International Workshop
 Integrated Spatial Databases: Digital Images and GIS
 
             June 14 - 15, 1999
            Portland, Maine, USA
 
 2nd Announcement and Final Call for Papers
 
 This intensive workshop is sponsored in part by the Information and Data
 Management Program of the Directorate for Computer and Information
 Sciences of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Support is also
 provided by the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
 (NCGIA). 
    Original, quality contributions are solicited on a variety of issues
 related to the theme of the workshop. Topics include (but are not
 necessarily limited to) the following:
    * Database-Driven Information Extraction from Digital Imagery
    * Automated Extraction of GIS Objects from Digital Imagery
    * Change Detection and Representation
    * Scale in GIS and Digital Image Processing
    * Queries and Content-Based Information Retrieval Methods
    * Spatio-Temporal Databases
    * Uncertainty Estimation and Modelling in GIS
    * Digital Images and GIS for Spatio-Temporal Reasoning 
    * Very Large Image Databases
    * Multimedia and Heterogeneity in Integrated GIS
    * Digital Libraries
    * Multiple Representations
 The workshop proceedings will be fully refereed and will be published by
 Springer Verlag as a "Lecture Notes in Computer Science" volume. For
 more details, please refer to the workshop Web page
 (http://www.spatial.maine.edu/~peggy/nsfWS.html) about submission
 procedure/deadlines and submission/author instructions. 
 
 Workshop Chair:          Peggy Agouris, University of Maine
 Program Committee Chair: Anthony Stefanidis, University of Maine
 Program Committee:
   Kate Beard, University of Maine; Panos Chrysanthis, University of
   Pittsburgh; Max Egenhofer, University of Maine; Wolfgang Foerstner,
   University of Bonn, Germany; Andrew Frank, Technical University of
   Vienna, Austria; Dieter Fritsch, University of Stuttgart, Germany;
   Mike Goodchild, University of California - Santa Barbara; Armin Gruen,
   Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland; Thanasis
   Hadzilacos, Computer Technology Institute, Greece; Marinos Kavouras,
   National Technical University of Athens, Greece; David Mark, State
   University of New York at Buffalo; Dave McKeown, Carnegie Mellon
   University; Martien Molenaar, International Institute for Aerospace
   Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC), The Netherlands; Dimitris Papadias,
   University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China; Hanan Samet,
   University of Maryland - College Park; Tapani Sarjakoski, Finnish
   Geodetic Institute, Finland; Timos Sellis, National Technical
   University of Athens, Greece; Shashi Shekhar, University of Minnesota;
   Nektaria Tryfona, Aalborg University, Denmark; Vassilis Tsotras,
   University of California - Riverside; Marc van Kreveld, Utrecht
   University, The Netherlands. 
 
 Submission Procedures
 
   Prospective speakers/authors are invited to propose papers for
   presentation during the workshop. If the presentation proposal is
   accepted, authors will be invited to present their work at the
   workshop, and to submit a full paper, which will be reviewed for
   potential inclusion in the workshop proceedings.  Please refer to the
   workshop Web site (http://www.spatial.maine.edu/~peggy/nsfWS.html) for
   more detailed information about submission procedures and deadline
   information. 
 
 Important Dates
   * Presentation Proposals (3-Page Extended Abstracts) Due: Feb. 1, 1999
   * Acceptance Notification: Feb. 22, 1999
   * Full Papers Due: May 21, 1999
   * Workshop Dates: June 14 - 15, 1999
   * Full Paper Acceptance Notification: June 25, 1999
   * Submission of Revised, Camera-Ready Papers Due: July 23, 1999
 
 Conference Venue and Other Pertinent Information
 
   The workshop will take place at the Radisson Hotel in downtown
   Portland, Maine, USA. Portland is a lively and artistic coastal city
   boasting a variety of natural and tourist attractions, ranging from
   picturesque seafood restaurants by the harbor to interesting art
   galleries and theaters to famous shopping outlets. 
      It is served by its own international airport, but it is also close to
   Boston (1-1.5 hour to the NE). For more information on Portland you
   can visit the WWW pages of the Convention & Visitors Bureau of Greater
   Portland, at: http://www.visitportland.com/vaca.html
      A block of rooms have been reserved at the Radisson Hotel at a special
   rate of $79 (+tax) per night for a standard room ($89 for a superior
   room and $99 for the deluxe king room) for the period between June 13
   and June 17, 1999.  These rates will be also honored for early arrival
   and extended departure dates beyond the above period, pending room
   availability. Cut-off date for reservations is May 13, 1999.
   Participants should make their own reservations by contacting Radisson
   Reservations Worldwide at (800) 333-3333 or (207) 775-5411, or by fax
   at (207) 775-2872. Please mention you will be attending the "UMaine
   Workshop" to obtain the special workshop rates. 
      The workshop registration fee of $250 ($150 for students with valid
   ID) is valid until April 15, 1999 and includes a copy of the
   proceedings, as well as breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks at the
   Radisson Hotel. 
 
 Contact Information
   For further details or up-to-date information please contact the
   workshop organizers at:
      ISD Workshop '99 Secretariat, Dept. of Spatial Information
      Engineering, University of Maine, 348 Boardman Hall, Orono, ME
      04469-5711, USA. 
      Phone: +(207) 581 2180 or +(207) 581 2127, Fax: +(207) 581 2206
      E-Mail: nsfWS99@spatial.maine.edu
 
 Or check the workshop WWW page at
 http://www.spatial.maine.edu/~peggy/nsfWS.html