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Number 39, December 2002 Numéro 39, Dècembre 2002 http://www.icaci.org
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The Society for Cartography and Geographic Information Science ICA Executive Committee ICA Executive Takashi Morita Michael Peterson Vice-president Maps and the Internet Committee Department of Civil Engineering [email protected] Bengt Rystedt Hosei University Kira Shingareva President 3-7-2 Kajinocho, Koganei-shi National Land Survey Planetary Cartography 184-8485 Tokyo Japan SE-801 82 Gavle, Sweden [email protected] [email protected] University of Gavle SE-801 76 Gavle, Sweden Sjef van der Steen Alberta Auringer Wood [email protected] Map Production Vice-president [email protected] Ferjan Ormeling Memorial University of Newfoundland Secretary-General St.John's, Newfoundland Dr A.F.Tatham Faculty of Geographical Sciences Canada A1B 3Y1 Maps and Graphics for Blind and Visually Utrecht University [email protected] Impaired People P.O.Box 80115 [email protected] 3508 TC Utrecht Michael Wood Vladimir Tikunov The Netherlands Past-president Education and Training [email protected] Department of Geography University of Aberdeen [email protected] Elphinstone Rd, Kirsi Virrantaus Timothy Trainor Vice-president Aberdeen AB24 3UF, Scotland National and Regional Atlases Helsinki University of Technology United Kingdom [email protected] Department of Surveying [email protected] P.O.Box 1200 Robert Weibel FIN-02015 HUT Generalisation Finland ICA Commission Chairs Jacqueline M. Anderson [email protected] [email protected] Cartography and Children [email protected] Alexander Wolodtschenko Milan Konecny Theoretical Cartography Vice-president Roger Anson [email protected] Department of Geography Publications Faculty of Science, Masaryk University [email protected] Kotlarska 2 Please send contributions to: 611 37 Brno Eva K.-Blum A/Prof Graciela Metternicht, Editor, Gender and Cartography Czech Republic [email protected] ICA News [email protected] Department of Spatial Sciences Christopher Board Curtin University of Technology Li Li History of Cartography GPO Box U 1987, Perth 6845 Vice-president [email protected] National Geomatics Center of China Western Australia State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping Tim Davis Email: [email protected] 1 Baishengcun Zi Zhu Yuan Census Cartography Fax: +61-8-9266 2703 [email protected] Beijing Ftp: alpha.cage.curtin.edu.au P.R.China Ron Furness Login and pwd: [email protected] Marine Cartography engftp Directory: /graciela/ICA/incoming [email protected] Elri Liebenberg Vice-president Lorenz Hurni University of South Africa Mountain Cartography Department of Geography and [email protected] Cover: ‘Save the Earth’ by Leon van Rooyen Environmental Studies (15 years) from South Africa. One of the Serge Le Blanc P.O.Box 392 entrances of the 2001 Barbara Petchenik Mapping from Satellite Imagery Pretoria 0003 Children’s Global Map Competition, 20th [email protected] South Africa International Cartographic Conference, [email protected] Alan MacEachren Beijing, China. Visualisation and Virtual Environments Robert McMaster [email protected] Vice-president Department of Geography Harold Moellering University of Minnesota Spatial Data Standards 414 Social Sciences Building [email protected] 267-19th Avenue South Mineapolis, MN 55455 Ammatzia Peled United States WG Incremental Updating and Versioning [email protected] [email protected] ICA NEWS December 2002 Dispatches Editorial which will be held in Durban, South Africa. mountains of Bishkek to the islands of The organisation is well underway with the Greece. As reported by Manfred he end to another busy year is responses to the call for papers now being Buchroithner, member of the ICA rapidly approaching. The last six reviewed by the ICA Commission Chairs. Commission on Mountain Cartography, ICA months have seen some of our T National representatives are reminded joined the celebration of the year 2002 as the Dispatches Executive Committee members representing ‘International Year of the Mountains’, by the Association at significant events such as that nomination of candidates for President, sponsoring the Seventh International the World Summit on Sustainable vice-President, Secretary General and Symposium on High Mountain remote Development held in Johannesburg last Commission Chairs for the period 2003- Sensing Cartography held in the Kyrgyz August; the International Scientific Council 2007 are now open. Republic last July. We also welcome two on Global Mapping; the UN Geographical Some important issues, such as the new new affiliate members: ESRI and NavTech Information, and Joint Boards of the Spatial ICA Strategic Plan and a proposal for technologies. Information Societies. individual memberships will be discussed Lastly, as a reminder, after your Furthermore, last August members of the during the ICC 2003. As they will shape the Christmas shopping list and the New Year ICA Executive Committee met with the future of this Association, it is very commitments are over, do not forget to mark Local Organising Committee of the 21st important that Commission Chairs, ICA in your diary the week of the 10 to 16 International Cartographic Conference, to National Representatives, and individuals August 2003, with a big word saying ‘ICC discuss the progresses and organisation of express their views and contribute to the 2003 Durban’. We look forward to seeing this event, which is significant to the whole formulation of a Society that best reflects the you there! cartographic community. As reported by interests of all Cartography and Geographic ICA Vice-President Alberta Auringer Wood, Information Science professionals. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and all the Executive Committee had a good This issue of the newsletter contains a the best for 2003. preview of the beautiful coastal setting good mixture of Cartography-related events Graciela Metternicht selected for this forthcoming Conference, held in locations ranging from the high Editor
ICA officer Attention to all current and former ICA officers and Commission Chairs: Archiving reminder candidacies Assist us in making a record for the future about ICA activities. Please send all your National ICA representative bodies original correspondence, minutes of meetings, commission reports, print copies of electronic can nominate ICA officers (for President, mail or web pages, etc, when you are through with your term of office or when you do not Secretary General, Vice President or need them any longer to: Commission Chairs) by sending both a Documentation Centre of IGN letter and an e-mail message to the 6 avenue Blaise Pascal Secretary General, Ferjan Ormeling, Cité Descartes 77 455 Marne-la Vallée CEDEX 2 before March 10, 2003 (5 months before FRANCE the next General Assembly in Durban, They should be gathered together in subject files contained in boxes (roughly 25 X 33 X August, 2003) with the following data: 12) and accompanied by a typed list of their contents, or preferably, a text-file transmitted by • Name of the candidate, post applied diskette or email*. Please stamp or label the documents or files indicating that ICA is the for owner of the materials. Make sure that the packaging is of sufficient quality to ensure the safety of the documents during transport. • Short curriculum vitae, with data on These materials shall be processed at a comprehensive level, i.e. the processed item cartographic or GIS training and comprises the archive box; the detailed contents within shall not be indexed. However, if a professional experience typed contents list is provided, it can be scanned and converted to text file (OCR), which will • Involvement in national cartographic be entered into their catalogue record for the archive box. Thus, it will be possible to retrieve a society and in ICA box containing a document description, since their system allows full text retrieval. • Written declaration by the candidate The Documentation Centre will also archive and catalogue any published documents such as proceedings of commission meetings or special conferences. Please forward any such that he will serve, when elected. publications to the same address as shown above. • These data will be incorporated on the Any questions, contact Alberta Auringer Wood
ICA NEWS December 2002 1 ICA Executive Committee Meeting International Marine Cartography, Mountain Cartography, conference, Saturday, August 16, will have Gender and Cartography, Visualization and the second General Assembly, followed by a Cartographic Virtual Environments, and Cartography and Closing Ceremony and a meeting of the new Association (ICA) Children. It was noted that Commission Executive Committee. Some suggestions Chairs should take steps very soon to have regarding the plenary session speakers were EC Report Executive Committee their Commissions proposed again by their considered. For the technical sessions, it was Meeting Report country, if they wish to have them continued, noted that there should be four papers in 90 and that Chairs need to be nominated, as minutes with 30 minutes break between The meeting of the ICA Executive well. The President remarked that he liked sessions in the mornings and afternoons. If Committee was held from August 1-7 in guidelines for cartography for web maps, to there were going to be Commission meetings, Durban, South Africa. The primary purpose be included on the ICA web site. it was hoped that they would be in the was to review the site for the 2003 mornings so that the EC members could conference and discuss plans and progress The tentative schedule for the meeting attend, since the EC meetings would be in the with the Local Organizing Committee (LOC). next year was considered. On Friday, August afternoons. See their web page at 8, 2003, there will be an all-day Executive http://www.icc2003.gov.za/. Those present in Committee meeting, as well as educational The workshops prior to the ICC will take addition to myself were Bengt Rystedt workshops possibly with themes of GSDI: place outside the Durban ICC. The EC was (President - Sweden), Milan Konecny (VP - Metadata, TC211 (standards for geographic asked for assistance for finding the Czech Republic), Li Li (VP - China), Elri information), Web Mapping, Map production appropriate plenary speakers. As themes the Liebenberg (VP - South Africa), Takashi organization/management, Census following were chosen: Role of international Morita (VP - Japan), Ferjan Ormeling cartography (preparation tasks and mapping programmes for developing (Secretary General and Treasurer - presentation of results), or others. The countries and the ICA strategic plan. Netherlands), Kirsi Virrantaus (VP - Finland), Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) The executive committee also attended a and Michael Wood (Past President - United might have money to sponsor these meeting with the executive of the Kingdom). Robert McMaster (VP - United educational workshops. Commission chairs International Geographical Union at the States) was absent from the meetings due to should contact Antony Cooper of the LOC Durban Hilton adjacent to the ICC. IGU commitments at his academic institution. All regarding these workshops. On Saturday president Ann Buttimer and ICA president EC members were urged by the President to afternoon, August 9, it is planned to have a Bengt Rystedt jointly chaired this meeting. be proactive and stimulate nominations for meeting for Commission and Working Group Several subjects were discussed. One was EC positions by the end of February deadline. Chairs which I, Milan Konecny, and Takashi concerning a Water atlas: 2003 will be World There will be another EC meeting that will be Morita will organize and moderate. The first Water Year, and in this context the joint IGU- held in Budapest at the end of April or in General Assembly will be held all-day on ICA atlas project would be important. Prof early May. Plans for representation at other Sunday, August 10, with Commission Chairs Liu (IGU) and Li Li (ICA) described the meetings were discussed and