The Centre for Geospatial Science, University of Nottingham is pleased to present the 6th International Symposium on LBS & TeleCartography in cooperation with the ICA Commissions on Maps and the Internet & Ubiquitous Mapping, the IAG WG 4.1.2 on Indoor Navigation Systems, the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing WG II/5 on Communication and Visualization of Spatial Data and the ICA Working Group on Open Source Geospatial Technologies.

Contributions from the fields of Cartography, Geoinformation, Computer Science, Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing, Telecommunication, Geodesy, Geomedia Techniques, etc. should address, but are not limited to current topics of:

# Location Based Services
# Wayfinding and Navigation
# Smart Environments and Active Landmarks
# Pervasive Technologies for LBS
# Cartographic Theories and Techniques
# TeleCartography (Map based LBS)
# Mobile and Ubiquitous Mapping
# 3D-Mapping, Virtual and Augmented Reality
# Location Based Media Technologies
# Personalization & Adaptive Methods
# Positioning Methods
# Modelling of Spatial Environments for LBS
# Location Based Sensor Networks
# Location Based Collaboration

Extended Abstracts (max 1000 words) can be submitted to present visionary ideas, work in progress and preliminary research results, whereas Full papers (max 6000 words) should present substantial results. Full papers will be reviewed by the members of the scientific committee and published in an upcoming book on Locations Based Services & TeleCartography and/or in a special edition of the Journal on LBS.
Please submit papers to Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk with subject title LBS 2009 according to the given deadlines.

Important dates

* Full paper submission deadline: 30 April 2009
* Notification of acceptance: 20th May 2009
* Final papers delivered by: 30 June 2009
* Extended Abstracts and LBS 2009 Showcases Submission Deadline: 30 June 2009
* Notification of acceptance: 15th July 2009

For further information see: http://www.lbs2009.org/