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About JGIS

Published twice a year, Geographic Information Sciences (ISSN 1082-4006), is the official journal of The Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Systems (Abroad) (CPGIS). Responsibility for the contents rests upon the authors and not upon CPGIS or its members. All members of CPGIS will receive this journal upon payment of the annual membership fee. The cost for each volume is $100 for institution subscriber (including postage) and $20 for personal subscriber (including postage).

Copyright of all text materials from Geographic Information Sciences belongs to CPGIS. Abstracts and brief quotations maybe made if reference is credited to Geographic Information Sciences. Large text abstract may not be reproduced without permission from CPGIS. Typeset and layout by CAMFER, University of California, Berkeley, USA. Printed in Hong Kong.

For information on joining CPGIS, write to

CPGIS headquarters, 151 Hilgard Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3110, USA. Telephone: (510) 642-1351. Fax: (510) 643-5098.

Instruction to Contributors

1. Scope

The journal will publish original research on the theory, methods, development and applications of geographic information systems, remote sensing, global positioning systems, and cartography. Brief papers on hardware and software design and associated codes are welcome. GIS-related news, highlight articles and commercial advertisements will also be published.

2. Language

English only.

3. Manuscript Format

Use American Letter Sized or A4 white papers. Manuscripts must be double spaced and should normally not exceed 5000 words per manuscript in length. An abstract is limited in less than 150 words. Submission in digital form is welcome. List figure captions on a separate page and put figure number and author(s)' name(s) on the back of the figures. Color illustrations may be published with a charge to the author(s) depending on fund availability of CPGIS. SI units must be used. Citation of references in the text can be made either by a number index such as [2] or by using the author(s) followed by a number index, e.g., Chen and Wang[2]. A reference should include items in the following order: Number Index, Author Name, Year of Publication, Title of Article or Book, Journal Name or Book Publisher, Volume, Issue, Starting and Ending Pages.

4. Manuscript Submission

4 copies must be submitted to:

Dr P. Gong
Department of Environment Science, Policy, and Management
151 Hilgard Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3110 USA
Fax: 510 643-5098
Tel: 510 642-5170
Email: gong@nature.berkeley.edu

5. Review, Proofs and Offprints

Technical papers will be submitted to referees whose names will be kept confidential. The editors reserve the right on whether a paper should be accepted. Once a paper is accepted, proofs will be sent to the correspnding author for checking. 25 offprints will be sent to the corresponding author when the paper is published

6. Advertisements

Please contact the editor.

Committee Members

Editor-In-Chief
Peng Gong
Journal Advisory Board
151 Hilgard Hall, University of California
Journal Management
Committee
Berkeley, CA 94720-3110
Junyong Chen
Chair
Shupeng Chen
Assistant Editor
Hui Lin
Tzu How Chu
Puiliang Pu
Michael Goodchild
Members
Armin Gruen
Editiors
Yuemin Ding
Huadong Guo
Zhilin Li (Catrography and Visualization)
Peng Gong
John R. Jensen
Nina Lam (Spatial Analysis)
Bin Li
Yee Leung
Y.C. Lee (Spatial Database)
Liang Tang
Deren Li
Ron Li and Peter Shih (Photogrammetry)
Jin-yeu Tsuo
John Radke
Qiming Zhou and Shunlin Liang (Remote Sensing)
Hanming Tu
Guanhua Xu
Yang Gao (GPS)
Chenghu Zhou
Ye Qi and Jianguo Wu (Natural Resources)
Qiming Zhou
Bin Li (Computer Network and Software)
 
Wenzhong Shi (Spatial Data Error Analysis)
 


 

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