MMS 2016 - Special Issue on Mobile Mapping System

The development of GNSS opened the way for mobile mapping system 25 years ago. As a fast, efficient, cost-effective data collecting platform such technology has already stepped out from the research lab and is facilitating our daily life from various aspects: most mobile devices employ such geospatial information collected by MMS, for navigation and positioning purposes; autonomous car utilizes such technology to sense the surrounding and is capable of fulfilling the main transportation capabilities of a traditional car; online digital maps, georeference images, videos, and GIS data are some examples of precise spatial data from MMS.
The objectives of this special issue are to become an effective information resource for mobile information systems research and development, to discuss the most recent technologies and their applications, to exchange experiences, and to promote future research aiming at technological advancement and improved professional practice in the fields related to mobile mapping among the mobile mapping systems researchers, practitioners, and professionals across academics, government, and industry. This fact has recently motivated a voluminous amount of research activities on exploiting the potential providers by the new technologies to study mobile information systems.
For aforementioned reason, this special issue is soliciting papers on a wide range of mobile mapping systems and applications.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
Reviews about historical developments, current status, and future trends of mobile mapping system
Real-time mapping systems and technologies
Seamless positioning and mapping and mapping in GNSS-denied environment: Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)
Inertial sensors and error modelling, sensor integration
Backpack, terrestrial, mobile, and airborne LiDAR systems
UAV/UAS/UGV photogrammetric mapping
Mobile mapping for intelligent transportation systems and autonomous driving applications
3D modelling technology for mining operations
Authors can submit their manuscripts via the Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/submit/journals/misy/maps/.
Manuscript Due Friday, 19 February 2016
First Round of Reviews Friday, 13 May 2016
Publication Date Friday, 8 July 2016
Lead Guest Editor
Yuwei Chen, Geospatial Research Institute FGI, Kirkkonummi, Finland
Guest Editors
Ruizh Chen, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
Xiaoji Niu, GNSS Center of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
Sander O. Elberink, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Antero Kukko, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, Kirkkonummi, Finland