EUROCARTO2026: EUROCARTO2026
PROGRAM

Days: Wednesday, September 9th Thursday, September 10th Friday, September 11th

Wednesday, September 9th

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09:00-10:30 Session 1A: Map Use, Cognition & User Studies
Location: Library Hall
09:00
Contextualising map use: linking affordances to human agency
PRESENTER: David Fairbairn
09:15
“If I know what I need” – on the importance of subjective metrics in map user studies
09:30
Comparing Paper and Digital Atlas Use
PRESENTER: Marketa Beitlova
09:45
The Influence of Narrative Structure on Story Map Engagement, Performance, & Trust: A Preliminary Study
10:00
Which map do you prefer and why? A subjective users' multivariate maps evaluation in the empirical study.
10:15
Understanding USE-IT Map Use through Eye-Tracking
09:00-10:30 Session 1B: GeoAI, Machine Learning & Ethics
Location: F1
09:00
Framing Cartography Codes of Ethics
PRESENTER: Aileen Buckley
09:15
Preserving Changes After Cartographic Generalization: A Framework and Example of Line Simplification
09:30
Lare Language Model-Based Classification and Mapping of Personality Traits from Geo-Social Media
PRESENTER: Dirk Burghardt
09:45
Automatic Schematization of Transit Networks: An Algorithmic Approach
PRESENTER: Florian Hruby
10:00
Enhancing Automation in Dot Distribution Maps: From Algorithm to User
10:15
Distilling Institutional Memory: A Human-AI Symbiosis Framework for Cartographic Quality Assurance in UN Peace Operations
10:30-11:00Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Session 2A: Atlas Cartography
Location: Library Hall
11:00
The Atlas as Stage – Contemporary Atlas Practices and the Reconfiguration of Spatial Knowledge.
11:15
Atlas Explorer: A Research Tool for Atlas Cartography
11:30
The New Digital Atlas of Israel: Transitioning from Print to an Interactive National Cartographic Knowledge Hub
11:45
Visualising Conflict/Peace: Atlas as a format for critical, reflexive and multiperspective (geo)visualisation practices
PRESENTER: Mela Zuljevic
12:00
Three Czech National Atlases: Will There Ever Be a Fourth?
12:15
Improving the Accessibility of the Swiss Cadastral Web Map Service – a Visualization Redesign
11:00-12:30 Session 2B: Cartographic Design
Location: F1
11:00
Find your type: Sparking map-makers' interest in typography
PRESENTER: Jakob Listabarth
11:15
Mapping with a Sense of Place: Methods for Generating Place-Specific Map Colors and Symbols
PRESENTER: Shangjing Jiang
11:30
Cartographic Arc: The Art of Storytelling in Map Design
PRESENTER: Clarisse Aubert
11:45
Map Design: What If Less Isn’t More?
PRESENTER: Sacha Schlumpf
12:00
Maps as Our New Custodian: Navigating Knowledge in Space and Time
12:15
Accessible Tactile Cartography and Art through Desktop UV Relief Printing
PRESENTER: Jan Brus
12:30-14:00Lunch Break
13:00-14:00 Session 3A: POSTER SESSION I
MapLogger: A Client-Side Tool for Logging User Interaction in Web Map Usability Studies
PRESENTER: Tomas Vanicek
Cartographic Generalization in the Automated Generation of Multiscale Cartographic Representations of Rock Formations
PRESENTER: Günter Kyncl
Machine Learning-Based Coastline Classification for Semantic Enrichment in Map Generalization
Design and Evaluation of an Interactive Geoportal for Personalized Travel Planning using Map Imitation Techniques
PRESENTER: Lesly Bautista
An Open-Source YOLO & QGIS Workflow for Geospatial Object Detection
PRESENTER: Jakub Šperka
Privacy, Utility, and Trade-off: A Framework for Evaluating Spatial Aggregation in Mobility Flow Visualization
Automated Extraction and Cartographic Visualisation of Agricultural Machinery Trajectories to Assess Soil Erosion Risks: A Proof-of-Concept Study
PRESENTER: Daniel Kašík
What happens to urban metabolism when you put it on a map? Towards a cartographic methodology for spatializing socio-metabolic urban dynamics.
