The group is also concerned with general cartographic design and visualisation issues. For example, the Access and Mobility Mapping Project (AMMP) involves investigation of the environmental needs of people with physical disabilities and provision of information in cartographic form for access, way-finding and environmental interpretation. Recent work by a postgraduate student focused on access issues in historic towns. The work is led by Prof Peter Vujakovic who is currently the Editor of the Cartographic Journal and the Visiting Fellow on an EPSRC funded project (based at Anglia Polytechnic University) into the development of innovative print technology for the production of tactile maps. The Department is also actively involved in cartographic design projects, for example the Historical Atlas of Kent (with the Kent Archaeological Society).

Related research by Prof Vujakovic focuses on maps in the news media and popular geopolitical discourse, in development education, and in representations of national identity. Recent work on news media cartography has focused on the representation of geopolitics and war, for example the Kosovo conflict and the 'war against terrorism'. Earlier work examined the importance of maps in representations of post-socialist Europe. The study of maps and graphics in development education has important links with the department's interests in educational research and development.