Introduction

GeoComputation was unleashed upon the world of geographical analysis in 1996 when Bob Abrahart organised and ran the first International Conference on GeoComputation at the University of Leeds. The conference was a resounding success and has been repeated every year since: at the University of Otago, New Zealand in 1997, the University of Bristol in 1998 and Mary Washington College, Frederiksberg, Virginia, USA in 1999. Appropriately, this year’s conference will be hosted once again by Bob Abrahart at the University of Greenwich.