Dispatches 1 http://www.icaci.org One of the challenges facing the ECAI One of the challenges would like to request that you We Please note that we prefer to receive your project team is the development of a set of project team is the development that is applicable to the cartographic symbols topics and subject considerable range of This will require areas that ECAI addresses. from many the assistance of professionals archeologists, disciplines including historians, geographers, sociologists, and a many others. It is our intention to produce set of symbols that can be utilized for two purposes. First of all, we intend to standardize the way in which map data is the ECAI map TimeMap, viewed through interface. Second, it is our hope that the ECAI project can assist in the establishment of symbology guidelines where none currently exist, as is the case in many subject These guidelines will be made areas. available through the ECAI webpage to anyone interested in producing aesthetically pleasing and cartographically appropriate maps. to develop a standardized support our efforts symbolset by submitting to the ECAI of Cartographic Subcommittee any collection map symbols that you believe are currently utilized, or that should be utilized within your subject area. Please submit the symbol set(s) to the Cartographic Subcommittee Kevin Mickey either via email, Coordinator, fax, or regular mail. symbol sets in a digital format, but will gratefully accept paper as well. In addition, we would like to request that you clearly identify the intended meaning of each would appreciate your We symbol. submission no later than May 31, 2000. If you would like to obtain more information about the ECAI project, we encourage you to visit the project website at may You http://www.ias.berkeley.edu/ecai/. also send email for additional information to [email protected]. Assurance Manager Quality Kevin Mickey, Indiana University at The Polis Center, Indianapolis Boulevard, Suite 100 Waterway 1200 Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 Fax: (317) 278-1830 Email: [email protected]

‘The layout uméro 34, Juin 2000 N Congratulations to Miguel and his ECAI constitutes a new dimension in Lastly, as the 20th International Lastly, I wish a good summer break to our Request for Cartographic Symbol Sets Atlas Initiative The Electronic Cultural (ECAI) is a collaborative project, which will and texts. combine global mapping, imagery, ECAI is dedicated to the low-cost or no-cost dissemination of a wide range of information using distributed database and Internet GIS techniques. academic research and international of area Teams Atlas collaboration. ECAI specialists, in conjunction with ECAI are producing an Teams, Technical interactive electronic atlas of the world from which selected data from regions, eras, and disciplines can be instantaneously accessed. distributed database is built around ECAI’s time-enabled GIS and a common server- based metadata catalogue. Cartography and GIS, who reports on the Cartography and GIS, for submission of scope and guidelines that might be of papers to this journal, Cartographic African special interest to the community. I is well underway, Cartographic Conference have included a reminder of forthcoming deadlines for travel awards and the call for papers. colleagues of the northern hemisphere, and look forward to receiving your contributions for the ICA News, next November. 35 Graciela Metternicht ICA News goes Spanish of Miguel Bernabé Thank you to the efforts and the enthusiastic group at the Department and Cartography of the Topography of Madrid Polytechnic University (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), the colleagues of ICAaccess a Spanish version of the can now ICA Internet at News via http://www.mercator.org/ica/INDEX.HTM. comments I agree with Miguel’s the but the contents are it«s a bit different, same! group. Number 34, June 2000 ICA News Nouvelles de I’ACI

he first issue of the New Millennium! he first issue of the New ICA News has began a new ‘digital’ can now be era, as the Newsletter

A ‘special feature’ section, of short This issue contains a variety of

ICA NEWS December 1999 Olomo, Editor of the Nigerian Journal of modelling and a short note from Richard materials on visualization and cartographic Computers&Geosciences, containing recent well. It features two special issues of cartographic literature has been introduced as ). ANetherlands). section on recent student at the University of Utrecht (The prepared by Charles de Jongh, a Cartography Cartography courses advertised via Internet, discussion on the information contents of introduced. This first note is a brief introduced. cartography community worldwide, has been articles that will be of interest for the President. presented by Konecny, ICApresented by Milan Konecny, Vice- Earth, GSDI, and Global Mapping is ICA in global projects such as the Digital last March. Alast March. section illustrating the role of Environment which was held in Environment which was held in Cape Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Cuba, and the 28th Symposium International President, the 2nd Geomatica 2000, hosted in and the Pacific, attended by the ICA Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia Regional Cartographic Conference for highlights from the 15th United Nations The conference reports section includes Visualization at ITC, in The Netherlands. at ITC, in Visualization Geoinformatics, Cartography and Corné van Elzakker, from the Division of Corné van Elzakker, and President is reported in an interview by some thoughts of the ICA Secretary-General interesting insight into the activities and guidelines for future competitions. An guidelines for future competitions. Executive in the formulation of rules and The information would assist the ICA Barbara Petchenik Children’s Map Award. Map Barbara Petchenik Children’s developed nations contributing to the conducted amongst developing and Anderson on the results of a survey special interest is the report by Jacqueline General and several Commission Chairs. Of contributions from our very active Secretary- has been done so far. producing and distributing the hardcopies as PDF file. However, we will continue PDF file. However, Home Page (www.icaci.org) as an Adobe as an Home Page (www.icaci.org) accessed and downloaded from the ICA accessed and downloaded

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t the 11th General Assembly of the Positions from January 1, 2000: gradually, this gives the other editors an ICA in Ottawa new persons were Head of research National Land Survey opportunity of phasing me out. ICA’s Top Executives Aappointed to the two top positions in of (30%). What is and has been your involvement with the Executive Committee of the Association: Adjunct professor of Geosciences esp. international societies related to cartography Dr Bengt Rystedt (Sweden) is the new Information technology at the University of and/or geoinformatics (other than the ICA)? President and Dr Ferjan Ormeling (The Gävle, affiliated to the University of Uppsala [BR] Member of the steering committee for Netherlands) is the new Secretary General (30%). the European GIS conferences 1991-95. and Treasurer. The purpose of this interview Head of the department of technology at is to introduce our new top executives to the the University of Gävle (40%). [FJO] From under the ICA roof it has been ICA community at large. my privilege to co-operate with commissions [FJO] I started work for 8 years as atlas Please tell us where you live and work on education from the FIG and the ISPRS editor for a cartography firm in the and in which ways people may contact you and thereby see how we are beset by similar Netherlands, Wolters-Noordhoff, and [BR] I live and work in Gävle, a town of problems and have the same opportunities. some 70 000 inhabitants, 180 km north of concentrated there on small-scale thematic Stockholm at the coast of the Baltic Sea. cartography. I still spend most of my research What has been your involvement with ICA up in that field, be it now electronic, with to now? Private address: sidelines such as geographical names and [BR] ICA conferences attended: 1974, 1982, Krikonvägen 21 SE-806 36 Gävle copyright. In 1969 I got a position at Utrecht 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997 and +46-26-101722 University where I still work, and since then 1999. Office addresses: National Land Survey SE-801 82 Gävle I have been trying to catch up with the more 1987-91 Chair of the National Atlas +46-26-633429 large scale aspect of the profession and map Commission. University of Gävle SE-801 76 Gävle production. Apart from atlas work in Utrecht 1991-95 Chair of the National and +46-26-648844 we also engage in data quality research, so in Regional Atlas Commission. E-mail addresses: [email protected] the more theoretical aspects of map use. In 1995-99 Vice President. [email protected] 1985 I was appointed to the chair of 1997 Secretary General of the Organising cartography in Utrecht University. Committee of the ICA conference in [FJO] Although it is bad for my stamp Stockholm. collection, E-mail is the most convenient way What is and has been your involvement with [FJO] The first ICA conference I attended to reach me: [email protected] national cartographic (or other related) was in Amsterdam in 1967. I was still a I work at the Faculty of Geographical societies? student then, and I was hired for inserting Sciences, Utrecht University, P.O. Box [BR] I am a long time member of the delegates’ mail in their pigeonholes, and in 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands. Swedish Society for Anthropology and the meantime listen in to the papers being Geography, the South-Swedish Society of What would be your current definition of presented. Since then I have only skipped 3 Geography and the Swedish Cartographic 'Cartography'? ICA meetings: New Delhi (1968), Ottawa Society. In the latter one I started a GIS [BR] Communication of geospatial (1972) and Warszawa (1982). I started my section in 1984 and chaired that until 1997. information in visual form. commission work at the lowest end of the Secretary General of the organisation [FJO] I have been drifting away from scale in 1976 as a documentalist for the joint committee for the 1997 ICA international communication-oriented definitions. My ICA-IGU Working Group on Environmental cartographic conference in Stockholm. current view would be: the process of Atlases under Prof. Vazques-Maure and later allowing people to take proper decisions on [FJO] We are only a small country, and that David Bickmore until 1984. In 1980, when the basis of spatial data. is why there was already pressure at an early my boss Cor Koeman resigned from the ICA age to take part in the work of our national Standing Commission on Education and What is the kind of cartography you have cartographic society (NVK). So in 1971 I Training (CET) I took over his membership. been dealing with and are dealing with now organised my first cartographic summer When the Atlas Commission was resurrected in your professional career? school for the NVK, and from 1975-1997 I in 1985 I took the opportunity to enrol again [BR] (1973) PhD on a thesis on computer have been a member of the board, the last and participate in Bengt Rystedt’s gang of cartography at the University of Lund. two years as president. My colleagues even four with Eva Siekierska and Tim Trainor. (1972-84) Application development on had a harder time in getting me to resign as When Karl-Heinz Meine laid down the land and land related data at the Central chairmanship of CET in 1987 I was proposed one of the editors of the Kartografisch Board of Real Estate Data. as its chairman, and elected, and had the luck Tijdschrift, our Dutch cartographic journal, (1984-95) Developments in cartography of finding Richard Dahlberg as co-chair. which I have regarded as one of my tasks at the National Land Survey, the national When Richard died, Roger Anson took over since 1971. Of course it is difficult to leave mapping organisation of Sweden. CET's co-chairmanship in 1996. what I think of as the best cartographic (1996-99) R&D co-ordinator and head of journal in the world. It is a pity so few research at the National Land Survey. Based on your long experience with the work (1996-99) Adjunct professor at the people read Dutch, the language it is of the Association and your attendance of University of Gävle. published in! As it is going electronic many conferences, how would you describe

