This book is a fully refereed set of chapters relating to completed research presented at the 5th GeoCart conference on cartography, to be held in Auckland, New Zealand on September 1st to 4th, 2010. As such, it is a representative, valuable and timely selection of the state-of-the-art in this study area, with contributions from leading researchers worldwide. The structure of the book incorporates sections on cartographic representation and applications, but also hopefully exploratory geovisualisation, spatial cognition and usability (depending on the nature of contributions).

This book contains selected papers from participants at the 4th National Cartographic Conference GeoCart'2008, held in Auckland, New Zealand in September 2008. It provides a contribution to the literature related to contemporary Geoinformation and Cartography as part of the Springer - ries "Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography." The series aims to provide publications that highlight the research and professional acti- ties taking place in this exciting discipline area. Books published thus far cover a wide range of topics and their content reflects the diverse nature of interests...

This book is a selection of chapters evolved from papers on completed research submitted to GeoCart'2010 / the 1st ICA Regional Symposium on Cartography for Australasia and Oceania, held in Auckland, New Zealand, 1st -3rd September 2010.