- All proceedings from the 8th international GI_Forum 2015 at the University of Salzburg§- Topics: Advances in GIScience, Innovations in Geospatial Technologies, Monitoring Global Change, Citizenship and Education, Empirical Research in Education, Learning Environments in Primary and Secondary Education The Journal for Geographic Information Science issue 1-2015 presents peer-reviewed papers presented at the Geoinformatics Forum (www.gi-forum.org), held in Salzburg from July 7-10, 2015. The annual GI_Forum symposium provides a platform for dialogue among geospatial minds in an ongoing effort to support the creation of an informed GISociety.§In this issue, the following topics are addressed:§§- GIScience Contributions for Society§- Learning with Geoinformation§- Earth Observation for Humanitarian Operations§- GI for Public Health§- Technical and Human Sensors§- Transportation Modelling§- Environmental GIS and Applications sakriti opis