2 ICA NEWS June 2000 Meeting the ICA’s Top Executives the changes that took place within the ICA, I will not ask you to provide a complete and [BR] I see this as a final peak in my career possibly in relation to the development of the self-contained personal policy statement and since ICA has given me so much I want discipline? regarding the ICA and its activities in the to give something back. ICA’s Top Executives [BR] From the 1974 conference I especially four years to come. But I am sure that both [FJO] As I positively pressured the NVK remember Fred Christ's paper on automated of you can each mention just one particular into nominating me for this post until they generalisation. I cannot say that much aspect you would like to pay extra attention finally gave in, they would not have taken it happened in this field in the years thereafter. to in the coming four years. Please do so. kindly if I had walked away subsequently. Generally speaking, cartography has not kept [BR] I would like to make cartography more up with the technological developments. visible and widely acknowledged as an up- Which question did you miss here? to-date science in the information society. [BR] Co-operation and relations to our [FJO] There seemed to be more long-term sister societies. I see ICA as a prosperous involvement in the overall work of ICA. [FJO] In CET we engaged especially in organisation and want to see it develops in Nowadays it seems to be more of a endeavours that brought various ICA good co-operation with our sister societies. commitment in specific niche activities. commissions together. This seemed to work Surprisingly, I have not seen any real rather well, and that is one aspect I would [FJO] How we intend to interest future increase of the average age of those that like to continue the coming term. Apart from generations in ICA. that I think the map use aspect has been share in the work of ICA, on the contrary. By organising summer schools in under represented in our work and I will try The discipline as such has matured and advanced GIS-based visualising techniques. to remedy that. automation has helped us to concentrate on Interview by: Corné P.J.M. van Elzakker, the core activities. One but last question: why did you accept International Institute for Aerospace and your nomination for this position? Could you provide one (or two) keyword(s) Earth Sciences (ITC), The Netherlands to typify the last ICA conference in Ottawa? [BR] A real international and friendly atmosphere.

[FJO] Colourful, smooth and fundamental.

Nowadays, there seems to be some kind of a paradox: on the one hand we notice that, for instance, specialist education and training in cartography is threatened at various places in the world and the quality of cartographic displays is deteriorating, and on the other hand, for instance, ICA conferences blossom and there is more interest in the use of maps than ever before. What is your view on my perceived paradox and what will be the role of ICA in this situation? [BR] Cartographers and map users understand the possibilities for cartographic applications in the information society and want to find out how to find the front-end knowledge at international conferences. ICA is the worldwide vehicle for providing and disseminating cartographic knowledge.

[FJO] Your paradox is not too serious. I see the Web as a panacea for both showing good ICA President, Bengt Rystedt (right) and Secretary General, Ferjan Ormeling (left). design examples with which to fight your deteriorating displays, and for providing educational opportunities, such as web courses for those for whom it becomes too expensive to provide contact education. ICA will stimulate both types of applications on its websites.

ICA NEWS June 2000 3 Getting ready for the 20th ICC, 2001. Important deadlines

Call for Papers: and bottom margins and 3 cm side margins, Africa, South and Central America including

20th ICC Beijing 2001 or use 8.5x11 inch paper with 1.5 inch top the Caribbean, and much of Asia and uthors should indicate which one and bottom margins and 1.25 inch side Oceania. Applicants must be giving a paper of the following topics is margins. Center the title in bold capital at ICA for the first time and be 35 years old addressed. The Local Organizing A letters as the first item, followed by a or less. Committee reserves the right to make final vertical space and then name(s) of the decisions on categorization as part of the author(s). Type the affiliation address (typed acceptance process. Papers not fitting the as it should appear on a mailing envelope) Deadline: defined categories should be labeled "other". 15th December 2000: a full copy of the immediately below each author’s name. The technical topics of the Conference are: paper as well as abstract should be received Immediately below the last line, authors are by the Conference Secretary and to the ICA encouraged to include a fax number and E- 1. Education and Training in Cartography. Secretary-General: mail address. After skipping two lines, the 2. History of Cartography and Historical body of the abstract should be typed with Ferjan Ormeling Maps. single spacing and no indentation for International Cartographic Association 3. Cartography and the Environment. paragraphs. P.O.Box 80115 4. Marine Cartography. 3508 TC Utrecht, the Netherlands fax : +31 5. Satellite Mapping. Deadlines: 30 2540604 e-mail : [email protected] 6. National and Regional Atlases. 1st September 2000: Abstracts must be received by the Local Organizing 7. Military Cartography. Committee In addition, applicants must arrange for a 8. Map Design and Production. 1st December 2000: Notification of letter of support from a recognised 9. Tourist Mapping. acceptance. cartographer from the home or other country 1st April, 2001. Fully typed version (max 8 (due at the same time as the paper; writer 10. Security, Pricing and Copyright of pages, including illustrations and references, sends it to the Secretary-General). With both Cartographic Database and Digital approximately 800 words per page.) of the copies of the paper, the applicant must Maps. papers accepted for oral presentation and submit a separate sheet with the following 11. GIS and Digital Mapping. publication in the conference proceedings. information: 12. Multimedia Cartography and Electronic Only the papers received by this date are ¥ Applicant's name, address, fax number Maps assured publication in the proceedings. (if possible), e-mail address (if Abstracts and papers should be mailed to the available), nationality, passport number; 13. Computer Generalization of Spatial Data following address: ¥ Paper title; 14. Spatial Data Infrastructure Policies ¥ Education beyond high school; 15. Mapping on the Internet and the World Local Organizing Committee for ICC 2001 ¥ Date of birth (month, year); Wide Web State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping of ¥ Gender; 16. Spatial Data Visualization (SBSM) ¥ Name and address of person submitting 9 Sanlihe Road, Beijing 100830, China letter of support; 17. Temporal Aspects of Cartography Fax: +86-10-68311564/68339095 ¥ Estimated cost of transportation to the 18. National and International Standards in Tel: +86-10-68346614/68339095 conference place; Cartography E-mail: [email protected] ¥ Number of days the applicant will be at 19. Geo-Spatial Data Sharing the conference; Further information at ¥ Previous work for ICA, if any 20. Geo-Spatial Data Quality and Evaluation www.sbsm.gov.cn/icc2001/ (involvement in commission or working 21. Maps for the Handicapped group, for example); 22. Cartography and Children Travel Awards ¥ Intended future involvement in ICA 23. Gender in Cartography A limited number of travel awards to the (commission or working group of International Cartographic Conferences of interest). 24. Cartographic Theory and Methods the International Cartographic Association 25. Intelligent Navigation Systems will be made to young cartographers who 26. Planet Cartography are nationals from developing countries. 27. Global Mapping ICA generally uses the United Nations definition of developing country, which can The abstract should be 300-500 words long be found in the U.N. Statistical Yearbook. in English, the conference language. Use Recent definition includes all countries in standard 21x29.7 cm paper with 4 cm top

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The conference papers dealt with the (UNGEGN). The UN forum is not a suitable Ethnic Maps in influence of these different methods on the place for scientific discussions, and this series Tuebingen visualisation of ethnic ratios, and also with the of symposia was set up to fill this void. influence on them of population density. How Speakers were truly international: 8 from thnic Maps on Southeast Europe at the should a mountain complex be coloured when Germany, 11 from Western Europe and as end of the 20th century was the title of it is uninhabited in winter and in summer many from Eastern Europe, 2 from Asia and 4

