Web Cartography: About the book, site, authors and so on

Staffmembers of the division "Geoinformatics, Cartography, Visualization" worked as a team to produce the book on Web Cartography and the supporting website. Here you see the authors and creators of the book and website. Just click on a picture to obtain more information on an author.

Last updated May 17, 2001

Menno-Jan Kraak - Professor in Geoinformatics, Cartography and Visualisation.
Editor of the book and author of chapters 1,2,5 and 10.
Interests: Exploratory Cartography; Web Cartography; Temporal mapping.
Email: kraak@itc.nl / Homepage: http://www.itc.nl/~kraak

Connie Blok - Assistant Professor Cartographic Visualisation.
Author of chapter 11 on web maps and weather.
Interests: Geovisualisation; representation of (dynamic) geospatial phenomena; cartographic animation; perception and cognition in relation to geovisualisation; weather maps on the Web.
Email: blok@itc.nl

Barend Köbben - Lecturer Cartographic Visualisation.
Author of chapter 6 on publishing maps on the web and technical support website construction.
Interests: Cartographic visualisation techniques; Internet Cartography; Multimedia Cartography; Cartographic Animation.
Email: kobben@itc.nl / Homepage: http://kartoweb.itc.nl/kobben/

Ton Mank - Instructor Cartographic Visualisation.
Designer of website and production of chapter figures.
Interests: Thematic Cartography; Map and symbol design; Map layout and legend design; Typography; Map production.
Email: mank@itc.nl

Wim Feringa - Cartographic Production & DTP / Instructor.
Author of appendices, production of chapter figures and technical support website design.
Interests: Cartographic Production Techniques; Map Production; DeskTop Publishing; WWW Publishing.
Email: feringa@itc.nl

Allan Brown - Assistant Professor Cartographic Visualistion.
Editor of the book and author of chapter nine: web maps and tourists.
Interests: Generalisation; Colour.
Email: brown@itc.nl

Richard Knippers - Lecturer Cartographic Visualisation
Database implementation of 'search' part of website.
Interests: Topographic Mapping; Mapping Agencies; Georeferencing; Image Mapping; 3D-Modelling.
Email: knippers@itc.nl

Jeroen van den Worm - Instructor Cartographic Visualisation.
Author of chapter 7: Web design in practice and production of figures chapter 7.
Interests: Thematic cartography; Map and symbol design;Map layout and mapdesign; Digital map production.
Email: worm@itc.nl

Corné van Elzakker - Assistant Professor Cartographic Visualisation.
Author of chapter 3 and 4 on web map- use and users.
Interests: Thematic cartography; Map use; Atlas information systems; Map and symbol design / cartographic semiology; Use of maps on the Internet.
Email: elzakker@itc.nl / Homepage: http://www.itc.nl/~elzakker

Willy Kock - Instructor Cartographic Visualisation
Implementation of the literature database of this site..
Interests: Topographic mappin;g Photo- and image mapping; 3D terrain modelling; Map production.
Email: kock@itc.nl

Nicoline Emmer - Project Assistant Cartography and Visualisation.
Author of chapter 12 on web maps and road traffic and coordination and implementation of website production.
Interests: webcartography; use of maps on the Internet; thematic cartography.
Email: emmer@itc.nl / Homepage: http:www.itc.nl/~emmer

Rob Hootsmans - was working for the ITC as an Assistant Professor Cartography and Visualistion up to 09.01.2000. He is now working for the province of Noord-Brabant.
Author of chapter nine on web maps and National Mapping Agencies.
Interests: Topographic Cartography; National Mapping Organisations; Web Cartography; GIS and Quality Control.
Email: RHootsmans@brabant.nl