Publications
2025
Scholarly publications
Ricker, B., & Fish, C. (2025). Special issue introduction cartography for sustainable development. International Journal of Cartography , 11(3), 295-298 . [DOI]
Roth, R. E., Iverson, A., Kagawa, A., Sourd, G. L., Ricker, B., Andersen, T., Baldrica-Franklin, G., Houtman, L., Ilunga, F., Lee, M., & Kraak, M. J. (2025). Making and remaking Mapping for a Sustainable World: a retrospective and prospective analysis as a case study in Processual Cartography. International Journal of Cartography , 11(3), 388-427. [DOI]
2024
Scholarly publications
Koster, G., van Sark, W., & Ricker, B. (2024). Solar potential for social benefit: Maps to sustainably address energy poverty utilizing open spatial data in data poor settings. Energy for Sustainable Development, 80, Article 101453. [DOI] [Repository]
Roth, R. E., Çöltekin, A., Delazari, L., Denney, B., Mendonça, A., Ricker, B., Shen, J., Stachoň, Z., & Wu, M. (2024). Making maps & visualizations for mobile devices: A research agenda for mobile-first and responsive cartographic design. Journal of Location Based Services, 18(4), 408-478. [DOI] [Portal]
Helbich, M., Danish, M., Labib, SM., & Ricker, B. (2024). To use or not to use proprietary street view images in (health and place) research? That is the question. Health and Place, 87, Article 103244. [DOI] [Repository]
2023
Scholarly publications
Le Sourd, G., Ricker, B., & Lee, M. (2023). Sub-national mapping for a Sustainable World: data availability and dis/aggregation. Abstracts of the ICA, 6, Article 133. [DOI]
Le Sourd, G., & Ricker, B. (2023). Mapping the Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges facing the understanding of our world through maps. Abstracts of the ICA, 6, Article 132. [DOI]
Ricker, B., & Kraak, M. J. (2023). Cartography and Sustainable Development: Developing an Agenda. Abstracts of the ICA, 6, Article 210. [DOI]
Sark, W. V., Koster, G., & Ricker, B. (2023). Solar potential mapping to address energy poverty in a data poor region: A case study in Plovdiv, Bulgaria . Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria. [DOI] [Repository]
Professional publications
Favier, T., Ricker, B., Goethals, F., Boode, M., & Becht, A. (2023). Verbeelding als motor voor verandering. Geografie. https://geografie.nl/artikel/verbeelding-als-motor-voor-verandering
2021
Scholarly publications
Anderson, J., & Ricker, B. (2021). Using thematic mapping and United Nations Sustainable Development Goal indicator data to investigate environmental factors related to the spread of COVID-19. Abstract from 30th International Cartographic Conference (ICC 2021), Florence, Antarctica. [DOI] [Repository]
Ricker, B., Kraak, M.-J., & Roth, R. E. (2021). The promise of dasymetric maps for monitoring progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. 3. Abstract from 30th International Cartographic Conference (ICC 2021), Florence, Antarctica. [DOI] [Repository]
Ricker, B. (2021). Cartography and the Dutch Caribbean: Addressing visual representation and data completeness. Poster session presented at Dutch Caribbean Research Week.
Ricker, B., & Frazier, A. (2021). Aerial Cinematography with UAS. In A. Frazier, & K. Singh (Eds.), Fundamentals of Capturing and Processing Drone Imagery and Data (pp. 103-117). CRC Press.
Ricker, B. A. (2021). Maternal geographies: Mothering in and out of place, Jennifer L.Johnson and KristaJohnstonBradford, Ontario: Demeter Press, 2019. ISBN 9781772582000. 250 pp. CAN$34.95. Geographical Research, 59(2), 306-307. [DOI] [Repository]
2020
Scholarly publications
Ricker, B. (2020). Geospatial technologies and tools for data collection and communication: A Taxonomy. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2020, Online. [DOI] [Repository]
Ricker, B. A., Rickles, P., Fagg, G. A., & Haklay, M. E. (2020). Tool, toolmaker, and scientist: case study experiences using GIS in interdisciplinary research. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 47(4), 350-366. [DOI] [Repository]
Ricker, B., Cinnamon, J., & Dierwechter, Y. (2020). When open data and data activism meet: An analysis of civic participation in Cape Town, South Africa. The Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe canadien, 64(3), 359-373. [DOI] [Repository]
Ricker, B. A., Kraak, M. J., & Engelhardt, Y. (2020). The power of visualization choices: Different images of patterns in space. In M. Engebretsen, & H. Kennedy (Eds.), Data Visualization in Society (pp. 407-423). University of Amsterdam Press. [DOI] [Repository]
Gosling-Goldsmith, J., Ricker, B. A., & Kraak, M. J. (2020). Topographic and thematic (in)visibility of Small Island Developing States in a world map. Journal of Maps, 16(1), 50-56. Article 1. [DOI] [Repository]
Ricker, B. A. (2020). Cartography. A compendium of design thinking for mapmakers: Presenting praise for Ken’s book while acknowledging a larger challenge in the field. International Journal of Cartography , 6(2), 263-266. [DOI]
