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<P><FONT SIZE=2>*** Sorry for any cross posting ***<BR>
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Dear All<BR>
<BR>
Below is the information for a special issue that might be of<BR>
interest. The topics covered by the special issue is quite wide<BR>
(detail below), and we hope that you would consider submitting your<BR>
work.<BR>
<BR>
Regards<BR>
Victoria<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
---------- Forwarded message ----------<BR>
From: Marco Minghini <marco.minghini86@gmail.com><BR>
Date: Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 5:13 PM<BR>
Subject: Special Issue "Open Source Geospatial Software"<BR>
To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org, geoforall@lists.osgeo.org<BR>
Cc: Maria Brovelli <maria.brovelli@polimi.it>, "Mobasheri, Amin"<BR>
<A.Mobasheri@uni-heidelberg.de>, Victoria Rautenbach<BR>
<victoria.rautenbach@gmail.com><BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Dear all,<BR>
<BR>
please find below the Call for Papers for the Special Issue "Open<BR>
Source Geospatial Software", Journal of Open Geospatial Data, Software<BR>
and Standards, that I already shared some months ago.<BR>
<BR>
The news is that we, as Guest Editors (Amin Mobasheri, Victoria<BR>
Rautenbach, Maria Antonia Brovelli and myself) are able to provide<BR>
some fee waivers to cover the Article Processing Charge of the<BR>
journal.<BR>
<BR>
Please feel free to contact us for further information.<BR>
Best regards,<BR>
<BR>
Marco (on behalf of the Guest Editors)<BR>
<BR>
Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards (ISSN: 2363-7501)<BR>
<BR>
Special Issue: Open Source Geospatial Software<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Call for Papers (<A HREF="https://opengeospatialdata.springeropen.com/osgs">https://opengeospatialdata.springeropen.com/osgs</A>)<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
The use of open source software has nowadays become well-established<BR>
in our society. In the geospatial domain, the creation and evolution<BR>
of open source software projects are typically based on a<BR>
crowdsourcing mechanism counting on communities (project leaders,<BR>
users, developers, translators, etc.) from all over the world. The<BR>
importance of open source geospatial software, also termed FOSS4G<BR>
(Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial), has become so high<BR>
that the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) was created to<BR>
support and promote its development and widespread adoption. In<BR>
addition to being chosen for ethical reasons, nowadays open source<BR>
geospatial software is exploited in science and research, as the<BR>
transparency of code ensures reproducibility of analyses and results,<BR>
and in education, as it allows sustainability by avoiding dependence<BR>
on proprietary vendors. Open source geospatial software represents<BR>
also an established business model for many companies worldwide. With<BR>
these premises, this Special Issue of the Journal of Open Geospatial<BR>
Data, Software and Standards invites original research contributions<BR>
and/or software implementations on all aspects of open source<BR>
geospatial software and its applications, and particularly encourages<BR>
submissions focusing on the following themes:<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Open source/open data policies for SDI development and implementation<BR>
<BR>
Reproducibility of analyses and results in research and science<BR>
<BR>
Quality of open geospatial data<BR>
<BR>
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), Crowdsourcing and OpenStreetMap (OSM)<BR>
<BR>
Sensor Web and Internet of Things (IoT)<BR>
<BR>
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing<BR>
<BR>
Standardization and interoperability of open geo-data and services<BR>
<BR>
Big geo-data storage, visualization and processing<BR>
<BR>
Open source geospatial software in scientific research<BR>
<BR>
Open source geospatial software in education and business<BR>
<BR>
Management and sustainability of open source geospatial projects<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
The Journal of Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards welcomes<BR>
submissions of various types, including “Original article”, “Review”<BR>
as well as “Database article”. Apart from these article types, the<BR>
Journal has a special type of article called “Software article”, where<BR>
you can publish a short article about services/software of broad<BR>
utility that have been developed within your project/institute. For<BR>
more information about the article types, please access the Journal’s<BR>
online menu Submission Guidelines and Preparing your manuscript.<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Guest Editors:<BR>
<BR>
Marco Minghini, Politecnico di Milano - DICA, Italy (marco.minghini@polimi.it)<BR>
<BR>
Amin Mobasheri, Heidelberg University, Germany (a.mobasheri@uni-heidelberg.de)<BR>
<BR>
Victoria Rautenbach, University of Pretoria, South Africa<BR>
(victoria.rautenbach@up.ac.za)<BR>
<BR>
Maria Antonia Brovelli, Politecnico di Milano - DICA, Italy<BR>
(maria.brovelli@polimi.it)<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Deadline for submission of articles: November 15th, 2018<BR>
<BR>
Special Issue publication date: articles will get published as soon as<BR>
they are accepted.<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Submission Instructions: Authors interested in submitting a paper to<BR>
this issue should carefully read the Open Geospatial Data, Software<BR>
and Standards submission guidelines and submit their article to the<BR>
Journal's submission system. Submissions of articles are open from now<BR>
until November 15, 2018. The first round review process will take<BR>
approximately three weeks and the articles will be published online as<BR>
open access after receiving the final acceptance. During the<BR>
submission of the manuscript, please upload a cover letter indicating<BR>
that you are interested to publish your work in this Special Issue.<BR>
Furthermore, in case you have any questions, feel free to contact the<BR>
Guest Editors. Please note that Springer applies Article Processing<BR>
Charges for publishing articles. In case authors need funding support,<BR>
please read the information provided here.<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Marco Minghini, Ph.D.<BR>
GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano - DICA<BR>
Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano (Italy)<BR>
+39 02 23996409<BR>
marco.minghini@polimi.it<BR>
@MarcoMinghini<BR>
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