Geocarto International is a professional academic journal serving the world-wide scientific and user community in the fields of remote sensing, GIS, geoscience and environmental sciences. The journal is designed:
To promote multidisciplinary research in and application of remote sensing and GIS in geosciences and environmental sciences;
To enhance international exchange of information on new developments and applications in the field of remote sensing and GIS and related disciplines;
To foster interest in and understanding of science and applications on remote sensing and GIS technologies; and
To encourage the publication of timely papers and research results on remote sensing and GIS applications in geosciences and environmental sciences from the world-wide science community.
The journal welcomes contributions on the following:
Precise, illustrated papers on new developments, technologies and applications of remote sensing;
Research results in remote sensing, GISciences and related disciplines;
Reports on new and innovative applications and projects in these areas; and
Assessment and evaluation of new remote sensing and GIS equipment, software and hardware.

Peer Review Statement 

Geocarto International is an international, ranked, peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research contributions to scientific knowledge. 

All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. 

All peer review is double blind and submission is online via ScholarOne.

Editors:
Kamlesh Lulla 
NASA/Johnson Space Centre 
Houston, Texas 77058 
USA 

M. Duane Nellis 
Office of the President 
Ohio University 
Cutler Hall 108, 1 Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701-2979 
nellis@ohio.edu
 
Bradley C. Rundquist 
Department of Geography
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND 58202
USA
Managing Editor 
 
Editorial Board:
S. Aronoff - Consultant, Ottawa, Canada 
L.S. Chin - National University of Singapore, Singapore  
P. Coppin - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium 
J.H. Everitt -   US Department of Agriculture, USA 
G.M. Foody - University of Nottingham, UK 
K.P. Gallo - USGS Eros Data Center, Sioux Falls, USA 
J.R. Jensen - University of South Carolina, USA 
C. Kim - Kookmin University, Korea 
V. Klemas - University of Delaware, USA 
D. Li - State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, China 
N.N. Mahmood - Malaysian Centre for Remote Sensing, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 
A.K. Milne - University of New South Wales, Australia 
S.A. Morain - University of New Mexico, USA 
R.R. Navalgund - National Remote Sensing Agency, India 
K.P. Price - AgPixels, LLC, USA 
S. Ringrose - University of Botswana, Maun, Botswana 
R.A. Ryerson - Kim Geomatics Corporation, Canada 
J.L. van Genderen – ITC, Enschede, The Netherlands 
S. Walsh - University of North Carolina, USA 
P. Xizhe - China Remote Sensing Satellite, Beijing, China 
A. Yeh - University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Journal Founder:
K.N. Au - Geocarto International Centre, Hong Kong