1. Calls for Papers
You can submit paper(s) before 4^th October 2010. You can choose to submit one or several different papers in the following:



2. Author's account registration
You need to create an account* before starting the submission process.
Please keep carefully your login and password! You will need it at each connection, and in particular to consult the online results.

*N.B: your cell phone number will be requested upon submission and used only for urgent submission - or publishing - related matters.This confidential information will not be disclosed.

3. Themes
Your paper has to be written with regards to your scientific work in one of the following themes:
• T0 Jacques Bertin cartographic work and influences
• T1 Semiotics, map perception, cognition and knowledge
• T2 Colors, Signs and Typography on paper and digital maps
• T3 GeoVisualisation, Augmented and Virtual Reality
• T4 Maps and the Internet
• T5 Art, Culture and Cartography
• T6 SDI, Standards, Ontologies, Integration
• T7 Data quality
• T8 Location Based Services and Ubiquitous Cartography
• T9 Volunteered geographic information, Crowdsourcing and Critical Cartography
• T10 GeoInformation retrieval
• T11 Generalisation and Multi-scale Representation
• T12 Spatio-Temporal modelling and issues (3D, simulation)
• T13 Use and User Issues
• T14 Mapping and Spatial awareness for disabled people
• T15 Geospatial analysis
• T16 Maps, GIS & Sustainable development
• T17 Maps, GIS & Hazards and Disasters
• T18 Maps, GIS & Society
• T19 Maps, GIS & Security
• T20 Mapping from Satellite Imagery
• T21 Map and GeoDB Production Techniques
• T22 Open Source Technology and Web Services
• T23 Intellectual Property Rights and Economical issues
• T24 Marketing and publishing
• T25 Digital Technologies and Cartographic Heritage
• T26 History of Cartography and GI Science
• T27 National and Regional Atlases
• T28 Mountain Cartography
• T29 Planets and space Cartography
• T30 Marine, Military and Topographic Cartography
• T31 Census and other thematic maps
• T32 Toponyms on Maps and on GeoDB
• T33 Map Projections
• T34 Education and Training
• T35 Cartography and Children
• T36 The profession of Cartographer
• T37 Other

4. Keywords
After selecting one of the 38 themes previously mentioned, you have to pick 3 keywords from a list in order to help us build sessions with homogeneous content.

5. Double paper
In case of double paper (i.e same paper submitted in several themes' categories or in the 3 submission categories), please be aware that it will automatically be deleted by the administrator.
Please make sure to submit your paper in only one theme category (among the 38 themes) and in only one submission stream (among Call for paper refereed on long text, Call for paper refereed on abstract and Call for poster).

6. Characters
Your abstract (without the title and the list of authors) must contain at least 2000 characters and must not exceed 3000 characters, spaces not included.

7. Page layout
- Your paper must be submitted in ENGLISH or FRENCH, the two official languages of the ICA.
- The 1st name in the authors’ list must be the MAIN author.
- Your paper must be an original and previously unpublished work.
- The paper must respect the following framework:
• BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
• APPROACH & METHODS
• RESULTS
• CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PLANS
- Pictures, equations and figures can be included in your text and must be saved in image format (.jpg or .png).
- Tables can also be included in your text and must be either saved in image format (.jpg or .png) or created directly with the toolbar of the submission website.

In order to avoid problems of incompatibility, we ask you to prepare your text with the Times New Roman font, size 12.
Title and author’s names will have to be typed out in separated fields.
Then, you will have to copy and paste the text (without the title and the list of authors) in the indicated field.
To copy and paste from Microsoft Word, please only use the button (from the toolbar of the submission website). Please make sure to check before submitting that your browser allows windows pop-up for this site.

8. Modification
You will have 24 hours to modify your paper.
After this time, we kindly ask you to send an e-mail to: sbelbachir@europa-organisation.com

9. Selection process
The papers refereed on abstract will be reviewed by an international Scientific Committee composed of the ICA chairs and a French Scientific Committee.

10. Acceptance/refusal of paper
Information will be sent only to the e-mail address used for the account creation.
Results will be available by December 2010. You will be able to consult them directly on the online submission system with login and password used for submission.

Results will appear under 3 different types:
a.    Your abstract has been accepted for an oral presentation and you will have to submit a longer paper (before 15^th February 2011),
b.    Your abstract has been accepted for a poster presentation and you will have to follow the instructions of submission for a poster presentation (before 15^th February 2011),
c.    Your abstract has been rejected.

Full information on the 2^nd submission will be released afterwards.

11. Publication
The papers refereed on abstract will be published on a digital format.

12. Registration
There is no special or discounted registration fees for papers presenters.
CAUTION: Papers from authors (or presenters) not registered will be excluded from the programme and unpublished. The authors (or presenters) registration deadline is on 1^st March 2011 (Registration will open on November 2010).

13. Contact us
Samia Belbachir - sbelbachir@europa-organisation.com - remains at your disposal for any submission related matters.

14. Browser
You must accept cookies and javascript controls to use online submission system.
We recommend you to use Internet Explorer 8 or Firefox 3.6+ in order to take full advantages of the system.