OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Cartography and Geographic Information Science is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
A variation on the Chamberlin trimetric map projection	87
Algorithmic uncertainties in geolocating social media data for disaster management	35
Environmental justice implications of flood risk in the contiguous United States – a spatiotemporal assessment of flood exposure change from 2001 to 2019	24
Evaluating the performance of gaze interaction for map target selection	20
Image-based approximation of derivatives of traditional differential metrics of angular distortion in map projections	20
Sensing the pulse of the pandemic: unveiling the geographical and demographic disparities of public sentiment toward COVID-19 through social media	19
A comparison of performance using extrinsic and intrinsic bivariate cartographic visualizations with respect to cognitive style in experienced map users	19
Mapping 3-D classroom seats based on partial object point cloud completion	16
Geography education improves spatial ability: evidence from fMRI and behavioral experiments	15
Measuring and mapping long-term changes in migration flows using population-scale family tree data	15
A learning-based approach to automatically evaluate the quality of sequential color schemes for maps	13
Design Techniques for COVID-19 Story Maps: A Quantitative Content Analysis	12
Terrain representation using orientation	12
An area preserving method for improved categorical raster resampling	12
Impact of travel time uncertainties on modeling of spatial accessibility: a comparison of street data sources	11
A systematic review of application development in augmented reality navigation research	11
MultiLineStringNet: a deep neural network for linear feature set recognition	11
Urban infrastructure audit: an effective protocol to digitize signalized intersections by mining street view images	10
Advancing indoor risk mapping for virus transmission of infectious diseases through geographic scenario simulation	10
Cognitive mapping of indoor environments: constructing an indoor navigation network from crowdsourced indoor route descriptions	10
An exploratory assessment of the effectiveness of geomasking methods on privacy protection and analytical accuracy for individual-level geospatial data	10
Human-centered avalanche susceptibility mapping (H-CASM): shifting the cartographic emphasis of backcountry avalanche susceptibility maps	9
A deep learning approach for polyline and building simplification based on graph autoencoder with flexible constraints	9
Isoline extraction based on a global hexagonal grid	9
Polyline simplification based on the artificial neural network with constraints of generalization knowledge	9

DeepMapScaler: a workflow of deep neural networks for the generation of generalised maps	8
A conceptual framework for developing dashboards for big mobility data	8
Machine learning in cartography	8
Keeping walls straight: data model and training set size matter for deep learning in building generalization	8
Natural language processing meets spatial time series analysis and geovisualization: identifying and visualizing spatio-topical sentiment trends on Twitter	7
Inferring implicit 3D representations from human figures on pictorial maps	7
Visual programming-based Geospatial Cyberinfrastructure for open-source GIS education 3.0	7
Global-TRANSIT: modeling global historic sailing using a least-cost surface analysis	7
A chorem-based approach to visualizing COVID-19-related data	7
A large language model-based agent for wayfinding: simulation of spatial perception and memory	7
MapGPT: an autonomous framework for mapping by integrating large language model and cartographic tools	7
Urban thermal map design considerations: color, shading, and resolution	7
Exploring the impact of spatial autocorrelation on optimistic bias in cross-validation and assessing the effectiveness of spatial cross-validation	6
Bringing ethics to cartography and geographic information science: AutoCarto 2022	6
A reinterpreted-texture strategy for rendering point symbols based on graphics processing unit	6
Replicable and extensible spatial data acquisition	6
SNoMaN: a visual analytic tool for spatial social network mapping and analysis	6
Point, polygon, or marker? In search of the best geographic entity for mapping cultural ecosystem services using the online public participation geographic information systems tool, “My Green Place”	6
The effect of map label language on the visual search of cartographic point symbols	6
Multiple representations in geospatial databases, the brain’s spatial cells, and deep learning algorithms	5
Risk perception evaluation of epidemic maps using event-related potentials	5
Using a negative spatial auto-correlation index to evaluate and improve intrinsic tag map’s multi-scale visualization capabilities	5
Automatic translation of human route descriptions into schematic maps for indoor navigation	5
A systematic approach for assessing the importance of visual differences in reproduced maps	5
Research on map emotional semantics using deep learning approach	4
Bringing spatial interaction measures into multi-criteria assessment of redistricting plans using interactive web mapping	4
Discovering spatiotemporal flow patterns: where the origin–destination map meets empirical orthogonal function decomposition	4
Population downscaling using high-resolution, temporally-rich U.S. property data	4
Not simply a circle: directional You-Are-Here symbol design improves the usability of indoor layout maps	4
Detecting common features from point patterns for similarity measurement using matrix decomposition	4
Mixed reality-based coordinate system for enhancing survey knowledge acquisition: a study on allocentric and egocentric perspectives	4
Characterizing behaviors of territorial-dispute-related mapping in OpenStreetMap	4
How does your viewing perspective matter for decision-making with flood risk maps?*	4
The promise of excess mobility analysis: measuring episodic-mobility with geotagged social media data	4
User-defined mid-air gestures for multiscale GIS interface interaction	4
Exploring cartographic genealogies through deformation analysis: case studies on ancient maps and synthetic data	4
Integration of heterogeneous terrain data into Discrete Global Grid Systems	4
Dimensions of uncertainty: a spatiotemporal review of five COVID-19 datasets	4
Detection of discrepancies between nautical charts and new survey data using GIS techniques	3
A study on the aptitude of color hue, value, and transparency for geographic relevance encoding in mobile maps	3
Methodical testing of tactile cartographic signs in isolation and in context	3
Mapping trajectories and flows: facilitating a human-centered approach to movement data analytics	3
Label-based generalization of bathymetry data for hydrographic sounding selection	3
An extended spatiotemporal exposure index for urban racial segregation	3
Proxemic maps for immersive visualization	3
A fast grid generation algorithm for local irregular parts of hexagonal discrete global grid systems	3
An approach for multi-scale urban building data integration and enrichment through geometric matching and semantic web	3
Why we can read maps	3
A user-centric optimization of emergency map symbols to facilitate common operational picture	3
A geographical and content-based approach to prioritize relevant and reliable tweets for emergency management	3

A personalized activity-based spatiotemporal risk mapping approach to the COVID-19 pandemic	3
A framework to evaluate the effectiveness of web-based geo-participation tools as a public participation technique	3
Progressive merging of blocks taking into account functional semantics and grid features	2
The role of user context in the design of mobile map applications	2
A feasibility study of applying generative deep learning models for map labeling	2
Digitally derived trail terrain metrics	2
Editorial	2
GeospatRE: extraction and geocoding of spatial relation entities in textual documents	2
An improved hidden Markov model-based map matching algorithm considering candidate point grouping and trajectory connectivity	2
Extended insights into the landmark attraction effect - the role of semantic salience, multiple landmarks, and additional spatial reference points	2
Overlooked voices under strict lockdown: mapping humanitarian needs in 2022 Shanghai COVID-19 outbreak	2
A point selection method in map generalization using graph convolutional network model	2
Artificial intelligence studies in cartography: a review and synthesis of methods, applications, and ethics	2
MixMap : a user-driven approach to place-based semantic similarity	2
Adapting mobile map application designs to map use context: a review and call for action on potential future research themes	2