7-11 July 2014 East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Every two years, the International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences brings together an international group of scholars from a diverse range of academic and professional fields.

Participants share an interest in the measurement, modeling, and management of uncertainty in spatial information about the environment. From July 7 to 11, 2014, participants gathered for the 11th Symposium, held in East Lansing, Michigan, USA, on the campus of Michigan State University. A total of 72 short papers were submitted for peer review.

Each member of the Scientific Committee reviewed 3-6 papers, and final decisions were made by the organizing committee and editors of this volume. Participants came from ten countries scattered across four continents, demonstrating the highly international nature of this research domain.

Keynote speakers:

• William F. Porter – Moore’s Law and the Synchrony of Revolutionary Advances in
  the Accuracy of Spatial Analysis
• Eun-Hye Yoo – The James L. Smith Lecture: Spatiotemporal downscaling under the
  volume-preserving constraint
• Joseph P. Messina – African Trypanosomiasis and the compounding effects of
  error and uncertainty on control efforts
• Pierre Goovaerts – The importance of spatial support in environmental modeling
  and decision-making