Final call for peer-reviewed papers
22 March 2016

FINAL CALL AND DEADLINE FOR 
PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH PAPERS
 
 
Conference and exhibition of GIS, surveying, geo-informatics, 
mapping, remote sensing and location-based business


Plenary session: Geomatics Indaba 2015
  
This is a final call for peer-reviewed research papers for presentation at Geomatics Indaba 2016.
 
The deadline for submission of papers for peer-review is 31 March 2016, and abstracts and peer-reviewed papers must be submitted using the:
 
 
For full details on Africa's leading geomatics sector conference, exhibition and training event please visit the Geomatics Indaba 2015 website and see the Call for peer-reviewed research papers and presenters here.
 
Researchers working in the surveying, geospatial, mapping and remote sensing fields are urged to submit their abstracts for the peer-reviewed academic track of Geomatics Indaba 2016 before 1 April 2016.
 
Background 
 
Geomatics Indaba 2016 takes place from 2 to 4 August 2016 at Emperors Palace in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, and the theme for this year's Training Indaba is:
 
"Geomatics skills and technologies: Growing professionals to secure our future"
 
This Training Indaba is hosted by South Africa's professional geospatial bodies, the South African Geomatics Institute (SAGI), the Geo-Information Society of South Africa (GISSA) and the Institute of Mine Surveyors of Southern Africa (IMSSA), in partnership with EE Publishers.
 
Prof. Fred Cawood
The peer-reviewed academic stream is chaired Fred Cawood, University of Witwatersrand (Mine surveying) with assistance from Gregory Breetze, University of Pretoria (GIS); Serena Coetzee, University of Pretoria (GIS); Julian Smit, University of Cape Town (GIS and photogrammetry); Aslam Parker, Department Rural Development and Land Reform (Land surveying); Raubie Raubenheimer, CPUT (Engineering surveying); and Chris Munyati, North West University (Remote sensing and GIS).
 
Special ICA Commission stream
 
The International Cartographic Association's Commission on Map Production and Geoinformation Management will also be hosting a special stream covering map production and geo-information management. This stream is chaired by Peter Schmitz, Chair: ICA Commission on Map Production and Geoinformation Management 2015-2019.
 
Instructions to authors of peer-reviewed papers
   
Please see the instructions to authors of peer-reviewed papers here
 
Authors and presenters are invited to submit peer-reviewed academic papers of approximately 5000 words (including tables, figures, and references) for presentation at the conference. Each paper will undergo rigorous double-blind peer-review to ensure high quality papers. Interested parties are requested to take note of the following important deadline dates:
  • 1 April 2016: Submission of full-text research papers for peer-review close.
  • 26 May 2016: Provisional acceptance of papers for the research track close.
  • 15 June 2016: Submission of final full-text peer-reviewed research papers.

Papers will be selected on the basis of their merit, significance, relevance, correctness, originality and clarity following a double-blind peer-review process. A selection of papers will be published in the South African Journal of Geomatics (ISSN 2225-8531).

 

For further information on submission of peer-reviewed research papers, please contact:

 

Prof. Fred Cawood, University of Witwatersrand, frederick.cawood@wits.ac.za