Cartography & GIS

Cartographers in Cubicles: How Training and Preferences of Mapmakers Interplay with Structures and Norms in Not-for-Profit Organizations

Arpit Narechania, Alex Endert, Clio Andris

PACM HCI (CSCW) · 2025

Teaser for Cartographers in Cubicles: How Training and Preferences of Mapmakers Interplay with Structures and Norms in Not-for-Profit Organizations

Abstract

We interview 16 cartographers and GIS experts from government organizations, NGOs, and federal agencies about choropleth mapmaking decisions and workflows, reporting how organizational structures and norms tie to decision-making.

Citation

@article{narechania2025cartographers,
  author = {Narechania, Arpit and Endert, Alex and Andris, Clio},
  title = {{Cartographers in Cubicles: How Training and Preferences of Mapmakers Interplay with Structures and Norms in Not-for-Profit Organizations}},
  journal = {Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction},
  volume = {9},
  number = {7},
  pages = {1--24},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1145/3757461}
}