<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Commission members,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">At the business meeting of the ICA Commission on SDI & Standards during the ICC 2017 in Washington DC July 2017, Commission Members expressed their interest in working on quality management of geographic information. Subsequently, EuroGeographics invited the Commission to participate in the 2nd International Workshop on Spatial Data Quality. The two-day event, to be held on Valletta, Malta on 6th and 7th February 2018, aims at providing innovative and original contributions to the ongoing debate on spatial data quality. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Papers are invited on all topics related to spatial data quality, including (but not limited to):<br class=""><br class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Quality evaluation of spatial data<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Quality certification and accreditation of spatial data<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Use of international metadata and quality standards<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Quality issues in spatial data infrastructures (e.g. national, INSPIRE)<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Communication/visualization of spatial data quality<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Spatial data usability / quality from the users perspective<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Impact of data quality on decision making<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Spatial data quality assessment<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Spatial data quality vs scales / resolution<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Applications of spatial data quality<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Quality of data from alternative sources<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Quality of geospatial services</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Abstracts or complete papers should be submitted by 1st October 2017. Looking forward to receiving contributions from Commission Members!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The full invitation is attached and also available here <a href="http://www.eurogeographics.org/event/2nd-international-workshop-spatial-data-quality" class="">http://www.eurogeographics.org/event/2nd-international-workshop-spatial-data-quality</a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Let me know if there are any questions. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></body></html>