arranged. Some to present their posters after lunch. There will proposal. The project will be proposed as be a reception in the evening sponsored by reports were handed in regarding VP or well to International Council of Scientific bidders for the 2007 conference. The official Commission activities. Ms. Liebenberg Unions (ICSU) for financing, which has a opening of the conference will be on Monday reported on progress made by the LOC up to March 31, 2003 deadline. The second topic morning, August 11, with a keynote address, was "Spatial Data Handling" (SDH) and ICA August 1st. awards, and recognition of distinguished President stressed the wish of ICA to The minutes from the previous EC guests included. The afternoon will include a complement the work of SDH, and would meetings were discussed and approved with plenary session and one for students and the therefore like to have some links between some minor amendments. It was agreed that travel award recipients. In the evening there ICA and SDH. A third discussion point was the number of Children’s Map Competition will be a reception in the exhibit area. concerning a possible course concerning awards that would be supported would be Tuesday, August 12, will have paper sessions, electronic atlases to be held at the IGU from 8 to 10 giving the selection committee a Joint Board of Spatial Information Societies headquarters, Villa Celimontana, in Rome. some flexibility. ESRI has been invited to meeting, and an afternoon meeting of the Fourth was the application for membership of become an affiliate member. There was some Executive Committee. Wednesday, August 13, ICA to ICSU, and Ron Abler stated that IGU discussion on the possibility of having an will have sessions and an afternoon meeting was prepared to support this. The Secretary individual membership category, and the of the Executive Committee with National General proposed an electronic atlas session President will present a proposal about it at Representatives to discuss the ICA Strategic for the 2004 IGU conference in Glasgow that the next meeting. Other action items from Plan. August 14, Thursday, will include would be similar to the one held in The the previous meeting were reported as sessions, an afternoon meeting of the Hague in 1996. completed or in process. Executive Committee followed by a special The President will prepare a report for Reports from Commissions were session with the proposed Commissions General Assembly about individual summarized and discussed. Those received or Chairs to be organized by A. Wood, Konecny membership at US$ 50 or 60 for a 4-year given orally were: History of Cartography, and Morita, and a gala dinner at the Congress period (or US$ 25 or 30 when they are Spatial Data Standards, Map Production, Centre. Friday, August 15, will contain already members of a national cartographic Theoretical Cartography, Maps and the sessions and another afternoon Executive society). The Secretary General will propose Internet, National and Regional Atlases, Committee. The last official day of the that from Durban onwards all ICA officers,
2 ICA NEWS December 2002 ICA Executive Committee Meeting including Commission Chairs will serve had a boat ride where we saw lots of jumping maximally 2 consecutive terms in their fish, hippopotamuses, crocodiles, Egyptian position. It was felt that the wording GI Geese, South African Fish Eagles, white Science has to be included in the statutes Egrets, and radiantly coloured Bougainvillaea. wherever feasible. The Secretary General We drove back to Durban going from very EC Report reported on the financial situation which is rural areas with small huts or houses on dirt sound, though some countries are behind on roads, to bigger roads and multi-lane payment of dues, while some Commissions highways, before reaching the large urban have not requested available funds, perhaps area. partly due to inactivity. Additional reports were submitted Alberta Auringer Wood Ron Abler, IGU Executive Director (left) and Bengt Rystedt, ICA President (right), at the regarding GSDI (Global Sustainable (Vice President - Canada) meeting held in the Hilton Durban. Development Initiative), ISCGM (International Scientific Council on Global Mapping), WSSD (World Summit on Sustainable Development) by Milan. The President reported on the United Nations Geographical Information Working Group (UNGIWG) meetings in New York, Rome, and Washington, DC. He also attended the UN Regional Cartographic Conference for Africa last September. Also discussed were the Joint Board SIS (Spatial Information Societies), the FIG conference in Washington, Euro The ICA Executive Committee and Members of Milan Konecny, Michael Wood, Takashi Geographics, IMTA Australasia (International the Local Organising Committee of the 21st ICC. Morita and Kirsi Virrantaus during the one Map Trade Association), an ISO (International week meeting at Durban. Standards Organization) report on Certification and Qualification of Personnel in Geomatics, and the International Hydrographic Organization. Group photos were taken on the steps of the Durban Club before we loaded up our luggage to set out after lunch on a field trip north of Durban. We stayed at a cultural village called Dumazulu. The next day we went to Hluhluwe/Umfolozi Game Reserve to The EC at work in Durban. From left to right: ICA Vice-president Takashi Morita enjoying look for the "Big Five". The day also included Li Li, Bengt Rystedt, Elri Liebenberg, Alberta one stop at the Umfolozi Game Reserve. a two-hour open vehicle game drive and an Auringer Wood, Ferjan Ormeling. unforgettable lunch at the Hilltop Camp overlooking the 96 000 hectare Game Reserve. The Hluhluwe/Umfolozi Game Reserve is the oldest of South Africa's many game parks and is especially known for its rhinoceroses. We saw three groups of them, as well as elephants, giraffes, zebras, Weaver birds, various egrets, crested guinea fowls, a monkey, buffalo, Nyala deer, Impalas, Kudu antelopes, a white-backed vulture, and warthogs. We overnighted again at Dumazulu, having toured the village and seen the residents display craft work and traditional dances. The following morning, we drove to the St. Lucia Estuary, a 65 km long body of water with a sand bar at the sea end. There we Members of the Executive Committee in a cartographic exploration of African wildlife
ICA NEWS December2002 3 21st ICC 21st International • Clarity and legibility of the point, line and Each national committee will select a area symbols appropriate to the media of maximum of five maps to be forwarded to the Cartographic expression, whether on paper or other ICA Secretary General. For the purposes of Conference, Durban surfaces, whether drawn or made up of the national competition, criteria other than indigenous materials; those used for the international competition 21st ICC Barbara Petchenik • Expressive rendering and appropriate use may be considered. The maps selected by the Children’s World Map of the perceptual dimensions of color, i.e., national committees must be sent to the ICA changes in value for quantitative Secretary General and not to the Conference Competition distinctions and changes in hue for site. They will be displayed during the 21st The Barbara Petchenik Award was created qualitative distinctions; International Cartographic Conference of the by the International Cartographic Association • Overall aesthetic quality in such matters International Cartographic Association in in 1993 as a memorial for Barbara Petchenik, as balance and harmony among the image Durban, South Africa, 10-16 August 2003. a past Vice president of the ICA and cartographer who worked through her life elements. When submitting their selected entries with maps related to children. The aim of the The maximum size of a map must not to the ICA Secretary General, national bodies contest is to promote the creative exceed A3 (420 mm x 297 mm or 17 x 11 are requested to include a letter which, for representation of the world in graphic form inches). Any number of "systems of each submission, gives the following by children. projection" can be used to generate the information: the name, age, school address The awards are given every two years coastlines and other base material (e.g., and country of its author, and the title in during an ICA conference or an ICA general international boundaries and graticule). These either English or French (the ICA's official assembly, preferably at least one for each can include tracing or copying an existing languages) as well as in the author's language. continent, with special consideration to the world map or using a computer program. All entries to the ICA Secretary General must age of the child producing the drawing. The Each map must have the following have a label attached to the back side of the awarded drawings are submitted to UNICEF information on a label attached to the back representation which includes the name, age, for consideration as greeting cards. side of the representation: the name, age, school address and country of its author, and Participating nations are encouraged to report school address and country of its author, and the title in either English or French (the ICA's on the ways they have used for collecting the title in either English or French as well as official languages) as well as the author's drawing (video report, etc.) and to collect and in the author's language. language. archive maps for further research. The winning entries will be submitted to the UNICEF International Art Committee by Deadlines: Rules of the competition the ICA Executive for consideration as The maps and accompanying letter should be ICA member nations will collect maps, greeting card designs. ICA may use them as sent so as to arrive by June 1, 2003 to: on the theme "Making a better world for well. Any participant agrees that his/her children", produced by children under 16 ICA Secretariat representation may be reproduced by ICA or years of age. This is the theme for the next c/o Faculty of Geographic Sciences UNICEF or scanned for publication on the two conferences. Utrecht University Internet by Carleton University without P.O. Box 80115 The international judging will focus on consultation or copyright fees. Competition 3508 TC Utrecht three criteria: 1) a recognizable message, 2) maps are archived at Carleton University's The Netherlands cartographic content, and 3) the quality of Map Library and are being prepared for web National bodies are responsible for execution. viewing (see distributing the certificates awarded by the Judges will be looking for: http://collections.ic.gc.ca/children/ and ICA Executive. These certificates will be • A recognizable connection between the http://www.library.carleton.ca/madgic/maps/c produced and provided by the ICA Executive. form, shape, and use of cartographic hildren/index.htm). elements which creatively address the Participating nations are encouraged to collect Competition's theme; National coordinator's guidelines and archive all of the entries in their national competitions and to report to the Commission • A recognizable image of all or a large for handling the competition on their methods of announcing the portion of the world in which the shapes Each member nation must nominate a competition, establishing any other judging and relative locations of land masses and coordinator to run the contest in his/her oceans are as correct as can reasonably be country. The name of the coordinator must criteria, and the selection process used. This expected for the child's age and within the be received by the ICA Secretary General at information will be of value in evaluating the context of the "system of projection" least one year prior to the submission date of success of the Competition and in making used; map entries. Countries in which no national adjustments in the future. • Appropriate cartographic elements such coordinator is identified may participate as symbols, colors, names and labels, etc., provided that the Executive receives the name which help address the Competition's of a country member willing to act as the theme; coordinator for that country.
