e_Perimetron is a
pluralist peer
reviewed international journal which does not obey any particular
ideological, theoretical or methodological approach in dealing with
humanistic, artistic, scientific and technological issues related to
map history and cartographic heritage. The journal is published
quarterly during the year.
Name
Perimetron recalls a
Greek word
for "map" as referenced in "Γης και θαλάσσης
περίμετρον / Ges kai
thalassis perimetron / The perimetre of
land and sea" [see Dilke O.A.W. (1985), Greek
and Roman Maps, Ithaca N.Y.: Cornell]
Topics
e_Perimetron is intended
to function
as a modern medium for the
advancement and dissemination of knowledge and research related to the
involvement of new analytical methods and digital information and
communication technologies as applied to a manifold of approaches
affine to history of maps and cartography in the large. All
geoinformatics, geomatics and infographics tools which are or could
applied to the historical domain of cartography and maps are welcome as
potential topics of interest. This does not mean at all that
cartographic issues as seen from a pure historical point of view are
not accepted. On the contrary are heartly invited since they could
offer
fertile grounds for discussion stimulating new ideas and opening new
approaches towards the eventual
coupling of pure history with modern cartographic processes.
Aim
Aim of the
venture is to bring together, in harmonic convergence, historians of
cartography and maps, cartography scholars and experts in new
digital technologies dealing with cartography and maps in order to
create a common space of research targeting at the broadening of
cartographic and map history expertise.
The e-journal
The web option
for such a journal is based on the intrinsic nature of the
topic
requiring an easy and fast vehicle for exposing new ideas, paradigms,
examples of good practice and any other mean serving the basic aim of
the initiative,
which is in a state of fast evolution due to the advances of the new
computational
and graphic digital technologies. The web carrier offers considerable
flexibility allowing e.g. the use of
meta-illustrations, i.e. animations, which are impossible to use in the
traditional paper publications.
Reference
of e_Perimetron articles
The reference of articles published in e_
Perimetron is given in the following form:
Falchetta, P. (2006) Perception, cognition and technology in the reading
of digital cartography. e- Perimetron
1 (1): 77-80. [In digital form www.e-perimetron.org]
Language
Contributions are submitted in English or French, the
official languages of the International Cartographic Association.
Web administrator
Prof. Evangelos Livieratos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
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