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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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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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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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2011The UK role in ICA

- adhesion to ICA

- contribution of UK cartographers

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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

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2011The future for ICA Commissions

- proposals for ICA Commissions

2011-2015

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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

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2011The future for ICA Research

- input to the Research Agenda

- input to Commissions and Working

Groups

- YOUR input is encouraged

- www.icaci.org/commissions