GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS PREPARING MANUSCRIPTS FOR PUBLICATION IN

THE ISPRS ARCHIVES AND THE ISPRS ANNALS

M. O. Altan 1, G. Toz 1, I. Dowman 2, S. Kulur 1, D. Z. Seker 1, P. Löwe 3, C. Heipke 4, *

1
ITU, Civil Engineering Faculty, 80626 Maslak Istanbul, Turkey - (oaltan, tozg, kulur, seker)@itu.edu.tr
2
Dept. of Geomatic Engineering, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT UK - [email protected]
3
German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin, Germany - [email protected]
4
Institute of Photogrammetry and GeoInformation, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany - [email protected]

KEY WORDS: Manuscripts, Proceedings, ISPRS Archives, ISPRS Annals, Guidelines for Authors, Styleguide

ABSTRACT:

These guidelines are provided for preparation of papers accepted for publication in the series of Volumes of The International
Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences and of The ISPRS Annals of the
Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences from ISPRS Congresses and Symposia, and other ISPRS
events. These guidelines are issued to ensure a uniform style throughout these two series. All papers that are accepted by the
relevant scientific committee of an ISPRS event will be published provided they arrive by the due date and they correspond to
these guidelines. Reproduction is made directly from author-prepared manuscripts, in electronic or hardcopy form, in A4 paper
size 297 mm x 210 mm (11.69 x 8.27 inches). To assure timely and efficient production of the Archives and Annals with a
consistent and easy to read format, authors must submit their manuscripts in strict conformance with these guidelines. The
Society may omit any paper that does not conform to the specified requirements. There will be no opportunity for corrections
or improvements of poorly prepared originals.

1. MANUSCRIPT should be single-spaced, unless otherwise stated. Left and

right justified typing is preferred.
1.1 General Instructions
1.3 Preparation in electronic form
The maximum paper length is restricted to 8 pages. Invited
papers can be increased to 12 pages. The paper should have To assist authors in preparing their papers, styleguides for
the following structure: preparing digital versions of papers are provided in Word
and/or LaTeX on the ISPRS web Page, see.
1. Title of the paper http://www.isprs.org/documents/orangebook/app5.aspx.
2. Authors and affiliation
3. Keywords (6-8 words) 1.4 Length and Font
4. Abstract (100 – 250 words)
5. Introduction All manuscripts, except Invited Papers are limited to a size of
6. Main body approximately eight (8) single-spaced pages (A4 size),
7. Conclusions including abstracts, figures, tables and references. ISPRS
8. Acknowledgements (if applicable) Invited Papers are limited to approximately 12 pages. The font
9. References type Times New Roman with a size of nine (9) points is to be
10. Appendix (if applicable) used.
Setting A4 size paper
Full papers submitted for double-blind review to the Annals Mm inches
must not contain any information which makes it possible to Top 25 1.0
identify the authors. In particular, names and affiliations must Bottom 25 1.0
be removed from the manuscript submitted for review. Also Left 20 0.8
sentences such as "As we have shown in previous work Right 20 0.8
(Author_x, 20xx)" are to be avoided. Instead use a Column Width 82 3.2
formulation such as "Author_x (20xx) has shown ...". Note Column Spacing 6 0.25
that submissions which have not been appropriately Table 1. Margin settings for A4 size paper
anonymised may be subject to immediate rejection.
2. TITLE AND ABSTRACT BLOCK
1.2 Page Layout, Spacing and Margins
2.1 Title
The paper must be compiled in one column for the Title and
Abstract and in two columns for all subsequent text. All text The title should appear centered in bold capital letters, at the
top of the first page of the paper with a size of twelve (12)

* Corresponding author
points and single-spacing. After one blank line, type the 3.3 Illustrations and Tables
author(s) name(s), affiliation and mailing address (including
e-mail) in upper and lower case letters, centred under the title. Placement: Figures must be placed in the appropriate location
In the case of multi-authorship, group them by firm or in the document, as close as practicable to the reference of the
organization as shown in the title of these Guidelines. figure in the text. While figures and tables are usually aligned
horizontally on the page, large figures and tables sometimes
2.2 ISPRS Affiliation (optional) need to be turned on their sides. If you must turn a figure or
table sideways, please be sure that the top is always on the
For those authors affiliated with a specific Commission and/or left-hand side of the page.
Working Group of ISPRS, a separate title may be entered. The
title should be centered in bold type after one blank line below 3.3.1 Captions: All captions should be typed in upper and
the author’s affiliation, i.e. Commission #, Working Group #. lower case letters, centered directly beneath the illustration.
The Commission number shall be Roman and the Working Use single spacing if they use more than one line. All captions
Group number should be the Commission Roman number, are to be numbered consecutively, e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2,
slash, WG Arabic number (see example above). Figure 3, ... and Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, …

2.3 Key Words

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Leave two lines blank, then type "KEY WORDS:" in bold
capital letters, followed by 5-8 key words. Note that ISPRS (i)4
Hi
does not provide a set list of key words any longer. Therefore, (i-1)3
include those key words which you would use to find a paper 
Hi
with content you are preparing. Z 2
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2.4 Abstract

