Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards

Call for papers: Spatial inequality, infectious diseases and disease control

This collection focuses on emerging infectious diseases in humans and animals, including the impact of antimicrobial resistance, and brings together research that investigates the relationship between spatial inequalities of all kinds and the impact and prevalence of these infectious diseases. This collection will also welcome papers that seek solutions towards disease control across areas with particularly unequal distribution of resources and opportunities.

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Open-source geospatial tools and technologies for urban and environmental studies

Authors: Amin Mobasheri, Francesco Pirotti and Giorgio Agugiaro

Content type: Editorial

21 December 2020
A new tool for the remote sensing of groundwater tables: satellite images of pastoral wells

Authors: Bernard Collignon

Content type: Original article

30 September 2020
GeomDiff — an algorithm for differential geospatial vector data comparison

Authors: Atle Frenvik Sveen

Content type: Software

10 July 2020
Personalized accessible wayfinding for people with disabilities through standards and open geospatial platforms in smart cities

Authors: Bradley Wheeler, Meirman Syzdykbayev, Hassan A. Karimi, Raanan Gurewitsch and Yanbo Wang

Content type: Original article

16 June 2020
Geospatial openness: from software to standards & data

Authors: Marco Minghini, Amin Mobasheri, Victoria Rautenbach and Maria Antonia Brovelli

Content type: Editorial

30 January 2020

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MicMac – a free, open-source solution for photogrammetry

Authors: Ewelina Rupnik, Mehdi Daakir and Marc Pierrot Deseilligny

Content type: Software

5 June 2017
OpenLitterMap.com – Open Data on Plastic Pollution with Blockchain Rewards (Littercoin)

Authors: Seán Lynch

Content type: Software

25 June 2018
An open source virtual globe rendering engine for 3D applications: NASA World Wind

Authors: Francesco Pirotti, Maria Antonia Brovelli, Gabriele Prestifilippo, Giorgio Zamboni, Candan Eylul Kilsedar, Marco Piragnolo and Patrick Hogan

Content type: Software

27 February 2017
Tools to operate and manage early warning systems for natural hazards monitoring in El Salvador

Authors: Jacqueline Yamileth Rivera

Content type: Original article

9 August 2016
3DCityDB - a 3D geodatabase solution for the management, analysis, and visualization of semantic 3D city models based on CityGML

Authors: Zhihang Yao, Claus Nagel, Felix Kunde, György Hudra, Philipp Willkomm, Andreas Donaubauer, Thomas Adolphi and Thomas H. Kolbe

Content type: Software

14 May 2018

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Special Issues

The following Special Issues are currently open for submissions:

Spatial inequality, infectious diseases and disease control (Cross journal collection)

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Aims and scope

Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards provides an advanced forum for the science and technology of Open Data, Crowdsourced Geographic Information, Sensor Web and Open Science for Earth Remote Sensing through the publication of reviews, regular research articles as well as software articles.
The journal publishes articles that address issues related, but not limited to, the analysis and processing of open geo-data, standardization and interoperability of open geo-data and services, as well as applications based on open geo-data. The journal is also meant to be a space for theories, methods and applications related to crowdsourcing, volunteered geographic information, as well as Sensor Web and related topics. Last but not the least, the journal aims to publish articles that reflect open science tools and methods applied to remote sensing.

The relevance of an international journal on Open Geo-Data and Geosensor Web is supported by the fact that open geo-data is not only related to more democracy and transparency in governance, but it is also a means to promote various economic and social opportunities.

Today, open geo-data initiatives are part of a majority of countries' policies on improving access to information. In parallel, crowdsourcing is emerging as a new way to gather and disseminate information directly from the field, in a more flexible manner than through traditional data production methods. Meanwhile, Sensor Web creates a new opportunity for members of the public to access information about their environment without relying exclusively on government agencies. All these channels are changing the way people and organizations interact with their environment and contribute to public life. Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards offers a unique venue where articles related to this topic can be published to provide a comprehensive view.

Information on Open Research Funding and Support may be found here: https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/institutional-agreements

Editor's quote

Dr. Mohamed Bakillah, Editor-in-Chief

Open geospatial data is an increasingly important paradigm that offers the opportunity to promote the democratization of geographical information, the transparency of governments and institutions, as well as social, economic and environmental opportunities. Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards' unique feature is to bring together different disciplines that relate to the various forms of open geospatial data, so as to offer a unified view over the related issues and research advances.