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production processes and new products, and a Mountain Cartography small map and relief exhibition showcasing the www.mountaincartography.org/ newest map products. The 34 presentations were grouped into the following five main Workshop in Lenk, Switzerland themes: In February 11 to 15, 2008, for the first time • Physical Geography Switzerland was a host nation of the 6th edition • DEM and Terrain Modelling of the traditional ICA Mountain Cartography • Relief Depiction Workshop. The Workshop focused on moun- • History of Mountain Mapping tain-related topographic and thematic aspects • Multimedia Applications and Mobile Devices and their depiction on maps and map related In the Physical Geography sessions, a representations. Since 1998, every second year number of scientific mapping and cartographic cartographers and representatives of other fields projects as well as case studies from all over related to cartography and GIS (e.g. geology, the world were presented (Michaela Kinberger, natural hazards, tourism, biology) are meeting University of Vienna; Manfred Buchroithner, TU in an inspiring mountain region to discuss their Dresden; Giorgio Vassena, University of View towards the upper end of the Simmental | current projects and work. Brescia; Richard Ladstätter, TU Graz; Sabine Photography Christian Haeberling Under the lead of Prof Lorenz Hurni, the Stäuble, University of Lausanne). Other maps, especially members of Alpine Clubs, Institute of Cartography at ETH Zurich was in presentations covered issues relating to terrain were evaluated (Martin Gurtner, swisstopo). charge of the Workshop organisation, which evaluation or monitoring techniques (Igor Further two presentaions dealt with the took place at Lenk im Simmental. Lenk is a Drecki, University of Auckland; Melanie Kunz, evolution of classic relief maps and perspective small village in the Bernese Alps, and is ETH Zurich; David Theler, University of views for different cartographic purposes (Alex situated in a wide valley north of the Wildstru- Lausanne). Finally, developments of new Tait, International Mapping; Martin Gamache, bel massif. The sports and recreational complex interactive map and 3D-visualisation applica- National Geographic). Similar, but more KUSPO (www.kuspo.ch) provided convenient tions were discussed (Alexander Thimm, Swiss technical projects on the development of new infrastructure and comfortable accommodation, National Park; Karel Kriz, University of Vienna; tourist maps with an integrated shaded relief making it an ideal place for a successful Christophe Lienert, ETH Zurich). were demonstrated (Roger Smith, Geographx meeting. The DEM and Terrain Modelling session NZ; William McNulty, National Geographic; Almost 60 participants from 15 countries covered projects that involved making use of Tom Patterson, US National Park Service). took part in the Workshop. Besides core latest laser technologies or high resolution David Schobesberger (University of Vienna) members of the Commission, many new satellite image data (Julien Vallet, Helimap.ch; presented an evaluation of the application and experts and researchers were in attendance. Kirsten Wolff, ETH Zurich), new approaches for effectiveness of 2-D vs 3-D representations in The Workshop participants were honoured the visualisation of hidden geological structures National Park maps. Loïc Gondol (IGN Paris) having welcome addresses delivered by William (Peter Jordan, Böhringer AG) and derivation of talked about tests for new cliff drawings and Cartwright, President of the ICA, and Stefan contour lines for small scale maps (Anna scree representation on topographic maps. Arn, President of the Swiss Society of Cartogra- Leonowicz, ETH Zurich). A presentation by Tibor Tóth (Tóth Graphix) demonstrated his phy (SGK). Maria Pla and Blanca Baella (ICC, Barcelona) relief shading methods using Photoshop and a The Workshop programme featured three focused on requirements for database-driven tablet device. Finally, Stefan Räber (ETH different kinds of presentations, i.e. “classic” relief representations for topographic maps. Zurich) presented various physical relief presentations reporting on the latest research The sessions on Relief Depiction covered the depiction techniques, including the production and developments, short presentations broadest variety of presentations. First, the of physical relief models with modern compu- according to the Pecha-Kucha system (see en. needs of mountain map users concerning the ter-driven drilling machines for an Earth wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha_Kucha) covering accuracy and symbolisation of topographic Science exhibition at ETH Zurich. Participants of the 6th ICA Mountain Cartography Workshop in Lenk, Switzerland | Photography Christian Haeberling The session on the History of Mountain Mapping started with a biographical presentation of the Swiss topographer and cartographer Jacot-Guillarmod (1868–1925) and his influential cartographic cliff representations (Hans-Uli Feldmann, swisstopo), followed by a presentation on the cartographic tradition and the latest technological developments at the Institute of Cartography of ETH Zurich (Lorenz Hurni). Alistair Pearson (University of Port- smouth) reported on laser measurements and geometric analysis performed on a historic relief model to check its accuracy. A session on Multimedia Application and Mobile Devices for mountain mapping comprised presentations on web applications for data acquisition (Dusan Petrovi, University of Ljubljana), spatial communication using Google tools (Karel Kriz, University of Vienna) and accessibility visualisation (Adrian Weber, ETH Zurich). Furthermore, an implementation of GPS technology for mountain mapping and > 11 10 number 50 | june 2008 reports