Measuring the Impact of AI Adoption on the Sustainability of OpenStreetMap
One-Stop and Low-Barrier: A GPT-Powered Crisis Mapping Solution for Emergency Responders
PRESENTER: Nianhua Liu
Design and Evaluation of a 3D Cartographic Prototype for Visualizing Urban Thermal Stress at City-Block Scale
PRESENTER: Yi-Ru Liang
AI-Prompted Workflows for Building Footprint Extraction from LiDAR Data: A Comparative Analysis with Traditional GIS Methods
The Semantic Map Method: Visualizing Spatial Perception
PRESENTER: Jan Mikoláš
Research on cartographic literacy initiated by Ján Pravda based on map reading – background, approaches, and results
Evolution, Trends, and Challenges of GeoAI in Cartography: A Systematic Review during the period 2000-2024
Establishing International Normative Values for Spatial Thinking Skills Across World Cultural Regions: A Multilevel Investigation of Individual and Cultural Factors
PRESENTER: Alaattin Arıkan
14:00-15:30 Session 4A: Geovisualization & Visual Analytics
Location: Library Hall
14:00
Communicating Uncertainty in Journalistic Maps: Perspectives from a Data Journalism Research Project
14:15
Towards a Framework for Measuring User Engagement in Geovisualizations Based on Open Data
PRESENTER: Andrea Miletić
14:30
Making vivid maps: expressive geovisualization for representing spatial vulnerability
PRESENTER: Zhaoxu Sui
14:45
Is There Consistency in Visualising Missing Data? A Review of Existing Approaches
15:00
Visualization and animation trials of 3D geospatial marine oceanographic datasets
PRESENTER: Saana Järvinen
15:15
Geovisualization of Mobility Patterns using Multisource Data: A Case Study at Envelopa Campus, Olomouc, Czechia
PRESENTER: Maria Fedyszyn
14:00-15:30 Session 4B: LIGHTNING TALKS I
Location: F1
14:00
From User Input to Augmented Tourist Map Design: A User-Centred Workflow
PRESENTER: Iva Cibilic
14:05
Detecting Trade Clusters with TradeNetVis: A User Study
PRESENTER: Annika Bonerath
14:10
Evaluation of automated orienteering map design possibilities for Czechia
PRESENTER: Radek Barvir
14:15
The importance of topographic maps for primary school age groups
14:20
Topographic Maps as Risk Interfaces: Visualising Geomorphological Hazards for Outdoor Decision-Making
14:25
Enhancing Arctic Resilience through Citizen Science and AI-based Mapping for Marine Pollution Control
14:30
How spatial data is used for informed decision making in mountain rescuing? Case study of Polish mountain rescuing organizations
14:35
Rethinking Cartographic Generalization in Mixed Reality for Dynamic Mobility Scenarios
PRESENTER: Nianhua Liu
14:40
Evolution of Soundscape Mapping: Insights from a Bibliometric and Spatio-thematic Analysis (1980–2026)
14:45
GIS Applications for Military Logistics Planning: Study from Czechia
PRESENTER: Filip Dohnal
14:50
Cartographic Visualization in Sports Broadcasting: Spatial Analysis and Geospatial Insights
PRESENTER: Saba Modebadze
14:55
3D Reconstruction of the Extinct Vlašim – Dolní Kralovice Railway in Czechia
15:00
Real-time in-situ biodiversity recording utilizing UAV mapping and web-application synergy
15:05
Some Issues of Mapping Landscape-Geophysical Space-Temporal Characteristics (Geomasses) and Map Analysis
15:30-16:00Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Session 5A: Interactive Map Interfaces
Location: Library Hall
16:00
«Base Map» - a new vector tiles-based map for mobile applications
PRESENTER: Mark Wigley
16:15
Smartphone holding styles and easy-to-reach zones on mobile map apps
16:30
GazeDeck: Multi-Glasses Gaze Interactions on Arbitrary Cartographic Surfaces
16:45
Inconsistent panning and zooming in globe views across leading geospatial services
17:00
Geospatial Knowledge Organisation of a National Map in AI Driven Ecosystems
PRESENTER: Markus Jobst
17:15
Did You Miss Anything in Your Map? Introducing MapCheck: A Checklist-Based Evaluation Tool
PRESENTER: Radek Barvir