4 ICA NEWS December 2002 Conferences Seventh International Technical visits of the GIS Department of EnviroMount 2002 the Ministry for Ecology and Natural Hazards The jewel in the crown of the Polish Symposium on High- and the Institute for Water Problems and mountain resorts, Zakopane, hosted the Mountain Remote Hydropower Plants of Kyrgyz Academy of international EnviroMount 2002 Conference Conferences Sciences and a one-day excursion to the Sensing Cartography (19-23 September). The conference attracted nearby Ala Archa national Park in the Kyrgyz (HMRSC VIII) in the Range of the Alatau Mountains completed the over eighty geomatics professionals from 14 International Year of Bishkek part of the Symposium. countries. The academia researchers from Poland, Austria, and the US were the most Traditionally, a scientific field trip Mountains (IYM) frequently represented among the numerous followed. During 10 days, it lead a group of Reacting to a motion of the Kyrgyz speakers as well as in the audience. The great international participants via the Issik Kul, the Republic, in their resolution of 10 November majority of presentations were focused on GIS second largest high-mountain lake of the 1998 the General Assembly of the United and RS in mountain environment research, world, into the highest part of the Tien Shan. Nations declared the year 2002 the with the special emphasis on mountain forests Equipped with special English editions of the International Year of Mountains. This initiative and vegetation. should, on a global scale, draw attention to the respective Kyrgyz topographic map sheets Presented applications represented a big various problems of the mountain regions. (generously produced and printed by the Kyrgyz Survey on the occasion of this variety of approaches, scales and geographic The above fact gave reason to organise the excursion!) and by Russian satellite imagery locations ranging from the Tatras as the closest 7th event of the international symposium donated by Tien Shan Travel Inc., Bishkek, the to the conference site, to the sites as remote as series on High-Mountain Remote Sensing glaciated regions around Pic Pobedy (7439 m) the Himalayas, Mt. Kilimanjaro, and the Cartography (HMRSC VII) in Bishkek, the mountains of the American West. The paper capital of the Kyrgyz Republic. It took, as a and Chan Tengri (7005 m), amongst them the presenting changes in the sub-Alpine precursor to the Global Mountain Summit in globally unique phenomenon of the Bishkek in October 2002, place from 15 to 26 supraglacial Merzbacher Lake on top of the vegetation on plateau of the Krkonose Mtns., July 2002 and was the first symposium which Northern Inylchek Glacier could be studied presentations dealing with the strong human was held under the auspices of the and discussed. impact on "the smallest high mountains of the International Cartographic Association (ICA), The Final Resolution of the Symposium world" - the Tatras, the change detection using since the HMRSC Group is a part of the ICA outlining the benefits of the use of remote object-oriented image processing in the Commission on Mountain Cartography sensing technologies for remote, hardly Austrian Alps are examples of such (CMC).The presence of the ICA President accessible high-mountain regions will be differentiated applications. The common Bengt Rystedt still emphasised this event's submitted to the Bishkek Global Mountain denominator of all the presented papers was importance. Summit in October 2002, the main event of the care and concern regarding the present and Valery Tsurkov, the Director General of the International Year of Mountains. The future conditions of mountain forests. The the Geodetic and Cartographic Service of the Proceedings of HMRSC VII will be published goal is to preserve the pristine environment of Kyrgyz Republic, was in charge of the by the Kyrgyz Geodetic and Cartographic mountain forests as the most critical feature to organisational work. He was vigorously Service both in a black and white print version protect not only the mountains itself, but supported by Manfred Buchroithner, TU and, with colour illustrations and animations, consequently the quality of human habitats on Dresden, who had actually initiated and burnt on CD-ROM. the elevations below the mountains. prepared the holding of this symposium in Manfred F. Buchroithner Integration of RS and GIS came up not as just Bishkek. Member, ICA Commission on Mountain theoretically defined direction to go, but as a The programme contained some 40 oral Cartography naturally applied, practical approach to contributions with diverse, mainly practice- oriented topics and a poster exhibition. Experts from 10 countries in South America, North America, Europe and of course Asia presented their papers dealing with mountain land-use, mountain hazards, seismo-tectonic problems and the generation of combined image-line maps. Lingual barriers between the English and the Russian presentations were overcome by a permanent simultaneous translation. Highlights of the poster exhibition were the geocoded large-format ortho-images of the Russian State Research Centre PRIRODA and the geocoded ERS-2 mosaics of Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan generated by the German DLR. Some of the participants of the EnviroMount 2002 .
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support and enhance the quality of the conference. All the participants had paid Roskartography chief A.N.Prusakov; the performed research. their respect to Anna, who is truly missed by rector of the Ukhan’ University Lie Deren; Some of the presented projects were many, with a minute of silence. professor K.B.Shingareva, ICA Secretary F.Ormeling; the dean of the Cartographic Conferences accomplished with very limited financial and Witold Fraczek, ESRI, Redlands, Ca Faculty MIIGAiK T.P.Nyrtsova; and the chief organizational resources, but incredible of RAN Geography Institute, V.A.Snytko. intellectual assets and truly zealous International The main subjects of Intercarto-8 enthusiasm of the researchers e.g. the Conference projects aimed to preserve forest stands on sessions were directed towards the solution of Mt. Kenya and Mt. Kilimanjaro and the INTERCARTO-8: GIS one very actual problem of modern sciences Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains. Similarly, for sustainable on the Earth and Society, namely the creation the integration of efforts among a group of and use of geographic information systems as development of an effective means for implementation of researchers from the five Carpathian territories countries toward creation of the system sustainable development of territories. This monitoring the impact of air pollution on the From May 30 to June 1, 2002, the theme involves a spectrum of ecological, condition of mountain forests organized by international conference "INTERCARTO-8: economic, social and political problems. On GIS for Sustainable Development of the conference the following questions were A. Bytnerowicz from USDA Forest Service Territories" took place in the premises of the considered: the GIS theory and methodology, deserves to be mentioned and mimicked Russian Geographical Society and the St.- Projects for Russia and the North, problems elsewhere. Petersburg University, Russia. The of developing countries, GIS-technology for The presented research confirmed once conference was organized by the territorial management, experience of again that the information technology, International Cartographic Association (ICA), ecological GIS-projects development. including the one serving geomatics is Moscow Lomonosov State University The section on planetary cartography growing tremendously. It was nicely (MGU), St.-Petersburg State University comprised three meetings devoted to actual described by the keynote speaker of the (SPbGU), and the Russian Federal Service of cartographic problems of Mars, the Moon, conference, A. Riebau, "Today's palmtop Geodesy and Cartography Venus and asteroids. Mars attracted a large computers have more computing power than (Roskartographiya). It was supported by number of papers represented by colleagues NASA once had to launch its first satellite to Russian Funds of Fundamental Researches from DLR Institute of Space Sensor the orbit". The second, very optimistic aspect and some private firms. 190 experts from 13 Technology and Planetary Exploration is that the community cares about the countries participated in the conference (Berlin, Germany), connected with the use of environment. "In this sense, the satellites activities, including participants from high resolution stereocamera HRSC, with which may be dimly reflected on a starry Bulgaria, Hungary, German (4 persons), creation of orthoimage maps on the basis of night in a pristine alpine lake will perhaps China (19 persons), Netherlands, Finland, data obtained from the Mars Orbiter camera become a true symbol of humankind Czechia (2 persons), Sweden, Estonia, of the Mars Global Surveyor, and also the accepting mature responsibility to protect the Yugoslavia, countries of CIS (Moldova, further development of methods for true 3D- Earth’s remaining wild places" (Riebau). Uzbekistan, and Ukraine). It is necessary to presentation of Mars surface (the last one was underline that for the first time such a The organizers of the conference, led by represented by the Institute for Cartography, conference included a session on planetary W. Widacki should get three "A"s – one for University of Technology, Dresden, cartography. The meetings of two ICA the quality of gathered people, second for the Germany). A new original classification of commissions, namely on Education and place they selected as the conference site, and thematic maps was offered for the Moon, the Training in Cartography (Helsinki, May 28, the third for the pace of the conference which problems and perspectives for the thematic 2002) and Planetary Cartography (May 31, allowed for reflection and discussion after cartography of the Moon were considered 2002) were also held within the framework of each and every presented paper. The under modern conditions (KhGU, Ukraine). the conference. scientists representing dozens of It is worth noting the paper on geological After the opening ceremony, a keynote organizations created the informal based on mapping of stations Venus and Vega landings speech was presented by the President of personal contacts network of people (GEOCHI of RAN), and also on development RGS and Professor of the S.PbGU, Yu interested in sharing experiences, knowledge, of a mathematical basis for mapping of Seliverstov. He described the concept of and helping each other in their respective irregularly-shaped celestial bodies sustainable development, its specific concrete research. The field trips made those personal (MIIGAiK). definitions, value and practical necessity. connections even stronger. During a plenary session, reports were also The main recommendations of the In behalf of the organizing committee, a presented by the chief of cartography at the conference reflect both results and basic tribute was paid by W. Fedorowicz to the S.PbGU, G.D.Kuroshev; ICA vice-president directions of development and use of memory of one of the scheduled speakers of M.Konecny; professor A.I.Martynenko; the geoinformation systems and technologies. the conference, Anna Jakomulska who Chairman of National Committee of Russian The brief conclusions of conference are tragically died a few days before the Cartographers; the deputy of the reduced to the following items.
