CaGIS is pleased to announce AutoCarto 2012, an international research symposium on computer-based cartography. The nineteenth in the AutoCarto series, the symposium will be held in Columbus, Ohio on September 16-18, 2012 immediately prior to the GIScience 2012 meeting (also in Columbus). Join us in September 2012 at this exciting conference to explore new research and innovation in cartography and geographic information science.
CaGIS invites cartographers, geographers, geospatial analysts, GIScientists and others conducting research on the cutting edge of the geospatial sciences to submit abstracts on the following topics, among others:
Important Dates
| February 1, 2012 | Abstracts of a maximum of 300 words are due in PDF or Word format. Abstracts should also include 3-5 keywords. Abstracts should be submitted to autocarto-papers@cartogis.org |
| May 1, 2012 | Poster abstracts of a maximum of 300 words are due in PDF or Word format. |
| March 15, 2012 | Notice of acceptance of proposals |
| June 15, 2012 | Notice of acceptance of posters |
| August 15, 2012 | For accepted paper proposals, final papers of approximately 12 pages for proceedings are due |
| 2013 | Selected papers from the AutoCarto proceedings will be published in a special issue of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society journal |
All submissions will be reviewed for content and appropriateness by the conference committee. The final decision on acceptances of presentations in the program and inclusion of topics will depend on response to this Call and space availability. Abstracts are due February 1, 2012, and strict adherence to submission deadlines is requested. Notices of acceptance will be sent by e-mail on or about March 15, 2012 by the Technical Program Chair of this conference. Upon notification of acceptance, authors will be expected to acknowledge receipt of the acceptance letter by email, verifying their intent to attend and make a presentation at the conference. Applicants who have not received a communication regarding their paper submission by April 1, 2012, should contact the Technical Program Chair (Sarah Battersby, email: autocarto-papers@cartogis.org). Papers accepted for oral presentation will be assigned to a concurrent session based on topic.
All technical paper and poster presenters are required to register for the AutoCarto conference within 60 days of the e-mail notification of their presentation acceptance. If the original applicant who received the notice of acceptance appoints someone else to present their work, the substitute must register at the within the 60 days after notification of acceptance. Presenters who do not register within the above noted time limit may be dropped from the program and all listings will be removed from the Preliminary Program and Conference Proceedings.
