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GISTAM is sponsored by INSTICC – Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication

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The International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management aims at creating a meeting point of researchers and practitioners that address new challenges in geo-spatial data sensing, observation, representation, processing, visualization, sharing and managing, in all aspects concerning both information communication and technologies (ICT) as well as management information systems and knowledge-based systems. The conference includes original contributions of either practical or theoretical nature, presenting research or applications, of specialized or interdisciplinary nature, addressing different aspects of geographic information systems and technologies.

CONFERENCE AREAS

Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:

1. DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING
2. SENSING
3. SPATIAL DATA MINING AND COMPUTATION
4. SPATIAL DATA ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT
5. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND LEARNING
6. INTERACTING WITH DATA
7. MODELLING, REPRESENTATION AND VISUALISATION
8. DOMAIN APPLICATIONS
9. OUR CHANGING PLANET
10. FUTURE EARTH
11. SOCIETY, CULTURE AND EDUCATION


AREA 1: DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING


  • Spatio-Temporal Data Acquisition
  • Geocomputation
  • Geospatial Architectures and Middleware
  • Geospatial Information and Technologies
  • Natural Phenomena Data Acquisition
  • Parallel and Distributed Computation
  • Performance Evaluation

AREA 2: SENSING


  • Earth Observations
  • Active Remote Sensing - Radar and Lidar
  • Multispectral and Hyperspectral
  • Thermal Sensing
  • Photogrammetry
  • Spectroscoopy and Spectroradiometry
  • Recent and Future Missions
  • Real-Time Sensors
  • Sensor Networks

AREA 3: SPATIAL DATA MINING AND COMPUTATION


  • Big Data and GIS
  • Data Mining and OLAP
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Geocomputational Methods
  • Geostatistics
  • Outlier Detection
  • Query Processing and Optimization
  • Storage, Indexing and Searching

AREA 4: SPATIAL DATA ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT


  • Geographic Information Retrieval
  • Geographic Data Accessibility
  • Geographical Information Systems
  • Image Processing and Pattern Recognition
  • Spatial Information Management
  • Spatial Data Quality and Uncertainty
  • Spatial Analysis and Integration
  • Intelligent Data Fusion
  • Location-Based and Mobile Services
  • Spatio-Temporal Database Management

AREA 5: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND LEARNING


  • Machine Learning for Spatial Data
  • Deep Learning for Urban and Environment Planning
  • Geo-AI
  • Clustering and Unsupervised Learning

AREA 6: INTERACTING WITH DATA


  • Mobile and Location-Based Interfaces
  • Navigating across Spatial Data
  • Data acquisition by Communities
  • Web Applications
  • Tangible Interfaces
  • Novel Cartographic Interfaces
  • Usability Evaluation

AREA 7: MODELLING, REPRESENTATION AND VISUALISATION


  • Spatial Modeling and Reasoning
  • 3D Modeling and Simulation
  • Cartography and Geodesy
  • Computer Graphics Applications
  • Computer Vision Applications
  • Human Computer Interaction and Visualization
  • Standardization and Interoperability
  • Topological Modeling and Analysis

AREA 8: DOMAIN APPLICATIONS


  • Agriculture
  • Natural Vegetation
  • Forestry
  • Urban (including Industrial)
  • Hydrology
  • Coasts
  • Oceans
  • Atmospheres
  • Geodesy, Seismics and Exploration

AREA 9: OUR CHANGING PLANET


  • Climate
  • Biodiversity
  • Ecology and Environment
  • Natural Resource Management
  • Urban Expansion and Heat Islands
  • Disasters
  • Natural Hazards and Risk Monitoring

AREA 10: FUTURE EARTH


  • Urban and Regional Planning
  • Smart Cities
  • Transportation Engineering
  • Digital Twinning
  • Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality
  • Future landscapes

AREA 11: SOCIETY, CULTURE AND EDUCATION


  • Spatial Information and Society
  • 3D/4D Cadaster
  • Cultural Heritage Applications
  • Tourism Impact Assessment
  • Education and Training

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

GISTAM 2026 will have several invited keynote speakers, who are internationally recognized experts in their areas. Their names are not yet confirmed.

PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors can submit their work in the form of a complete paper or an abstract, but please note that accepted abstracts are presented but not published in the proceedings of the conference. Complete papers can be submitted as a Regular Paper, representing completed and validated research, or as a Position Paper, portraying a short report of work in progress or an arguable opinion about an issue discussing ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research focused on one of the conference topic areas.

