contemporary research in cartography within ica
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The Power of the Image
2011
Contemporary research in
cartography within ICA
David Fairbairn
Newcastle University
Secretary-General and Treasurer,
International Cartographic Association
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The International Cartographic
Association
- historical overview
- membership
- purpose and remit
- activities
- outreach, output, impact
- the ICA Strategic Plan
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The Power of the Image
2011The Structure of ICA
- administration
- ‘bottom-up’ approach
- specific operational fields: society,
education, professional practice,
science, art
- role of Commissions and Working
Groups
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The Power of the Image
2011The UK role in ICA
- adhesion to ICA
- contribution of UK cartographers
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The Power of the Image
2011The ICA Research Agenda
- development of research activity
- through Commissions and Working
Groups
- creation of a research agenda
- development of a research agenda
- application of the research agenda
- research directions for cartography
and GI science in the 21st century
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ICA Commissions and Working
Groups
- historical overview
- Standing Commissions
- current listing of Commissions and
Working Groups
- activities of Commissions and
Working Groups
- meetings, workshops, publications,
dissemination, collaboration
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Commissions
Cartography and Children
Digital technologies in cartographic heritage
Education and Training
Generalization and Multiple Representation
Geospatial analysis and modeling
History of Cartography
Management and Economics of Map Production
Mapping from Satellite Imagery
Map projections
Maps and graphics for blind and partially sighted people
Maps and Society
Maps and the Internet
Marine Cartography
Mountain cartography
National and regional atlases
Planetary cartography
Geospatial data standards
Theoretical cartography
Ubiquitous mapping
Underrepresented groups and cartography
Use and User Issues
Geovisualization
Working Groups
Art and Cartography
Early Warning and Crisis Management
Mapping Africa for Africa
Tourist Mapping
GIS and Sustainable Development
Open Data Access and Intellectual Property Rights
Open Source Geospatial Technologies
Census Cartography
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ICA Commission research:
example 1
- ICA Commission on Digital
Technologies for Cartographic
Heritage
- chair: Evangelos Livieratos, Greece
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TERMS OF REFERENCE
• Support transformation of old maps, globes
and cartographic documents into digital form.
• Apply digital techniques in the study of old
maps.
• Develop digital tools for assisting the work of
map curators and the functionality of map
libraries networking and access to cartographic
heritage.
• Apply digital support for the preservation and
restoration of old maps, atlases and globes.
• Foster ICTs in teaching and diffusing history of
cartography and maps to the public.
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MEETINGS
2011: Nationaal Archief (The Hague)
2010: Technische Universität Wien (Vienna)
2009: Universita` IUAV di Venezia (Venice)
2008: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunia (Barcelona)
2007: Hellenic National Research Foundation (Athens)
2006: Museum of Byzantine Culture (Thessaloniki)
(average attendance ~70)
OUTPUTmeeting Proceedings plus:
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ICA Commission research:
example 2
- ICA Commission on
Geovisualisation
- co-chairs: Gennady Andrienko,
Germany; Jason Dykes, UK
- 78 members on active list
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TERMS OF REFERENCE
• Promote, develop and report upon the use of
cartography in its widest sense in the
exploration and analysis of spatial information
through interactive visual interfaces.
• Define short and medium term research goals
that address key issues associated with this
work and its application.
• Encourage a multi-disciplinary and
international approach to this work that draws
upon and contributes to the efforts of relevant
stakeholders (such as international and
national organisations promoting and
coordinating research), cognate disciplines and
ICA commissions and working groups.
