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The question of what lies ahead is of particular concern for Latin Americanists. The last decade has witnessed a serious erosion of both the popularity of their specialty, and an equally troublesome reduction in employment opportunities. This paper uses Association of American Geographers (AAG) data bases to document the age-gender structure of contemporary Latin Americanist geographers, and projects likely compositional changes through the end of the century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the changes that are transforming intermodal transportation in the United States and Canada. Traffic is being concentreated at a relatively small number of inland load centers that serve as regional truck distribution points, and are linked by high volume dedicated train services. Both theoretical and practical implications of the changes are examined, and a range of research questions are presents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BITNET is a telecommunications network for higher education. The network's general characteristics, services, the availability of BITNET to academic geographers , and their use of the system are examined. Although more than 80% of geography faculty in the United States and Canada are at BITNET supported institutions, a survey of AAG Specially Group chairs suggests that geographers' actual use of BITNET is relatively low. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Highlights the sixth international automated cartography symposium in Ottawa, Ontario. Theme of the symposium; Number of registrants attended from different countries; Organization of the symposium by a steering committee chaired by D. R. F. Taylor of Carleton University.

Statistical analysis of foreign direct investment in the United States reveals source country differences in interstate location. We relate these differences to the knowledge foreign investors have of the United States. Regression analysis indicates a significant concentration of foreign investment from individual countries in larger states and in border states. Worldwide investment in the United States does not show these preferences. Investment from Japan and Canada accounted for most of the interstate dispersal of foreign employment in the 1980s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]