ica commissions cont... tour planning was demonstrated by Juan Future Plans selected aspects of theoretical cartography Galera (University of Leon). The next ICA Mountain Cartography Workshop concerning the national atlases of Germany, The topics of the eight short presentations will take place in Borsa in the Maramures Lithuania and Ukraine. Alexander Wolodt- grouped in two sessions includeded representa- Mountains, Romania, 1–5 September 2010. schenko delivered the main report about (carto) tional principles of rock depiction (Jürg Gilgen, Gabriela and Marin Ilies from the Babes-Bolyai semiotic portrait of the national atlas of swisstopo), tourist mapping activities in University of Cluj-Napoca are the local Germany. Other discussion topics of the Romania (Gabriela and Marin Ilies, University organisers. For more information please visit workshop included: of Cluj-Napoca), the historic development of the Commission’s website. • conceptual aspects and peculiarities of panoramic maps (Arne Rohweder, Gecko national atlases Maps), mobile trekking guide devices for the Christian Haeberling | ETH Zurich | Switzerland • classical and non classical atlases Rwenzori National Park, Uganda (Constante • T-M method (thematic and module related Lorenz Hurni | Co-chair | ICA Commission on Bonacina, University of Brescia), smart Mountain Cartography | Switzerland method) of atlas analysis interactive maps (Nathaniel Kelso, The • quantitative approach/research of semiotic Washington Post), Multidate habitat mapping atlas potential approaches in Quebec (Guillaume Fortin, • atlas index as accumulator of cartosemiotic University of Moncton), a topographic map of Theoretical Cartography knowledge the Tatra Mountains (Rafal Jonca, RJ Carto), rcswww.urz.tu-dresden.de/~wolodt/tc-com/ and traditional hill-shading for digital maps (Gizella Bassa, Gizimap). A new kind of discussion forum was tried out Workshop in Kyiv, Ukraine for the first time at the Workshop and immedi- Our Commission together with the National ately attracted a lot of interest due to its topic: Aviation University, Department of Human New graphic design for the Swiss National Safety (co-organizer Prof. Zaporozshec) held the Topographic Maps. The forum was led by 2nd Joint Workshop Cartography, Cartosemiot- Lorenz Hurni (ETH Zurich), and Hans-Uli ics and Ecological Safety on 28 March 2008 in Feldmann and Martin Gurtner (both swisstopo). Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine. Participants discussed vividly the new structure of the map content with new object classes, and shared their views about the displayed Participants of the Joint Workshop in Vilnius design specimens with different symbolisation and labelling options. The workshop brought together researchers, The Workshop featured various social events developers and editors of the National Atlas of and activities which fostered great networking Lithuania (volume 1 of this Atlas is planned to among the participants. On Tuesday evening, be published next year). It was a productive the welcome drinks at the Cinema Lenk were interdisciplinary meeting, with discussions and accompanied by the projection of two recent exchange of experiences amongst theoretical Swiss films. Due to the excellent weather, researchers and practitioners. Wednesday presented itself as a wonderful The next workshop of this series is planned opportunity to enjoy various outdoor activities Participants of the 2nd Joint Workshop in Kyiv for April 2009 in Vilnius. like skiing, snow walking or simply relaxing in the sun. At the curling event that evening, Over 20 participants from Kyiv, Kharkov and Alexander Wolodtschenko | Chair | ICA many newly formed international teams were Smolensk universities and institutes (National Commission on Theoretical Cartography | Germany established to master this challenging sport. Aviation University, Faculty of Ecology; Kharkov Giedre Beconyte | Vilnius University | Lithuania Finally, the “Raclette dinner”, a traditional Aviation University, Institute of Geography, Swiss cheese dish, was very much appreciated Smolensk Pedagogical University, Institute of by everyone on Thursday evening. Telecommunication, Institute of Land Use and Information Technologies) took part in this Use and User Issues one-day workshop. In three oral sessions there www.univie.ac.at/icacomuse were 15 papers presented with topics covering theoretical cartography and cartosemiotics, Although this has not yet been very visible to ecological safety, education and mapping. The the outside world and the ICA community, the results of the workshop will be published as a new ICA Commission on Use and User Issues CD-based Proceedings in the near future. has been very active since its establishment in The 3rd Workshop is planned either for Moscow in 2007. But this visibility will soon March 2009 in Kyiv or for September in improve, if only because of the following two Alushta, Crimea. achievements: • The publication of a special issue of The Workshop in Vilnius, Lithuania Cartographic Journal (Volume 45, number 2)

The traditional Swiss raclette dinner puts smile on many The ICA Commission on Theoretical Cartogra- • The opening of our new website faces | Photography Christian Haeberling phy and the Centre of Cartography, Faculty of Geosciences of the Vilnius University held a Special issue of The Cartographic Journal All papers and contributions for the workshop joint workshop Selected Problems of Theoreti- The special issue of The Cartographic Journal will be published in the workshop proceedings cal Cartography on 14 May 2008 in Vilnius, contains refereed articles from distinguished in mid 2008. The contributions will also be capital city of Lithuania. commission members: Muki Haklay & Antigoni accessible on the Commission website. Our workshop aimed at discussing some > 12