About this journal

The importance of maps in all aspects of research has received increasing attention. Global methods of mapping with online maps, along with animations, are changing how maps are used and presented. A considerable amount of research is being conducted in map presentation through the Internet, both to desktops and mobile devices.

International Journal of Cartography ( IJC) is the official flagship journal of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) which is a much needed research outlet concentrating on the map as a form of communication about the world, and aims to promote research in the fields of cartography and GI Science. The journal encompasses a wide range of topic including:

• spatial modelling, visualization, analysis and planning
• theoretical GI Science including geospatial ontologies and semantics
• maritime, environmental and urban GIS, remote sensing and photogrammetry
• cognitive-based GIS and cartography: modelling of navigation knowledge and landscape perception in urban spaces and built environments
• historical maps
• art and cartography
• topography

IJC is supported by an international advisory board of experts and welcomes innovative, high-quality research articles relevant to maps and geospatial science from multiple disciplines.

Peer Review Statement

All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, in consultation with Associate Editors where appropriate, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via Submission Portal.

Manuscript Types Accepted

• research articles
• position papers
• essays
• reviews of books, atlases and maps

Books and Atlas Reviews for the International Journal of Cartography

The Editors of the IJC welcome the submission of books and atlases for review that would be of interest to and relevant for an international audience of cartographers – either because of their contents, their design or their methodology. Through the Journal Books Reviews Editor, Dr David Fairbairn, we hope to attract publications that are innovative, that describe new theoretical developments, show new applications, new ways of visualizing geospatial information (including generalization) and of using this visualized information. That may be the main focus of cartography but, from the topics the International Cartographic Association’s commissions are contributing to, we can see many equally important additional aspects of the discipline: specific applications like risk mapping, sustainability, mapping of mountains, planets or topography, technical aspects like standards, open source, map production techniques and internet mapping or mapping for mobile devices or location-based services. Finally, education and the history of the discipline as well as the study of old maps also belong to our potential field of interest. In this sense there will be no difference with the variety of topics and the focus of potential papers to be published in IJC.

It is recent publications on these topics that we wish to have reviewed. Titles for review can be books or atlases or even single maps and digital cartographic applications, if the latter merit being singled out. They can be printed or they may be in digital form, as long as they are generally accessible and can be ordered worldwide.

Our aim is that the review section in IJC will not only be filled with books and atlases IJC receives by chance; we also wish to review the most relevant publications and are open to suggestions from members of the ICA community.

Reviews are undertaken by specialists in the field (generally from the ICA commissions). The reviews are written in English and are approximately 1,000 words in length. We aim to have reviews completed within two months of receipt of the publication concerned. The published reviews include a scan (minimum 300dpi) of the publication cover.

Generally, these reviews provide an idea of the contents, highlighting its special contributions and mentioning its shortcomings, if any. Each review includes the author’s name, the name of the publication, number of pages and illustrations, size (height x width) if it concerns a paper publication, ISBN, publishing , publisher and year of publication and price in local currency.

Books, atlases, maps and cartographic applications for review should be sent to:

International Journal of Cartography Review Editor - Dr David Fairbairn, c/o Geospatial Engineering, School of Engineering, Cassie Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UNITED KINGDOM.

IJC is a subscription-based professional academic journal.

Editors-in-Chief

Professor William Cartwright , C|G Consulting and RMIT University, Australia
Dr Anne Ruas , University Gustave Eiffel, France

Associate Editors

Professor Gennady Andrienko, Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany
Professor Miljenko Lapaine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Professor Yaolin Liu, Wuhan University, China
Dr Taien Ng-Chan, York University, Canada

Book Reviews Editor

Dr David Fairbairn, Newcastle University, UK

Editorial Board

Professor Natalia Andrienko, Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany
Dr Sarah Battersby, Esri, USA
Professor Mike Batty, University College London, UK
Professor Kate Beard, University of Maine, USA
Professor Dirk Burghardt, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Professor Christophe Claramunt, Ecole Navale, France
Professor Serena Coetzee, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Dr Peter Collier, Portsmouth University, UK
Dr Paule-Annick Davoine,  University of Grenoble, France
Professor Matt Duckham, RMIT University , Australia
Professor Sara Fabrikant, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Dr Kenneth Field, Esri, USA
Professor Georg Gartner, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Professor Mátyás Gede, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Professor Javier Gonzalez-Matesanz, Ministerio de Fomento, Spain
Dr Amy Griffin, RMIT University, Australia
Professor Lorenz Hurni, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
Dr Laurent Jegou, Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès, France
Assoc. Prof. Bernhard Jenny, Monash University, Australia
Professor Alexander Kent, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
Professor Menno-Jan Kraak, Universiteit Twente, Netherlands
Dr Christophe Lienert, Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, Switzerland
Professor Evangelos Liveratos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Dr William Mackaness, The University of Edinburgh, UK
Professor Paulo de Menezes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dr Antoni Moore, University of Otago, New Zealand
Professor Ferjan Ormeling, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Professor Michael Peterson, University of Nebraska Omaha, USA
Professor Dušan Petrovič, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Professor Ross Purves, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Dr Carla Cristina Reinaldo Gimenes de Sena, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Brazil
Professor Monika Sester, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
Professor Andre Skupin, San Diego State University, USA
Professor Fraser Taylor, Carleton University, Canada
Professor Vit Voženílek, Palacký University, Czech Republic
Professor Robert Weibel, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Professor Stephan Winter, University of Melbourne, Australia
Professor Laszlo Zentai, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary

News, offers and calls for papers

News and offers

• Now indexed in Scopus and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)

It is the mission of the International Cartographic Association to ensure that geospatial information is employed to maximum effect for the benefit of science and society through promotion and representation of the discipline and profession of Cartography and GIScience internationally.

This mission statement is based on the following vision: to see…

· Cartography and GIScience applied to their full potential in science and society,

· ICA recognised as the world authoritative body for Cartography and GIScience,

· ICA recognised for outstanding service to its members,

· ICA, as the leading authority for Cartography and GIScience, attracting membership from national Cartographic and GIScience societies, universities, government and business and commercial organisations, as well as individuals from every country of the world.

For more information about the ICA, please visit http://icaci.org