The IBGE releases, today, the first issue of volume 62 of the Brazilian Journal of Geography (RBG). This semester the magazine brings an interview about the origins of geoprocessing in Brazil, and a review of a classic work from the 19th century. Additionally, the three articles in this edition recall the importance of graphic representations, analyze a recent research about the agricultural frontier in the Amazon and discuss the impacts of modernity on the current geographic thought. Click here to see the publication.

In the article (Geo)graphic representations: Notes and examples, Roberto Lobato Corrêa, from the Department of Geography at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), presents an updated discussion about the importance of graphic representations and a better understanding and interpretation of spatial phenomena.

In The Agricultural Frontier in 21st century Amazon: regional identity, agricultural system and rural way of life , Scott William Hoefle, also from the Department of Geography at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, presents the results of a comprehensive survey conducted among different rural producers from western Paraná and from the south of Amazonas.

The third article, entitled Scientific uncertainties and Geography, by Rodrigo Dutra Gomes, from the Department of Geography at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), and Antonio Carlos Vitte, from the Department of Geography at the University of Campinas (Unicamp),make considerations about how the scientific advances of the 19th and 20th centuries influenced the geographic thought, mainly regarding the uncertainties of knowledge and the functioning of nature.

The issue also brings a review, An Iberian perspective, by Ricardo Coscurão, from the University of Lisbon, based on the translation of the chapters about Portugal and Galicia of the work Nouvelle Géographie Universelle, by the French geographer Elisée Reclus.

An interview with Jorge Xavier da Silva closes this issue of the Journal. A pioneer in the implementation and dissemination of geoprocessing in several Brazilian universities, the researcher speaks about decisive aspects of his professional life, the main ones being the project RADAM-Brasil, which provided information about geology, soil, vegetation, relief, land use and cartography in the decades of 1970 and 1980.

Published by the IBGE, the RBG is a digital journal released every semester. Articles can be submitted by researchers from national and international institutions, including the IBGE. To read the RGB or to submit an article for publication, visit the journal page.