a two day conference held in Reports E might only see some nomadic herdsmen? from North America. The strong Eastern Tuebingen, October 28 and 29 1999, Actually the method that would render the European presence reflected the emergence of organised by the Institute on the History of ethnic groups most faithfully would be that of new sovereign states there, about to launch the Danube Germans (Institut fuer the dot map, but not more than 5 different Donauschwaebische Geschichte) and the their own geographical names policies. nationalities would be recognisable with this Austrian Institute for East and Southeast The local organisers, Messrs Sievers and method. Every method is best suited for Europe. The latter institute is well-known as Beinstein from the BKG, had put together a rendering specific aspects, like distribution the producer of the Atlas of the Danubian programme that was subdivided in sessions area, or numbers or ratios, apart from Countries and if somewhere in Europe there on: status of national standardisation, concepts geographical characteristics of the distribution is expertise on the production of ethnic maps, of names databases, romanisation systems and like concentration or dispersion. it will be here. Moreover, Southeast Europe is exonyms, so the programme was structured Ethnic maps have to be based on well-known for the problems the living logically: after the national standardisation censuses, and in this respect the papers on together of different ethnic communities and the accompanying databases, international census questions were most illuminative. One causes. It was from these areas that most of standardisation was tackled, as romanisation point is that ethnic groups might call the experts that convened in the Schloss systems and exonyms are an important part of themselves differently over time, an example Hoehentuebingen, high above this old that. being the Muslim Bosnians that regarded university town, were from, and that led to After the opening words by BKG themselves as Muslims in the 1991 census, animated discussions. Participants were president Dietmar Gruenreich and other but as Bosnians in the 1996 census. A Slovene cartographers, atlas editors, statisticians, officials the session on national standardisation participant told that of 100 people that would historians and geographers. started with a paper on the reconstruction of fill in the census form that German was their The meeting was structured into the field names in and their incorporation mother language, only 77 would also indicate following themes: ethnic maps after 1990, in a database that also incorporated historical this as their nationality, 64 as the language of theory and methods of ethnic maps, basic data and folklore elements (Danielski); the private communication and 26 as the for ethnic maps, use of ethnic maps in politics contribution of local authorities in the names language they would use for general and education and use of GIS for ethnic data. collecting process was treated (Golaski), and communication. So the kind of questions During the socialist era the production of the status of local names standardisation in asked in the census form would have an ethnic maps had been actively discourages, and Latvia was discussed. enormous influence on the outcome. concurrently with the suppression of all ethnic The "concepts of names databases" In various cities in Europe geographical strife, which violently emerged again after section contained contributions on the US information systems are now implemented for 1990. This process has been followed with Geographic Names Information System ethnic data. This lead to more flexible results ethnic maps produced by the parties involved (Payne) and the Swiss Names database 1:25 and a better potential for analysis, but they and by those that intervened and tried to put 000 (Oppizzi). Amongst other contributions have one set-back: they are less easy to check. an end to the conflicts (UN, USA, EU, the ATKIS concept was elucidated as the basis No one is able to see whether the information NATO). Old viewpoints and old of the German Names database (Illert) and the has been processed properly or represented methodologies have been resuscitated, and it ideas behind the Chinese Names database properly by the policy makers. Moreover, in became apparent that specific cartographic were set out (Wang). future it will be hard to retrieve the relevant methods favoured specific viewpoints, The session on Romanisation systems had data in the archives. because they put claims in a better light, and contributions from the US (Quinting), The conference was accompanied by a showed the distribution of specific ethnic Bulgaria (Nanova), (Kadmon) and exhibition of ethnic maps of South Eastern groups more prominently. Germany (Zikmund). The latter was most Europe since 1990. The new boundaries that had been drawn interesting because it dealt with an inventory at the peace treaties in 1919 in Versailles and Ferjan Ormeling of all important geographical names from the Trianon had been based to a large degree on former Soviet Union in their present official the chorochromatic maps that sowed the 2nd International orthography, thus providing a source locally (per municipality or per province) cartographers from all over the world have dominant ethnic groups. As the Hungarians Symposium on long been waiting for. This publication will were mainly living in larger settlements, while Geographical Names be ready in the second half of 2000. Slowakians, Rumanians or Serbians lived The session on Exonyms touched upon mainly in the countryside, this led to the fact ‘Geonames 2000’ the problem of an enormous increase of that even if the Hungarians would form the he 2nd International Symposium on exonyms because of the emergence of new majority in a province, on municipality level Geographical Names was held from 28 national states in Eastern Europe: , the larger part of the province would be T- 30 March 2000, at the offices of the Moldova, , Chech Republic, Slovakia, dominated by non-Hungarians and coloured Bundesamt fuer Kartographie und Geodaesie Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, accordingly. Even when the Hungarians tried (BKG) in Germany. This symposium was the , Armenia, etc, all willing to ascertain to rectify this by producing surface diagram venue of many of the experts in geographical their new independence by having their own maps that better rendered the population names that regularly convene in New York or set of exonyms. that laid ratios, these maps were not accepted at the to prepare the UN Conferences on the dormant during the cold war now have been conference tables and when the boundaries Standardisation of Geographical Names, held resuscitated again. There was a worthwhile were finally drawn Hungary lost two third of every five years since 1967. The official name expose on the nature of exonyms (Pall) and an its former area. Since then the chorochromatic of this group when they convene at the UN is interesting description of the lifecycle of map is called the Serbian or Rumanian method. UN Group of Experts on Geographical Names exonyms (Adamic), a concept implying that

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exonyms never can be banned out completely. not in products (in telephone numbers instead United Nations Regional Cartographic The visit on the symposium’s last day was of in telephone directories), and that this Conferences for Asia and the Pacific to the Hessischer Rundfunk, the Broadcasting would also impact on atlas cartography. (UNRCC-AP) are held every three years, the Station for Hessia, where a pronunciation Prof.Alois Mair, editor of the national atlas of 14th UNRCC-AP being held in Bangkok database for foreign geographical names has Germany, covered the experiences prior to the February 1997. In Bangkok a number of been set up, allowing news readers to publication of the first national atlas volume, resolutions charged the PCGIAP with Reports correctly pronounce these names. November 1999 (the accompanying CD- carrying out certain action. The 15th The Symposium allowed the names ROM was published in February 2000) and UNRCC-AP provided the opportunity to experts to convene without the political its lay-out model: series of atlas spreads that report on the status of these resolutions and to pressures and hidden agendas that tend to put also extensively show the European report on and assess the considerable progress some strain on the UNGEGN sessions. dimension for comparison purposes. Much of made by PCGIAP working groups towards Because of that, it might actually contribute people’s interest in atlases stems from the the development of the Asia-Pacific Spatial to a better understanding and more fruitful inquisitiveness that makes us want to know Data Infrastructure (APSDI). In addition the cooperation at the UN Conferences on the whether our neighbours are doing better than PCGIAP’s Executive Board membership and Standardisation of Geographical Names we are. working group chairmanship terms coincide (UNCSGN). The symposium’s host country, As the new Tirol Atlas would be based on with the three yearly event and in Kuala Germany, has to be congratulated with this data from two different countries, Dr Peter Lumpur a new Executive (President, Vice- initiative that will thus have a positive Jordan from Vienna (himself editor of the President and Secretary), Board members and influence on the next UNCSGN that will be atlas series for East and Southeast Europe) working group chairs were elected. held in Berlin in August 2002. was asked to share his experience in collating statistical data from several countries. These Theme Ferjan Ormeling introductions brought the audience to the For the first time the UNRCC-AP discussion, the most important aspect of the incorporated the annual meeting of PCGIAP, Workshop Tirol Atlas symposium, and intended to modify the atlas under the Conference theme: "The 15th proposal, if thought necessary. UNRCC-AP - A Milestone for Sustainable symposium to elaborate the concepts After these discussions the assembled Development". The 14th UNRCC-AP for the new digital atlas of the company travelled to Innsbruck, where next recommended that the 15th Conference have Euroregion Tirol-Suedtirol-Trentino A morning Lorenz Hurni (Zuerich) presented a primary focus on the continued and was held in Bozen/ Bolzano, , and the interactive national atlas of , strengthened contribution of geographic Innsbruck, Austria, between the 9th to the which had been distinguished with a prize at information (from PCGIAP’s core activities 11th March 2000. The analog Tirol Atlas was the ICC exhibition in Ottawa in August 1999. of surveying, mapping and charting) in completed in 1999 and within six years a new Especially its analytical potential and its 3D support of the implementation of Agenda 21 digital edition should be produced. Twenty portrayal potential impressed the audience. and its emphasis on sustainable development. European atlas cartographers convened to this Hurni indicated that the CD-ROM edition The United Nations, the PCGIAP and invited end, invited by the Italian autonomous region would be accompanied shortly by a paper speakers related their reports and Suedtirol/Alto Adige. edition, also containing the explanatory texts presentations to the support being provided to Production of this atlas is one of the tasks that no one wants to read on a monitor. An sustainable development through geographic of the Institute of Geography of Innsbruck Internet version with printing potential is also information activities. University. The symposium began in the envisaged, and cartographers in Zurich are Suedtiroler Naturmuseum in Bozen, with the already thinking about a more extended Participation presentation of the proposals made so far by functionality, aimed for instance at comparing Each PCGIAP member country was invited these Innsbruck geographers. According to various map images, combining thematic by the United Nations to form a delegation to this new proposal this atlas was aimed at a layers with the landscape model and adding a the meeting and experts in surveying, large audience of non-specialists, and it was data browser in order to be able to input one’s mapping, GIS and related activities were intended to make full use of the new own data. The Tirol cartographers have invited as guest speakers. Countries outside functionality within reach because of the new something to live up to when they intend to the region also participated and a large digital environment. model their new atlas on this interactive Atlas number of observers were in attendance. The second item was an introduction to der Schweiz. United Nations representation was from the the new trends in the area of national and Completely in style, the symposium was Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), regional atlases in the 1990s (in 1987 the first concluded with a Magdalener red wine, from United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) electronic atlas was introduced by Richard the slopes around Bozen. and the Economic and Social Commission for Smith at the Morelia International Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Twenty six Cartographic Conference: the Atlas of Ferjan Ormeling countries in the region and eight from outside Arkansas): from digital reproduction of paper attended. There were over 100 participants atlases via interactive and analytical atlases 15th United Nations from the 34 countries and close to 100 towards full grown atlas information systems observers, as well as 13 invited speakers. that lately are increasingly intended to Regional Cartographic provide access to the information Conference for Asia Speaking programme superhighway, and act as organisers of and the Pacific The mornings of Wednesday 12 and Thursday geospatial data. Strobl (Salzburg) saw the 13 were devoted to presentations by invited atlas as a first step on the road to a digital (UNRCC-AP) speakers covering topics on: GSDI; Global basic democracy: by allowing to for instance his conference incorporated the 6th Mapping; Land Administration; The reserve hotel rooms through the atlas, or meeting of the Permanent Committee Permanent Committee for the Americas; inquiring after the snow heights would be on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Geographical names; ESCAP Space amongst the atlas uses. He also stressed that T Pacific (PCGIAP), and was held from 11-14 Technology Applications; Surveying issues the future will be interested in answers and April 2000 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. and challenges for the 21st century; Leading