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• The special hardware and software of glossary on planetary cartography, was participants the event, held at the municipal large GIS-projects are composed of many considered. At present most of a series is theatre in Mitilini (the new auditorium of the regional programs of the territories’ already prepared and the maps of Mars, and University of the Aegean could not be sustainable development. They provide Venus are issued. The production of a map completed in time), tried to answer the issue solutions to diverse problems for of the Moon is underway, and the map of whether any specific aspects of mapping Conferences optimization of the exploitation of natural Mercury is almost ready. The creation of an islands existed, like there are in mountain resources, being developed and improved IS (Information System) on planetary cartography or coastal zone cartography. A as complex systems of universal value. cartography was discussed. The proposal on member of specific aspects were agreed upon, such as the problems of scale, of fitting • The technical progress in the field of improving the coordination of activities with into a national mapping program, the loss of computer science and computer facilities activities of the ISPRS Working Group on context when rendered individually, and renders essential the influence on extraterrestrial mapping existing within the isolation. development of cartographic and GIS- framework of the photogrammetric union, technologies. The development of especially in the organization of joint The local organizer, Nicolas Soulakellis, informational and telecommunication symposiums and participations in activities of lecturer in cartography and RS at the Faculty technologies, network and multimedia international conferences and congresses was of Earth Sciences, University of the Aegean becomes an integral part of the scientific made during the discussion of the (the University’s faculties are distributed over commission’s activities. and technical activity, and of daily life of a number of islands, like Lesbos, Chios, society. Next InterCarto 9: GIS for Sustainable Samos and Rhodos) together with the • The modern GIS-technologies are guided Development of Territories Conference will President of the Hellenic Cartographic by creation of open systems, in which the be held in Sevastopol (Ukraine, June 27-29 Society, Prof. Myron Miridis, had organized 2003). Contact: InterCarto Organising conveyor technology of data processing 8 sessions, with altogether 40 papers, an Committee, INTERCARTO-9: Secretary has developed. All of them are widely exhibition on the development of mapping of Olga Barabash, 2, Kapitanskaya St., used as a toolkit for the solution of the Aegean archipelago and an excursion to Sevastopol 99011, Ukraine. industrial problems by composing the petrified forest in western Lesbos. The landowner list, study of cities ecology, E-mail [email protected] sessions were on the history of cartography, ecological substantiation of territories Vladimir Tikunov, Kira Shingareva cartographic analysis of island areas, island assimilation, economic solutions and atlases, the mapping of island environments, evaluation of their effect on the cartographic technology and remote sensing environment. of island areas, and miscellaneous themes, The conference promoted broad and the conference was closed by a forum on exchange by experience on theoretical and environmental mapping and the role of GIS. practical aspects of cartography and GIS, Abstracts had been prepared in advance. The definition of further perspectives of their development, and extension of cooperation in proceedings will be ready at the next this area. conference, which will possibly be held in Crete in 2003. The meeting of the Commission on Education and Training in Cartography The conference was sponsored by the focused on the creation of an international Greek Ministry of the Aegean, and the cartographic web course. This Commission National Map Centre. Themes presented should provide educational and scientific covered amongst others the cartographic standards of the course. The main task is representations of the travels of Odysseus, Albert Abdrakhimov (Russia), Vadim Kaidash finding some standard for such courses on interactive seismic atlases of Greece, cartography which can orientate everyone (Ukraine), Rene Pischel (Germany), in front of the picture Bianna Krasnopevtseva ( Russia), symbols on electronic nautical charts, interested in cartography and cartographic Marita Waehlisch (Germany), Kira Shingareva environmental mapping with the use of education. The course shall consist of various (Russia). remote sensing, bathymetric charting and branches of modern cartography studied of multi-dimensional scaling. The exhibition one’s own choice. Technical and law aspects was visited by local inhabitants; school class of the course are still under consideration, 7th Annual visits had been organized as well, so that it and the ICA commission would like this Conference of the course to be free of charge and copyrights. was quite a bustle in the theatre. It was a Hellenic Cartographic good example of how cartographers should During the meeting of the ICA reach out to local communities when Commission on Planetary Cartography the Society organizing meetings. When properly main commission’s activities were revised. On October 23 – 26, 2002, the 7th First of all, the state of activities concerning Annual National Cartographic Conference of organized there is an enormous appeal in two international projects, namely on the Hellenic Cartographic Society was held, maps. creation of a series of multilingual maps of in Mitilini on the isle of Lesbos, with the The University of the Aegean where the theme "Island Cartography". With about 150 planets and their moons and on drawing up a conference was organized was the first to
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have a geography course (with a cartography Working Group, Project Team and other members, and the Permanent Committee option) in Greece (1995); an example that meetings being held before that, from on Spatial Data Infrastructure for the has since been followed by the University of Sunday 10 November 2002. The following Americas (PC IDEA), the Scientific Athens. In Thessaloniki, geography can be is a brief report of the ISO/TC 211 activities Conferences Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) opted for within the cartography and this year. and the United Nations Group of Experts geography specialization of the Geodesy, ISO 19101, Geographic information – on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) have Cartography and Civil Engineering Reference model, and ISO 19108, joined as Class A liaisons. Department of the Aristoteles University. Geographic information – Temporal schema, • A survey has been conducted of ISO/TC The conference saw the launching of the were published during 2002 as International 211 members to assess their usage of the new book by Prof. Evangelos Livieratos of Standards, and there are several more ISO 19100 standards and it is probably not Thessaloniki’s Artistoteles University on the standards that have basically been finished surprising that ISO 19115, Geographic mapping of Mt. Athos, where amongst others and are going through the final stages of information - Metadata, is considered the some early manuscripts of Ptolemy are formal approval. However, ISO/TC 211 is most important. The members also felt preserved. During the farewell dinner, it taking on more work, with the following that the standards were difficult to came out that the URL of the ICA homepage projects having commenced during 2002: understand, and ISO/TC 211 is preparing (www.icaci.org) was not particularly well- • ISO 19115-2, Geographic information – material to help explain the standards. The chosen for a greek audience: in Greek, icaci Metadata Part 2 – Metadata for imagery results of the survey will be published reads as I kaki, that is ‘the bad guys’! This and gridded data; soon. certainly did not apply to the conference • ISO 19136, Geographic information – • ISO/TC 204, Intelligent Transportation organizers!. Geography Markup Language; Systems, will ensure that its new application-independent standard for Ferjan Ormeling • ISO 19137, Geographic information – interchanging data between Transport ICA Secretary General Generally used profiles of the spatial Information and Control Systems (TICS), schema and of similar important other the eXtended Geographic Data Files schemas; (XGDF), will be compatible with the ISO • ISO 19138, Geographic information – 19100 standards. Data quality measures; • The Harmonized Model Maintenance • ISO 19139, Geographic information – Group has been set up to ensure that the Metadata – Implementation specifications; formal models of the ISO 19100 standards, and implemented in the Unified Modelling • ISO 19140, Geographic information – Language (UML), are harmonized. Technical amendment to the ISO 191** The 16th Plenary of ISO/TC 211 will Geographic information series of standards take place in Thun, Switzerland, on 22 and for harmonization enhancements. 23 May 2003, preceded by working group, On the Wednesday, a very interesting project team and other meetings. The 17th President of the Hellenic Cartographic half-day workshop was held on standards in Association Prof. Myron Myridis and the Head Plenary will be in Berlin, Germany, around action, at which presentations were made by of the Local Organizing Committee A/Prof. November 2003, with the 18th scheduled for Nicolas Soulakellis, during the closing diner in the following countries on their progress Canada in May 2004, the 19th for Malaysia Mytilini. with implementing the ISO 19100 family of in November 2004 and the 20th for Sweden standards: United States of America, in May or June 2005. Malaysia, Korea, China and Switzerland. The results of a survey on the use of the Report on ISO/TC 211 Antony Cooper, ISO/TC 211 liaison to standards worldwide were also presented at the ICA activities for ICA the workshop. All the presentations are available from the ISO/TC 211 Web site, as News are all other ISO/TC 211 documents, though ISO/TC 211 is the International access to the actual draft standards is Organization for Standardization’s Technical restricted: http://www.isotc211.org/ Committee developing standards for Other highlights from the meetings Geographic Information/Geomatics. The include: 15th Plenary meeting of ISO/TC 211 was held in Gyeongju, Korea, on Thursday 14 • Over the last year, Ireland, Kenya and the and Friday 15 November 2002, with several Philippines have joined ISO/TC 211 as