16:00-17:30 Session 5B: Spatial Cognition & Navigation
Location: F1
16:00
Take Me Home: How Locomotion Methods in Virtual Reality Affect Path Integration Performance
PRESENTER: Denise O'Meara
16:15
Self-Orientation, Eye Movements, and Wayfinding Efficiency in an Orienteering Simulator
PRESENTER: Paweł Cybulski
16:30
Relationship between different spatial ability questionnaires, spatial orientation, and mental rotation
PRESENTER: Annika Korte
16:45
Usability Evaluation of Interactive Cartographic Visualisations by means of Eye-tracking
PRESENTER: Tomas Vanicek
17:00
Towards Standardization for Mapping Indoor Environment
PRESENTER: Dušan Petrovič
17:15
User testing of reading maps with a dark background
Thursday, September 10th

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09:00-10:30 Session 7A: Thematic Mapping
Chair:
Location: Library Hall
09:00
Mapping uncertainties in the United Nations peace operations
09:15
Mapping medical infrastructure, mines, and veterans as potential predictors of the worship of Asclepius in Roman Dacia
PRESENTER: Lucie Marková
09:30
Where are the small islands? Raising their visibility through vignettes on global maps
PRESENTER: Serena Coetzee
09:45
Blending with Intent: Color Design for Bivariate Thematic Maps
10:00
Beyond Winner-Takes-All: Evaluating Grid Cartograms for a More Differentiated Representation of German Election Results
10:15
Selection of a Suitable Cartographic Projection for the State Area
09:00-10:30 Session 7B: GeoAI & Data-driven Cartography
Location: F1
09:00
From 75 Million Images to a Verified Dataset of Statistical Maps: A Multi-Stage Extraction Pipeline Combining Active Learning and Vision Language Models
PRESENTER: Marta Solarz
09:15
Automated Settlement Label Placement with Contrast and Clutter Optimization
PRESENTER: David Šklíba
09:30
Advancing Graph Convolutional Networks to Improve Road Network Selection for Small-Scale Maps
PRESENTER: Albert Adolf
09:45
Research on Natural-Language-Triggered Automatic Generation of Disaster Maps
PRESENTER: Yong Wang
10:00
Information Distortion and Cartographic Quality in AI-Generated Thematic Maps
PRESENTER: Kacper Sobczak
10:15
Automated Mapping of Urban Green Spaces Using Object-Based Image Analysis with Application to European Cities
PRESENTER: Rafael Osvald
10:30-11:00Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Session 8A: Cartography & Education
Location: Library Hall
11:00
Exploring a blended learning approach with maps for developing sense of place
PRESENTER: Serena Coetzee
11:15
From first encounters to expertise? Pupils’ understanding of contour lines across educational levels
11:30
From Daily Life to the Future: Cultivating Spatial Literacy and Sustainability Awareness through the World Children’s Map Competition
11:45
Cartography versus Geomatics Education in Switzerland
12:00
Metrics for evaluating mosaic cartograms
PRESENTER: Petra Krsková
12:15
Towards cartographic xR representation – case topobathymetric hypsometric colouring
PRESENTER: Pyry Kettunen
11:00-12:30 Session 8B: Atlas Cartography II
Location: F1
11:00
Atlas of Switzerland Web: Genesis of a Web Atlas
PRESENTER: Luca Gaia
11:15
Enhancing a Printed Vltava River Atlas with Augmented Reality
11:30
Who does it belong to? How atlas maps show border changes
11:45
New printed edition of the National Atlas of Spain: Part VI. Social services and facilities
12:00
Dynamic Contextualization: Redefining User-Driven Base Map Interaction within the Atlas of Switzerland Web
12:15
Tactile Atlas of Nigeria: Development of educational cartographic materials about Nigeria for students with visual impairments
PRESENTER: Bamidele Oke
12:30-14:00Lunch Break
13:00-14:00 Session 9: POSTER SESSION II
Development of a Regional Atlas Series and Interactive Web Atlas in Georgia
PRESENTER: Roman Kumladze
Interpreting Vineyard Landscape Heritage Through Historical Military Maps and LiDAR Data: The Little Carpathians Case Study (Slovakia)