6 ICA NEWS June 2000 Conference Reports edge cartography; International geodesy; charts, navigation charts, GPS applications, The social program touched on the best Corporatisation of national mapping agencies; photogrammetry and remote sensing. elements of Cuba’s national culture through World Bank support for emerging nations; This meeting, organised by the GeoCuba the concert offered by ‘Camerata Romeu’ in JICA programs across the region; and GIS Enterprise Groups and the National Office of the Opening night and the excellent development and challenges in Pacific island Hydrography and Geodesy, was co-sponsored performance of the ‘Ballet National of Cuba nations. by several international organisations.

in Giselle’ at the Gran Teatro of La Habana. Reports Conference Committees Representing the International Cartographic Other events like the welcome cocktail and Five Conference Committee meetings (e.g. Association were Ferjan Ormeling, Secretary the farewell party also contributed to develop Cadastre, Geodesy, Fundamental Data, General and Vadimir Tikunov, Chair of the strong relationships amongst the professionals Development Needs, and Geographical ICA Commission on Education and Training. of geo-informatic assisting to the conference. Names) were held in parallel on April 13 to Key note addresses were also presented by the We wish this note serves as a worldwide develop resolutions for consideration by the Director of the International Hydrographic announcement to the cartographic and geo- Conference on the following three years Bureau (IHB), admiral Neil Guy, and Gustavo informatic community, on the 3rd activities and to cover issues such as: Ruiz, President of the Latin American Society International Conference Geomatica, to be ¥ progress with workplans of current of Specialists in Remote Sensing and Spatial held in Havana city in February 2002, working groups and the need to continue Information Systems (SELPER). concurrently with the Latin American their work The president of GeoCuba Enterprise, ¥ the possibility of forming additional Symposium of Remote Sensing, that will be working group/s Eladio Fernandez Civico, and the Director of organized by the Latin American Society of ¥ structure and workplans of working the Cuban Office of Hydrography and Specialists in Remote Sensing and Spatial groups after the Kuala Lumpur Geodesy, Eloy Alum Ortiz, presided the Information Systems. See you in year 2002! Conference. opening ceremony, whereas ICA Secretary Tatiana Delgado General, Ferjan Ormeling, officially closed Geomatica 2000 Organising Committee The recommendations and endorsements from the event with a master conference on the main draft resolutions proposed by ‘Challenges and opportunities of cartography Conference Committees and that were in the digital era’. A keynote address ‘Toward adopted in plenary can be accessed at the a global integration of geospatial data and PCGIAP web site, which is progressively services’ was presented during the Seminar on being updated with information from Kuala Spatial data standards, organized by staff from Lumpur (http://www.percom.apgis.gov.au) The next PCGIAP meeting is scheduled the IHB and Global Geomatics, from Canada. for Tsukuba in April 2001. The 16th Moreover, Ms Elena Diaz Aguirre, the project UNRCC-AP will be held in 2003. The manager of OpenGIS specifications in Cuba, PCGIAP Board will meet in Japan, November presented results of its implementation at 2000 in conjunction with the Global Mapping national level. Additional topics of discussion 2000 Forum. Working Group 1 is holding included basic concepts of data a geodesy workshop in Mongolia in August standardisation, world experiences according 2000. For further information on the to the report published by the ICA Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure Commission on data standards and OpenGIS. for Asia and the Pacific contact the Some specialised commissions met during the Secretariat: conference as well. The Commission of Dr Hiromichi Tsuji Electronic Navigation Charts, chaired by Spatial Data Standards Seminar, left to right: Head of International Affairs Office admiral Neil Guy, opened its deliberations Michel Huet (Monaco), Tatiana Delgdo Geographical Survey Institute with a keynote address on ‘World databases (Cuba), María Elen Díaz (Cuba). Kitasato 1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0811 for electronic navigation charts: current JAPAN structures and strategies for the future’. Email: [email protected] Two technical visits to Geocuba Agencies such as Digital Cartography, Photogrammetry Source: Bob Irwin, AUSLIG (www.percom.apgis.gov.au) and Nautical Cartography were organized during the conference, where enthusiastic delegates took the opportunity for exchanging GEOMATICA 2000: ideas and establishing commercial t was a great beginning to the century for networking. the Geomatic community when they met The scientific sessions ended with Iin Havana city to celebrate the 2nd discussions on projects and national solutions Geomatic 2000 International Conference, as for the integration and dissemination of spatial part of the Convention Informatica 2000. data. It was a unique opportunity to launch Some 150 professionals from 19 countries the Cuban idea of creating a National were made to feel comfortable a the Hotel Geospatial Data Infrastructures, encouraged Palco, where they shared experiences and The Director of GEOCUBA and the Director debated a variety of current topics on digital by Geocuba, the Ministry of Informatics and of the International Hydrographic Bureau at cartography, geographic information systems, Communications, and the National Office of prize giving ceremony. spatial data standards, electronic nautical Hydrography and Geodesy.

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GEOMATICA 2000 Opening Ceremony. ICA Workshop on Map and Atlas Production.

Opening of the GEOMATICA 2000 Exhibition, front: Ferjan Closing Ceremony, left to right: Ferjan Ormeling (ICA), Gustavo Ruiz Ormeling, ICA General Secretary, and Lourdes Quintero, (SELPER), Eladio Fernández (GEOCUBA), Eloy Alum (National GEOCUBA Habana Enterprise Director. Hydrographic and Geodesy Office), Melchor Gil (Cuban Informatics and Communiction Ministry).

The 28th International management, disaster management, the status Mastracci, Director of Applications of remote sensing in Africa and Ð looking Programmes of the European Space Agency Symposium on towards the future Ð emerging and supporting (ESA); Gregory Withee, Assitant Remote Sensing of the technologies. Administrator for Satellite and Information Speaking at the opening of Cape Town Services of NOAA; Tillmann Mohr, the Environment 2000, ’s Minister of Arts, Director General of EUMETSAT; and he Satellite Applications Centre of the Culture, Science and Technology, Dr Ben Ghassem Asrar, the Associate Administrator South African CSIR (Council for Ngubane, said although the Symposium of NASA lined the podium during the TScientific and Industrial Research) theme of Information for Sustainable is of opening. hosted the 28th International Symposium on universal importance, it is particularly The award for the best paper award went Remote Sensing of the Environment from 27 relevant to the region and the whole of Africa to Robert Schuchman of ERIM in the United Ð 31 March 2000 in Cape Town, South Africa. where the wide application of remote sensing States for his paper titled: "An Oil Pollution technology and its diverse applications has It was the first time in the 38 year history that Management System for the Black Sea" the potential to improve the quality of life of the symposium was hosted on this continent presented in a Disaster Management session. all on the African continent, significantly. In and remote sensing practitioners from around A CD containing the symposium proceedings so doing it will contribute in a meaningful the world revelled in the occasion to present can be ordered from Chuck Hutchinson of the way to making the vision of an African their findings on African soil. University of Arizona Ð send an e-mail to Renaissance in the new millennium, a reality. During the five days of the symposium [email protected] 280 papers by authors from more than 40 The Satellite Applications Centre was countries presented their findings and case pleased to welcome many prominent Elri Liebenberg studies on issues such as global change, individuals of the remote sensing industry. University of South Afric agriculture and forestry, water resource Respected industry leaders such as Claudio

8 ICA NEWS June 2000 ICA and Global Projects

http://www.digitalearth.nt.cn/de99.htm). ICA chairmanship of Santiago Borrero, from ICA and Global participated in the Digital Earth Symposium Colombia. The Fifth GSDI Conference will Projects as an observer, and in the next years will be held in Cartagena, Colombia, from 21-25 actively participate in the preparation of the n last two years the Executive Committee May 2001. The theme of this conference will event. of ICA intensified efforts to actively be: ‘Sustainable Development: GSDI for The Fourth Global Spatial Data Improved Decision-Making’. More

