Integrating Sensor-Web and Web-based Geoprocessing. We seek submissions for the ISW book, which cover unpublished research on the crossroad of Sensor Web and Geoprocessing. The idea for editing this book came up at the successful ISW workshop (http://purl.net/ifgi/isw2011) held at the AGILE 2011 conference in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Both, extended papers based on abstracts presented at the ISW workshop as well as new submissions are highly welcome. Geoprocessing is the application of functionality representing real-world processes (e.g. hydrological runoff models) or processing of geodata (e.g. generalization, (coordinate) transformation).
Providing these models and functionality on the web is a relevant topic in research and industry, as it allows users to generate web-based information to support decision making. The Sensor Web enables discovery and tasking of sensors as well as interoperable access to their gathered data through common interfaces over the Web. Web-based Geoprocessing can use data published through the Sensor Web as inputs to realize live decision support. Such integration of the two technologies is an evolving field of research. Related applications are, for example, environmental monitoring (e.g. air quality, noise, water quality), health monitoring and risk management (e.g. forest fire).
The ISW book aims at research on this crossroad of Sensor Web and Geoprocessing. In particular, this book aims at the following joined aspects: ? ? ? ? (Event-based) processing of sensor data streams ? ? ? ? Uncertainty in Geoprocessing workflows and sensor data streams ? ? ? ? Distributed Geoprocessing workflows ? ? ? ? Sensors, Geoprocessing and Cloud Computing ? ? ? ? Self-describing sensors and processes ? ? ? ? Concepts for integrating sensors and processing ? ? ? ? Linked data approaches for sensors and processes ? ? ? ? Applications for processing sensor data. Submitted chapters to the ISW book should have 3000-5000 words. The ISW book will be published with Nova (http://www.novapublishers.com). Submitted chapters need to be formatted according to Nova?s guidelines (https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/index.php?page=for_authors). Important dates Deadline chapter submission (max. 5000 words): 15 July 2011 Notification of acceptance: 1 September 2011 Camera-ready version: 15 October 2011 Publication date: first quarter 2012. Editors: Theodor Foerster (ifgi, Germany), Arne Br?ring (ITC, the Netherlands), Christoph Stasch (ifgi, Germany). — Dr. Theodor Foerster Research Associate Institute for Geoinformatics Sensor Web, web-based geoprocessing & simulation lab http://swsl.uni-muenster.de http://ifgi.uni-muenster.de/~tfoer_01