PRESENTER: Šárka Mindova
Ensemble Machine Learning and Derivative Spectroscopy for Robust Estimation of Plant Physiological Traits in Precision Viticulture
PRESENTER: Marco Lutz
Scrolling Through the Heat: Evaluating User Engagement in an Interactive Map-Based Narrative of Urban Heat Across European Cities
Cartographic Representation of African History: Ethiopia and Eritrea, 1875-1914
Cartographic Image vs. Reality: Spatial Overlay Analysis of Maps Depicting the Czech-German Ethnic Border (1840s–1930s)
PRESENTER: Petra Justova
Heat vulnerability index mapping across spatial scales: effects of data sources and resolution in urban environments
PRESENTER: Hana Bobáľová
Assessment of Water Presence in River Channels Using Airborne LiDAR Data
From 2D to 3D: Teachers' perspectives on 3D printed models in geography education
Designing for Understanding: Map Literacy and Heat Risk Communication for Non-Expert Audiences
Mapping Sustainable Development Goals at the Regional Scale: A Student Perspective
Communication Networks: From Early Modern Moravia to Contemporary Czech Republic
Mapping tourism potential: a GIS based analytical model applied to Aragón, Spain
When a Historical Map Comes Back to Life: The Janovice Estate (1759) in a Digital Environment
14:00-15:30 Session 10A: 3D Geovisualization
Location: Library Hall
14:00
Digital twins for understanding territorial dynamics: A case study of the Moria Camp, Lesvos, Greece
14:15
Topographic databases in the creation of immersive geovisualizations for natural heritage sites
14:30
Indications of (not so clear) Gender Differences in VR-based Urban Fear Spaces
PRESENTER: Katrin Reichert
14:45
Concept of a Geospatial Digital Twin for Crisis Management and Military Applications: Information Scope and Data Modelling
15:00
Beyond 3D Models: Leveraging multiscale 3D Geovisualization and GeoBIM for Next-Generation PropTech Applications
15:15
Automated 3D Modelling of LoD2 Buildings Based on Data of Aerial Laser Scanning
14:00-15:30 Session 10B: LIGHTNING TALKS II
Location: F1
14:00
Are We Truly Exploiting the Potential of Geospatial Data? The Case of Territorial Differentiation in Lithuania
14:05
Statistical Atlas on the Gender Equality Index
14:10
Map Generalization using Deep Learning and Constraints: Best of both worlds?
14:15
Automated detection of terrain depressions in spatial data using a contour tree-based approach
PRESENTER: Vojtěch Müller
14:20
An inconsistency detection and processing method for patch boundary under multiple constraints (abstract)
PRESENTER: Hongmei Yin
14:25
Features of the Armenian National Spatial Data Infrastructure Development
PRESENTER: Narek Kroyan
14:30
Early Lessons from Adapting the Colouring Cities Framework for Graz, Austria
PRESENTER: Thibaud Chassin
14:35
Dynamic Cartography of Terrain Mobility: A GeoAI and Web Mapping Approach to Passability Assessment
14:40
Automating construction of cartographic ontology for transparent map-making decisions
PRESENTER: Xiaolong Wang
14:45
Geographical Information System of Landscapes of Georgia
PRESENTER: Zurab Laoshvili
14:50
Deterministic Edge Extraction and Generalization for 3D Cartography
PRESENTER: Dennis Dvorak
14:55
Geographic entity matching based on spatial and semantic features (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yao Cheng
15:00
Geographical and Cartometric Analysis of the State Border in a High-Mountain Region (from a case study of the Georgian-Russian state border – the Abkhazian section of the Caucasus)
PRESENTER: Revaz Tolordava
15:05
Typical Road Network Spatial Structure Recognition and Intelligent Selection Scheme Recommendation Coupling Semantic-Spatial Features (abstract)
PRESENTER: Wenjuan Lu
15:30-16:00Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Session 11A: Mobility Visualization
Chair:
Location: Library Hall
16:00
Do bushfire spread prediction maps encourage people to take appropriate protective actions?