participate in global projects that facilitate Reports I Infrastructure (GSDI) Conference was held active participation and development of information about GSDI initiatives can be cartographical thoughts in their in Cape Town, South Africa from 13-15 viewed on: http://www.gsdi.org implementation, while being connected with March 2000. The title of the conference The Seventh Meeting of the ICA’s main objectives. The author of this ‘Engaging Emerging Economies’ dealt with International Steering Committee for report has been elected ICA representative to specific Africa problems. The conference was Global Mapping, was held on 16 March participate in existing global projects such as organised by the Chief Directorate of Surveys 2000 at the Department of Lands and GSDI, Global Mapping and Digital Earth and Mapping, the national mapping Surveys, South Africa, in connection to the Symposia, conferences and meetings to organisation of South Africa. The conference Fourth GSDI conference. At the meeting Prof. discuss the activities undertaken by such was attended by 181 delegates from 38 John Estes, from USA was re-elected as projects were organised in several countries at countries (previous GSDI conferences have Chairperson of the Committee and Mr. Peter the end of 1999 and the beginning of the had between 60-100 delegates, on average). Holland, from Australia was appointed as 2000. Remarkable and important was the Vice Chairperson. Mr. M. Akiyama and Dr. Towards Digital Earth Symposium was participation of 102 delegates from 14 H. Muramaki were reappointed Secretary held on November 29-December 2, 1999 in African countries. ICA role’s is as observer General and Assistant secretary general, Beijing, China. The event was organised by and supporter of the GSDI activities. The respectively. Dr. Milan Konecny, Vice Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The technical programme of the conference was President of the ICA was introduced as a new symposium was attended by distinguished divided into three thematic parts. The adviser replacing Prof. Michael Wood. Mr. guests like the vice-premier of the Chinese conference started with reports about GSDI Derek Clarke, of South Africa was the government, Mr. Li Lanquing, the Director of activities, especially the working groups. The convenor of this meeting. It was reported that CAS, Prof. Yongxiang Lu, Beijing’s Major, keynote speaker Prof. H. Onsrud summarized Global Map (GM) version 1.0, the target Mr. Qi Liu, as well as many well-know on the status of national SDI’s around the objective of Phase I of the Global mapping scientists like Mike Goodchild and J.E. world, and the legal as well as data sharing Project, will be presented in November 2000 Dobson from USA, Prof. Dietmar Gruenreich problems involved in these initiatives. The from Germany, Peter Holland from Australia, at the Global Mapping Forum 2000 to be held second part was devoted to 23 papers Shunji Murai from Japan, Vladimir S. in Hiroshima, Japan. The relevance of covering technical strategies and Tikunov from and the worldwide decision making on data policy issues and considerations, directions, policies and famous Chinese Academician, Chen Shu strategy concepts (Phase II) was highlighted. Peng. More than 500 participants from 20 institutional issues and case studies. The draft In this regard, current Working Groups countries and regions heard 195 papers of the SDI Cookbook (SDI implementation (WGs) were re-organized. The WG1 on divided into 21 sections. Several main guide) edited by Douglas Nebert, was Strategic Plan will concentrate on strategic streams were remarkable: visions and presented and discussed for the first time. The plans for the Phase II (chaired by Mr. Dr. Bob concepts of the Digital Earth, remote sensing Cookbook consists of 10 chapters: The O’Neil, from Canada). A new WG2 for and GIS technologies and applications, the Cookbook Approach; Geospatial Data Specification Topics will be created, and the role of the Internet and Web GIS. Many Development: Building Data for Multiple WG3 on Data Policy will focus on the legal digital map products were presented during Uses; Metadata-Describing Geospatial Data; standing for commercial use of Global Map the speeches and technical exhibitions of the Geospatial Data Catalogue-Making Data version 1. Fundamental and new information symposium. Discussions focussed on the Discoverable; Geospatial Data Visualisation- about the Global Mapping project can be differences between the Digital Earth concept, Web Mapping; Geospatial Data Access and found at: http://www1.gsi-mc.go.jp/iscgm- as compared to the Global Spatial Data Delivery-Open Access to Data; Other sec/ Infrastructure (GSDI) and Global Mapping Services; Outreach and Capacity Building; The Global Mapping Newsletter is initiatives. An initiative to use the Digital Case Studies; Terminology. The third part published by the Steering Committee for Earth concept not only within a technological, was dedicated to SDI in Africa. The speakers Global Mapping. but also economical, ecological and cultural provided and insight into datasets available to The 8th Meeting of the International context was highlighted during the meeting. support regional studies in Africa and, more Steering Committee for Global Mapping will This is a wider concept than the GSDI importantly, addressed the question as to be held in Cartagena, Colombia, on May 25 initiative. On the other hand, it was whether Africa was ready for spatial data 2001, in conjunction with the 5th GSDI considered the GSDI as an absolutely infrastructures. At the conference dinner meeting to be hosted by the Geographic necessary core for other global activities. A delegates were entertained by a thought Institute Agustin Codazzy (IGAC). proposal for strengthening ideas on provoking speech by Jack Pellici, of Oracle The role of the ICA in all the projects sustainable development was also included in Corporation. previously mentioned should be to the Beijing Declaration. The next Symposia The GSDI Steering Committee under on Digital Earth will be organised in two participate, to cooperate, but above all, to chairmanship of the Peter Holland (Australia) years time, during the summer 2001 in formulate and create specific cartographic hold two meetings. The business of the GSDI, Ottawa, Canada. The Czech republic is the approaches and solutions which could be as well as important relationship between candidate nation to host the 2003 Digital exploited on the local, regional, continental Earth Symposium. GSDI, Global Mapping and the Digital Earth and global levels. More information about the conference as were also debated. The next conference will Dr. Milan Konecny well as text of the Beijing Declaration can be be held under the GSDI chairmanship of ICA Vice-President viewed at: Derek Clarke, of South Africa, and vice-

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on this world standard can be written for our Education and Training book. Meanwhile, a formal book proposal was uring the 11th General Assembly, submitted to the ICA Publications Committee Vladimir Tikunov was appointed as in July 1999, which was subsequently Dnew Chair of the Commission on approved by Elsevier Science/Pergamon in Education and Training (CET). After the November of the same year. Reports Ottawa Conference, Hungary offered to The Commission also began to develop organize the first meeting of the Education plans for the next cycle of work that involves and Training Committee, which took place in examining the world Spatial Data the first weekend of February at the Infrastructure (SDI). About a dozen members Department of Cartography, Eötvös Loránd and alternates participated in this meeting. University. Among the assistants were Vladimir Tikunov, Ferjan Ormeling, and Planned ICA Metadata Book Alexander Wolodtschenko (chair of the István Kilinghammer, Rector of the Eötvös The Commission first began analyzing the Commission on Theoretical Cartography). Loránd University and Ferjan Ormeling concepts of spatial metadata standards in Although most of the participants came from 1995 following the ICA Congress in the host country, there were participants from Barcelona . The primary task of the a number of other European countries and 1995-99 ICA cycle has been to develop a set even from Israel. of universal metadata characteristics, and then The new terms of reference focus on the use them to assess all of the national and production of an Internet course in international metadata standards in the world. cartography, and most of the presentations The universal set of metadata characteristics were held according to these new tasks of the was largely developed in the 1995-97 time CET: frame. They were tested during 1997-98 and ¥ the contents of an Internet cartography are now final. teaching program Since then the Commission has been ¥ the development of Internet and its assessing the various national and international metadata standards in the world. cartographic possibilities Béla Pokoly, secretary of the Hungarian With this work the Commission has been ¥ the contents of an Internet program for national ICA commission, Vladimir Tikunov putting itself in position to plan and write continuing education and Alexander Wolodtschenko another book, this time on spatial metadata ¥ the contents and structure of existing standards. It now appears that the TC211 draft analog cartography course program for metadata standard will come into a stable Germany (to be produced on CD-ROM) Spatial Data form by this summer, thereby permitting the ¥ the lay-out and structure of these courses. Standards Commission Commission to move forward with its long- uring the past time period, the planned ICA book on these spatial metadata A timetable was proposed, and the follow-up Commission has continued its work standards. The commission proposal for this meeting in Apatity planned. It is foreseen that towards its planned book that uses a ICA book has now been approved by Elsevier the first partial modules will be presented D set of scientific and technical metadata Science/Pergamon, the ICA publisher. there, with some modules being ready for assessment characteristics to analyze and This planned ICA book on metadata 20th ICC in Beijing, in 2001. The production understand the various national and standards will have five major Parts of environmental atlases for Russia was international spatial metadata standards in the analogous to our prior 1997 book that discussed as well. Hungary accepted to world. The work has already progressed assessed world spatial data transfer standards: prepare a course module model for the next through seven versions of the metadata I. Full Introduction meeting (the initial parts were presented in characteristics that were subsequently II. Five summaries of regional metadata Budapest). The next meeting of CET will circulated to members of the Commission standards development activities in: take place in Russia (Apatity, Kola during its development. The Commission held Europe, North America, Africa, Peninsula), in August 2000 in connection with its 1999 annual meeting near Ottawa just Asia/Pacific, and the ISO community. the Intercarto-6 conference (see prior to the ICA Congress held there in III. The full set of metadata assessment http://alphais.inep.ksc.ru/intercarto/inter_en.ht August. characteristics: 12 first order categories, m website). 58 second order subcategories, and about A highlight of the meeting was a formal August Commission Meeting in 202 tertiary characteristics. reception at the office of the Rector of the Canada IV. About 18 chapters describing the major Eötvös Loránd University, who has a keen The Commission held its 1999 annual metadata standards in the world, and a interest in both old maps and current meeting in North Gower, Ontario, Canada, few application profiles. cartographic techniques. Afterward, he from August 9 to 13, the week prior to the V. Crosstable of 67 critical transfer offered a most memorable dinner for the ICA Congress in Ottawa. The four day characteristics by the 18 National and Commission at the Hotel Erzsébet. meeting was held to review the Part IV draft International metadata standards and Further information related to the meeting chapters that assess the metadata standards profiles. is available: http: using the scientific and technical Many draft chapters have already been lazarus.elte.hu\hun\dolgozo\zentail\ica\index.h characteristics. More planning on the written, and a major effort will be made to tml proposed ICA book took place as the develop and flesh out the full set of chapters Commission awaits the initial for the book, and this will commence as soon László Zentai, CET member, meeting ISO/TC211/T15 draft metadata standard to organizer as the TC211 metadata draft standard is reach a level of maturity such that a chapter scientifically and technically stable.

