  Geospatial analysis is crucial for addressing many of the world's most
pressing challenges. Given this, there is immense value in improving and
expanding the visualization techniques used to communicate geospatial data. In
this work, we explore this important intersection -- between geospatial
analytics and visualization -- by examining a set of recent IEEE VIS Conference
papers (a selection from 2017-2019) to assess the inclusion of geospatial data
and geospatial analyses within these papers. After removing the papers with no
geospatial data, we organize the remaining literature into geospatial data
domain categories and provide insight into how these categories relate to VIS
Conference paper types. We also contextualize our results by investigating the
use of geospatial terms in IEEE Visualization publications over the last 30
years. Our work provides an understanding of the quantity and role of
geospatial subject matter in recent IEEE VIS publications and supplies a
foundation for future meta-analytical work around geospatial analytics and
geovisualization that may shed light on opportunities for innovation.
