Invitation to Attend

The New Zealand Cartographic Society in association with the Spatial Information Research Centre is proud to announce the fourth National Cartographic Conference - GeoCart'2008 and the 20th Annual Colloquium SIRC 2008. The Conference will be held at the outstanding facilities of The University of Auckland, 1-3 September 2008.

GeoCart'2008 aims to bring together a wide cross section of the cartographic and geospatial community to promote new techniques and a greater understanding of the possible applications for spatial information in the future.

The Conference will host the National Cartographic Exhibition, including a Children's Map Competition, and GeoExpo'2008 - 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.

You are invited to submit papers on any topic in cartography, geovisualisation and GIScience. You can nominate your submission to be considered for inclusion in a conference book, to be published in Springer’s Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography.

On behalf of the Organising Committee, you are extended a warm invitation to participate in GeoCart'2008.

Looking forward to meeting you in Auckland, the City of Sails.

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Conference Theme

The theme of GeoCart'2008 is Geospatial Vision: New Dimensions in Cartography. As the world embraces geospatial technologies with increasing enthusiasm the quantity, quality, currency and relevance of spatial information is transforming the way we can visualise our worlds. How can cartography meet the challenges of an emerging geospatial society that inhabits a dramatically changing world...?

Suggested major topics include:

Cartographic Representation
• 3D Cartography
• Visualisation of Spatial Uncertainty
• Mapping in Space and Time
• Generalisation
• Symbology

Technology-led examples in Geovisualisation and cartography
• Maps on mobile devices
• Virtual and Augmented Reality
• Geovisualisation for Collaboration
• Game-based interaction and visualisation
• Web cartography and mapping the Web

Application of Cartography
• The challenge of ubiquitous maps for everyone
• Mountain, terrestrial, urban, coastal and marine cartography
• Cartography in Education
• National mapping
• Resource mapping
• Grassroots or Community Mapping

Cognition and Usability
• Interfaces and their testing
• Metaphors
• Cognitive or Mental Maps

Exploratory Geovisualisation

Cross-cutting issues
• Personal geographies and their mapping
• Ubiquitous Cartographies
• The philosophy of cartography
• Visualisation for Spatial Decision Support (Geovisual Analytics)

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

Participants may also choose to submit papers directly for the SIRC proceedings, which will cover broader aspects of spatial information research. Topics include spatial modelling, ecological systems, public health and theoretical spatial research.

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Call for Papers

The Scientific and Technical Programme Committee invites authors to submit abstracts, papers or posters to the GeoCart'2008 Conference and the SIRC 2008 Colloquium. We are planning two separate publications:

1. a book and supporting CD-Rom published in Springer’s Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography series, which will contain the best full GeoCart'2008 papers submitted, subject to an international review process


2. conference proceedings and supporting CD-Rom covering both the SIRC 2008 Colloquium and GeoCart'2008 Conference, which collates
   - papers accepted for SIRC
   - abstracts of the Springer papers
   - papers that did not make the book, but were accepted for either paper or poster presentation at the GeoCart'2008 Conference
   - papers and (extended) abstracts that were specifically submitted for the GeoCart'2008 Conference proceedings (either paper or poster, subject to a local review process)

Papers submitted for the book would have up to 5000 words and be formatted according to the Springer guidelines and template and be in a camera-ready state. Submission will be by email to the Chair of the Programme Committee.

If a submitted paper is accepted, one of the following will apply, depending on the results of the review:

1. accepted for the book and oral presentation, subject to any recommendations of the reviewers and editors
2. not accepted for the book but accepted for oral presentation at the conference and included in the conference proceedings, subject to review recommendations
3. not accepted for the book but accepted for poster presentation at the conference and included in the conference proceedings, subject to review recommendations

Those submitting specifically for the Conference proceedings (including SIRC) and not the book, would be assigned one of the latter two decision options, subject to a local review.

Principal authors of the accepted abstracts, papers and posters are eligible for a 10% discount on the Scientific and Technical Programme registration fee.

If you wish to submit an abstract, a paper or a poster, please read GeoCart'2008 Guidelines for Authors.

GeoCart'2008 Guidelines for Authors | download (PDF 26KB)

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Important Dates

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Programme Committee

Gennady Andrienko - Frauenhofer Institute, Germany
Mark Billinghurst - University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Manfred Buchroithner - TU Dresden, Germany
Barbara Buttenfield - University of Colorado, United States
William Cartwright - RMIT University, Australia
Keith Clarke - University of California, Santa Barbara, United States
Jeremy Crampton - Georgia State University, United States
Urska Demsar - National Centre for Geocomputation, Ireland
David DiBiase - Pennsylvania State University, United States
Martin Dodge - University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Danny Dorling - University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Igor Drecki - University of Auckland, New Zealand
Jason Dykes - City University, United Kingdom
Robert Edsall - Arizona State University, United States
Sara Fabrikant - University of Zurich, Switzerland
Pip Forer - University of Auckland, New Zealand
Mark Gahegan - University of Auckland, New Zealand
Georg Gartner - Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Lorenz Hurni - ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Bin Jiang - University of Gavle, Sweden
Markus Jobst - University Potsdam (Hasso Plattner Institute), Germany
Chris Jones - University of Cardiff, United Kingdom
Menno-Jan Kraak - ITC, The Netherlands
Karel Kriz - University of Vienna, Austria
Zhilin Li - Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Arko Lucieer - University of Tasmania, Australia
Antoni Moore - University of Otago, New Zealand
Jonathan Raper - City University, United Kingdom
Holger Regenbrecht - University of Otago, New Zealand
Mairead de Roiste - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Kira Shingareva - Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography, Russia
Peter Whigham - University of Otago, New Zealand
William Wong - Middlesex University, United Kingdom
Dawn Wright - Oregon State University, United States

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