10 ICA NEWS June 2000 Commissions’ Reports Current Work Cartography and and any other costs. Where hour figures were In addition to the work on our ICA metadata given, these ranged from 30 to 340. The cost book described above, the Commission is Children of materials ranged from nil to USD $1,200. Cited expenses were for postage, the proceeding to plan for the second major task Report of the CCWG’s 1997 provision of diplomas, and costs associated for the 1999-03 ICA cycle of examining the Survey of the Barbara Petchenik with the national judging of the maps. Where

Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) at the Global, Reports Children’s Map Award costs were nil or low, there was an indication Regional and National levels. Discussions are that some expenses (such as postage) had currently taking place, and this will be a major he ICA Executive has directly solicited feedback about the Barbara Petchenik been covered by other means. discussion topic at the annual Commission Children’s Map competition, both in The number of reported national entries meeting in Monaco in June. T the distributed rules and guidelines and at a ranged from 78 to 860. Children under 12 were responsible for 59% of these. Each of ICA Standards Commission workshop for national committee leaders on September 7, 1995 in Barcelona. In addition, the nine participating countries indicated that Home Page the Cartography and Children Working Group the maps selected to represent the country The Home Page for the ICA Standards has solicited comments from the ICA were chosen by a committee. In eight of the Commission is housed in the Numerical membership through the ICA Newsletter and nine, all the national prize winners received Cartography Laboratory at Ohio State feedback from working group members prizes; the remaining country indicated that University. The URL of the Home page is: through mailed questions and formal the national prize winners would probably http://ncl.sbs.ohio-state.edu/ica discussions. In an attempt to collect receive prizes. In one country all of the students who participated received a prize. P.s. Please note that the Commission home information that would assist the ICA Only one country had submitted a national page is scheduled for updating this summer. Executive in the formulation of rules and guidelines for future competitions, a survey report, while one other country anticipated Harold Moellering, Chair requested countries to relate their experiences they would be doing so. (participation or non-participation) with the Respondents were asked to identify Census Cartography 1997 competition. This survey, together with problems with the rules and guidelines and his is a new commission that was a copy of the rules and guidelines for the the general operation of the competition, and were encouraged to offer comments and established at the 1999 ICA conference 1997 competition, was distributed to those suggestions. While some of the nine in Ottawa. The activities planned who attended the Stockholm meeting for T participants responded that they had had no during the period 1999-2001 are noted below, national representatives, and the rest were problems with the 1997 rules and guidelines, including progress to-date: mailed. Respondents were assured that the others commented that these were too general 1. Expand the membership to include data would be grouped and that no country or and the expectations not clearly set out. additional countries to gain the fullest individual would be named. Problems in running the competition included representation possible. The commission In total, 84 surveys were distributed, of timely receipt of information about the now has a Vice-Chair (Frank Blanchfield, which 18 were returned: nine from developed competition, effectively identifying interested Australia), 11 regular members and 4 nations and nine from developing nations individuals, and directing national advertising corresponding members. (using the 1997 World Bank classification of towards those individuals. The competition 2. Compile a bibliography on census economies). Five of the developed nations was also found to be time-consuming, as cartography. This task is well underway. and four of the developing nations had parties who submitted maps expected The bibliography currently constitutes participated in the Stockholm competition. acknowledgments. Comments and about 17 pages of references, many of Most questionnaires were completed by suggestions ranged from endorsements such which are available on the Internet. national representatives: only two were as "basically well run" and "we will continue 3. Compile a list of useful Web sites on completed by people directly responsible for to support the competition, as it appeals to census cartography. This task will the national organization of their countries' maps for the Stockholm competition. our committees and the media," to warnings commence shortly. such as "we foresee future problems." A 4. Create a Web site for the commission. All respondents were asked how often the competition should be held. Of the 15 who request was made that participating countries We have just completed designing the be supplied with follow-up information, and commission’s site, and will be creating a responded to this question, 54 percent preferred that the competition be held every one country asked for a supporting letter to link to it from the ICA’s site. Planned help in the solicitation of funding from entries include the Terms of Reference, four years rather than every two. The respondents who had participated in international agencies to subsidize the list of members, bibliography and useful national competition. Web sites on census cartography. the Stockholm competition were asked a series of questions ranging from how the The nine responding countries that did not 5. Commence a survey on the geographic participate in the Stockholm competition cited units used by various statistical agencies national maps were solicited and judged to what problems were encountered with the various reasons, including not having to determine if greater harmonization of received any entries in response to their concepts is possible for census thematic competition's rules and guidelines. Their responses indicate that a variety of methods advertising of the competition, lack of interest mapping. This task has not yet started. in the project among cartographers, problems 6. Attempt to have a joint meeting with the were used to advertise the competition. These included letters to members, advertisements of co-operation between geographers and Commission on National and Regional teachers, and unfamiliarity with maps among Atlases (Spain, autumn 2000). We are in journals, direct co-operation with other interested parties (geography societies, the general population. Other responses currently negotiating with that teachers, and government departments), as indicated that no information about the commission to hold a joint meeting. well as placing the information on a Web Stockholm competition had been received or We welcome feedback and comments from page and dissemination via Internet user that the country had not been aware of the the ICA community. groups. The question about costs involved in competition. running the competition asked respondents to Tim Davis, Commission Chair Jacqueline M. Anderon, Chair. estimate time spent on the project, materials,

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content and completeness of the pages will Map Production definitely be more extended in the coming time. Marine Cartography he Commission on Map Production has oastGIS 1999: Selected papers from the The address of CMP is: taken up its work after the Ottawa very successful CoastGIS’99 held in http://www.geocities.com/icacmp conference in August 1999. Various Brest, during September 1999 are T Together with the Commission on C working groups of CMP have been formed. available as "CoastGIS’99: Geomatics and Generalisation, CG, a 3 days seminar is

Reports Concerning the Terms of Reference separate Coastal Environment". The volume is edited by organised in Barcelona, Spain. As some groups co-operate on the specific items. We Jacques Populus and Lionel Loubersac and is additions are to be made we cannot display the hope that this way the Commission can work available for 220FF (33,54 Euros) through finalised programme. But since CMP and CG more efficiently than before. IFREMER Brest ([email protected]). The are the main organisers the event’s theme is In the annual meeting in Barcelona Spain volume is handsomely produced and is a most combined to map production related to (September 2000) we will evaluate the progress useful volume on the subject. If you experience generalisation. Emphasis will be on on-demand and the quality of the specific activities like any difficulties in getting hold of a copy Ð email items in relation to generalisation. promised. A main concern will be the finishing me at the address below. Further CMP will concentrate on the main of the manuscript for the Compendium of CoastGIS 2001: Planning for the next next year’s event: the Beijing Conference. In Cartographic Techniques. After consulting the CoastGIS Symposium, in collaboration with conjunction with the Commission on Satellite ICA-EC the idea is to issue a book. Due to very IGU’s Commission on Coastal Systems, is well in Images we are preparing for a pre-conference rapid changes in mapping techniques and hand. The organizing team in Canada has been seminar. The seminar includes issues concerning technology we face many alterations afterwards hard at work and is growing. We have decided map trade, as well. At the Ottawa conference so that we aim for annual revisions and upon dates: CoastGIS 2001 will be held in first steps towards a closer co-operation were additions to be available either on the Web page, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada from Sunday June taken and we expect the event in China will lead a CD-ROM or a combination. 17, 2001 to Wednesday June 20, 2001. Field to more joint events, also in the regions. ICA-CMP was asked for assistance in a trips, if there is sufficient response, will be held Subjects for presentations are: Cuban Conference. At the moment of writing on the Saturday and Sunday before the ¥ GIS and Satellite image map production this report the event took place and some conference. The conference will open with a ¥ Dissemination of geographical data: lectures were presented by Erkki Sakari Harju reception on the evening of Sunday June 17. I available cartographic products and results (CMP), Hans Kern (CMP), Ferjan Ormeling am delighted to be able to tell you that the to be expected Coastal Zone Canada Association has agreed to (ICA-SG) and Vladimir Tikunov (ICA-CET) ¥ Marketing, Trade and Production be a Canadian sponsor for CoastGIS 2001. and some local presenters. It is the idea to create management Paul Macnab with the Oceans Sector of the a proceedings booklet. ¥ The role of the cartographer: the change Department of Fisheries and Oceans has joined CMP has launched a homepage. Sverre from partly productive to advisory and Dr Andy Sherin as co-chair of the local Iversen has designed a Web Page that contains supervisory tasks the most important matters. We wish to keep the organizing committee. The Scientific Committee page not too complex and easy. Links will be Sjef van der Steen, Chair ICA Commission on contains many internationally renowned experts. Map Production created to the most related Web Sites. The We are proposing the following themes and will issue a Call for Papers at the end of May Five Workshops on maps and the Internet 2000. Maps and the Internet will take place next year in Germany with the The Primary Theme is: Managing the he Commission on Maps and the help of the co-chair of the Commission on "Interfaces". Under this main theme we propose Internet and the North American Maps and the Internet, Dr Georg Gartner. Dr. the following subthemes: Cartographic Information Society T Gartner is at the Technical University of Vienna 1. Technology and the non-specialist - human (NACIS) will sponsor a Symposium in in Austria. The workshops will be held in the problems and human solutions conjunction with the annual meeting of NACIS. cities of Hamburg, Wiesbaden, Potsdam, Halle 2. Policy for the sharing, access and The Symposium will be held on Oct.11, 2000, and Bonn. Contact Georg Gartner at dissemination of geographic data in Knoxville, TN, USA, and consist of paper [email protected] for more information. Dr. 3. Tools and standards for data and information and panel sessions. The sessions will address Gartner is also planning a meeting of the access the terms of reference of the commission that commission in Vienna in 2002. 4. Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) / can be accessed at (http:/ Dr. Bin Li from Central Michigan Technology interface /maps.unomaha.edu/ica/Maps&Internet/Terms_ University in the US is coordinating plans for 5. Information infrastructures in support of of/Reference.html). The speakers will include one or more meetings of the commission in geospatial applications experts in the field of Internet cartography. conjunction with the Beijing conference in 6. Measuring and modeling the interface The commission is planning to sponsor a August 2001. Other cities besides Beijing are Thanks go out to Mike Butler and Paul number of sessions at the annual meeting of the being considered for the commission meetings. Contact Dr. Li at [email protected] for more Boudreau for their work on the themes. Association of American Geographers (AAG) information or to help plan the meetings. that will be held in New York City from CoastGIS 2003: Early exploratory invitations Finally, Prof. Zietsman of the Department are out for the hosting of CoastGIS 2003. My February 27 to March 3. The sessions will be of Geography and Environmental Studies at the co-sponsored by the Cartography Specialty IGU Colleague and Collaborator, Darius Bartlett University of Stellenbosch in Stellenbosch, and I are attempting to organise a CoastGIS to Group and the Web Specialty Group of the South Africa, has agreed to host a special piggy back the ICC meetings scheduled for South AAG. AAG meetings attract about 4000 meeting of the commission in conjunction with Africa, but to date have received no firm geographers and includes a number of paper the ICA meeting in Durban, South Africa, in and poster sessions on cartography. A recent 2003. Stellenbosch is located near Cape Town, proposals. We shall start to cast our net wider addition has been the illustrated poster session South Africa. The Durban meetings are shortly if we cannot attract a local organising that includes a short presentation (5-10 scheduled for the 10-16 August, 2003. committee to run with a South African CoasrGIS. Our next thought is to invite colleagues elsewhere minutes) combined with a poster. Given the See central location of New York to the to run with the idea. I look forward to receiving a http://maps.unomaha.edu/ica/Maps&Internet/ flood of offers on [email protected]. membership of the Commission, this would be for updates on the activities of the commission. a great opportunity to present work in the area Ron Furness, Chair ICA Commission on Marine Michael P. Peterson, Chair of maps and the Internet. Cartography

