"The Uses of GNSS in the NEREUS regions" will be a NEREUS publication that will illustrate the widespread and growing uses of GNSS in the NEREUS regions. This publication will be a collection of short, descriptive articles that will present examples of the exploitation of GNSS in regional applications. Through this publication, we wish to increase the awareness of regions regarding the opportunities offered by GNSS applications, stimulating its further development, as well as to show the results already achieved, demonstrating the existence of a regional dimension, to be considered in the present European Space programs.
The target audience is made of mainly non-specialists who may be decision makers in regional administrations, programme policy makers in the European Commission, elected representatives in the European Parliament, as well as national bodies of the countries of the NEREUS member regions.
Key themes of the publication
The paper should properly present a practical example of GNSS application in the following themes/sectors:
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Environment and Agriculture
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Marine and Maritime
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Road transport
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Aviation
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Civil protection and surveillance
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E-medicine
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Other (To be precised)
Authors’ instructions
A short abstract (few lines) in English is required.
Abstract template:
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Title and region
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GNSS domain identification (Environment and Agriculture, Maritime, Road transport, Aviation, Civil protection and surveillance, E-medicine, other to be precised).
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Objective/performance (few sentences )
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Status (Operational, Demonstrator, Research)
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Rational for regional interest
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Participants.
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Check list of how the proposal fits with the selection criteria. (See below Ranking of content for submitted articles)
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Name and affiliation of the authors, with e-mail and telephone contact of the corresponding author
(i.e. the person that will be contacted by the Editorial Board)
Ranking of content for submitted articles
Content
Research project
Weighting Factor
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Demonstration Project. (Functional demonstration with field trials and demonstrated results.)
Operation programme with identified end users
Level of Innovation in GNSS applications
Demonstration of regional interests and application
Potential for transferring application into other regions
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3
4
4
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A submitted abstract must satisfy the following guidelines:
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Abstracts will only be accepted from NEREUS members (i.e. which belong to the members’ organisation or explicitly seconded by them; in this case a letter is necessary).
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Each NEREUS Member (full or associate) can expect to have ONE proposal accepted for publication.
 Regions with large programmes covering different themes of GNSS may submit more than one proposal (3 maximum) but should indicate the priority order in which they should be considered for publication, if some publication constraints will occur
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Each proposer agrees to assign the copyright for the proposed article to NEREUS for the purposes of the publication.
There is not a fixed number of papers to be accepted
The NEREUS full members will be informed about the accepted papers from their region
Final Paper:
Two pages maximum including pictures
A template will be provided later in order to harmonise the publication
Key dates:
January 15: Call for abstracts closed
End January: Editorial group will confirm acceptance of submissions.
End February: Deadline for final paper submission
The early days of March: Editorial control, and delivery of print-ready articles.
21-23 March: Publication launch during the conference in Venice