Leave two blank lines under the key words. Type

"ABSTRACT:" flush left in bold Capitals followed by one
blank line. Start now with a concise Abstract (100 - 250
words) which presents briefly the content and very Figure 1. Figure placement and numbering
importantly, the news and results of the paper in words
understandable also to non-specialists.
3.3.2 Copyright: If your article contains any copyrighted
3. MAIN BODY OF TEXT illustrations or imagery, please include a statement of
copyright such as: © SPOT Image Copyright 20xx (fill in
Type text single-spaced, with one blank line between year), CNES. It is the author's responsibility to obtain any
paragraphs and following headings. Start paragraphs flush necessary copyright permission. After publication, your article
with left margin. is distributed under the Creative Commons Unported License
and you retain the copyright.
3.1 Headings
3.4 Equations, Symbols and Units
Major headings are to be centered, in bold capitals without
underlining, after two blank lines and followed by a one blank 3.4.1 Equations: Equations should be numbered
line. consecutively throughout the paper. The equation number is
enclosed in parentheses and placed flush right. Leave one
Type subheadings flush with the left margin in bold upper blank lines before and after equations:
case and lower case letters. Subheadings are on a separate line
between two single blank lines. X  X0 Y  Y0
x  x0  c ; y  y0  c (1)
Z  Z0 Z  Z0
Subsubheadings are to be typed in bold upper case and lower
case letters after one blank line flush with the left margin of
the page, with text following on the same line. where c = focal length
Subsubheadings may be followed by a period or colon, they x, y = image coordinates
may also be the first word of the paragraph's sentence. X0, Y0, Z0 = coordinates of projection center
X, Y, Z = object coordinates
Use decimal numbering for headings and subheadings
3.4.2 Symbols and Units: Use the SI (Système
3.2 Footnotes Internationale) Units and Symbols. Unusual characters or
symbols should be explained in a list of nomenclature.
Mark footnotes in the text with a number (1); use the same
number for a second footnote of the paper and so on. Place 3.5 References
footnotes at the bottom of the page, separated from the text
above it by a horizontal line. References should be cited in the text, thus (Smith, 1987a),
and listed in alphabetical order in the reference section. The
following arrangements should be used:
3.5.1 References from Journals: Journals should be cited GRASS Development Team, 2015. Geographic Resources
like (Smith, 1987a) or (Michals, Dowman, 2008). Names of Analysis Support System (GRASS) Software, Version 6.4.
journals can be abbreviated according to the "International Open Source Geospatial Foundation. grass.osgeo.org (1 June
List of Periodical Title Word Abbreviations". In case of doubt, 2017).
write names in full.
GRASS Development Team, 2017. Geographic Resources
3.5.2 References from Books: Books should be cited like Analysis Support System (GRASS) Software. Open Source
(Förstner, Wrobel, 2016). Geospatial Foundation. grass.osgeo.org (20 September 2017).

3.5.3 References from other Literature: Other literature Lennert, M., GRASS Development Team, 2017. Addon
should be cited like (Smith, 1987b) and (Smith, 2000). i.segment.stats. Geographic Resources Analysis Support
System (GRASS) Software, Version 7.2, Open Source
3.5.4 References from Websites: References from the Geospatial Foundation.
internet should be cited like (Chan, Qin, 2017) and (Maas et grass.osgeo.org/grass7/manuals/addons/i.segm ent.stats (1
al. 2017). Use of persistent identifiers such as the Digital June 2017).
Object Identifier (DOI) rather than URLs is strongly advised.
In this case the last date of visiting the web site can be
omitted, as the identifier will not change. Maas, A., Rottensteiner, F., Heipke, C., 2017. Classification
under label noise using outdated maps. ISPRS Ann.
3.5.5 References from Research Data: References from Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., IV-1/W1,
research data should be cited like (Dubaya et al., 2017). 215-222. doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-IV-1-W1-215-2017.

3.5.6 References from Software Projects: References to a Michalis, P., Dowman, I., 2008: A Generic Model for Along-
software project as a high level container including multiple Track Stereo Sensors Using Rigorous Orbit Mechanics.
versions of the software should be cited like (GRASS Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 74(3),
Development Team, 2017). 303-309.

3.5.7 References from Software Versions: References to a Smith, J., 1987a. Close range photogrammetry for analyzing
specific software version should be cited like (GRASS distressed trees. Photogrammetria, 42(1), 47-56.
Development Team, 2015).
Smith, J., 1987b. Economic printing of color orthophotos.
3.5.8 References from Software Project Add-ons: Report KRL-01234, Kennedy Research Laboratories,
References to a specific software add-on to a software project Arlington, VA, USA.
should be cited like (Lennert, GRASS Development Team,
2017). Smith, J., 2000. Remote sensing to predict volcano outbursts.
Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XXVII-
3.5.9 References from Software Repository: References B1, 456-469.
from software repositories should be cited like (Gago-Silva,
2016).
APPENDIX (OPTIONAL)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (OPTIONAL) Any additional supporting data may be appended, provided the
paper does not exceed the limits given above.
Acknowledgements of support for the project/paper/author are
welcome.

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