PRESENTER: Amy Griffin
16:15
Assessing agricultural landscape diversity between 2022 and 2023 using rectangular and hexagonal grid frameworks
PRESENTER: Matej Blazsek
16:30
Visualizing Animal Movement in Static Maps: A Case Study of White Stork Migration
16:45
Designing Uncertainty Visualization for Noise Map
17:00
Mapping Early Modern Mobility: From Fragmentary Sources to Spatial Patterns
17:15
Visualizing minibus taxi availability in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
PRESENTER: Serena Coetzee
16:00-17:30 Session 11B: Participatory & Inclusive Mapping
Location: F1
16:00
The Arctic, a Personal Project or: Lessons and Observations When Working with Content that Continuously Evolves
16:15
Cartographic Implications of Geometry Choice in Participatory Mapping: A Comparative Study of Two-Wheeled Urban Mobility in Olomouc and Reykjavík
PRESENTER: Jiri Panek
16:30
City center tactile map produced by 3d printing
16:45
Cartographic aspects of processing, visualization and publication of emotional mapping data
PRESENTER: Jakub Konicek
17:00
Meta-Photoatlases as Semiotic Knowledge Models: From Atlasgraphy to Atlas Semiotics
PRESENTER: Saba Modebadze
17:15
From Observation to Participation: Redefining Cartography for Sustainable Development Through a Small Island Workshop
PRESENTER: Jan Brus
Friday, September 11th

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09:00-10:30 Session 14A: Web Cartography
Location: Library Hall
09:00
Prompt cartography (or: How I learned a map is only worth 1000 words)
09:15
Next-Generation Vector Tiles Cartography
09:30
Redraw the map: a web application for polygon schematization
PRESENTER: Jakob Listabarth
09:45
3D-Geo-Vis: A Geovisualization Tool for Visual Analysis of Thematic Data in 3D
PRESENTER: Jakub Zejdlik
10:00
Does Your Mapped Variable Add Up? Statistical Guardrails for Web-Based Cartogram Generation
PRESENTER: Michael Gastner
10:15
Maps of European Biodiversity Typology
09:00-10:30 Session 14B: Applied Cartography
Location: F1
09:00
Multicriteria Assessment of Cemeteries as Urban Green Spaces: The Case of Vilnius City Municipality
09:15
Geometric comparison of open Microsoft Building Footprints and official data - a case study from Poland.
09:30
Urban Heat Islands in Olomouc: A Geospatial Identification of Thermal Patterns, Urban Structure, and Human Perception
PRESENTER: Annabelle Kiefer
09:45
Rethinking urban green space accessibility through a GIS-based perspective in Yerevan, Armenia
PRESENTER: Artak Piloyan
10:00
Approximation of the best conformal map projection for the territory of Hungary
10:15
A Framework for Reconstructing Street Name and Geometry Changes Over Time: The Case of Liberec
PRESENTER: Daniel Vrbik
10:30-11:00Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Session 15A: Cartographic Heritage
Location: Library Hall
11:00
170 years of Cartography at ETH Zurich: the Contributions to Relief Cartography
11:15
How Portolan Charts Could Have Been Assembled Utilising Cartographic Sources from Classical Antiquity
11:30
Heaven and Earth – How Early Cartographers Inscribed Terrestrial Routes into the Sky
PRESENTER: Kai Helge Wirth
11:45
Creation and Use of Topographic Maps in Georgia – History and Modernity
PRESENTER: Tedo Gorgodze
12:00
Topographic Cues in Cultural Heritage Exploration: A User-Based Map Study in the Poznań Fortress Area
PRESENTER: Jakub Zawadzki
12:15
Visual semiotics of nautical charts of the Adriatic Sea (13th–19th centuries): encoding power, identity and territory
11:00-12:30 Session 15B: Applied Cartography II
Location: F1
11:00
The data context gap in cartography textbooks and handbooks
11:15
Mapping for inter-species democracy: a perspectivist map of ecological relations
11:30
What Do Experts Trust in Maps?
11:45
How Individual Differences Influence Indoor Emergency Escape Training under 2D Mini-maps and X-ray Visualizations: A Webcam User Study
PRESENTER: Nianhua Liu
12:00
Neural-Based Cartographic Relief Shading for Alberta
12:15
The concept of spatio-temporal cartography: system, connections, functions