Conference Description:

Special Session on Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Systems Serving Geospatial Applications - UAS4GIS 2019 (ins)

3 - 5 May, 2019 - Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Within the 5th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - GISTAM 2019

SCOPE

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS or "drones") have become increasingly popular in a variety of geospatial applications. The global market is overwhelmed with various UAS products, yet there are many unresolved research issues to fully unleash their potential. The research community should take action in establishing “smart” solutions to serve GIS and Remote Sensing through autonomous systems. Towards this end, this special session is devoted in UASs in terms of real time data integration in GIS and automated georeferencing, decision making through AI and deep learning, real time image processing, pattern recognition, added value in remote sensing applications, fleet management, 3D reconstruction optimization, autonomous navigation, horizontal and domain specific custom systems.

Topics:
- Automatic aerial mapping and visualization;
- Autonomous decision systems;
- Communication and security;
- Hardware optimization;
- On-board, real time image processing and pattern recognition;
- Optimization on flight and navigation attitude, Remote sensing applications with added-value;
- Sensor systems;
- 3D reconstruction optimization;

IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission: February 28, 2019
Authors Notification: March 15, 2019
Camera Ready and Registration: March 25, 2019

SCOPE

The International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management aims at creating a meeting point of researchers and practitioners that address new challenges in geo-spatial data sensing, observation, representation, processing, visualization, sharing and managing, in all aspects concerning both information communication and technologies (ICT) as well as management information systems and knowledge-based systems. The conference welcomes original papers of either practical or theoretical nature, presenting research or applications, of specialized or interdisciplinary nature, addressing any aspect of geographic information systems and technologies.

CONFERENCE AREAS

Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:
1. DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING
2. REMOTE SENSING
3. MODELING, REPRESENTATION AND VISUALIZATION
4. KNOWLEDGE EXTRACTION AND MANAGEMENT
5. DOMAIN APPLICATIONS

AREA 1: DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING
Photogrammetry
Natural Phenomena Data Acquisition
Spatio-temporal Data Acquisition
Geospatial Information and Technologies
Seismic Data Processing
Geodesy
Image Processing and Pattern Recognition
Geocomputation
Geospatial Architectures and Middleware
Performance Evaluation
Parallel and Distributed Computation
Real-Time Sensors

AREA 2: REMOTE SENSING
Spectroscopy and Spectroradiometry
Hyperspectral Imaging
Earth Observation and Satellite Data
RADAR and LiDAR
Infrared Remote Sensing
Sensor Networks
Urban Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing of Agriculture
Hydrological Remote Sensing
Ocean Topography
Remote Sensing in Climate Change Studies

AREA 3: MODELING, REPRESENTATION AND VISUALIZATION
Computational Geometry
Query Processing and Optimization
Cartography and Geodesy
3D Modeling and Simulation
Computer Graphics Applications
Computer Vision Applications
Human Computer Interaction and Visualization
Spatial Information and Society
Data Sharing, Privacy and Security
Topological Modeling and Analysis
Underground Geo-Reserves Modeling
Spatial Modeling and Reasoning
Standardization and Interoperability
Storage, Indexing and Searching

AREA 4: KNOWLEDGE EXTRACTION AND MANAGEMENT
Decision Support Systems
Web Applications
Geographic Information Retrieval
Intelligent Data Fusion
Data Mining and OLAP
GPS and Location Detection
Location-based and Mobile Services
Spatio-Temporal Database Management
Spatial Data Quality and Uncertainty
Spatial Analysis and Integration
Image and Video Understanding
Big Data and GIS

AREA 5: DOMAIN APPLICATIONS
Ecological and Environmental Management
Urban and Regional Planning
Crops and Soils Research
Water Information Systems
Energy Information Systems
Coastal Management
Natural Resource Management
Industrial Applications
Disaster Management
Climate Change
Transportation Engineering
Ocean Engineering
Oil Exploration

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