Dear GIS-IDEAS 2008 Presenters/Authors,

The deadline for submission of full papers for
GIS-IDEAS 2008 has been extended from
30th September, 2008 to 15 october 2008.

The October 15 2008 extended deadline
will be final. No further extension will
be possible since we have to get the
conference program and proceedings ready in
time.

Authors are requested to check he URL below
for details regarding full paper submission

http://wgrass.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gisideas08/author_guide.html

Authors who have already submitted their full-papers
can choose the link to their submissions from the URL below
and kindly check the PDF link to verify that their full-papers
are properly uploaded.

http://wgrass.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gisideas06/papers.php?first_letter=all

If you have any difficulty with full-paper submission or
if your manuscript is not properly uploaded. Please
contact the Sysmposium Coordinators at
gidea-office@wgrass.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp

Looking forward for your cooperation and to the
pleasure of meeting you at GIS-IDEAS 2008.

Kind regards

Venkatesh

Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan
Osaka City University University
Organzing Secretary GIS-IDEAS'08

Dear GIS-IDEAS 2008 Participants,

Important notification about change of conference venue

In order to facilitate better organization of the
GIS-IDEAS 2008, the conference venue has been
shifted to a new venue as below;

Ta Quang Buu Library Building
Hanoi University of Technology
1 Dai Co Viet, Hai Ba Trung District
Hanoi, Vietnam

See Map at http://www1.hut.edu.vn/en/view1.php

The new venue is centrally located, with modern
conference facilities  and not very
far from the previous venue (La Thanh Guest House).
So, we do not aniticipate that partcipants will
be inconvenienced in any way.

Detailed schedule of GIS-IDEAS 2008 will be available by
the beginning on November 2008.

Look forward to seeing you all at the new GIS-IDEAS 2008
conference venue.

Regards

Venkatesh

Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan
Organizing Secretary
GIS-IDEAS 2008

Dear GIS-IDEAS 2008 Authors and Presenters,

Many thanks for your full-paper submissions
to the GIS-IDEAS 2008 conference. The last
date for submission of full papers was
15 October 2008.

The full paper are now available online at
http://wgrass.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gisideas08/papers.php?first_letter=all

Full papers can be viewed by clicking the paper title on
and then clicking the "Full text: PDF" link.

Important points about full-paper formating

a) Authors are expected to strictly follow the author
guidlines available at
http://wgrass.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gisideas08/author_guide.html
and also read and use the submission template (also available
in the same page above) to prepare camera-ready copies of
their manuscript.

b) Maximum page limit is 6 pages (one-sided). Papers exceeding
this limit (except for some invited keynote presentation) will
not be published in the hardcopy proceedings of the conference.
Please check your submissions and verify that the papers do
not exceed 6 pages.

c) do no use page numbering

d) Please include a footer. Odd-numbered pages should have the workshop
title, and even-numbered pages the paper title, abbreviated if necessary.

e) Hardcopy of Proceedings will be printed in Black&White so use
very high quality figure to ensure clear reproduction.

f) Authors can make changes to their submissions till 20 Oct 2008
(Mon) to ensure that author guidelines are strictly followed. To
upload new version of your paper before 20 Oct 2008 (Monday), please
follow the steps below

1. go to http://wgrass.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gisideas08/submit.php
2. choose "Login if You Have Previously Submitted an Abstract"
3. Use username and password that you should have received while
   submitting abstract
4. Click on your paper title
5. choose link "Document Submission"
6. Select local PDF file (your manuscript) and
   upload.

g) To repeat again, papers that do not follow the author
guidelines as of 20 Oct 2008 (monday) will not be included
in the hardcopy proceedings of GIS-IDEAS 2008.

Thank you for your cooperation and look forward to a
great conference.

Regards

Venkatesh

Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan
Osaka City University
GIS-IDEAS 2008
Organizing Secretary

Dear GIS-IDEAS 2008 Participants,

Important Notice about registration for GIS-IDEAS 2008

a) Partcipants of GIS-IDEAS 2008 can avail the last
and final chance of registration at reduced rates
till 20 Oct 2008 (Monday). Please see the
conference registration page at
http://wgrass.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gisideas08/registration.php

b) Corresponding authors of papers submitted to
GIS-IDEAS 2008 must register in order to ensure
that their papers will be published in the hardcopy
conference proceedings.

c) We would like to avoid any "no-shows" at oral or
poster presentation. Presenters are requested to
confirm their participation with the
GIS-IDEAS 2008 - Conference Secretariat
Ms. Dao Anh Thu
Faculty of Information Technology
Hanoi University of Mining and Geology
Dong Ngac, Tu Liem, Hanoi, S.R. Vietnam
Phone: +84-4-7521428 , +84-912-339917
Fax: +84-4-8385840
E-Mail: gisideas.secretary@gmail.com

d) Presenters who do not confirm their participation
with the Conference Secretariat may have their
presentation slots canceled.

Thank you for your understanding.

Kind regards

Venkatesh

Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan
Osaka City University
GIS-IDEAS 2008
Organizing Secretary