font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="6">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:editorial@opengeospatialdata.com" target="_blank"><b>Contact us</b></a></font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="10">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<img border="0" height="1" width="153" alt="separating line" src="http://www.springer.com/?SGWID=0-0-16-114263-0">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="10">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<font color="#035289" face="Times New Roman, serif" size="4">Connect with us!</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="5">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td height="20">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tbody><tr>
<td width="10">
</td><td valign="top" width="159">
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tbody><tr>
<td>
<a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/18" target="_blank">
<img src="https://images.springer.com/cda/content/image/cda_displayimage.png?SGWID=0-0-16-911567-0" width="50" height="50" border="0" alt="twitter bird">
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="6">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
<td width="20">
</td><td valign="top" width="159">
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tbody><tr>
<td>
<a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/19" target="_blank">
<img src="https://images.springer.com/cda/content/image/cda_displayimage.png?SGWID=0-0-16-2198459-0" width="52" height="52" border="0" alt="">
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="6">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
<td width="10">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Follow SpringerOpen on <b><a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/20" target="_blank">Twitter</a></b> and <b><a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/21" target="_blank">Google+</a> </b>to hear more about our latest news. Stay connected to the open access community!</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="10">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<img border="0" height="1" width="153" alt="separating line" src="http://www.springer.com/?SGWID=0-0-16-114263-0">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="10">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<font color="#035289" face="Times New Roman, serif" size="4">Learn more about open access</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="5">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u></u>
<br>Read the <a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/22" target="_blank"><b>white paper</b></a>
<br>
<br>Watch the <b><a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/23" target="_blank">open access at Springer</a></b> video</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="10">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<img border="0" height="1" width="153" alt="separating line" src="http://www.springer.com/?SGWID=0-0-16-114263-0">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="10">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
<td bgcolor="#E7E8E3" width="12">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td width="55">
</td><td colspan="5" width="545">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="545">
<tbody><tr>
<td height="8">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<img border="0" height="1" width="542" alt="separating line" src="http://www.springer.com/?SGWID=0-0-16-147201-0">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="6">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<table>
<tbody><tr>
<td>
<font color="#333333" size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">If you do not wish to receive Springer promotional emails, please email <a href="mailto:unsubscribe@springer.com?subject=CON24661_V1" target="_blank">unsubscribe@springer.com</a> with the subject "unsubscribe".</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="6">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<font color="#333333" size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">SpringerAlerts delivers directly to you, via email, all the information you'll ever want to keep you abreast of the latest developments in your discipline. If you haven't done so already,  <a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/24" target="_blank">sign-up now!</a>
</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="6">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<font color="#333333" size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Springer respects your privacy and does not disclose, sell or rent your personal information to any nonaffiliated third parties without your consent. Please visit our  <a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/25" target="_blank">Springer Privacy Statement</a>
</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="6">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<font color="#333333" size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstrasse 17, 69121 Heidelberg, Germany, phone: <a href="tel:%2B49%206221%20487%200" value="+4962214870" target="_blank">+49 6221 487 0</a>, fax: <a href="tel:%2B49%206221%20487%208366" value="+4962214878366" target="_blank">+49 6221 487 8366</a> </font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="6">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<font color="#333333" size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
                 © Springer 2015, <a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/26" target="_blank">springer.com</a>
</font>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">
<font color="#999999" size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">CON24661</font>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"><tbody><tr><td align="center">
<font face="Arial" size="1">Share: <a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c1/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/homayounis@ut.ac.ir/~/-107" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/icons/wo-email.png"></a> <a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c1/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/4fcaae3effa4cef6/18/-101" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/icons/wo-facebook.png"></a> <a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c1/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/4fcaae3effa4cef6/18/-103" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/icons/wo-linkedin.png"></a> <a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c1/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/4fcaae3effa4cef6/18/-102" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/icons/wo-twitter.png"></a> </font>   
</td></tr></tbody></table> 

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"><tbody><tr><td>
  <hr>
      <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">You have 
        received this e-mail in the genuine belief that its contents would be 
        of interest to you. To not receive these messages from Scientific Direct 
        or other carefully selected organizations, please go to our <a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/r/r.asp?1261610&4fcaae3effa4cef6&H" target="_blank">preference 
        page</a>.<br>
        </font></p>
      <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><br>
        Scientific Direct<br>
       1500 Spring Garden Street <br>
4th Fl <br>
Philadelphia, PA 19130 <br>
        USA</font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</tbody></table>
<img src="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/o/4fcaae3e/ffa4cef6/1/H/1261610.gif">


<a href="http://sci.scientific-direct.net/c1/1261610/4fcaae3effa4cef6/E/~/0" target="_blank"></a></div></div><br></div>