2018 International Workshop on Big Geospatial Data and Data Science

Submission of Papers

Participants are invited to electronically submit original, unpublished research contributions or experience reports not concurrently submitted elsewhere. Click the button below to submit your paper:

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Notices

• * The manuscript including Abstract (Original Manuscript) and Full Paper (Final Manuscript), the Abstract's page request is 2 pages. The Full Paper's page request is 4 pages. And the Abstract can be revised to Full Paper after Abstract Submission Date.

• * Use the link we provided to submit a manuscript or to revise an existing submission.

• * All manuscripts must be prepared according to the document format provided below.

• * Manuscripts should state clearly and concisely the problem, methodology used and central conclusions, and may include figures and graphs.

• * Manuscripts must include a bibliography to help reviewers place the contributions of the work into context.

• * A maximum of two manuscripts may be submitted by each presenting author.

• * Acceptance letters will be sent via email only.

• * Make sure that your paper is substantially different from (your) previously published work. Manuscripts will be checked for plagiarism and multiple publication using IEEE CrossCheck Portal (https://crosscheck.ieee.org). Submitting authors will be checked have they been prohibited from publishing with any or all IEEE publications using The IEEE Prohibited Authors List (PAL) Database.

Preparation of the Manuscript

1. Document Formatting

   Use the following guidelines when preparing your manuscript:

   LENGTH: You are allowed a minimum of 2 pages and maximum of 4 pages for your manuscript. These limits include all figures, tables, and references. Any documents that exceed the 4 page limit or fail to meet the 2 page minimum will be rejected.

   LANGUAGE: All proposals must be in English.

   MARGINS: Documents should be formatted for standard letter-size (8.5 in. by 11.0 in.) or A4 (210mm by 297mm) paper.

   • • All text and figures should be contained in a 178 mm x 229 mm (7 inch x 9 inch) image area.
   • • The left margin must be 19 mm (0.75 inch).
   • • The top margin must be 25 mm (1.0 inch), except for the title page where it must be 35 mm (1.375 inches).
   • • On the first page, the top 50 mm (2") is reserved for the title, author(s), and affiliation(s). These items should be centered on the page, starting at 35 mm (1.375 inches) from the top of the page.

   COLUMNS: Manuscripts should be in 2-column format. The title and author block on the first page should span across the two columns. Wide figures may span across two columns. However, the use of wide figures should be limited if possible.

   A format sheet with the margins and placement guides is available in PDF format:PDF file (When you print this file, make sure the "shrink to fit" box is not checked!). This file contain lines and boxes showing the margins and print areas. If you print one of these files, then stack it atop your printed page and hold it up to the light, you can easily check your margins to see if your print area fits within the space allowed.

   TYPE:
       Face: To achieve the best viewing experience for the review process and conference proceedings, we strongly encourage authors to use Times-Roman or Computer Modern fonts. If a font face is used that is not recognized by the submission system, your proposal will not be reproduced correctly.
       Size: Use a font size that is no smaller than 10 points and no larger than 12 points throughout the paper, including figure captions.

   TITLE: The paper title should appear in boldface letters and should be in ALL CAPITALS. Do not use LaTeX math notation ($x_y$) in the title; the title should be representable in the Unicode character set. Also try to avoid uncommon acronyms in the title.

   AUTHOR LIST: The authors' name(s) and affiliation(s) appear below the title in capital and lower case letters. Proposals with multiple authors and affiliations may require two or more lines for this information. The order of the authors on the document should exactly match in number and order the authors typed into the online submission form.

   BODY: Major headings appear in boldface CAPITAL letters, centered on the page. Subheadings appear in capital and lower case, either underlined or in boldface. They start at the left margin of the page on a separate line. Sub-subheadings are discouraged, but if they must be used, they should appear in capital and lower case, and start at the left margin on a separate line. They may be underlined or in italics.

   REFERENCES: List and number all references at the end of the document. The references can be numbered in alphabetical order or in order of appearance in the paper. When referring to them in the text, type the corresponding reference number in square brackets as shown at the end of this sentence [1]. The end of the document should include a list of references containing information similar to the following example:
       [1] J. P. Kerekes and J. E. Baum, "Full-Spectrum Spectral Imaging System Analytical Model," IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 571-580, Mar. 2005.
       [2] A. B. Tarokh and E. L. Miller, "Subsurface Sensing under Sensor Positional Uncertainty," IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 675-688, Mar. 2007.

   ILLUSTRATIONS & COLOR: Illustrations must appear within the designated margins. If possible, position illustrations at the top of pages, rather than in the middle or at the bottom. Caption and number every illustration. All illustrations should be clear when printed on a black-only printer. Be sure that your images are acceptable when printed in black and white (the CD-ROM and IEEE Xplore proceedings will retain the colors in your document).

   PAGE NUMBERS: Do not put page numbers on your document. Appropriate page numbers will be added to accepted papers when the conference proceedings are assembled.

2. Templates

   The following style files and templates are available for users of LaTeX and Microsoft Word:

   • LaTeX style file with margin, page layout, font, etc. definitions.
   • BiBTeX style file with bibliography style definitions.
   • LaTeX template file, an example of using the "spconf.sty" and "IEEEbib.bst" files above.
   • PDF generated from the template file.
   • Sample strings.bib and refs.bib files.
   • Word 97/2000 Sample, a template of correct formatting and font use.

We recommend that you use the Word file or LaTeX files to produce your document, since they have been set up to meet the formatting guidelines listed above. When using these files, double-check the paper size in your page setup to make sure you are using the letter-size (8.5 in. by 11 in.) or A4 (210mm by 297mm) paper layout. The LaTeX environment files specify suitable margins, page layout, text and a bibliography style.

In particular, with LaTeX, there are cases where the top-margin of the resulting PDF file does not meet the specified parameters. In this case, you may need to add a \topmargin=0mm command just after the \begin{document} command in your .tex file. The spacing of the top margin is not critical, as the page contents will be adjusted on the proceedings. The critical dimensions are the actual width and height of the page content.