[Geo4All] CFP: ISPRS Intl Journal of Geo-Information (IJGI) - Special Issue about Geospatial Open Systems

[b.j.kobben at utwente.nl]

Well, just wanted to make folks aware that there is an ongoing discussion in the GeoSciences about the publisher (MDPI) of this journal  -- some of us (me included) consider it a company that is there to make money foremost and does not care too much about scientific quality. If you want I can send you a summary of some of that ongoing discussion...
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Barend

On 14/02/2020, 14:58, "SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA" <sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy<mailto:sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy>> wrote:


​¿? Is there something that the GeoForAll community should know? At least I personally do not understand this mail...

Regards,


Sergio Acosta y Lara
Departamento de Geomática
Dirección Nacional de Topografía
Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
URUGUAY
(598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
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De: GeoForAll <geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> en nombre de b.j.kobben at utwente.nl <b.j.kobben at utwente.nl>
Enviado: viernes, 14 de febrero de 2020 7:53
Para: Chaowei Yang; GeoForAll
Asunto: Re: [Geo4All] CFP: ISPRS Intl Journal of Geo-Information (IJGI) - Special Issue about Geospatial Open Systems

Mhwah, are you aware that this IJGI journal has at the moment a stunning total of 83 "special issues" open, out of which by quick glance 4 have "open systems/source/software" in their title:
Free and Open Source Software and Tools for Environmental Applications<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/FOSS4G-IT_2020>
(Editors: Paolo Dabove, Bianca Federici)

31 Oct 2020

Intelligent Systems Based on Open and Crowdsourced Location Data<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/intelligent_system>
(Editors: Fernando Terroso-Sáenz, Andrés Muñoz)

31 Oct 2020

Geospatial Open Systems<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Open_Systems>
(Editors: Timothy Nyerges, Piotr Jankowski, Wenwen Li, Chaowei Yang)

30 Apr 2020

OpenStreetMap as A Multi-Disciplinary Nexus: Perspectives, Practices and Procedures<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/OpenStreetMap>
(Editors: A. Yair Grinberger, Marco Minghini, Peter Mooney, Levente Juhász, Godwin Yeboah)

31 Mar 2020


This journal I now consider a borderline predatory one, and will personally not do reviews nor write papers for anymore...

Yours,
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Barend Köbben
Senior Lecturer – ITC- University Twente
PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede (The Netherlands)
ITC Building (Hengelosestraat 99) room 1-065
+31-(0)53 4874 253

On 14/02/2020, 07:09, "GeoForAll on behalf of Chaowei Yang" <geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of cyang3 at gmu.edu<mailto:cyang3 at gmu.edu>> wrote:

The ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (IJGI) will publish a special issue about “Geospatial Open Systems”. This Special Issue intends to synergize insight about the state of knowledge of open systems scoping, design, implementation, deployment, use, and sustainability for geo-information (geospatial) applications. Manuscripts that broaden and/or deepen insight into these topics are candidates for the Special Issue.

Scope: Open systems provide free access to geo-data and geo-information in a variety of geospatial domains, such as environmental science and management, human dynamics, transportation planning and management, geo-information crowdsourcing, community organizing, and geosciences, among others. Open systems enable access for almost everyone, barring any illegal activity. Open systems might or might not use open source software as part of the development efforts. Open knowledge systems now in development for various applications promise to transform how people make use of data, information, evidence, and knowledge. The Special Issue explores the past, present, and future of open systems environments addressing data, information, and knowledge for geospatial applications. Any aspect of open geospatial data, information, knowledge, and software systems is a relevant topic as long as the topic is well reasoned and developed in a thorough manner in line with IJGI guidelines. Prospects for development and use of geospatial open source software are relevant for consideration. Software applications addressing these topics are also part of the scope, but the issue is not limited to these topics.

Please click the following link for additional information including submission instructions.

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Open_Systems

Prof. Timothy Nyerges, U of Washington

Prof. Piotr Jankowski, San Diego State University

Prof. Wenwen Li, Arizona State University

Prof. Chaowei Yang, George Mason University

Guest Editors

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Chaowei Phil Yang, Ph.D.,
Director, NSF Spatiotemporal Innovation Center; www.stcenter.net
Co-Director, Center of Intelligent Spatial Computing for Water/Energy Sciences; http://cisc.gmu.edu/
Professor, GGS, GMU, http://ggs.gmu.edu/
http://cpgis.gmu.edu/homepage/
Tel: 703-993-4742 (O)

Yang, C., Yu, M., Li, Y., Hu, F., Jiang, Y., Liu, Q., Sha, D., Xu, M. and Gu, J., 2019. Big Earth data analytics: a survey. Big Earth Data, 3(2),83-107. DOI: /10.1080/20964471.2019.1611175<https://doi.org/10.1080/20964471.2019.1611175>



Yang, C., Clarke, K., Shekhar, S. and Tao, C.V., 2020. Big Spatiotemporal Data Analytics: a research and innovation frontier., International Journal of Geographical Information Science, DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2019.1698743<https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2019.1698743>


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Introduction to GIS Programming and Fundamentals with Python and ArcGIS®<https://www.crcpress.com/Introduction-to-GIS-Programming-and-Fundamentals-with-Python-and-ArcGIS/Yang/p/book/9781466510081>


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