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Session 1: Thematic Mapping (summary and speakers biographies [PDF])

Death's Designs: Mapping explosive remnants of war - by Chris Going, GeoInformation Hitoric
Representing large multivariate datasets in a single choropleth map: the use of ultidimensional scaling to inform colour allocations - by James Cheshire, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, UCL
How do you fit millions of people into an event safely? - by Ralph Diment, Intergraph UK Ltd [SLIDESHOW]

Topological trail mapping for winter sports - by Dr Ken Field, Kingston University

Session 2: Cartographic Representation (summary and speakers biographies [PDF])

Imaging of geochemical data by interpolation within geological boundaries - by Claire McGinn, Geological Survey NI [SLIDESHOW]

Automated schematization using open standards - challenges and opportunities - by Dr Suchith Anand, Nottingham University [SLIDESHOW]

Smoothing coarse resolution raster for integration with vector data (applied to GeoSure) - by Diego Diaz Doce, British Geological Survey [SLIDESHOW]

Session 3: Maps in the Media (summary and speakers biographies [PDF])

Media Cartography: Television news maps in Hong Kong - by Phoebe Tak-Ting Pang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The World of the News: Cartography in the UK 'quality' press - 199 and 2009 - by Prof. Peter Vujakovic, Canterbury Christ Church University
Cartobibliography: mapping the spatial context of micro-blogging - by Dr Ken Field, Kingston University

Session 4: Visualization of Place (summary and speakers biographies [PDF])

What does 'realistic' mean? Issues relating to defining the accuracy of 3D digital representation of place - by Rollo Home, Met Geo Info Ltd [SLIDESHOW]

Mapping UK Sea Space - by John Pepper Consultancy [SLIDESHOW]

Maps in Motion: Story telling with Open Data - by Christopher Osbourne, ITO World Ltd [SLIDESHOW]

The role of the cartographer in the mashup age - by Tom Timms, Star-Apic [SLIDESHOW]

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