Call for Papers
International Journal of Digital Earth

Special Issue on “Analytical Geospatial Digital Earth”
Guest Editors: Bert Veenendaal, Songnian Li, Suzana Dragicevic and Maria Antonia Brovelli

Aim
This special issue of the International Journal of Digital Earth (IJDE) is devoted to the theme of webbased GIS, mapping services and spatial analytics supporting digital earth technologies and applications. Digital Earth is a virtual representation of the planet, encompassing all its systems and forms, including human societies, manifested as a multi‐dimensional, multi‐scale, multi‐temporal, and multi‐layer information facility. The Digital Earth vision encompasses the vast array of technologies, information frameworks, organizational standards, along with applications across a spectrum of disciplines, and many educational and grassroots operational needs.

The IJDE is the official Journal of the International Society for Digital Earth and is published by Taylor& Francis of the UK. It is the first professional and international peer‐reviewed journal in the digital earth research field around the world. The SCI 2010 impact factor for this journal is now at 1.453.

Papers for this special issue on Analytical Geospatial Digital Earth must present original, state‐of -the- art research that contributes to the development of the digital earth technologies and applications.

This is an open call for papers. However, selected quality papers from recent workshops of ISPRS WG
IV/5 will be invited for submission.

Scope
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
 * Visual analytical geospatial tools for digital earth
 * Geocomputational techniques for modelling digital earth applications
 * Semantics and ontology for spatial analytical web services
 * Automatic web geoprocessing and workflows
 * 2D/3D visual effects and internet geovisualization
 * Intelligent web mapping/GIS services
 * Building intelligence to digital earth tools and applications
 * Cloud computing for analytical geospatial web
 * Design and development issues

Submission guidelines
Submissions must follow the instructions to authors outlined on the Taylor & Francis web page for the International Journal of Digital Earth found at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/tjdeauth.asp. Word templates are available on the web site and papers are typically 5000‐8000 words in length.

Papers should be submitted online at the International Journal of Digital Earth's Manuscript Central Site available from the web link indicated above. New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site submissions should be made via the Author Centre.

The special issue will include a maximum of 5‐8 papers.

Important deadlines
Submission of manuscripts February 15, 2012
Notification of acceptance/rejection June 15, 2012
Submission of final version September 15, 2012
Planned publication of special issue: Early 2013
* An early expression of interest through email is highly appreciated.

Guest editors contact information

Dr. Bert Veenendaal Department of Spatial Sciences Curtin University GPO Box U1987 Perth WA 6845, Australia Email: b.veenendaal@curtin.edu.au		Dr. Songnian Li Department of Civil Engineering Ryerson University 350 Victoria St., Toronto, ON M5B 2K3 Canada Email: snli@ryerson.ca
Dr. Suzana Dragicevic Department of Geography Simon Frasier University 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Canada Email: suzanad@sfu.ca		Dr. Maria Antonia Brovelli DIIAR Department Polytechnic of Milan Como Campus, Via Valleggio 11 22100 Como, Italy Email: maria.brovelli@polimi.it