8 ICA NEWS December 2002 Reports 9 Report ’ For For 30 years, Brazilian researchers have Thirty people the traveled 430 kilometers The registration for the First Ibero Janeiro, with the program arranged by a team Paganelli. lead Tomoko by Dr. issues been related investigating to mapping and children. Since 1995 numerous Brazilian national conferences on this subject been have Brazil has more than 100 held. Today, researchers (professors, graduate students and teachers) pursuing actively a wide range of Yet, issues relating to school cartography. very little is internationally, know of the work that has been research done. themes Recently, relating to school cartography been have defined and teams associated with each of these identified. In addition, as of this year, "School Cartography" is now recognized as an area of research eligible for government funding. The two meetings attended by members by Commission members from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Greece, Hungary, United America States and of the United Kingdom, provided an opportunity to meet Brazilian colleagues and graduate students and focus on the exchanging of research experiences related to Cartography and Children. from Belo Horizonte, through a spectacular landscape to Diamantina. The seminar focused on " The themes, methods and results of the lines of research of the International Commission on Cartography and Children". an Following introductory session in which an of the overview work of the commission was presented there were reflections on the history and current status of Brazilian cartography for children. In the following sessions, the 30 papers on school cartography touched on the following topics: concept construction, spatial graphic graphic literacy, semiology, theory, classification, teaching materials (educational atlases – national and regional), the curricula concerns relating to teaching cartography to children and those with special needs the nature and applications of technologies. new many of Following the papers, thanks to the participation of Araujo Doctora de Regina Almedia, there were questions posed and discussions. lively During their time in Diamantina, the participants were also able to local view crafts as well the treat of sampling regional cooking and music at the Pousada Prior Reliquias to do to Tempo. travelling Rio a meeting of the Cartography and Children commission was also held. American Symposium on Cartography and Children, in Rio de Janeiro, was As 395. part of a most the opening impressive ceremony of Commissions Casa a restored historic building housing Another important form of cooperation In August 2002 In the Cartography and Change: The Future of Women in Change: The Surveying" Future Women of – UK), Yeo Astle, S. V. Wilkinson, (S.J. Engineers" (G. Dasse Women – "Wanted: Germany) and "Advances and Reflections: Efforts to include women in United States Woodsbury and surveying mapping" (W.J. Straight – USA). was participation active of the GaC in the Global Campaign organized on Secure Tenure by FIG. The purpose of the thematic questionnaire on women and adequate housing (according to the Commission on Human Rights resolution 2002/49) is to request information from the states, local authorities, civil societies and stakeholders for the preparation of a study from which a special report will be submitted to the Commission on Human Rights. For such a social activity, electronic post is an excellent way to facilitate contact between of representatives different interested organizations. Unfortunately, because of the of low level technology or/and education, many subpopulations as well as many regions, are still not satisfactorily represented "in public life". For instance, it could not be incidental the lack of responses Africa to from my last questionnaire on the future name of the Commission. But at the same time the title new "Geodesia et - an Descriptio Terrarum" electronic periodical Agricultural of provides Universities- Polish access to a methodological new solution connected to a cartographic model of the actual state of Africa. education in part of university’s Institute part of of Geo-Sciences. university’s The second meeting was the First Ibero- American Conference on Cartography and August 7th Children, to 10th . This was hosted, by the Department of Cartography and Geography of the Estadual Universit de Rio de Report on Activities in Brazil, 2002 Children Commission participated in two meetings in Brazil. The first, the Cartography and Children Commission Seminar (August 4 th to 7th)), organized Janine by Le Dr. Sann, was hosted by the Federal of University Minas Gerais. The meeting took place in Diamantina, a world heritage site, in the Gloria Ewa Krzywicka-Blum ICA Commission on Gender Chair, and Cartography Cartography and Children
After transferring the Commission’s In the frame of a project sponsored by the On August the 2002, 20th members several
ICA NEWS December 2002 review of three review papers entitled: "A Gender for sides used their websites to disseminate a "Under-represented "Under-represented groups in both surveying" of Surveyors (FIG) FIG’s of Commission (FIG) Surveyors on FIG’s of collaboration with International Federation administrated by Wojciech Dach. In administrated the Wojciech by frame website from Canada to Poland, it is now successfully finished very soon. Geodesy and Cartography and ICA will be agreements between the Head of Office insertion. We hope that indispensable We insertion. the current financial support for editing this me, as commission’s chair, me, to chair, as dispose commission’s a part of other countries. The EC of ICA empowered EC during 20th ICC in Beijing as a model for Conference. This insertion was accepted by insertion of "Poland" before Durban’s of Wroc_aw, Poland intend to Wroc_aw, of complete the Photogrammetry Agricultural of University the the Department of Geodesy and have just have been The finished. Polish team from Insertion of projected Atlas ICA Demographic Cartography the next four tables of Polish Polish Head of Office Geodesy and important issues. some groups of people are very actual and different different kind of inequalities existing within because some minority populations, as well as for the future of activities the commission’s "women "women question" seems to be not sufficient all members of the GaC it can be noticed that responses to a basic questionnaire addressed to commission’s activities. Summarizing the commission’s of enlargement in the field of the future Committee in of view the reasonable direction be taken into consideration by the Executive name definitively and name such definitively proposals should participants, the commission has to change the Alexander Wolodtshenko and other Wolodtshenko Alexander term. According to opinions of Takashi According Morita, to term. opinions of Takashi should be preserved during the 2003-2007 subpopulation’s cartographical presentation, subpopulation’s scale with a domain of under-represented Cartography", corresponding on a very limited current name of commission of "Gender and asked asked to discuss the problem on whether the Schlichtman. Participants of the seminar were Alexander Wolodtshenko and Hansgeorg Wolodtshenko Alexander Cartography. Chairing Cartography. this meeting were the ICA Commission on Theoretical participate in a two-day seminar organized by of the GaC met in Gda_sk (Poland) to
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welcome, Doctora Rosângela Doin De non-profit Association operating in the field of Maps and the Internet Almedia gave a presentation on the nature and GIS, grouping almost 100 organizations status of Brazilain research relating to school dealing with geographical information and Commission cartography. One of the aims of this meeting territorial problems from more than 20 The Maps and the Internet Commission was to bring together Brazilian and foreign European countries. Financial support has (maps.unomaha.edu/ica) held its annual
