This book is an important volume in the series on the state-of-art
research in Cartography and GI Science. It is a collection of selected
peer-reviewed papers organized into contemporary topics of research,
presented at the 27th International Cartographic Conference (ICC) in Rio
de Janeiro. This is the 3rd edition of selected ICA conference papers
published by Springer Lectures in Geoinformation and Cartography. The
conference topic is "maps connecting the world," and Brazilian
cartographers and geo-information scientists are honored to welcome
their peers from all over the world to the event, which will present
some of the most important recent advances in cartography research and
GI science. The most relevant papers will be selected for the Springer
book and these will be organized into five sections according to topic
area to provide a valuable cartography and GI science reference work