Maximising the benfits of publication
As Editor of the Journal of Maps, I've recently been chatting to the British Geological Survey about the potential for publishing some maps....
posted on: Fri, 22 Aug | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
Reviewers: an editors nightmare (or "Your can't live with em...")
I'm just completing a moderately busy spring season at the Journal of Maps which has left me feeling a little battle worn....
posted on: Tue, 17 Jun | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
Open Access Journal Publication: implementation, copyright and dissemination, using the Journal of Maps as a case study
Smith, M.J.
Digital Mapping Techniques, Columbia, South Carolina
Open access (OA) journals are rapidly becoming an important channel for publishing academic articles and, although they represent a small proportion of the total number of journals published annually, it is significant that organisations such as British Medical Journals (BMJ) operate in this manner. This article explores the broad implementation of OA journals, issues pertaining to copyright and the distribution of (geospatial) research data.
posted on: Wed, 16 Apr | path: /publications/proceedings | permanent link to this entry
Glacial striae observations for Ireland compiled from historic records
Smith, M.J., Knight, J. and Field, K.
Digital Mapping Techniques, Columbia, South Carolina
Glacial landform mapping is one of the primarily inputs for the reconstruction of past glacial environments and processes, potentially inferring maximum ice sheet extent, primary ice flow configurations, and ice sheet dynamics....
posted on: Wed, 16 Apr | path: /publications/proceedings | permanent link to this entry
High spatial resolution data acquisition for the geosciences: kite aerial photography
Smith, M.J., Chandler, J. and Rose, J.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
This paper highlights the requirement for very high resolution (<0....
posted on: Wed, 16 Apr | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
Residual Relief Separation: DEM Enhancement for Geomorphological Mapping
Hillier, J. and Smith, M.J.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Geomorphologically mapped data form a primary set of observations that can be used to infer former environmental conditions....
posted on: Mon, 31 Dec | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
Introduction to the Journal of Maps Student Edition
Smith, M.J. and Lynch, K.
Journal of Maps Student Edition, v2007, 1-10
This editorial introduces material for the launch edition of the Journal of Maps Student Edition....
posted on: Mon, 31 Dec | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
Editorial: summary of activities 2004-2007
Smith, M.J.Journal of Maps, v2007, 368-376
It has been an exciting period of growth at the Journal of Maps (JoM) over
the last three years and, as we come to the end of 2007, it seems particularly
appropriate to provide a summary of our activities, an outline of our future
plans and acknowledge the support from those involved with the journal.
posted on: Mon, 31 Dec | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
Open Peer Review
At the Journal of Maps we operate an open peer-review system when reviewing papers that have been submitted....
posted on: Fri, 07 Dec | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
How popular is your journal article?
Well it's a good question and something many authors want to know. ScienceDirect, one of the largest distributors of online journals, now has a site dedicated to listing article downloads....
posted on: Wed, 16 May | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
Earth and Life: the birth of a new journal...
I received a circular last week to a new journal from Beijing entitled Earth and Life. in today's very crowded marketplace I either applaud those that can find a niche that isn't being serviced or sit back and scratch my head in wonder....
posted on: Fri, 01 Dec | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
More Editorial Musings
Some more musings on the role of editors in academic journals as a result of a paper I submitted a paper to the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology last year....
posted on: Tue, 28 Nov | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
Problems of bias in mapping linear landforms from satellite imagery.
M.J. Smith and S.M. Wise
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 9, 65-78
Remotely sensed images are an important data source for the mapping of glacial landforms and the reconstruction of past glacial environments....
posted on: Mon, 10 Jul | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
Use Case Compendium of Derived Geospatial Data.
M.J. Smith
Final report to the GRADE Project, pp80.
This report explores data copyright issues surrounding the use and dissemination of derived data sets through the provision of eleven (geospatial) use-case scenarios describing the main actors, stakeholders, data sets and outputs....
posted on: Tue, 21 Feb | path: /publications/reports | permanent link to this entry
Planetary Remote Sensing and GIS: The Convergence of Software, Techniques and Data [#1675]
M.J. Smith, Petford N. and Xiao L.
37th Lunar and Planetary Society Conference, paper 1675.
GIS has been used extensively within geoscience, however this has not been mirrored within the planetary sciences. We
briefly explore the convergence between GIS, application of new techniques and availability of data within the
planetary sciences.
posted on: Wed, 08 Feb | path: /publications/proceedings | permanent link to this entry
The Journal of Maps: rationale for its establishment and review of initial operations
M.J. Smith
The Cartographic Journal, 43(1), 90-96
Maps have been central to the research goals of spatial disciplines for over 150 years; to store, analyse and present geographical information....
posted on: Sun, 08 Jan | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
Open access journal publication: methods of implementation and copyright issues
M.J. Smith
Society of Cartographers Bulletin, 39, 21-24
Open access journal publication is becoming an increasingly important model for the dissemination of research articles....
posted on: Sat, 08 Jan | path: /publications/proceedings | permanent link to this entry
Geomorphological mapping of glacial landforms from remotely sensed data: an evaluation of the principal data sources and an assessment of their quality
M.J. Smith, J. Rose and S. Booth
Geomorphology, 76, 148-165
This paper presents the results of an experiment to compare glacial geomorphology mapped from remote sensed imagery with 1:10,560 scale field mapping....
posted on: Sat, 08 Jan | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
Methods for the visualisation of digital elevation models for landform mapping.
M.J. Smith and C.D. Clark
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 30, 7, 885-900
Digital elevation models (DEM) are increasingly used for landform mapping, particularly with the growing availability of national and global datasets....
posted on: Sat, 08 Jan | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
The Journal of Maps: an electronic journal for the presentation and dissemination of map based data.
M.J. Smith
Journal of Maps, v2005, 1-6
"Geo" based subjects have undergone a variety of challenges and changes over the last century, ranging from qualitative to quantitative and humanist to post-modernist....
posted on: Sat, 08 Jan | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
Characteristics and prediction of high frequency avalanche runout.
M.J. Smith and D.M. McClung
Arctic and Alpine Research, 29(3), 352-357
In this paper, we present field data and analysis relating avalanche terrain variables and avalanche runout for 46 high frequency avalanche paths. Most previous studies of this nature (Lied and Bakkehoi, 1980; McClung and Mears, 1991) have been concerned with the location of extreme runout for return periods of order 100 years. In our study, we focus on extreme runout avalanche paths where return periods are much less than 100 years and we compare the results with previous data collections.
posted on: Sat, 08 Jan | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
Avalanche frequency and terrain characteristics at Rogers' Pass, British Columbia, Canada.
M.J. Smith and D.M. McClung
Journal of Glaciology, 43(143), 165-171
The frequency of avalanches at a given location is the primary variable for calculating the risk as input to zoning applications and decisions about avalanche control options....
posted on: Sat, 08 Jan | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
Landmap Strip Data: Planimetric and Height Quality Assessment
M.J. Smith and K. Kitmitto
Proceedings of GIS Research UK 10th Annual Conference, 326-330
The Landmap project set out to create an orthorectified digital elevation model (DEM) of the United Kingdom and Ireland using spaceborne SAR interferometry that was free from any inherited copyright....
posted on: Sat, 08 Jan | path: /publications/proceedings | permanent link to this entry
Mapping glacial lineaments from satellite imagery: an assessment of the problems and development of best procedure.
M.J. Smith, C.D. Clark and S.M. Wise
Slovak Geological Magazine, 7, 263-274
Remotely sensed images are important tools in the mapping of glacial landforms and reconstruction of past glacial environments....
posted on: Sat, 08 Jan | path: /publications/proceedings | permanent link to this entry
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