Reports researchers to discuss the development of come from the EU through the European meeting in Karlsruhe, Germany, on Sept. 24- cartography for children and students at Union for Coastal Conservation and a grant 25. The meeting was organized by the co- different levels of education. There were four has been received from the US National chair of the Commission, Dr. Georg Gartner, main conference themes: the sharing of Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in from the Technical University of Vienna and international and intercultural experiences: the US Department of Commerce. Other included representatives from 13 different graphic and cartographic representation; new support is ongoing from ICOOPS – the countries. The two-day meeting was hosted by technologies in school cartography and; atlas International Centre for Coastal and Ocean the Technical University of Karlsruhe and was conception and methodology. The Policy Studies, the Università degli Studi di held prior to the annual WebMapping contributions of the Cartography and Genova and many other groups. conference (www.webmapping.de). Children’s Commission were associated with Please visit the homepage www.gisig.it The conference addressed all aspects of the sharing of international and intercultural for updated information. The early call for maps and the Internet, from methods of map experiences. This involved a morning of papers went out in October 2002 with an delivery, education, and research. A major papers and a series of three-hour workshops. Abstract deadline of April 2003. theme of the meeting was mobile methods of During the closing speeches of the meeting Readers will be interested to see the map presentation through cell phones. Other there was a commitment made by the new topics included the development of research in president of the Brazilian Cartographic progress being made with getting CoastGIS papers onto the web at www.coastgis.org. It is internet cartography, the dissemination of Society to support the creation of a permanent census data through web maps, the modelling Brazilian group associated with Cartography hoped shortly to have the 1995 Cork meeting papers placed on the site. Negotiations are in of the online map visualization process, for Children and give the necessary assistance applications in education, the integration of for this group to work. hand for the same for the 1997 Aberdeen conference papers. virtual reality, geo-marketing with internet The members of the commission who maps, atlas delivery, and the use of scalable The draft of the proposed Standards for attended are most grateful to them many vector graphics (SVG) format. the Nautical Cartographers and Syllabus, have people and institutions who were involved in Participants included: been circulated widely by the International the logistics of organizing the two meetings as Andrienko Gennady, Fraunhofer Institute, Hydrographic Bureau for comment and well as the provision of support that Germany: Speaker permitted some members to participate. suggestion. The next meeting of the Andrienko Natalia, Fraunhofer Institute, FIG/IHO/ICA Accreditation Panel will be The next Cartography and Children Germany: Speaker held in UK during June 2003. My co- Asche Hartmut, University Potsdam, Commission seminar is to be held in South contributor for this work has been Dr Germany: Web.Mapping Chair Africa just prior to the 2003 meetings in Lysandros Tsoulos of Greece: his efforts have Bang-Kittilsen Ane, Norwegian Institute of Durban. I would be grateful if anyone been substantial and appreciated. Land Inventory, Norway, Participant interested in attending or participating at this Brisson Carl, Université de Québec à Readers who are interested in the work of meeting, who has not already been in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada: Speaker contacted me, could get in touch with me as the Commission are invited to contact me for Brodersen Lars, Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen, soon as possible. information at [email protected]. If Denmark: Speaker you would like to join the Commission then Bulens Jandirk, Centre voor Geo-Information, Jacqueline M. Anderson please nominate through your national The Netherlands: Speaker Chair, ICA Cartography and Children Cammack Rex G, Southwest Missouri State Commission member association of ICA. If you have some suggestions about what the Commission University, USA: Speaker should be doing, then I am very keen to hear Cartwright William, RMIT Melbourne, Australia: Speaker Marine Cartography from you. The current Terms of Reference are The last period between Newsletters has Cramér Mathias, Sveriges Nationalatlas, on the ICA website though they have been dominated by planning for the next Sweden: Speaker subsequently been amended to cover the CoastGIS Symposium on GIS and Computer Drecker Martina, Ruhr-University Bochum, contribution to the work of the FIG/IHO/ICA Germany: Participant Cartography for Coastal Zone Mapping. The Accreditation Panel. I will renominate for Fairbairn David, University Newcastle, Symposium is to be held at the "Palazzo election as Chair from the Durban General England: Speaker Ducale" in Genova, Italy from 16 – 18 Assembly but would be enthusiastically Freckmann Peter, FH Karlsruhe, Germany: October 2003. supportive of a nomination from anyone Speaker The Symposium is the result of the suitably qualified to take the reins. Fritz Wolfgang, FH Karlsruhe, Germany: Pro- ongoing collaboration between this Rektor Ron Furness Commission and the Commission on Coastal Gartner Georg, TU Wien, Austria: Chair, ICA Commission on Marine Commission Co-Chair Systems of the International Geographical Cartography Gauthier Majella, Université de Québec à Union. The local organisation is being carried Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada: Speaker out by GISIG, the Geographical Information Günther-Diringer Detlef, WWF Auen Institut, Systems International Group. The Group is a Germany: Speaker
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Hampe Mark, University Hannover, Germany: Speaker Theoretical ICA Working Group Herrmann Christian, FH Karlsruhe, Germany: Cartography Seminar on Incremental Web.Mapping Chair Iversen Sverre, Geological Survey of Norway, in Gdansk Updating and Norway: Speaker After the Dresden Seminar 2000, the ICA Versioning Reports Konecny Milan, Masaryk University Brno, Commission on Theoretical Cartography held Czech Republic: ICA Vice-President The ICA Working Group on Incremental its Seminar "The Selected Problems of Lehto Lassi, Finnish Geodetic Institute, Updating and Versioning held it’s fourth Finland: Speaker Theoretical Cartography 2002" in Gdansk, annual meeting at the Bundesamt für Ligtenberg Arend, Centre voor Geo- Poland from 20-21 July 2002. The host of the Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG) in Information, The Netherlands: Speaker Seminar was the University of Gdansk, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on 14 and 15 Medyckyj-Scott David, University Edinburgh, Cartographic Laboratory (local organizer October 2002. This took the form of a joint Scotland: Speaker Pavel Neytchev). workshop sponsored by the ICA with the Meyer Marlene, Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen, Over 20 commission members and guests International Society for Photogrammetry and Denmark: Speaker from Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine attended Remote Sensing’s (ISPRS) Intercommission Neumann Andreas, ETH Zürich, Switzerland: Speaker in Gdansk. The agenda of the two-days WG II/IV (systems for automated geo-spatial Peterson Michael P, UN Omaha, USA: meeting included 9 papers, 2 reports, 3 data production and updating from imagery) Commission Chair posters, discussions and cultural programs and the Eurogeographics Research and Scharlach Holger, RIVM, The Netherlands: (three towns excursion: Gdynia, Sopot and Development Forum. Twenty delegates from Speaker Gdansk). Definitions in cartography; 12 countries participated in this, the Third Schmid Wolfgang, INGEO, Germany: cartosemiotics and map language; and Joint Workshop on the Incremental Updating Participant acquisition of cartographic knowledge were and Versioning of Spatial Data Bases, which Schnabel Olaf, ETH Zürich, Switzerland: important themes of the closing discussion. consisted of theoretical and practical papers, Speaker with lively discussions during and after the Sutton Emma, University Edinburgh, The results of the Seminar are planned for presentations. We would like to thank very Scotland: Speaker publication as a collection of papers before much Prof-Dr Dietmar Grunreich,˜ the Uhlirz Susanne, TU Wien, Austria: Event ICC 2003. President of BKG, for his hospitality and his Manager We also welcome to the commission new generous offer to host future meetings of the van Elzakker Corné, ITC Enschede, The members from Lithuania, Dr. Giedre Netherlands: Speaker Working Group. We would also like to thank Beconyte and from Ukraine, Dr. Anton Wintges Theodor, FH München, Germany: very much the staff at BKG who helped with Speaker Gordeev. Nowadays the Commission on all the arrangements, especially Dr Andreas The next meeting of the commission will be Theoretical Cartography include 26 members Busch. from 17 countries and 4 continents. held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, at the It became clear that as incremental beginning of August 2003, prior to the ICA The atmosphere of the Seminar was updating and versioning are critical aspects of Conference. friendly and reflected successful work of the spatial database maintenance, they should be Michael Peterson Commission. The next Seminar is being looked at holistically. We revisited the Chair, ICA Commission on Maps and the planned for 2003 or 2004, to be held in Kiev concepts of incremental updating and Internet University, Ukraine. versioning that were drawn up at our previous Alexander Wolodtschenko workshop in Beijing, China, and will flesh Chair, ICA Commission on Theoretical them out over the next few months as part of Cartography the Working Group’s work. We intend publishing these concepts and best practices
Participants to the annual meeting of the Maps and the Internet Commission. Participants of the Gdansk Seminar.
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as our second publication, prior to the 22nd metadata assessment characteristics to in more detail at the recent meeting in Brno. International Cartographic Conference (ICC) analyze and understand the various national This developing scientific thrust by the in La Coruña, Spain, in July 2005. and international spatial metadata standards Commission will be proposed as the major Our first book, proposed during the 20th in the world. Since last Fall we have been task in the 2003-07 Terms of Reference to be ICC in Beijing, is currently in preparation and actively editing the chapters of the book. proposed in Durban next year.