Authors should submit a paper in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, addressing one or several of the conference areas or topics. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable. To facilitate the double-blind paper evaluation method, authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the paper WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors, including the authors’ personal details, the acknowledgments section of the paper and any other reference that may disclose the authors’ identity.

When submitting a complete paper please note that only original papers should be submitted. Authors are advised to read INSTICC's ethical norms regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism thoroughly before submitting and must make sure that their submissions do not substantially overlap work which has been published elsewhere or simultaneously submitted to a journal or another conference with proceedings. Papers that contain any form of plagiarism will be rejected without reviews. Authors should also avoid using an excessive number of self-citations.

All papers must be submitted through the online submission platform PRIMORIS and should follow the instructions and templates that can be found under Guidelines and Templates. After the paper submission has been successfully completed, authors will receive an automatic confirmation e-mail.

PUBLICATIONS

All accepted complete papers will be published by Springer in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference.
The proceedings will be abstracted/indexed in DBLP, Google Scholar, EI-Compendex, INSPEC, Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST), Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series, Mathematical Reviews, SCImago, Scopus and zbMATH. CCIS volumes are also submitted for the inclusion in ISI Proceedings.

IMPORTANT DATES

Conference Date: 21 - 23 May, 2026

Paper Submission: January 5, 2026
Authors Notification: March 3, 2026
Camera Ready and Registration: March 17, 2026

Paper Submission: February 17, 2026
Authors Notification: March 24, 2026
Camera Ready and Registration: April 6, 2026

Workshops
Workshop Proposal: January 20, 2026

Special Sessions
Special Session Proposal: January 20, 2026

Tutorials
Tutorial Proposal: April 10, 2026

Demos
Demo Proposal: April 10, 2026

Panels
Panel Proposal: April 10, 2026

Abstracts
Abstract Submission: March 24, 2026
Authors Notification: April 7, 2026
Camera Ready and Registration: April 15, 2026

SECRETARIAT

GISTAM Secretariat
Address: Avenida de S. Francisco Xavier, Lote 7 Cv. C
             2900-616 Setubal - Portugal
Tel.: +351 265 520 184
Fax: +351 265 520 186
e-mail: gistam.secretariat@insticc.org
Web: https://gistam.scitevents.org

VENUE

Available soon.

CONFERENCE CHAIR

Lemonia Ragia, Hellenic Open University, Greece

PROGRAM CHAIR

Richard Lucas, Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom

PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Fernando J. Aguilar, Universidad de Almería, Spain
Bharath Haridas Aithal, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Manuel Arbelo, Departamento de Fisica, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain
Thierry Badard, Laval University, Canada
Pete Bettinger, University of Georgia, United States
Filiberto Chiabrando, Politecnico di Torino- DAD, Italy
Eliseo Clementini, University of L'Aquila, Italy
Mattia Crespi, Geodesy and Geomatics Division, DICEA, Sapienza School for Advanced Studies, Sapienza Universita di Roma, Italy
Vincenzo Di Pietra, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Anastasios Doulamis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Gil Rito Gonçalves, University of Coimbra & INESC Coimbra, Portugal
Marcin Kulawiak, Faculy of Electronics, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
Jie Li, Teesside University, United Kingdom
Jean Francois Mas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Khairul Nizam Abdul Maulud, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
Helmi Zulhaidi Mohd Shafri, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Marco Moreno-Ibarra, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico
Zahn Munch, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Shailesh Nayak, National Institute of Advanced Studies, India
Anand Nayyar, Duy Tan University, Vietnam
Mahesh Pal, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India
TarmoK. Remmel, York University, Canada
Rosanna Rivero, University of Georgia, Design, United States
Mathieu Roche, Cirad, France
Jose Rodriguez-Avi, University of Jaén, Spain
Erick Sánchez Flores, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Himan Shahabi, University of Kurdistan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Francesco Soldovieri, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
Khairul Nizam Tahar, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Wenwu Tang, University Of North Carolina At Charlotte, United States
Ana Cláudia Moreira Teodoro, Oporto University, Portugal
Fabio Tosti, University of West London (UWL), United Kingdom
Jing Yao, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Le Yu, Tsinghua University, China

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