Conference Agenda

Geoscience research often involves the analysis and use of georeferenced data. However, when published in international journals on specific topics, these data are typically represented partially through figures within the article. In some cases, complete georeferenced data sets are included as supplementary material in online repositories, and in this case, this is with compressed formats and without a defined cartographic style, failing to illustrate the full potential of the available information.

The emergence of journals specializing in geoscientific data underscores the scientific relevance of these resources as standalone products, capable of generating new knowledge beyond that presented in a thematic article. Furthermore, static or dynamic visualization, including 3D representations, has the potential of enhancing scientific discovery, enabling applications in other disciplines, subdisciplines, or interdisciplinary approaches, such as multifaceted risk analysis.

In the context of open science, the integration of massive geoscientific collections represents a significant advance for the contemporary geoscientific community, especially in the era of artificial intelligence and in the face of the challenges of accelerated environmental damage and change. These collections, if they are accessible through OGC services and processable through machine learning techniques, could amplify their impact and usefulness.

There are also limitations to the usefulness of data geovisualized online, such as the strong dependence between their representation and experimental protocols designed for a specific application, which can hinder their extension to other contexts.

This communication highlights the importance of publishing online cartography of georeferenced data as an autonomous scientific product, complementary to thematic articles. To this end, we present the characteristics of the spatial data infrastructure of "Terra Digitalis: International Journal of Interactive Maps and Online Geovisualizations", an emerging open access journal developed with public funds within the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), which offers an innovative platform for the publication of a variety geoscientific products, with unique features among current international journals.

This communication seeks to: 1) disseminate the opportunities offered by Terra Digitalis for the publication of cartographic and geovisualization products, and 2) foster a dialogue on the scope and limitations of online cartography as an independent scientific product.