Reports aims to reflect the current status of the Prof Henri Aalders, Dutch Commission practice and theory of incremental updating member, has been added as an Associate II. Planned ICA Metadata Book and versioning. We hope to release this book Editor to edit the Part II Regional Summaries, The Commission Editors, Moellering, at the 21st ICC in Durban, South Africa, in and to write the Introduction for the book. Aalders, and Crane are working hard to bring August 2003. We plan to have a three day This has been done to facilitate the together and edit the chapters of our ICA workshop just before the ICC in Durban, preparation of the book in view of the book titled: World Spatial Metadata where we will concentrate on elaborating on workload of the Editor. Standards. In April, 2002 Elsevier assigned an ISBN number to the book. It is hoped to go to the concepts and best practices of incremental The Full Commission has been working press with Elsevier sometime this summer. updating and versioning. Provisionally, the on its plans on the Spatial Data Infrastructure 4th joint workshop on the Incremental at its meetings: 2000 in Monaco, 2001 in Scientific work on the characteristics on Updating and Versioning of Spatial Data Beijing, and at its recent meeting in Brno. such metadata standards originally began in Bases will take place in Durban near the 1995. After three years these characteristics venue for the ICC, from Friday 8 to Sunday II. July Commission meeting in the had been developed and field tested. Work 10 August 2003. Czech Republic then turned to developing the book itself. Much of the timing of the book has hinged on Details of the Working Group, the The Commission held its 2002 annual the readiness of the ISO/TC211 world workshops and our progress may be found on meeting July 8 to 12 in Brno, Czech Republic metadata standard. Originally it was thought our Web site at: http://geo.haifa.ac.il/nicaupdt hosted by Prof. Milan Konecny, Commission that this TC211 Committee Draft (CD) would SDI Coordinator. The four day meeting was Ammatzia Peled mature enough by 1999 to write a chapter on Antony Cooper held for several reasons. The first was to do it, and to bring together the other chapters the final review of progress on the ICA associated with it. Unfortunately, TC211 metadata standards decided to subject the world metadata book and the authors standard to two additional cycles of work, involved. Editing of resulting in two additional years of the first four Parts development and refinement on their part. and coordination with Elsevier is Meanwhile, the Commission continued to continuing on a very refine and test its metadata work, and at its active basis. 2000 meeting in Monaco reviewed and finalized the outlines for the regional Meanwhile, the summary chapters in Part II. After receiving Commission positive confirmation from TC211 in the continued its Summer of 2001 that the world metadata discussions from standard was ready to move from CD3 Beijing on the towards Draft International Standard (DIS), Spatial Data the Commission and its editors moved into Infrastructure. This full writing mode of the Part II and updating is to carry out point the Part IV chapters for the book manuscript. Delegates at the Workshop on Incremental Updating and Versioning, 3) in its 1999-03 The Commission has been in major writing held in Frankfurt, Germany. Back row: Thierry Badard (France), Jan Terms of Reference and editing mode ever since. Beyern (Belgium), Arnaud Braun (France), Bert Kolk (Netherlands), to plan a new task on Andreas Busch (Germany), Helmut Mayer (Germany). Middle row: researching the This current version of the book has five Peter Højholt (Denmark), Mark Richardson (United Kingdom), Spatial Data major Parts analogous to our prior 1997 Ammatzia Peled (Israel), Keith Murray (United Kingdom). Front row: Infrastructure at the Elsevier book that assessed world spatial data Luis Colomer (Spain), Bengt Rystedt (ICA President), Antony Cooper world, regional and transfer standards: (South Africa), Hanna Kemppainen (Finland), Vladimir Bessarabov national levels. This I. Full Introduction (United Nations). work is being carried II. Six summaries of regional metadata out in close coordination with the ICA standards development activities in: Spatial Data Standards Executive with Prof. Milan Konecny as the Europe, N. America, Africa/Middle East, Commission Commission SDI Coordinator. Asia/Pacific, Latin America, and the ISO At the meeting the Commission decided community. I. Introduction that a major part of its 2003-07 work on the III. The full set of metadata assessment During the past year the Commission has SDI will be to develop a UML model of the characteristics: 12 first order categories, continued its work towards its evolving book SDI. This idea developed out of a basic 58 second order subcategories, and that uses a set of scientific and technical discussion begun in Monaco, and developed about 202 tertiary characteristics.
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IV. About 20 chapters describing the major Japan - Shoji Okuyama, Shinji Takazawa Map Production metadata standards in the world, and a & Kazuhiko Akeno In 2002 CMP continued with the few application profiles. Korea - Tae-Jung Min & Heung-Muk Cho activities specified in the Terms of Reference. V. Crosstable of 67 critical transfer Netherlands - Henri Aalders No significant details are to be described characteristics by the 20 National and after postponing the annual meeting from
Russia - Alexander Martynenko Reports International metadata standards and September 2002 to February 2003. For the South Africa - Nic Scheepers and Antony profiles. Commission on Map Production 2003 will be Cooper All chapters in the first four Parts of the a busy year. The following plans are in the book have been written and are being Spain - Sebastian Mas process of development: polished, edited and prepared for publication. United States - Richard Pearsall & • Zurich Switzerland 19 and 20 February The draft N. American regional summary Richard Hogan 2003 annual meeting and exchange of the chapter has been lagging, but is being Dublin Core - Stuart Weibel latest products and production actively worked on to complete it. The CEN/TC287 - François Salgé information; current list of chapters follows. ISO/TC211/WG3/T15 - ISO/DIS 19115 - • ICC 2003 pre conference seminar (title I. Intro to World Spatial Metadata David Danko and topics to be decided), cooperation Standards - Henri Aalders IMTA and ICA Subject matter Metadata II. Regional Metadata Activities Summaries Standards/Profiles: • Participation in the ICC 2003 congress Europe - Henri Aalders (NDL) François • Colombia 3rd week October 2003 (title Salgé (FR), & Alexander Martynenko EU/CERCO/MEGRIN - La Clef - and topics to be decided, cooperation (RUS) Marcus Wandinger & Claude Luzet(FR) IPGH and ICA N. America - Richard Pearsall(USA), EU/CEO - Space Imagery; Bernd • Finish and publish the Compendium of Valerie Hume(CDN), & Richard Eckhardt(D) Cartographic Techniques Hogan(USA) EU/GEIXS - geology; Luc Bonnefoy(FR) The CMP aims to finishing and updating Asia/Pacific - Craig Macauley (AUS), Du USA/NBII - biology; Susan Stitt(USA) & the Terms of Reference of Commission. The Daosheng (China), Kazuhiko Akeno Anne Frondorf(USA) Commission will propose concentrating more (Japan), Tae-Jung Min (Korea) Harold Moellering on production management topics. The Central & South America - Tatiana Chair, ICA Commission on Spatial Data objectives will be adapted and therefore a Delgado (Cuba) Standards change on the Commission’s name will be Africa & Middle East - Antony Cooper suggested, seeking approval for it at the ICC (SA) & Liz Gavin (SA) in Durban. ISO/TC211 - David Danko (USA) & Olaf For reactions: mailto:[email protected] Østensen (ISO) Sjef van der Steen III. Scientific & Technical Metadata Chair, ICA Commission on Map Production Characteristics Introduction - Editors. Glossary of Terms & Definitions Harold Moellering & Aaron Crane Eds. Main Scientific & Technical Metadata Characteristics Harold Moellering & Aaron Crane Eds. IV. Assessments & Full Descriptions of Metadata Standards Main Line Metadata Standards Australia/New Zealand - Craig Macauley Canada - Valerie Hume China - Jiang Jing-tong Czech Republic - Petr Rapant Denmark - Anders Neilsen & Peter Kjeld Finland - Paula Ahonen Hungary - Istvan Kadar & Tamas Prajczer Israel - Ammatzia Peled Participants of the Brno Meeting of the ICA Commission on Spatial Data Standards.
