Call for Papers

We invite three types of contributions

full papers to present scientific results (limited to 16 pages),

work in progress papers to present on-going work (limited to 10 pages) and

showcase papers for live presentations of research prototypes and products (limited to 4 pages).


Submissions should address practical, technical, or theoretical issues of W2GIS and location-based services. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

Geospatial databases and spatio-temporal data management

Mobile spatial interaction

Movement analysis

Spatial search, GeoWeb search engines and services

Location-based social networks

On-line spatial data mining

GeoSensor data acquisition, processing, management and analysis

Smart environments, Internet of Things and ambient spatial intelligence

Exploratory cartography and Web and wireless geo interfaces

Advanced GIS visualization techniques for Web and mobile location-based applications

Cyber-geography & augmented reality

Map personalization and adaptation

3D modelling of cityscapes for location-based services

Ubiquitous and wireless GIS

Security, privacy, and usability issues of Web and wireless environments

Semantic geospatial Web and interoperability

User studies and evaluations of online geo services

Indoor and outdoor wayfinding and navigation

Crowdsourcing and volunteered geographic information

Telematics, GIS and location-based applications

LBS and transportation applications

Wireless-based location-aware applications


Authors are invited to submit full, original, unpublished research papers. Each paper must be written in English, it must be submitted in PDF, and it must be formatted using the Springer camera-ready templates available at the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science website.

All contributions must be uploaded through the submission site at EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=w2gis

All submissions will be refereed for quality, originality, and relevance by the Program Committee. Accepted papers will be published in the Springer LNCS series.