Pirani, N., Ricker, B. A., & Kraak, M. J. (2020). Feminist cartography and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal on gender equality: Emotional responses to three thematic maps. The Canadian Geographer, 64(2), 184-198. [DOI] [Repository]
Professional publications
Kraak, M., Roth, R. E., Ricker, B., Kagawa, A., & Le Sourd, G. (2020). Mapping for a Sustainable World. United Nations. https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3898826?ln=en [Repository]
2019
Scholarly publications
Ricker, B. A. (2019). Mobile Devices. Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. [DOI]
Ricker, B. (2019). Urban environments in Africa: a critical analysis of environmental politics: Book Review. Urban Geography, 40(1), 162-163. [DOI]
Shook, E., Bowlick, F. J., Kemp, K. K., Ahlqvist, O., Carbajeles-dale, P., Dibiase, D., Kim, E., Lathrop, S., Ricker, B. A., Rickles, P., Rush, J., Swift, J. N., & Wang, S. (2019). Cyber Literacy for GIScience: Toward Formalizing Geospatial Computing Education. The Professional Geographer, 71(2), 221-238. [DOI]
2018
Scholarly publications
Ricker, B. A., & Roth, R. E. (2018). Mobile Maps and Responsive Design. Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. [DOI]
Ricker, B. A. (2018). Key decision points in a cartographic workflow: Mapping Sustainable Development Goals. Paper presented at Conference at the Department of Geography, Zurich, Switzerland.
Kraak, M. J., Ricker, B., & Engelhardt, Y. (2018). Challenges of Mapping Sustainable Development Goals Indicators Data. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 7(12), Article 482. [DOI] [Repository]
2017
Scholarly publications
Johnson, P. A., Ricker, B. A., & Harrison, S. (2017). Volunteered Drone Imagery: Challenges and constraints to the development of an open shared image repository. In HICSS '17 Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (pp. 1995-2004). (HICSS '17 Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences). [DOI]
Ricker, B., & Thatcher, J. (2017). Evolving technology, shifting expectations: cultivating pedagogy for a rapidly changing GIS landscape. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 41(3), 368-382. [DOI]
2015
Scholarly publications
Thatcher, J., Bergmann, L., Ricker, B., Rose-Redwood, R., O’Sullivan, D., Barnes, T. J., Barnesmoore, L. R., Beltz Imaoka, L., Burns, R., Cinnamon, J., Dalton, C. M., Davis, C., Dunn, S., Harvey, F., Jung, J. K., Kersten, E., Knigge, L. D., Lally, N., Lin, W., ... Young, J. C. (2015). Revisiting critical GIS. Environment and Planning A, 48(5), 815-824. [DOI] [Repository]
Thatcher, J., & Ricker, B. A. (2015). Introduction to social media and location information minitrack. In 2015 Proceedings of the 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (Vol. 2015-March, pp. 1972). (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences). IEEE. [DOI]
Ricker, B., Schuurman, N., & Kessler, F. (2015). Implications of smartphone usage on privacy and spatial cognition: academic literature and public perceptions. GeoJournal, 80(5), 637-652. [DOI]
2014
Scholarly publications
Zargaran, E., Schuurman, N., Nicol, A. J., Matzopoulos, R., Cinnamon, J., Taulu, T., Ricker, B. A., Garbutt Brown, D. R., Navsaria, P., & Hameed, S. M. (2014). The electronic trauma health record: Design and usability of a novel tablet-based tool for trauma care and injury surveillance in low resource settings. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 218(1), 41-50. [DOI]
Ricker, B., Daniel, S., & Hedley, N. (2014). Fuzzy Boundaries: Hybridizing Location-based Services, Volunteered Geographic Information and Geovisualization Literature. Geography Compass, 8(7), 490-504. [DOI]
2013
Scholarly publications
Ricker, B. A., Johnson, P. A., & Sieber, R. E. (2013). Tourism and environmental change in Barbados: gathering citizen perspectives with volunteered geographic information (VGI). Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 21(2), 212-228. [DOI]
Mackenzie, C. A., Ricker, B., Christensen, J., Heller, E., Kagan, E., Osano, P. M., Long, L., & Turner, S. (2013). "Dear Diary" revisited: reflecting on collaborative journaling. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 37(4), 480-486. [DOI]
2012
Professional publications
Ricker, B. (2012). Interactive mapping tools on the Geoweb. In M. Roseland (Ed.), Towards Sustainable Community Development : Solutions for Citizens and Their Governments (4th ed., pp. 279-280). New Society Publishers.
2011
Scholarly publications
Heller, E., Christensen, J., Long, L., Mackenzie, C. A., Osano, P. M., Ricker, B., Kagan, E., & Turner, S. (2011). Dear diary: Early career geographers collectively reflect on their qualitative field research experiences. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 35(1), 67-83. [DOI]