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Statistics and maps countries to find information. Some websites statistical subdivisions. Examples of such have not been updated since 1999, so most maps can be found on the websites of the on the Word Wide links would not work any more. Even if such NSOs of Kazakhstan, Chile or Palestine Special Features Web: a good websites can be much improved (URL 3, 4), (URL 13, 14, 15). Clickable maps are maps they are always better than countries that do where one may click on by using the mouse combination? not have a website at all! Examples of really of the computer. After having clicked on an good websites are those of the Netherlands area in these maps, information on the area Introduction and Finland (URL 5, 6). Both sites use a will appear in a pop-up window or one will All countries of the world publish statistical program names Statline, which has be linked to the information of the selected statistics. Mostly the National Statistical a clear database. A visitor simply selects a region directly. These types of digital maps Offices (NSO’s) are responsible for this. theme, place and time, and the relevant are very useful. As a visitor one knows These offices publish a country’s statistics statistics will be presented. Altogether one immediately which region is meant. The about demography, economy, education, may conclude that most countries have a statistical website of Scotland uses these environment etc. The statistics published by good statistical website, although sometimes maps to show students directions in the these offices can be watched on different one really has to search for the right statistical world. This ‘Learning Zone’ is geographical levels: national, provincial / information. The prejudice that European worth visiting, not only for students (URL regional or municipal. Every year a lot of websites would be better is not valid at all, 16). The most advanced digital maps are the these publications are published as statistical the websites of NSO’s from the Dominican interactive maps. These are maps with many yearbook or monthly report. With the Republic or India are very detailed as well, functions, as they would allow for changing introduction of the Internet a lot changed for and have all the functionality one could wish of colours or legend, have a zoom function, the NSO’s. Next to the familiar printed for (URL 7,8). are clickable etc. One will not find many publications, more and more statistics are Most important of course is the GIS applications like these on the statistical published online. Most of the NSO’ websites acquisition of statistical data. Most NSOs websites. Those of the NSOs of Switzerland are quite comprehensive. The statistical opt for tables to show their statistics. Often and India do contain them however (URL information is displayed in many ways: as one can download an Excel document. 17, 18). The Swiss website has a thematic tables, charts, texts, but also in the form of Making a presentation with Acrobat Reader map which can be changed using a toolbar. digital maps. It is interesting for is also getting popular, especially because it When the mouse is placed over one of the cartographers to see how NSO’s work with looks really good. Whole publications with cantons, the statistical notes of that canton these digital maps. Do they use the maps tables and charts are displayed with this are shown. When one clicks on the canton, optimally? Or can their presentation be program. Programs like the StatLine more information appears. The NSO of India improved? On behalf of a new publication database are perfect for selecting statistical has almost the same application as the Swiss by the ICA Commission on Maps and the information; for copying information Excel one. The application of Census India is more Internet we checked all statistical sites or Acrobat Reader are better. comprehensive. It is possible to zoom in and available, and evaluate them here. out, and one may change colours and legend. The different NSO’s try to make their A website with a huge amount of digital NSO’s on the web and their sites more attractive for the lay public. maps is the one of the United States (URL quality That’s why one can find some unusual 18). Here one may download many thematic Firstly not all countries of the world functions on certain sites. The Danish maps of different themes and places, in publish their statistics online. But, by using Statistical Office has an option where one different formats. This website also gives the the sites of the World Bank and the United can see how many Danish inhabitants have a possibility to download files that can be used Nations, statistics from almost all countries certain name (URL 9). Some pages such as in Arcview, a GIS software application. can be found (URL 1,2). Not all countries the one from Luxembourg (URL 10) contain have NSOs, some countries choose to let a guest book, where visitors can give their Altogether more and more digital maps different government departments publish opinion or reaction. The website of the are to be found on the websites of NSOs. statistics. In this paper only websites of statistical office of Guatemala offers visitors Sometimes these maps are hard to locate NSOs are considered. a (digital) calculator and a glossary (URL (one may have to hit a couple of links). The clickable and interactive maps are very It is good that a country’s statistics can 11). The Philippines try to attract people useful. More websites should use these. be found on the Internet so simply. But what with a real Statistical Quiz. (URL 12) Problem of the interactive (GIS) maps is that is the quality of those web pages? The Statistics and maps on the World sometimes they are difficult to use, because websites of the NSOs show an enormous Wide Web there are too many options. It is variety. Professional sites alternate with A couple of NSOs choose to make recommended to visit the websites of the simple sites. Sometimes it seems like an statistics more accessible by using digital NSOs of Switzerland, India and the United amateur designed a website. The simple maps. There are three sorts of digital maps: States (URL 17, 8, 18). websites mostly contain little information; or view only, clickable, and interactive ones. the information is ranged wrongly. A The view only digital maps can be found on Links to NSO’s problem is that not all websites are in various websites. Mostly they present a One may search for NSOs on the English. Some of them only contain the picture of the country concerned, divided in Internet in different ways. Using an engine national language, which might make it regions or provinces in order to show the like Google is a good option (URL 19). The almost impossible for people from other
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Geosource website, from Jeroen Bosman, is also a good starting point (URL 20). This GIS India 2003 26th GITA Annual Conference web page contains links to almost all NSOs January 8-10, 2003 March 2 - 5 2003
on the web as well as links to gateways to For Your Diary Birla Auditorium, Jaipur San Antonio Convention Center, San statistical agencies. Most sites of NSOs have B1, 4/442, Gurukripa Complex, Raja Park, Antonio, Tex., USA a list with links to other NSOs on their page. Jaipur, India Web: www.gita.org List of URL’s (accessed: 25-11-2002) Email: [email protected] 99th Association of American URL 1: The World Bank Group - Web: http://www.gisindia2003.org http://www.worldbank.org/ Geographers Annual Meeting Map India 2003 March 4 - 8 2003 URL 2: UNICEF Statistics - Januay 28 - 31, 2003 http://www.unicef.org Enquires: Jeremy Crampton and Hotal Grand Inter-Continental, Mei-Po Kwan URL 3: Direction de la Statistique New Delhi, India (Morocco) - http://www.statistics.gov.ma Email: [email protected], Telfax: 91-120-4500060 [email protected] URL 4: Dirección Nacional de Estadistica Email: [email protected] (Cuba) – http://www.sld.cu/webs/estadi Web: http://geog-www.sbs.ohio- web: www.mapindia.org state.edu/faculty/mkwan/WebCV/AAG_Secu URL 5: Central Bureau of Statistics (Netherlands) – http://www.cbs.nl National Cartographic rity.html URL 6: Statistics Finland – Conference - GeoCart'2003 2003 GeoTec Event - "A Spirit http://www.stat.fi 12-14 February 2003 of Collaboration" URL 7: National Statistics Office Wairakei Resort, Taupo, New Zealand March 16-19, 2003 (Dominican Republic) – Enquires: Igor Drecki Enquires: Matt Ball http://www.one.gov.do [email protected] GeoTec Media URL 8: Census of India – www.cartography.org.nz/geocart2003/ 2400 28th Street, Suite 103 http://www.censusindia.net 5th Geomatic Week Boulder, CO 80301 URL 9: Statistics Denmark – Fax: 303-544-0595 http://www.dst.dk "Cartography, Telematics and Navigation" and GlobalGeo, E-mail: [email protected] URL 10: National Institute of Statistics and Website: Economic Studies (Luxembourg) - first International Fair of http://www.geoplace.com/gt/default.asp http://statec.gouvernement.lu/ Geotelematics URL 11: National Statistics Bureau 11 -14 February 2003 AGILE 2003: The Science (Guatemala) - http://www.ine.gob.gt/ Congress Palace of Fira, Barcelona. behind the Infrastructure URL 12: National Statistical Office Enquires: Ms. Mónica Guardia 6th AGILE Conference on Geographic (Philippines) - Institut de Geomàtica Information Science http://www.census.gov.ph/ Campus de Castelldefels Lyon, France URL 13: Agency of Republic of Kazakhstan Av. del Canal Olímpic, s/n 24-26 April 2003 on Statistics - http://www.kazstat.asdc.kz E-08860 Castelldefels Web: http://agile2003.insa-lyon.fr URL 14: National Institute of Statistics Fax.: 93 556 92 92 (Chile) - http://www.ine.cl/ Email: [email protected] International Symposium on URL 15: Palestinian Central Bureau of Website: http://setmanageomatica.ideg.es Environmental Information Statistics - http://www.pcbs.org Systems National Seminar on Remote May 27-29, 2003 URL 16: General Register Office for Sensing and Geographical Scotland - http://www.gro- AUSTRIA scotland.gov.uk/ Information System Enquires:Linda Robson 5 - 7 February 2003 URL 17: Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Email: [email protected] http://www.statistik.admin.ch Venue: Kottayam, Kerala Web: http://isess.crle.uoguelph.ca Enquires. R. Satheesh URL 18: U.S. Census Bureau - 20th International Conference http://www.census.gov/ School of Environmental Sciences Mahatma Gandhi University, on the History of Cartography URL 19: Google – http://www.google.com June 15-20, 2003 Gandhinager P.O. URL 20: Bosman, J. (1998), GEOSOURCE Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Kottayam, Kerala - 686 008, India VII. Statistical agencies, geological University, Cambridge, MA surveys, meteorological services etc. - Fax.: 0481-731002, 731009 (15-17 June 2003) http://www.library.uu.nl/geosource/cat7. Email: [email protected] html Osher Map Library, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME(18-20 June 2003) Guido van der Molen, Utrecht University Map Room www.ichc2003.org ([email protected] )
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EARSEL Symposium ISPRS Workshop ‘High CONTENTS June 03 - 06 2003, Resolution Mapping from 7th Annual Conference Hellenic 7
For Your Diary Gent, Belgium space 2003’ Cartographic Society Email: [email protected] Hanover, Germany 7th International Simposium on 5 6 – 8 October 2003 HighMountain Remote Sensing IGARRSS 03 Enquires: Germany WG I/5 Cartography July 21 - 25 2003, Chair: Dr Jacobsen Archiving Reminder 1 Toulouse, France Email: [email protected] Barbara Petchenik 4 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ipi.uni- Competition Durban
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Maps and the Internet 10 ISPRS Workshop Challenges in Marine Cartography 10 Geospatial Analysis, Report on ISO/TC 211 activities 8 Integration and visualization II Stuttgart, Germany Spatial Data Standards 12 Commission 8-10 September 2003 Enquires: Dr Shiewe Statistics and maps on the WWW 14 Email: [email protected] Theoretical Cartography Seminar 11 Website: www.iuw.uni- vechta.de/personal/geoinf/jochen/isprs03.htm
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