Cartographic Activities in Norway 2011-2015 National Report to the 16th General Assembly of ICA Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2015 www.geomatikk.ntnu.no/NorwayCartography www.geomatikk.ntnu.no/NorwayCartography Cartographic Activities in Norway 2012-2015 National Report to the 16th General Assembly of ICA Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2015 Introduction ................................... page 1 Cartographic Societies .................. page 2 Governmental Institutions ............ page 3 Large City Municipalities ............ page 31 Private Companies ...................... page 32 Cartographic Education .............. page 44 Cartographic Research ............... page 45 Introduction This is the Norwegian report describing Cartographic activities in Norway over the last four years. The contents of the report is based on contribution from invited governmental institutions, private companies and educational/research institutions. About 20 of the invited “candidates” did choose to contribute to this report. Hence, the activities presented in this report have to be considered as an insight in the Cartographic activities in Norway rather than a full overview. The most central institutions/companies are however contributing to the report. Each institution/company is introduced together with a couple of examples of Cartographic products. The material in this report is also presented on the Web-site: www.geomatikk.ntnu.no/NorwayCartography Editorial Board: Kristoffer J. Kristiansen, Norwegian Mapping Authority (
[email protected]) Terje Midtbø, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (
[email protected]) Editor: Terje Midtbø, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (
[email protected]) 1 Cartographic Societies GeoForum GeoForum, founded in 1969, is the Norwegian membership organization of ICA. This is the national association for people who work within Geomatics. The mission of GeoForum is to promote the use of geographic information, share information and knowledge, contribute to recruitment, build networks etc.