Welcome to GeoCart'2022
Uncharted Frontiers: Cartographic Innovation and Discovery
Nau mai, haere mai! GeoCart'2022, Aotearoa New Zealand's 10th National Cartographic Conference, will convene from 24-26 August at the Tiakiwai Conference Centre in the National Library of New Zealand, Wellington.
GeoCart'2022 aims to bring together a wide cross-section of professionals, researchers, and enthusiasts engaged in cartography, map curatorship and research, geovisualisation, and GIScience. Participants will hear about the latest developments and research, learn about current and upcoming projects and products, network with their counterparts in the greater community, and develop a deeper understanding of cartography and mapping. To celebrate its landmark 10th anniversary, GeoCart'2022 will feature commemorative presentations and a special restrospective Proceedings.
We warmly invite you to join us in Wellington for this exciting and inspiring event!
We also invite you to stay in Wellington and attend the New Zealand Geospatial Research Conference (NZGRC 2022), which will be held at Massey University from 29-30 August.
Call for Contributions
You are invited to submit professional or research abstracts of up to 1,500 words, or full research papers for consideration for the GeoCart'2022 book, on any topic in cartography, map curatorship, history of cartography or exploration, geovisualisation, GIScience, or other related disciplines.
Each abstract must be submitted towards an oral presentation or poster presentation stream. Each will be reviewed by one member of the Programme Committee from an appropriate field and background. Full papers will be considered for oral presentation only and will be peer reviewed by two members of the International Review Committee.
All accepted submissions will be published in the Conference Proceedings. See the Author Guidelines for further details. Please be aware some oral presentaton abstracts submitted for consideration may be accepted as posters instead.
If a submitted abstract is accepted, one of the following will apply, depending on the results of the review:
- Accepted for oral presentation at the conference and included in the conference Proceedings, subject to review recommendations
- Accepted for poster presentation at the conference and included in the conference Proceedings, subject to review recommendations
Principal authors of accepted abstracts are eligible for a 10% discount on the conference registration fee.
NZCS Young Geospatial Competition
The New Zealand Cartographic Society is proud to again sponsor the NZCS Young Geospatial Competition lightning talks.
The YGC is open to current students and those who graduated within the past three years. Only one individual may present and all topics must be geospatial in nature. Abstracts will be reviewed before acceptance and are subject to the same criteria and deadlines as standard submissions. Entrants to the YGC may also submit a second abstract for a standard paper on a different topic. See the YGC Guidelines for further details.
Lightning talks will be judged by a panel of the conference Keynotes. A prize pack for each competition is to be announced. Winners will also be featured on the NZCS website and in post-conference publications.
Approved YGC entrants are eligible for a 10% discount on the conference registration fee.
Submission deadline for book chapters: Monday, 13 June 2022
Submission deadline for all abstracts: Monday, 13 June 2022
Keynote Speakers
Ken is a permanently recovering academic from the UK with a background in cartography and GIS. While making maps at Esri, he gives talks, writes, and teaches about cartography, including a MOOC with over 175,000 participants. Ken is the current Vice-Chair of the ICA Commission on Map Design and was Editor of The Cartographic Journal.
Dr. Kenneth Field - Senior Principal Cartographic Product Engineer at ESRI
Ken is a permanently recovering academic from the UK with a Bachelor's in Cartography from Oxford Polytechnic and PhD in GIS from the University of Leicester. He grew tired of admin, so he ditched his 20-year academic career and moved to the USA, landing in California.
Today Ken gives talks, writes, and teaches about cartography, all while making maps at Esri. He blogs, tweets too much, and really likes the ICA Commission on Map Design, where he was Chair for eight years and remains the current Vice-Chair. Ken also spent nine years as Editor of The Cartographic Journal.
Ken has won a few awards for maps, cartographic pedagogy, kitchen tile designs, and his books Cartography and Thematic Mapping, the latter of which has been described as a "ma(p)sterpiece". He co-founded longitude.space and mappery.org, and teaches a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Cartography, which so far has enrolled over 175,000 participants. Ken also snowboards (reasonably), plays drums (badly), and is a long-suffering supporter of his home-town football team Nottingham Forest.
At the end of the day, maps are both Ken's profession and passion.
Antoni teaches and researches Geographic Information Science with a special interest in cartography and geovisualisation. He is currently a co-Principal Investigator on the Marsden Fund project, Strand, and Vice President of the New Zealand Cartographic Society.
Dr. Antoni Moore - Associate Professor at the University of Otago
With a background in geography and GIS education, Antoni completed his PhD at the University of Plymouth and spent five years as a GIS Analyst at a marine laboratory before arriving in NZ in 2001. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Otago’s School of Surveying, where he teaches and researches Geographic Information Science, specifically cartography and geographic visualization.Antoni's research has included applying spatial analysis and modelling to a diverse range of topics, including active transport, lifestyles and health, land use, and wildlife tracking. In geovisualisation, he has also explored diverse topics, from approaches to displaying large and complex space-time datasets in simplified diagrams, to using virtual reality and augemented reality systems in geography.
