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
Chair:
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 PRESENTER: Izabela Gołębiowska |
| 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 PRESENTER: María Caudevilla-Lamban |
| 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 PRESENTER: Stanislav Popelka |
09:00-10:30 Session 1B: GeoAI, Machine Learning & Ethics
Chair:
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 PRESENTER: Natalia Dziuba-Brauner |
| 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
Chair:
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 PRESENTER: Carolin Bronowicz |
11:00-12:30 Session 2B: Cartographic Design
Chair:
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 PRESENTER: Andriani Skopeliti |
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 PRESENTER: Suphaphong Sirinapaphan |
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 PRESENTER: Renata Ďuračiová |
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 PRESENTER: Alexandra Benová |
Evolution, Trends, and Challenges of GeoAI in Cartography: A Systematic Review during the period 2000-2024 PRESENTER: Vassilios Krassanakis |
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
Chair:
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 PRESENTER: Merve Polat Kayali |
| 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
Chair:
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 PRESENTER: Sopio Gorgijanidze |
| 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 PRESENTER: Apostolos Papakonstantinou |
| 14:30 | How spatial data is used for informed decision making in mountain rescuing? Case study of Polish mountain rescuing organizations PRESENTER: Katarzyna Borczon |
| 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 PRESENTER: František Mužík |
| 15:00 | Real-time in-situ biodiversity recording utilizing UAV mapping and web-application synergy PRESENTER: Ermioni Eirini Papadopoulou |
15:30-16:00Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Session 5A: Interactive Map Interfaces
Chair:
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 PRESENTER: Wojciech Rymarkiewicz |
| 16:30 | GazeDeck: Multi-Glasses Gaze Interactions on Arbitrary Cartographic Surfaces PRESENTER: Michaela Vojtechovska |
| 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
Chair:
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 PRESENTER: Barbora Jančová |
17:30-18:00 Session 6: New ICA Research Agenda - Panel Discussion (Georg Gartner & Haosheng Huang)
Chair:
Location: Library Hall
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 PRESENTER: Paula Berenike Mennerich |
| 10:15 | Selection of a Suitable Cartographic Projection for the State Area |
09:00-10:30 Session 7B: GeoAI & Data-driven Cartography
Chair:
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
Chair:
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 PRESENTER: Lenka Krajňáková |
| 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
Chair:
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 PRESENTER: František Mužík |
| 11:30 | Who does it belong to? How atlas maps show border changes PRESENTER: Marcin Wereszczyński |
| 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 PRESENTER: Christian Wohlert |
| 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 |
Some Issues of Mapping Landscape-Geophysical Space-Temporal Characteristics (Geomasses) and Map Analysis PRESENTER: Robert Maghlakelidze |
Scrolling Through the Heat: Evaluating User Engagement in an Interactive Map-Based Narrative of Urban Heat Across European Cities PRESENTER: Alikhan Beisenbayev |
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 PRESENTER: Oldřich Mokruša |
Designing for Understanding: Map Literacy and Heat Risk Communication for Non-Expert Audiences PRESENTER: Devita Remala Sari |
Mapping Sustainable Development Goals at the Regional Scale: A Student Perspective PRESENTER: Anna Auermüllerová |
Communication Networks: From Early Modern Moravia to Contemporary Czech Republic PRESENTER: Gabriela Godiskova |
Mapping tourism potential: a GIS based analytical model applied to Aragón, Spain PRESENTER: Maria Caudevilla-Lambán |
When a Historical Map Comes Back to Life: The Janovice Estate (1759) in a Digital Environment PRESENTER: Stanislav Popelka |
14:00-15:30 Session 10A: 3D Geovisualization
Chair:
Location: Library Hall
| 14:00 | Digital twins for understanding territorial dynamics: A case study of the Moria Camp, Lesvos, Greece PRESENTER: Ermioni Eirini Papadopoulou |
| 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 PRESENTER: Apostolos Papakonstantinou |
| 15:15 | Automated 3D Modelling of LoD2 Buildings Based on Data of Aerial Laser Scanning |
14:00-15:30 Session 10B: LIGHTNING TALKS II
Chair:
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 PRESENTER: Ana Kuveždić Divjak |
| 16:45 | Designing Uncertainty Visualization for Noise Map PRESENTER: Zulfa Nuraini Afifah |
| 17:00 | Mapping Early Modern Mobility: From Fragmentary Sources to Spatial Patterns PRESENTER: Josef Műnzberger |
| 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
Chair:
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 PRESENTER: Andriani Skopeliti |
| 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
Chair:
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 PRESENTER: Petra Ďuriančíková |
| 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
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Location: F1
| 09:00 | Multicriteria Assessment of Cemeteries as Urban Green Spaces: The Case of Vilnius City Municipality PRESENTER: Augustas Reikertas |
| 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
Chair:
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
Chair:
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 PRESENTER: Nicolás Martínez Heredia |
| 11:30 | What Do Experts Trust in Maps? PRESENTER: Evlalia Karagianni |
| 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 |