Ubiquitous Mapping Perspectives from Japan

Dr. Yoshiki Wakabayashi graduated from Hiroshima University and received a Ph.D. from Tokyo Metropolitan University. He is currently a professor of the Department of Geography, Tokyo Metropolitan University. He was a visiting researcher at the City University of New York (USA) in 1999, Leicester University (UK) in 2016, and Maynooth University (Ireland) in 2016. He has served as the chair of the Committee on Ubiquitous Mapping, International Cartographic Association since 2019. His research interests include cognitive mapping, cartographic communication, and geographic information science. He has participated in several research projects related to the theoretical and practical issues of digital cartography and spatial cognition collaborating with scholars in interdisciplinary fields including psychology and information science.

Dr. Takashi Morita is the president of the Japan Cartographers Association and a professor emeritus of Hosei University in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the School of Science and Engineering of Waseda University. He received his Ph.D. from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France, in the field of the Science of Information and Communication. He was the vice-president of the International Cartographic Association (1999–2003) and the chair of the ICA Commission on Ubiquitous Mapping (2003–2011). Previously, he was a member of other ICA commissions related to theoretical fields in cartography (1987–2003). His research interests include cartographic methods for the Sustainable Development Goals, meta-cartography, spatial modeling, map language, and representation of info-graphics.