ICA Workshop on Multiscale Cartography.

“AI for Cartography, Cartography for AI”

Date: Tuesday 8 September 2026

 

Location: Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography,
Building 5, 1st floor, Room Z1, Kotlářská 267/2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic

 

This workshop represents the joint efforts of the Department of Geography at the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, in collaboration with the International Cartographic Association Commission on Multi-scale Cartography, Commission on Cognitive Issues in Geographic Information Visualisation and the DGfK (German Cartographic Society) Commission on Cartography and Artificial Intelligence.

 

Tutorial Workshop

The practical tutorial session will demonstrate a hands-on example of working with Large Language Models (LLMs) to derive cartographic generalization rules from existing map data for building typification.

Workshop Agenda (13:00 – 16:00)

 

                                                                                                                                                       

Time Session Content
13:00 – 13:15 (15 min) Introduction & Welcome Welcome and opening comments on the workshop topic.
13:15 – 14:15 (60 min) Tutorial Part 1: Analysis & Rules        
             
  • Goal definition and environment setup
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  • Measurement and cartographic analysis
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  • Building clusters and rule formulation
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14:15 – 14:30 (15 min) Short Break Short break.
14:30 – 15:00 (30 min) Tutorial Part 2: Algorithm & Test        
             
  • Comparison of results
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  • Implementation of a simple typification algorithm
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  • Testing rules on vector data
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15:00 – 15:30 (30 min) Group Discussion Discussion in 3–4 breakout groups.
15:30 – 16:00 (30 min) Presentations & Wrap-up Presentation of findings from each group and closing remarks.

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