12 ICA NEWS June 2000 Special Feature Websites of where they offer at least a one year sufficient information, it is also important cartography course. that the site is up to date, looks and is Cartography It can be presumed that a website for a easily navigable. Here one can also see a lot Departments cartography department is made to inform of differences. Some sites are the product of Special Feature visitors about that department. So what a lot of work and are well maintained, while he Internet is a medium which has should be found on these websites is others are just knocked together. But, on the been growing extremely fast the last information about the courses that are other hand, the idea that a cartography five years. It offers many new T offered, the staff and students and the department is present on the Internet is opportunities. This also holds true for projects and publications of the department. always better than nothing, whatever the departments of cartography. These days it is Of course there is also other information, information they are offering. very easy to give students, colleagues and like the geographical location of the People who are interested can find a list other people all over the world all sorts of department for instance, but this may not be of cartography departments all over the information about a cartography department of primary importance. world at the Oddens’ Bookmarks site on the Internet. Presenting themselves in a On most of the websites you can find (oddens.geog.uu.nl) from Roelof Oddens. good way on the web, can be a big information on the courses that should be Browse to section VI : departments of advantage for these departments. Especially followed to get a degree in cartography, but cartography. Another website that lists in attracting students. But do cartography there is a lot of difference in the amount of cartography departments is made by Robert departments actually use the possibilities the information provided. The credits a students Kauper : Academic Sites for Geomatic Internet has to offer? gets for the different subjects and the study Engineering. On this site one can click on a In this contribution websites from several program can be found on some of the world map to choose a department cartography departments are compared with websites, like the one from the School of (http://www.lrz- each other, to look at what information they Spatial Sciences of the Curtin University of muenchen.de/~t583101/WWW/Links.html). actually have to offer on the Internet. To do Technology in Australia (url: To keep the (links on the) lists up to date, so, approximately 50 different websites of www.cage.curtin.edu.au/spatial/). Course suggestions are always welcome by the cartography departments were visited. schedules are not included on most of the people mentioned above. Worldwide there are a lot of websites which websites, although this would be very useful have something to do with education in for students. The Department of Geography Charles de Jongh, Cartography student cartography. Most of these sites are part of of the Sonoma State University in the United Utrecht University, The Netherlands geography, geoinformatics or geomatics States (url: divisions of universities, depending on www.sonoma.edu/Geography/default.html) is whether or not cartography is a separate one of the few examples of a site which department in a university or part of a includes timetables. department. The cartography staff of most of the It is difficult to say how many of the universities is included in one way or the world's cartography departments are actually other on departmental websites. Most of the present on the Internet. Probably most of the sites have e-mail addresses, sometimes along departments in countries where they use the with a picture, curriculum vitae and the Internet a lot, like the United States and courses they teach (as is done on the site of Western Europe, you can find on the web. the department of Geomaticas at the When looking at the list of cartography University of Florida, url: departments at the Oddens' Bookmarks site, www.surv.ufl.edu/). The projects and/or the approximately 100 sites of cartography publications that a department is working on departments are listed. Because the Internet are also usually present. Under the header is so immense and complex one can be sure ‘research’ one can find the projects and that even this site has missed a couple of sometimes full articles. The site of the sites. So let's say that there are in total 125 Institute of Cartography in Zürich, departments present on the Internet. This is, Switzerland (url: www.karto.ethz.ch/) is a however, a very rough estimate, especially nice example. In this aspect one site is also because this number very much depends on more extensive than the other. what the definition of a cartography It is obvious that people who visit the department is. When one counts a university site of a cartography department will form an where they offer just one three week's course opinion about that department, partially in cartography, a higher number of sites is based on the looks of the website. Therefore, obtained than when one defines a apart from the fact that it should provide cartography department as a department

ICA NEWS June 2000 13 Recent cartographic literature

(semi)arid environments. 12. Visualization of

Cartographic Literature Cartographic Computers & Nigerian Journal of geographically related multidimensional data Geosciences in virtual 3D scenes. 13. Tools for visualizing Cartography and GIS properties of spatial and temporal periodicity Published by the Nigerian Geoscientific Visualization. in geographic data. Volume 26, No1 Cartographic Association Guest Editors: Sven Fuhrmann, Werner Geostatistics and geospatial Editor: Dr R O Olomo Kuhn & Ulrich Streit techniques in remote sensing. t the 21st Annual conference and Volume 26 No.4. Special Issue he special issue on "Geoscientific General Assembly of the Nigerian Visualization" of Computers and Guest Editors: P.M.Atkinson and ACartographic Association held in TGeosciences provides an overview D.A.Quattrochi Kaduna between 1st Ð 6th November 1999, over a range of research topics, from which This issue highlights the commonality in the name of The Nigerian Cartographic three main areas are identified: (1) new research on geostatistical and geospatial Journal was changed to Nigerian Journal of developments in cartography, (2) coupling research on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Cartography and GIS with effect from visualization tools with GIS, and (3) The papers are derived from a session on January 2000. This is as a result of the exploratory visualization. An important goal "Geostatistics and Geospatial Techniques for broadening scope of Cartography and its of this special issue is to provide a platform Remote Sensing of Land Surface Processes" stronger linkages to other aspects of mapping for young scientists to publish their work to a held at the RGS-IBG Annual Meeting in sciences, especially to digital image broader, international audience. Guildford, Surrey, UK, in January 1998 and a processing and geographic information New Developments in Cartography: similar session held at the Association of systems. The Journal will continue to publish Cartography is undergoing a revolution in the American Geographers Annual Meeting original papers of high professional quality face of technologies like the Internet, Boston, MA in March 1998 sponsored by the dealing with all aspects of Cartography, animation, and virtual reality. The AAG's Remote sensing Group. broadened however, to include the cartographic papers presented in this issue Contents: 1. Guest Editorial by Cartographic aspects of geographic demonstrate how quickly cartography is P.M.Atkinson and D.A. Quattrochi. 2. information systems and the overlap between changing and the research issues these recent Geostatistical classification for remote digital Cartography and digital image developments raise. sensing: an introduction..3. Computing processing. Our emphasis is on papers based Contents: 1. The use of different media in geostatistical image texture for remotely on empirical studies. visualizing spatial data. 2. Designing a sensed data classification. 4. The integration visualization system for hydrological data. 3. of spectral and textural information using Format of manuscripts: Legend designs for non-interactive neural networks for land cover mapping in Manuscripts should be typed double-spaced the Mediterranean. 5. Characterizing the cartographic animations.4. A digital on one side of A4 paper with generous spatial structure of vegetation communities in cartographic workflow for margins, preferably not exceeding 20 pages, the Mojave desert using geostatistical glaciomorphological map series - evaluating including illustrations. The title page, techniques. 6. Integrating multisensor data Macromedia FreeHand as educational tool. 5. abstract and reference should be typed on and RADAR texture measures for cover Visualization of change in the Interactive separate sheets. The title page should include mapping. 7. Gibbs random field models: a Multimedia Atlas of Switzerland. 6. the title of the paper, the full name(s) of the toolbox for information extraction. 8. Development of an Internet Atlas of authors(s), and official addresses. There Reducing structural clutter in land cover Switzerland . should be an abstract of about 200 words. classifications of very high spatial resolution Coupling Visualization Tools with GIS: The abstract should be a concise summary of remotely sensed images for urban land use The second group of papers consists of three the objective(s), approach, and principal mapping. 9. Integration of a numerical model contributions dealing with the coupling of conclusions of the paper. Use the metric and remotely sensed data to study urban/rural visualization tools and GIS. system (SI) units of measurement. land surface climate processes. 10. Contents: 7. Visualization of spatial data For further details please contact: Dr Estimation of sub-pixel land cover for field based GIS. 8. Visualization in an Richard Olomo, Editor. Ambrose Alli composition in the presence of untrained early stage of the problem solving process in University, Department of Geography and classes. 11. Interpreting Pleistocene glacial GIS. 9. An object-oriented approach for Regional Planning. P.M.B. 14, Ekpoma, features from SPOT HRV data using fuzzy integrating 3D Visualization Systems and Nigeria. GIS. techniques. For more information consult: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/compgeosci Exploratory Visualization: The third and Source: Dr Richard Olomo, Editor Nigerian or contact Peter Henn (email: final section of this special issue consists of Journal of Cartography and GIS. four contributions that report on the [email protected]), to order a copy at the development and experience with exploratory special rate of US $39. visualization tools. Source: Peter Henn, Senior Publishing Contents: 10. Visual exploration of high- Editor Earth Sciences, Elsevier Science Ltd dimensional spatial data: requirements and (UK) deficits. 11. Computer-enhanced multispectral remote sensing data: A useful tool for the geological mapping of Archean terrains in

