Cartography and Geographic Information Science (CaGIS) is the official publication of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society. The Society supports research, education, and practices that improve the understanding, creation, analysis, and use of maps and geographic information. The CaGIS journal implements the objectives of the Society by publishing authoritative peer-reviewed articles that report on innovative research in cartography and geographic information science.
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Sheetlines is the journal of the Charles Close Society. It is published in April, August and December. It has a circulation of about 800, distributed to members and many librares and similar institutions.
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Caert-Thresoor, a publication of the Barent Langenes Foundation, is the only Dutch journal devoted entirely to the history of cartography. The articles cover various aspects of the history of cartography, such as city maps, military cartography, cartographers, engravers and publishers, art historical developments on maps, etc. It also features contributions on Dutch map collections and special acquisitions. Readers of Caert-Thresoor are informed about new literature and facsimiles and exhibitions in every issue.
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Imago Mundi is a fully-refereed, English-language journal founded in 1935. It is the only international, interdisciplinary and scholarly journal solely devoted to the study of early maps in all their aspects. Full-length articles, with abstracts in English, French, German and Spanish, deal with the history and interpretation of non-current maps and mapmaking in any part of the world. Imago Mundi also publishes shorter articles that communicate significant new findings or new opinions. All articles are fully illustrated.
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The IMCoS Journal is a quarterly publication. It includes a wide range articles on the history of cartography addressing Western, Asian and Arabic mapping practices; its scope is designed to interest our worldwide membership.
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The book Engineers of Map Art: 100 Years of the Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation, 170 Years of Cartography at ETH Zurich is available online in Open Access.
The Portolan is the journal of the Washington Map Society; it furthers the purpose of the Society ‘to support and promote map collecting, cartography and the study of cartographic history.’ The Portolan, the largest and most-widely distributed publication of its kind in the Americas, is issued three times per year, in the Spring/Summer, the Fall and Winter.
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The J.B. Harley Trust Awards for 2026 have been granted to:
María Paula Corredor, Cornell University, U.S.A., 'Charting the empire: Felipe Bauzá and the reconceptualization of the Spanish Pacific during the Age of Revolutions'.
Hannah Kaemmer, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 'Empire fortified: engineering, military architecture, and the making of the British world, 1660-1720'.
Chen Xuerong, University of Fudan, China, 'Nineteenth-century views of the East Asian coast produced by Royal Navy surveyors'.
