Proceeding of the 10th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural
Resources and Environmental Sciences
Florianopolis-SC, Brazil, July 10-13, 2012.
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Affiliation, Address
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Abstract
The International Symposium on spatial accuracy assessment in natural resources
and environmental sciences (SPATIAL ACCURACY) mainly publishes original
research and applied papers on uncertainty in spatial information, analysis, and
applications emphasizing natural resources and the environment, etc. Your
abstract should be formatted in italics. Times New Roman 10, and have a maximum
of 200 words.
Keywords: About four to six keywords, separated by commas.
1. Introduction
This document follows the final format to be used in the printed proceedings.
Proceedings will be published in 15x23 cm format. Please use this template for
your own text to preserve the formatting, which will allow a consistent format
across the proceedings. The body of your text should be formatted in Times New
Roman with a font size of 10 and use justified alignment. Titles should be in bold
and Times New Roman 12. Subtitles (all levels) should be in Times New Roman
10 bold (see below). The line spacing should be exactly 12 points.
Manuscript is accepted for review with the understanding that no substantial portion of the paper has been published or is under consideration for publication elsewhere and that its submission for publication has been approved by all of the authors and by the institution where the work was carried out. It is further understood
that any person cited as a source of personal communications has approved such
citation. Articles and any other material published in the proceeding represent the
opinions of the authors and should not be construed to reflect the opinions of the
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Authors submitting a manuscript do so on the understanding that if the manuscript is accepted for publication, copyright for the article, including the right to
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1.1. References
References cited in the text should be done in this format (Someone, 2009) for
one author, (Smith and Jones, 2010) for two authors and (Silva et al., 2000) for
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Resources and Environmental Sciences
Florianopolis-SC, Brazil, July 10-13, 2012.
more authors, with “et al.” in italics. In case of several references cited together,
use a semicolon to separate them, such as (Smith and Jones, 2010; Silva et al.,
2000). All references cited in the text should have a complete reference in the reference section.
1.2. Others
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the proceedings will only be done in black and white.
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Variables
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Y
Z
Value one Value two
2.35
10.6
3.55
4.65
12.3
9.23
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Resources and Environmental Sciences
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Acknowledgments
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References
Someone, J. (2009), This is the title of the thesis. PhD thesis, University of Somecity, Somecountry.
Smith, J., Jones, A.B. (2010), “A paper we will write someday”. Journal of Spatial Data
Quality, Vol. 1(1):13-24.
Silva, A., Ferreira, B., Fernandes, M. (2000), “How to reference a proceedings paper”. In:
Gates, J., Lewis, C. (eds.). Proceedings of some symposium, Place, Country, pp. 313-319.
Someone, A., Lewis, B. (2008), “How to reference a paper in a book”. In: Silva, J., Ferreira,
C. (eds.). A book of papers, Publisher, pp. 313-319.
Jones, A.B. (1998), This is a book title, Publisher, London, U.K., 215p.
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