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International Cartographic Association

The International Cartographic Association (ICA) (French: Association Cartographique Internationale, ACI) is an organization formed of national member organizations, to provide a forum for issues and techniques in cartography and geographic information science (GIScience). ICA was founded on June 9, 1959, in Bern, Switzerland.[1] The first General Assembly was held in Paris in 1961. The mission of the International Cartographic Association is to promote the disciplines and professions of cartography and GIScience in an international context. To achieve these aims, the ICA works with national and international governmental and commercial bodies, and with other international scientific societies.[2]

Abbreviation

ICA

1959 (1959)

Worldwide

English, French

Georg Gartner

Leadership[edit]

Presidents[edit]

The first president, Eduard Imhof of Switzerland was heavily involved in founding the association.[3]

Commission on Art and Cartography

Commission on Atlases

Commission on Cartographic Heritage into the Digital

Commission on Cartography and Children

Commission on Cartography in Early Warning and Crisis Management

Commission on Cognitive Issues in Geographic Information Visualization

Commission on Education and Training

Commission on Generalisation and Multiple Representation

Commission on Geospatial Analysis and Modeling

Commission on Geospatial Semantics

Commission on GI and Sustainability

Commission on History of Cartography

Commission on Location Based Services

Commission on Map Design

Commission on Map Production and Geoinformation Management

Commission on Map Projections

Commission on Maps and Graphics for Blind and Partially Sighted People

Commission on Maps and the Internet

Commission on Mountain Cartography

Commission on Open Source Geospatial Technologies

Commission on Planetary Cartography

Commission on SDI and Standards

Commission on Sensor Driven Mapping

Commission on Topographic Mapping

Commission on Toponymy

Commission on Ubiquitous Mapping

Commission on Use, User and Usability

Commission on Visual Analytics

To coordinate international cartographic work Commissions and Working Groups have been established. These are chaired by experts in a specific field of cartography and comprise members from the international Cartography and GIScience community.

Affiliate members are organisations, institutions or companies wishing to support the mission and activities of ICA.

National members are national organizations dealing with cartography or geoinformation, such as .[6]

national mapping agencies

ICA allows two types of memberships:[5]

Awards[edit]

Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal[edit]

The Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal honours cartographers of outstanding merit who have made significant contributions of an original nature to the field of cartography. It is awarded only on rare occasions. The award is named after the Swedish cartographer, Carl Mannerfelt, who in 1981 won the prize named after him.[8]

The Cartographic Journal

Cartographica

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

ICA offers a number of publications.[12] Its official journal is the International Journal of Cartography (print ISSN 2372-9333; online ISSN 2372-9341), published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of ICA.[13] It also has three affiliated journals:[12]

Commission on Maps and the Internet

List of geography awards

ICA web site