GeoCart'2010 Cartographic Conf. & ICA Symposium

20 May 2010, 8:14am

GeoCart'2010 CARTOGRAPHIC CONFERENCE / ICA Symposium on Cartography for Australasia and Oceania
1st to 4th SEPTEMBER 2010
University of Auckland, New Zealand

* LAST CALL FOR PAPERS *
* DEADLINE FOR BOOK CHAPTER SUBMISSIONS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 8th JUNE 2010 *
* DEADLINE FOR CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (PAPER OR ABSTRACT) HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 8th JUNE 2010 *
* SUBMIT YOUR BOOK CHAPTER, PAPER OR ABSTRACT VIA LINK BELO

The fifth National Cartographic Conference GeoCart'2010 and the first ICA Symposium on Cartography for Australasia and Oceania will convene in Auckland, 1-4 September 2010. It will be held at the outstanding facilities of The University of Auckland in the City of Sails - Auckland, New Zealand. The Conference is endorsed by the International Cartographic Association (ICA).

Invited Speakers include:

* William Cartwright, President of the ICA, Australia
* Cynthia Brewer, Pennsylvania State University, USA
* Manfred Buchroithner, TU Dresden, Germany
* David Crossman, Royal New Zealand Navy, New Zealand
* Phil Allen, GeoSmart, New Zealand
* Colin MacDonald, LINZ, New Zealand

There will be a book associated with the conference, collating the best papers as reviewed by an international scientific programme committee and published in Springer’s Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography series.

Important Dates

Deadline for paper submissions (refereed Springer book hapter) - 8 June 2010

Deadline for paper submissions (refereed Conference Proceedings) - 8 June 2010

Deadline for unrefereed professional paper and poster submissions - 2 July 2010

Deadline for early bird registration - 19 July 2010

GeoCart'2010Conference 1-4 September 2010

GeoCart Conference Theme

The theme of GeoCart'2010 is Cartographies of Tomorrow: Mapping in a mashed-up world.

On the one hand we have a growing openness and collaboration with access to geospatial data. On the other we have an increasing range of sensors providing ubiquitous information to multiple platforms at declining cost and in real time. Couched between the two is the mashup and new opportunities. Watch this space.

Suggested major topics include:

- Technology-led examples in Geovisualisation and cartography (e.g. Web cartography and mapping the Web / Mashups, Geovisualisation for Collaboration, Maps on mobile devices, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Game-based interaction and visualisation);

- Cartographic Representation (e.g. 3D Cartography, Visualisation of Spatial Uncertainty, Mapping in Space and Time, Generalisation, Symbology, Art and Cartography);

- Application of Cartography (e.g. the challenge of ubiquitous maps for everyone, mountain / terrestrial / urban / coastal / marine cartography, cartography in education, national mapping, resource mapping, grassroots / community mapping);

- Cognition and Usability (e.g. interfaces and their testing, metaphors, cognitive or mental maps);

- Exploratory Geovisualisation;

- Cross-cutting issues (e.g. personal geographies and their mapping, ubiquitous cartographies, the philosophy of cartography / critical cartography, visualisation for Spatial Decision Support / Geovisual Analytics);

These topics are by no means exclusive and any cartographically-related submission is welcomed.

In addition, the conference will host the National Cartographic Exhibition, including a Children's Map Competition, and GeoExpo'2010 - a Commercial Exhibition focused on the latest innovations related to technology, products, applications and services offered by the top national and international manufacturers and vendors.

Proceedings

The Scientific and Technical Programme Committee invites authors to submit papers, abstracts or posters to the GeoCart'2010 Conference. We are planning two separate publications:

1. A book published in Springer’s Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography series, which will contain the best full GeoCart'2010 papers submitted, subject to an international review process

2. Conference proceedings on CD-Rom, which collates
- abstracts of the Springer papers
- papers that did not pass the review process for the book, but were accepted for either paper or poster presentation at the GeoCart'2010 Conference
- papers and (extended) abstracts that were specifically submitted for the GeoCart'2010 Conference proceedings (either paper or poster, subject to a local review process)
- unrefereed professional paper and poster submissions

Submission

There are three streams of submission for the conference:

1. Academic papers of up to 8000 words to be considered for publication in Springer’s Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography series, subject to a double blind review from two international referees. Papers must be formatted according to the Springer guidelines and template and be in a camera-ready state. Submission of the paper will be in MS Word format via the EasyChair conference management system. It is expected that authors of accepted papers in this category will give an oral presentation

2. Extended abstracts or papers of up to 5000 words to be reviewed by a local committee for publication in the GeoCart proceedings. Papers and abstracts must be formatted according to the GeoCart'2010 Guidelines for Authors (http://www.cartography.org.nz/geocart2010/pdf/ga-authors.pdf). Submission of the paper will be in MS Word format via the EasyChair conference management system (http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=geocart2010). It is expected that authors of accepted papers in this category will give an oral presentation

3. Unrefereed abstracts or papers of up to 5000 words. These may be professional submissions and / or poster submissions. Papers, abstracts and posters must be formatted according to the GeoCart'2010 Guidelines for Authors (http://www.cartography.org.nz/geocart2010/pdf/ga-authors.pdf). Submission of the paper will be in MS Word format via the EasyChair conference management system (http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=geocart2010). It is expected that authors of abstracts / papers in this category will either give an oral or poster presentation

Organising Committee

For most enquiries, please contact us at:

Email: Igor Drecki, School of Environment, University of Auckland (info@cartography.org.nz)

Specific enquiries regarding the paper, abstract and poster submissions:

Email: Dr Antoni Moore, School of Surveying, University of Otago (tony.moore@otago.ac.nz)

GeoCart'2010 CARTOGRAPHIC CONFERENCE / ICA Symposium on Cartography for Australasia and Oceania

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