International Workshop on Supporting Future Earth with Global Geo-information

This joint workshop will present the latest developments within global spatial data production and sharing, exchange successful application experiences of global geoinformation, examine up-to-date user requirements and key gaps, and identify major challenges. It aims at promoting multi-disciplinary collaboration towards providing reliable global geo-information to support Future Earth.

Topics and Abstract Submissions

An extended abstract on the following topics is requested:

• Scientific vision and latest progress of Future Earth from national and international perspectives, especially by utilizing geo-information;
• Definition of challenges for and requirements on global geo-information and services concerning Future Earth programs;
• Latest developments of global geo-data sets (Earth observation data, Digitalelevation, Land cover, environmental monitoring, ecological data);
• Representation and visualization of Global geo-spatial information;
• Policy and technology for global geo-information sharing and service;
• Progress of open geo-spatial software and integrated application with open geodata sets;
• Big data analysis of global spatial and non-spatial information;
• Applications of GlobeLand30 and other global geo-information in global understanding, environmental change analysis, dynamic modeling and transformational development;
• Applications of global geo-data sets for disaster risk analysis and information service;

A special issue isof International Journal of Digital Earth (IJDE) is planned and will be published in the beginning of 2016 as the output of this workshop. A call for full papers for this special issue will soon be issued.

Organizers and Sponsors

Organizers:

ISPRS Beijing Office
Chinese National Committee for Future Earth (CNC-FE)
UN Project Management Office, National Administration of Surveying,
Mapping and Geoinformation (NASG)
LIESMARS, Wuhan University
National Disaster Reduction Center of China (NDRCC)
National Geomatics Center of China (NGCC)
UN-SPIDER Beijing office

Sponsors:

ICSU GeoUnions
Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies (JBGIS)
European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL)
Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)

Important Dates
Please submit your extended abstract to isprs@nsdi.gov.cn before 1 February 2015.
The extended abstract should be in English (1000-1500 words) in MS Word or PDF document format. Please provide the following information with the abstract: Author name, Affiliation, address and email, Keywords.
The acceptance or rejection of a paper will be based on the reviews. Notification of acceptance will be sent out by 1 March 2015.