The 2007 ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems is scheduled for Nov. 7-9, 2007, in Seattle. ACM says the series of symposia and workshops will foster interdisciplinary discussion and research among researchers, developers, users, and practitioners involved with novel systems based on geospatial data and knowledge. ACM GIS offers a forum for original research contributions involving all conceptual, design, and implementation aspects of GIS, extending from applications, user interface considerations, and visualization to storage management and indexing issues. The event has been held since 1993, but for the first time it will be held apart from its long-time host conference, in part to give it more name recognition in the GIS community. The event may appear to be academic, judging from last year's program, but there is a wide range of topics and they are very fascinating, and Microsoft and Google are sponsors
