About
ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems (TSAS) is a scholarly journal that publishes the highest quality papers on all aspects of spatial algorithms and systems and closely related disciplines. It has a multi-disciplinary perspective in that it spans a large number of areas where spatial data is manipulated or visualized (regardless of how it is specified - i.e., geometrically or textually) such as geography, geographic information systems (GIS), geospatial and spatiotemporal databases, spatial and metric indexing, location-based services, web-based spatial applications, geographic information retrieval (GIR), spatial reasoning and mining, security and privacy, as well as the related visual computing areas of computer graphics, computer vision, geometric modeling, and visualization where the spatial, geospatial, and spatiotemporal data is central. It is published on a quarterly basis.
The journal welcomes articles on any of the above topics or closely related disciplines in the context of various computing architectures including parallel and distributed networks of computers, multiprocessing computers, or new mobile devices and sensors. The journal welcomes innovative, high-impact articles on emerging or deployed technologies with solid evaluation or evidence of success on a variety of data. System architecture papers will be considered provided that they are accompanied by an appropriate evaluation. Focused surveys on topics relevant to TSAS that make a contribution to a deep understanding of an important area or subarea of geospatial data handling are encouraged. Concise papers may be submitted as technical notes. Technical comments on published articles are also welcome.The journal is committed to the timely dissemination of research results in the area of spatial algorithms and systems.
Subject areas
Spatial Information Acquisition
- Aerial Imaging and Photogrammetry
- Classification Schemes
- Collection Standards
- Conflation
- Digitization
- Geocoding
- Land Surveying and Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
- Measurements and Sampling
- Metadata and Standards
- Positional Accuracy, Consistency, and Data Quality
- Remote Sensing
Modeling
- Algebras
- Fuzzy Set Theory and Rough Sets
- Data Semantics, including Ontologies
- Raster vs. Vector
- Relationships
- Spatial Information Theory
- Topology
- Uncertainty
Spatial and Spatiotemporal Data Structures and Algorithms
- Computational Geometry
- Distributed Computation
- External Memory Data Structures
- Geoprocessing and Map Production Algorithms
- Network and Graph Algorithms
- Parallel Computation
- Representation Transformation
- Scale, Generalization, and Aggregation
- Storage, Access Methods, and Indexing
Analysis, Querying, and Integration
- Data Integration
- Spatial Data Mining and Pattern Discovery
- Image Processing and Recognition/Computer Vision Techniques
- Information Retrieval
- Location Allocation
- Network Analysis
- OLAP
- Query Processing and Optimization
- Similarity Search and Approximate Matching
- Statistical and Geostatistical Analysis
Human Computer Interaction and Visualization
- 3D Visualization
- Development Environments
- Interface Design
- Map Design and Production
- Query Languages
- Spatiotemporal Data Visualization
- Virtual and Immersive Environments
- Visual and Gesture Languages
Systems and Architectures
- Data Stream Management Systems
- Data Warehouses
- Database Management Systems
- Decision Support Systems
- Digital Libraries
- Distributed, Parallel Systems, and Interoperability
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Open Systems
- Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking
- Remote Sensing and Multimedia Database Systems
- Sensor Networks and Mobility
- Simulations
- Wireless and Ad hoc Networks
Applications
- Cartography
- Earth Sciences, Astronomy
- Emergency and Crisis Management
- Environmental Monitoring
- Global Positioning and Location Detection
- Geosciences
- Impact Assessment
- Location-based and Mobile Services
- Medical Imagery and Atlases
- Navigation and Route Planning
- Phenomena Detection and Tracking
- Public Safety and Homeland Security
- Real-time Applications
- Telecommunications
- Traffic and Transportation
- Urban Planning and Management
- Utilities Management
- Web-based Applications