A scholarly journal devoted to extending cartographic methodology. Publishes original research papers on traditional cartography, geographic information systems (GIS), and other digital mapping technologies. Content also includes technical notes, bibliogr
My role, with this epilogue, is to react constructively and informatively, if not insightfully, to the content of the three overview papers that form the framework of this report. Joel Morrison's paper is intriguing, especially since I am struggling,...
My goal for the 1999 U.S. National Report to the International Cartographic Association was to produce a reasonably comprehensive overview of activity in all realms of cartography, much like Judy Olson did for her 1984 report (a special issue of this...
The digital revolution in cartography, like nearly everything else in the world, changes in appearance as it is viewed from different angles. All of us, as cartographers, are dealing with the same technical changes. But cartographers in business see...
Introduction Our primary emphasis in this review of academic cartography is scholarly research, followed by brief discussions of technology and educational issues. Our sampling of topics and papers covers 1993 to 1998, providing a five-year span...
To begin my review of the state of government cartography in 1998, I will first take us back in time with brief characterizations of federal government cartography in 1968, 1978, and 1988. Identifying changes over the past 30 years may give us some...