The Ninth International Conference on Geographic Information Science is co-organized by McGill University, Université Laval, and University of Saskatchewan. GIScience 2016 continues a highly successful series of conferences started in 2000 that regularly brings together approximately 300 international participants from academia, industry, and government organizations to discuss and advance the state-of-the-art in Geographic Information Science.

September 27, 2016 is dedicated to Workshops and Tutorials. The main conference takes place from September 28 to 30, 2016, and consists of two refereed paper tracks: Full Papers and Extended Abstracts. The GIScience conference series always has had a focus on fundamental research themes and questions. Papers advancing the field methodologically or theoretically are encouraged; papers strictly dealing with applications are discouraged.

Contributions are invited from a wide range of disciplines related to Geographic Information Science, including :

Geography
Cognitive science
Computer science
Engineering

Information science
Linguistics
Mathematics
Philosophy

Psychology
Social science
(Geo)Statistics
Data science

We welcome traditional topics in GIScience. We also encourage papers on new and emergent fields as well as under-represented fields, including:

GIScience of the Internet of Things
GeoSemantic Web
Sensor Geomatics

Critical GIS
Locational aspects of autonomous aerial and ground-based vehicles
Advances in Geosimulation Modeling

Important Dates

Workshop and Tutorial proposals due CLOSED
Workshop and Tutorial notification Proposers notified
Full papers due EXTENDED to February 19, 2016
Full paper notification April 20, 2016
Full paper camera-ready and copyright notice due May 18, 2016
Extended abstracts due May 4, 2016
Extended abstract notification June 18, 2016
Extended abstract camera-ready due August 10, 2016

Full Paper Track

Full papers will be thoroughly reviewed by at least three members of the international program committee. High-quality submissions will be accepted for presentation at the conference and published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) Series by Springer. Manuscripts must describe original work that has neither been published before, nor is currently under review elsewhere. Papers must be written in English according to Springer LNCS formatting guidelines and should not exceed fifteen pages (including title, figures, and references). Full papers must be submitted in PDF format through the Easychair website.

Full papers due EXTENDED February 19, 2016
Full paper notification April 20, 2016
Full paper camera-ready and copyright notice due May 18, 2016

Extended Abstract Track

Extended abstracts of up to 1,500 words and up to four pages (including title, figures, and references), describing work in progress, will be reviewed by at least three members of the international program committee. Accepted extended abstracts will be selected for oral presentation or poster presentation. Whether oral presentation or poster presentation, the extended abstract will be published in a separate conference proceedings volume. Extended abstracts must be written in English, follow our guidelines and be submitted in PDF format through the Easychair website.

Extended abstracts due May 4, 2016
Extended abstract notification June 18, 2016
Extended abstract camera-ready due August 10, 2016