The GeoViz Resource Centre is part of the GeoViz Programme run by the British Cartographic Society. It contains a wealth of information about how to make better maps including how to improve your cartographic skills. The resource centre also provides access to a wide range of publications about all aspects of mapping and the gallery shows extracts from many of the winning entries from the BCS Annual Awards.
All the GeoViz Toolkit is now available on this site.
The GeoViz Resource Centre also contains much of the BCS publication archive, access to directories, links to talks on our YouTube channel and the BCS Awards Gallery as well as partner publications. More content is being added all the time.
GeoFutures
In 2024 the British Cartographic Society (BCS) launched its GeoViz programme. Linked to this, the BCS wanted to support an Ordnance Survey initiative to envisage the ‘map’ of the future in a “hyper-connected, data-saturated society. Information flows in real time from satellites, sensors, smartphones, and social platforms. We have many challenges which are complex, dynamic, and deeply interconnected.”
The BCS believe this is not just a challenge for cartographers but for everyone who collects, processes and generates geospatial data in all its derivative forms.
To better understand the potential opportunities and challenges that all map users might face and what actions we can take today to facilitate better geospatial visualisation in the future, the BCS organised the GeoFutures Workshop in March 2026. The three most important themes to emerge were:
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Trust in maps
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Education and awareness
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Communication and advocacy
A report was published and a series of Working Groups established to consider what the BCS, together with its partners, could do address these issues. To view the Workshop videos, download the report or see the progress on the various Working Groups go to the GeoFutures page using the button below.
Awards Gallery
BCS Periodicals
Maplines archive 1995 - Spring 2026 now available.
Recent issues of Cartographiti added. The back catalogue is currently being digitised
Talks and
Conference Presentations
Link through to all the talks available on the BCS YouTube channel
Partner Publications
