This special issue of Geomatica will highlight recent developments and achievements in Canadian cartography. Researchers or practitioners in geomatics are invited to contribute to this issue by submitting a paper related to any aspect of the mapping sciences. Topics may include, but are not limited to, those listed below. This special cartographic issue of Geomatica will be included as part of Canada’s National Report at the 2007 International Cartographic Conference in Moscow.

• Map Design and Production
• Education and Training in Geomatics
• Mapping and GIS for Sustainable Development
• Spatial Data Infrastructures and Standards
• Spatial Database Management and Incremental Updating
• Generalization and Multiple Representation
• Satellite Imagery for Natural Resource Management
• Mobile Mapping and Navigation Systems
• National and Regional Atlases
• Copyright and Spatial Data Access
• Animation and Multimedia Cartography
• History of Cartography
• Digital Elevation Models and Mountain Cartography
• Cartography and Children
• Interactive Web-based Data Visualization
• Planetary Mapping
• Map Projections, GPS and Geodesy
• Maps for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Medical and Health Services Mapping
• Advertising and Tourist Mapping
• Research and Development: New Products
• Semiotics and Cartographic Theory
• Gender and Cartography
• Census Cartography
• Hydrographic and Marine Cartography
• Participatory and Community Mapping
• Indigenous Mapping
• Ubiquitous, Pervasive and Internet Mapping
• Spatial Data Quality and Uncertainty
• Cybercartography
• Aeronautical Cartography
• Military Mapping
• Toponymy
• Mapping Time
• Emergency Response Systems and Disaster Mapping
• Recreational Mapping and Orienteering

Up to six papers will be selected for this special cartography issue. Manuscripts should be prepared according to the Instructions to Authors of Geomatica. Papers will be selected and reviewed based upon their suitability for this special issue and with reference to the current Reviewer’s Guide for Geomatica. Please submit papers to:

Dr. Janet E. Mersey, Guest Editor
Department of Geography
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1

Tel: 519-824-4120 (ext. 53528); Fax: 519-837-2940