The main content of the digital archives is geographic information relating to the spatial distribution of various natural and cultural phenomena of the earth’s surface. How to increase the application and promote the use of digitally archived geographic information are issues being addressed by scholars in various related fields. In the past two years the Application of Geographic Information symposia held by the division project office have been enthusiastically received and have helped make the application of geographic information widespread in history, anthropology, social sciences, religious studies and public hygiene, and also stimulated more research interest and participation willingness. This year’s symposium will seek to build on the success of the previous two symposia and provide a platform for exchange and sharing with respect to digital archives research, data access, humanities and social science applications and education and promotion for scholars in related fields. It will, moreover, allow further opportunities for cooperation to be discussed, making the symposium an opportunity to develop geographic information further. Every scholar interested in the establishment, application and promotion of geographic information is welcome to attend.

◎Symposium date：November 10-11, 2009 (Tuesday and Wednesday)
◎Symposium venue：GIS Convention Center, National Taiwan University (inside NTU’s No. 2 Student Activity Center)
(B1, No. 85, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei City) http://www.meeting.com.tw/fr_contact_1.asp

◎Symposium information：http://aspa.teldap.tw/

◎Symposium themes：Papers are welcome on geographic information applications, technology development, education and promotion or theory in the following areas:
‧Humanities and social sciences：Language, literature, archeology, ecology, social studies, economics and political science applications.
‧Natural environment：geology and topography, landscape conservation, plant geographic information and medical geographic information.
‧Data access：Intellectual property rights, licensing mechanisms, data supply, value- added applications and dissemination.
‧Education：Teaching material and teaching method innovation, junior high school and primary school teaching, merger into university courses, promotion of social education.

◎Important dates
‧Paper abstract deadline: June 30,2009
‧Abstract acceptance notification: July 20,2009
‧Deadline for receipt of complete paper: September 30, 2009
‧On-line registration period: August1-October 31,2009

◎Paper abstract delivery method
  Please upload your abstract using the on-line submission system. This will be open from June 1 to June 30, 2009.

◎Registration related matters
‧Registration method: on-line registration
‧Registration period:August 1 (Saturday) to October 31 (Saturday)
  The name list and numbers will be announced on the website on November 2, 2009 (Monday)
 The number of participants is limited. Please be sure you want to take part before registering. If you are accepted and do not attend your right to participate in related events in the future may be affected.

◎Symposium contact person: Luo Chia-wen, assistant, Geographic Information Application and Promotion Project
   Tel:：02-3366-5835ext.13‧E-mail：cwluo504@ntu.edu.tw

◎ Supervising bodies
‧National Science Council, Executive Yuan
‧TELDAP‧
‧The Academic and Social Promotion and Application for Digital Archives and e-Learning Project

◎Organizing body
‧Academic and Social Promotion and Application for Digital Archives and e-Learning Project
‧Department of Geography, NTU