Currrently, Antoni is a co-Principal Investigator on the Marsden Fund project, Strand, which aims to characterise the effects of flood hazards from future climate change on coastal properties. He is also the Vice President of the New Zealand Cartographic Society.
Dr. Kenneth Field - Senior Principal Cartographic Product Engineer at ESRI
Ken is a permanently recovering academic from the UK with a Bachelor's in Cartography from Oxford Polytechnic and PhD in GIS from the University of Leicester. He grew tired of admin, so he ditched his 20-year academic career and moved to the USA, landing in California.
Today Ken gives talks, writes, and teaches about cartography, all while making maps at Esri. He blogs, tweets too much, and really likes the ICA Commission on Map Design, where he was Chair for eight years and remains the current Vice-Chair. Ken also spent nine years as Editor of The Cartographic Journal.
Ken has won a few awards for maps, cartographic pedagogy, kitchen tile designs, and his books Cartography and Thematic Mapping, the latter of which has been described as a "ma(p)sterpiece". He co-founded longitude.space and mappery.org, and teaches a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Cartography, which so far has enrolled over 175,000 participants. Ken also snowboards (reasonably), plays drums (badly), and is a long-suffering supporter of his home-town football team Nottingham Forest.
At the end of the day, maps are both Ken's profession and passion.
Dr. Antoni Moore - Associate Professor at the University of Otago
With a background in geography and GIS education, Antoni completed his PhD at the University of Plymouth and spent five years as a GIS Analyst at a marine laboratory before arriving in NZ in 2001. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Otago’s School of Surveying, where he teaches and researches Geographic Information Science, specifically cartography and geographic visualization.Antoni's research has included applying spatial analysis and modelling to a diverse range of topics, including active transport, lifestyles and health, land use, and wildlife tracking. In geovisualisation, he has also explored diverse topics, from approaches to displaying large and complex space-time datasets in simplified diagrams, to using virtual reality and augemented reality systems in geography.
Currrently, Antoni is a co-Principal Investigator on the Marsden Fund project, Strand, which aims to characterise the effects of flood hazards from future climate change on coastal properties. He is also the Vice President of the New Zealand Cartographic Society.
NZCS National Map Exhibition 2022
The New Zealand Cartographic Society invites you to submit an entry to the National Map Exhibition 2022. Entries in this competition will be displayed and judged at Geocart'2022 where a panel of judges will decide on how successfully a map delivers on its stated purpose, taking into account its design, execution and presentation.
Subject to the number and quality of entries received, a winner will be announced for each of two categories: Printed Map Product and Digital Map Product. Additional prizes will be awarded at the judges’ discretion. All entries from New Zealand domiciled cartographers will be eligible for selection to represent New Zealand at the 2023 ICA International Cartographic Exhibition in Cape Town, South Africa.
Entries may be submitted by any individual or organisation and there is no limit on the number of submissions. Entries must be original products, in their finished state, and first produced/published after 30 June 2020.
Entry deadline: 12 August 2022
Venue
All GeoCart'2022 sessions and breaks will be held at the outstanding facilities of the National Library of New Zealand in Thorndon, Wellington. The Ice Breaker reception will be at the Backbencher Gastropub, and the Gala Dinner will convene at the Queen's Wharf Ballroom at Foxglove on the Wellington waterfront.
Workshops
NZCS Map Design Workshop (MDW'2022):
23 August | TBA
Details coming soon.Geovisual Analytics with ArcGIS Insights:
27 August | TBA
Dr. Linda Beale will teach fundamental and advanced geovisual analytics techniques to make data-driven decisions and gain geographic insight from many datasets at once. These techniques and workflows can be used to conduct deductive, scientific research (e.g., research question first, data acquisition second), inductive (more exploratory in nature, allowing theory to emerge from data) or big-data research, in which you are trying to find a signal in the noise. When done, you will possess an understanding of the fundamentals of geovisual analytics (i.e., interactive data exploration) and all the skills you need to use ArcGIS Insights to solve real-world problems and geographic quandaries.
Important Dates
| Deadline for submitting book chapters |
13 June 2022 |
| Deadline for submitting book abstracts |
13 June 2022 |
| Decision on submissions relayed to author(s) | 10 July 2022 |
| Deadline for revisions | 1 August 2022 |
| Deadline for Early Registration | 15 July 2022 |
| Deadline for Map Exhibition entry | 12 August 2022 |
| GeoCart'2022 Conference | 24-26 August 2022 |
Important Dates
| Deadline for submitting book chapters |
13 Jun |
| Deadline for submitting abstracts |
13 Jun |
| Decision on submissions relayed to author(s) | 10 Jul |
| Deadline for revisions | 1 Aug |
| Deadline for Early Registration | 15 Jul |
| Deadline for Map Exhibition entry | 12 Aug |
| GeoCart'2022 Conference | 24-26 Aug |
Organising Committee
- Igor Drecki - Conference Director
- Roger Smith - Conference Director
- Emory Beck
- Shannon L. McColley
- Melissa West
Sponsors
A special thank you to our sponsors: