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* Working Group on Inclusive Cartography

* Working Group on Inclusive Cartography

* Working Group Next Generation Cartographers

* Working Group Next Generation Cartographers

* Working Group on Participatory Mapping

* Working Group on Participatory Mapping

* Working Group on Peace and Conflict Cartography

* Working Group on Peace and Conflict Cartography

* Working Group on Standardisation in Cartography

* Working Group on Standardisation in Cartography

International organization

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

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

Secretaries-General and Treasurers

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The Secretary-General and Treasurer is responsible for the administration and the general running of the Association.

Executive committee

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On 20 July 2019 member nations elected the new Executive Committee (EC) of the ICA for the 2019–2023 term. New ICA president is Tim Trainor.[4]

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

  • Commission on Art and Cartography
  • Commission on Atlases
  • Commission on Cartographic Heritage into the Digital
  • Commission on Cartography and Children
  • Commission on Cartography and Sustainable Development
  • Commission on Cartography in Early Warning and Crisis Management
  • Commission on Cognitive Issues in Geographic Information Visualization
  • Commission on Digital Transformation of National Mapping Agencies
  • Commission on Education and Training
  • Commission on Ethics in Cartography
  • Commission on GeoAI
  • Commission on Geospatial Analysis and Modeling
  • Commission on Geospatial Data Analytics
  • Commission on Geospatial Semantics and Ontology
  • Commission on Geovisualization
  • Commission on High-Definition Maps
  • Commission on Integrated Geospatial Information for Cartography
  • Commission on Location Based Services
  • Commission on Map Design
  • Commission on Map Projections
  • Commission on Maps and the Internet
  • Commission on Marine Cartography
  • Commission on Mountain Cartography
  • Commission on Multi-scale Cartography
  • Commission on Topographic Mapping
  • Commission on Toponymy (ICA-IGU joint commission)
  • Commission on Ubiquitous Mapping
  • Commission on User Experience
  • Working Group on the Cartographic Body of Knowledge
  • Working Group on Inclusive Cartography
  • Working Group Next Generation Cartographers
  • Working Group on Participatory Mapping
  • Working Group on Peace and Conflict Cartography
  • Working Group on Standardisation in Cartography

ICA allows two types of memberships:[5]

  • Affiliate members are organisations, institutions or companies wishing to support the mission and activities of ICA.
  • National members are national organizations dealing with cartography or geoinformation, such as national mapping agencies.[6]

List of ICA national members

International Cartographic Conferences (ICC) take place every second year in one of the member countries. At every second conference (every fourth year) it hosts the General Assembly of the ICA.[7]

Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal

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

Recipients [9]

ICA Honorary Fellowship

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The ICA Honorary Fellowship is for cartographers of international reputation who have made special contribution to the ICA. It includes a bronze medal.

ICA Map Awards at the International Map Exhibition

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At the biennial International Map Exhibitions at the ICC an international jury selects the best entries.[10]

Barbara Petchenik International Children Map Design Competition

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This competition is organized every two years at the ICC. In a national round in all participating ICA member countries, the national winners are selected, which are exhibited during the International Cartographic Conference, where the international winners are selected.[11]

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

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