Digital Earth Science Gets Own Journal

The new INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL EARTH will be launched this year by Taylor and Francis, Publisher under agreement with the International Society of Digital Earth. The Intention is to have the first issue come out (Vol.1 No.1) early next year. It will initially be a Quarterly publication. Details on submissions will be debuted at the June meeting in Berkeley.

The second issue will highlight many of the contributions from the 5th International. Symposium on Digital Earth held in San Francisco this June. This presents a bright future for academicians and researchers who wish to share their efforts in this budding new technology arena. Professor Guo Huadong will be the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal. The ISDE Secretariat has just hired some new young staff to help with the work of starting the Journal.