14 ICA NEWS June 2000 Forthcoming Conferences and Workshops

Department of Cartography, Budapest, Session IV: Freelance cartography Conferences & Workshops Teaching Maps For Hungary. (procedures and products) Children: Theories, Subject of the meeting: Discussion on (afternoon): Excursions: Experiences and the form and contents of ICA Thematic Atlas , Oxford’s cartographic presentation of existing and proposed examples connections and local tours Perspectives Beginning of atlases and maps (American, Swedish, (evening): British Cartographic the 3rd Millennium Polish). Discussion on the Commission’s name. Society AGM BCS President’s address lanning for the conference On "Teaching Organising Committee: Group meetings Maps For Children: Theories, Experiences Ewa Krzywicka-Blum and Jesus Reyes. Pand Perspectives Beginning the 3rd Contact details: [email protected] Thursday 7th September (morning): Millennium" to be held September 6-8, 2000 Fax: + 48 71 320 5617 Session V: Cartography in local government "Eötvös Loránd" University Department of Session VI: Education and training in Cartography Budapest, Hungary are well Deadline for notifications: cartography (afternoon): underway. A broad range of topics will be Members of the Gender commission as well Session VII: Map curators and archiving: presented. These include atlas legend design, as other interested persons have to notify their contemporary approaches risk mapping for children, tourist maps for participation in the meeting by 1st June 2000, (evening): Conference dinner children, interactive CD-ROM Cartography in order to reserve accommodation at the and awards ceremonies and children, map and the Internet. Professors Hotel in Eotvos University (around Friday 8th September (morning): For details please consult: 15 places are available for participants to this Excursion: for map curators and http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/dolgozo/jesus/meetin meeting). Notifications and further enquires other interested members g2/abstracts.html should be addressed to the Chair of the ICA Session VIII:New cartographic media: tools, Commission on Gender and Cartography, Ewa approaches, prospects Jacqueline Anderson, Chair ICA Cartography Krzywicka-Blum. and Children Commission In addition, it is expected that for the Ewa Krzywicka-Blum, Chair of the ICA whole day of both Wednesday and Thursday, Joint ICA-ISPRS Gender and Cartography Commission drop-in ‘surgeries’ (on items as diverse as copyright, business practice, law, employment Workshop (WS13) ICA Cartography 2000 opportunities and software problems), vendor Working Group on demonstrations and poster sessions will be o mark the momentous occasion of the timetabled. The usual exhibitions by Incremental Updating new millennium the British Cartographic commercial, prize-winning and individual and Versioning TSociety (BCS) and the Society of members will also be arranged. Cartography (SoC) have decided to join he Working Group on Incremental As can be seen, many aspects of both the forces, in promoting a conference to be BCS Annual Symposium and the SoC Updating and Versioning will hold a entitled CARTOGRAPHY 2000. This two days Workshop on July 14-15, 2000, Summer School with which members are T conference will replace, for one year only, familiar will be retained and we hope to just prior the ISPRS Congress in Amsterdam. both the BCS Annual Symposium and the This will be a joint ICA-ISPRS meeting. continue the respective traditions of both SoC Summer School. societies for friendly, well-organised and Topic: Updating, Incremental Updating CARTOGRAPHY 2000 will be held in and versioning of spatial Data Bases. Fees: informative gatherings. We believe that this Oxford from Tuesday 5th September to Friday venture has considerable merit at this 200 NLG (approximately U$ 100), which 8th September, and will be promoted and run includes proceedings, refreshments and lunch!! auspicious time and are working hard to in a completely integrated fashion by both present a notable event. Registration can be made through the societies. Our hosts will be Oxford Brookes ISPRS Congress registration, asking for the As always, the organising committee is University. A team of SoC Committee keen to receive input from all members. Workshop WS13. members, along with the BCS Programme We are looking for paper contributions. Please respond to this proposal, and in Committee, has already started collaborating particular, volunteer to give a presentation to These should be sent to Ammatzia Peled as a to ensure that this event is suitably memorable Word document (*.doc) attachment to the the cartographic community on one of the as a means of marking the 3rd millennium. topics indicated as session titles in the above following email address The following tentative outline for [email protected] timetable. Please note the dates in your diary CARTOGRAPHY 2000 has been agreed Ð we look forward to welcoming you to For further information please consult: upon: http://geo.haifa.ac.il/~icaupdt Oxford! Tuesday 5th September (afternoon): Ammatzia Peled, Chair of the ICA Working Official opening The Cartography 2000 Group on Incremental Updating and Versioning Session I: Maps of the millennium organising committee (Keynote speaker Dr Michael Wood, contact via David Fairbairn, Dept. of Annual Meeting of the past president of the International Geomatics, University of Newcastle upon ICA Commission on Cartographic Association) Tyne, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE NE1 Session II: Oxford and its cartographic 7RU, UK (tel 0191 222 6353; fax 0191 222 ‘Gender and contribution 8691; e-mail [email protected]) Cartography’ (evening):Society of Cartographers AGM David Fairbairn, Chairman Cartography he annual meeting of the ICA Quiz night 2000 Organising Committee Commission on ‘Gender and Wednesday 6th September (morning): Cartography’ will be held in Budapest, T Session III:Freelance cartography (people Hungary, the 5th September,2000. and producers) Venue: Eötvos Löránd University,

ICA NEWS June 2000 15 Future Dates

6th Annual Geo Asia Pacific Conference For your diary Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Accuracy 2000 Bangkok, Thailand 15th UNRCC-AP 6 4th International Symposium on Spatial Date: 1-4 October 2000 28th Int. Symposium Rem. Env. 8 Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources Contact: Kathleen Hastings (

Tail Pieces Environmental Sciences, Amsterdam, The [email protected]) Cartography 2000 15 Netherlands Internet: www.geoplace.com/asiaconference/ Date: 12 Ð 14 July, 2000 Cartography and Children 11 Contact: Accuracy 2000 (Email: IX Latin-American Symposium on Remote [email protected]) Sensing Census Cartography 11 Internet: Puerto Iguazu, Misiones, Argentina Computers & Geosciences 14 http://www.gis.wau.nl/Accuracy2000/ Date: 6 Ð 10 November 2000 Contact: [email protected] Bratislava gathering 12 International IT Conference on Geo-spatial Internet: webs.demasiado.com/proditel Education Education and Training 10 Hong Kong Conference and Exhibition Mapping Sciences Institute Australia Centre, Hong Kong, National Conference Ethnic Maps 5 From 6 Ð 8 July 2000. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Gender and Cartography 15 Enquires to: Berlina Ho, Date: 3 Ð 6 December 2000 Conference Secretary, ITCGSE, Contact: [email protected] Geomatica 2000 7 Dept. of Land Surveying and Geo- Internet: www.promaco.com.au Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic Geonames 2000 5 University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong CONSAS 2001 Kong. 12th conference of southern African ICA and Global Projects 9 Email: [email protected] Surveyors, Cape Town, South Africa ICA’s Top Executives 2 Date: 12 Ð 14 March 2001 INTERCARTO 6 Contact: Brian Mellor ICC’ 2001, Beijing 4 Apatity, Russia ([email protected]) Date: 22 Ð 24 August 2000 Internet: www.plato.org.za Map Production 12 Contact: Organizing Committee INTERCARTO ([email protected]) GIS 2001 Maps and Internet 12 Internet: Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, Marine Cartography 12 alphais.inep.ksc.ru/intercarto/inter_en.htm Vancouver, BC Date: 19 Ð 22 February, 2001 Nigerian Journal of Cartography 14 10th Australasian Remote Sensing and Contact: Matt Ball (Email: [email protected]) Photogrammetry Conference Internet: www.GIS2001.com Spatial Data Standards 10 Adelaide, South Australia. Date: 21 Ð 25 August 2000 20th International Cartographic Conference Teaching Maps for Children 15 Contact: [email protected] Beijing, China Websites of Cartography Dept. 13 Internet: www.ausconvservices.com.au Date: 6 Ð 10 August, 2001 Contact: Local Organizing Committee for Workshop Tirol Atlas 6 VI International Congress on Sciences of the ICC 2001 Earth Email: [email protected] WS13 Workshop (ICA-ISPRS) 15 Diego Portales Convention Center, Chile, Internet: www.sbsm.gov.cn/icc2001/ From 7 Ð 11 August 2000 Enquires to: Instituto Geografico Militar de Chile, Nueva Santa Isabel 1640, Santiago, Footnote: For those interested in viewing Chile. examples of maps submitted to the Barbara Contributions Petchenik Children’s Map Award there is now Tel.: 562 460 6813 / 460 6814 Please send contributions to: Fax: 562 460 6978 http://collections.ic.gc.ca/children/ Graciela Metternicht, Editor ICA News Email: [email protected] in addition to School of Spatial Sciences http://www.library.carleton.ca/madgic/maps/c Curtin University of Technology 29th International Geographical Congress hildren/index.htm. GPO Box U 1987, Perth 6845 Seoul, South Korea Western Australia Jacqueline M. Anderson From 14 Ð 18 August 2000 Email: [email protected] Enquires to: Tel.: 82 (2) 876 0401, Fax: +61-8-9266 2703 Email: [email protected] Ftp: alpha.cage.curtin.edu.au Login and pwd: anonymous Directory: /graciela/ICA/incoming

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