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MEETINGS and OUTPUT•Workshop: Visualization, Analytics for Spatial Decision Support at the
GIScience conference, Sept. 2006, Muenster: special issue IJGIS
Geovisual Analytics for Spatial Decision Support (vol. 21(8))
•Expert workshop: GeoVisualization at the Visualization Summit, July
2007, Zurich: report in Information Visualization (vol.6 (3))
•Workshop: From geovisualization toward geovisual analytics, Aug. 2007,
Helsinki: special issue The Cartographic Journal From Geovisualisation
Toward Geovisual Analytics (vol. 45(3))
•Workshop: GeoVisualization of Dynamics, Movement and Change at the
AGILE 2008 Conference, May 2008, Girona: special issue,
Information Visualization (vol. 7(3/4))
•Workshop: Cognitive Issues in Geographic Information Visualization at
AAG 2008: special issue Cartographica (vol. 44(3))
• Workshop: GeoSpatial Visual Analytics at the GIScience 2008
Conference Sept. 2008, Park City, Utah: special issue Cartography and
Geographic Information Science (vol. 36 (3))
•Workshop Contribution: Geovisualization for the concept of the Digital
City, Mar. 2009, Hamburg: special issue Computers, Environment and
Urban Systems (vol. 34(6))
• Special sessions: Geovisualization, Geovisual Analytics, Cognition,
Behavior, and Representation at AAG 2010, Apr.2010,
Washington D.C.
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MEETINGS and OUTPUT (contd)•Workshop: GeoVA(t) - Geospatial Visual Analytics: Focus on Time at
AGILE, May 2010, Guimarães, Portugal: special issues International
Journal Geographical Information Science (vol. 24(10)); Journal of
Location Based Services (vol. 4(3/4))
•Workshop: GeoViz - Linking Geovisualization with Spatial Analysis and
Modeling, March 2011, Hamburg: special issue Cartographica
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ICA Commission research:
example 3
- ICA Commission on Use and User
Issues
- chair: Corné van Elzakker,
Netherlands
- vice chairs include: David Forrest,
UK
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TERMS OF REFERENCE
• Maintain an on-line bibliographical database with a
bibliography on the user, usability (including User
Centered Design and methods and techniques of
user research) and improvement of user abilities.
• Maintain a database of individuals working on the
various use and user issues.
• Produce a major publication on use and user
issues in cartography and geoinformation
processing and dissemination, and stimulate other
publications.
• Organize sessions on use and user issues at future
ICA conferences.
• Organize a specialist workshop on a focused topic
related to use and user issues.
• Liaise with other disciplines and other ICA
Commissions.
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MEETINGS and OUTPUT3rd Workshop on Usability of Geographic Information, on 10 November
2010 Southampton [proceedings online]
Workshop on Emerging Methods for Studying Use of Spatial Technologies
on 14 September 2010 Zurich
Workshop on Methods and Techniques of Use, User and Usability
Research in Geo-information Processing and Dissemination on 13
April 2010 London [proceedings online]
2nd Workshop on Usability of Geographic Information, on 23 March 2010
London [proceedings online]
Commission Meetings at the 24th International Cartography Conference in
Santiago, Chile in September 2009 [proceedings online]
Commission Working Meeting in Salzburg on 25 November 2008
searchable
bibliography
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Summary of ICA research 2007-
2011
- other notable Commissions
- Generalization and Multiple
Representations
- Geospatial Analysis and Modeling
- History of Cartography
- Maps and the Internet
- Mountain Cartography
- National and Regional Atlases
- Theoretical Cartography
The Power of the Image
2011The future for ICA Commissions
- proposals for ICA Commissions
2011-2015
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2011
FUNDAMENTALS
1. Cognition
2. Design
3. Art and Cartography
4. History of Cartography
5. Map Projections
6. Theoretical Cartography
7. Data Quality
METHODS & TECHNIQUES
8. Atlases
9. Mapping from Satellite Imagery
10. Geospatial Analysis and Modelling
11. Geovisualization
12. Web Mapping
13. Mobile Mapping and LBS
14. Digital Technologies in
Cartographic Heritage
15. Open source Geospatial
Technologies
16. Generalisation and Multiple
Representation
THEMATIC
17. Planetary Cartography
18. Mountain Cartography
USERS
19. Neogeography
20. Maps and Graphics for Blind and
Partially Sighted People
21. Critical cartography
22. Use and User Issues
23. Cartography and Children
24. Education and Training
INITIATIVES
25. GI for Sustainability
26. Management and Economics of
Map Production
27. Cartography in Early Warning and
Crisis Management
28. Spatial Data Infrastructure
The Power of the Image
2011The future for ICA Research
- input to the Research Agenda
- input to Commissions and Working
Groups
- YOUR input is encouraged
- www.icaci.org/commissions