International Cartographic Association#Members

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The International Cartographic Association (ICA) ({{langx|fr|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.{{cite web|title=History of the ICA|url=http://icaci.org/history/|publisher=ICA|access-date=2 November 2015}} 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.{{cite web|title=Mission|url=http://icaci.org/mission/|publisher=ICA|access-date=2 November 2015}}

Leadership

= Presidents =

The first president, Eduard Imhof of Switzerland was heavily involved in founding the association.{{cite web|title=Executive Committee Archive|url=http://icaci.org/executive-committee-archive/|publisher=ICA|access-date=2 November 2015}}

class="sortable wikitable" ! Term !! President !! From country
style="background:#ccffcc" \| 2023-	Georg Gartner (de)	{{flagcountry\|Austria}}
2019-2023	Tim Trainor	{{flagcountry\|USA}}
2015-2019	Menno-Jan Kraak	{{flagcountry\|Netherlands}}
2011-2015	Georg Gartner (de)	{{flagcountry\|Austria}}
2007-2011	William Cartwright	{{flagcountry\|Australia}}
2003-2007	Milan Konečný (cs)	{{flagcountry\|Czech Republic}}
1999-2003	Bengt Rystedt (sv)	{{flagcountry\|Sweden}}
1995-1999	Michael Wood	{{flagcountry\|United Kingdom}}
1987-1995	D. R. Fraser Taylor	{{flagcountry\|Canada}}
1984-1987	Joel Morrison	{{flagcountry\|USA}}
1976-1984	Ferdinand Jan Ormeling Sr.	{{flagcountry\|The Netherlands}}
1972-1976	Arthur H. Robinson	{{flagcountry\|USA}}
1968-1972	Konstantin Salichtchev (ru)	{{flagcountry\|USSR}}
1964-1968	Denys Thackwell	{{flagcountry\|United Kingdom}}
1961-1964	Eduard Imhof	{{flagcountry\|Switzerland}}

= Secretaries-General and Treasurers =

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

Term	Name	Nationality
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2019-...	Thomas Schulz	{{flagcountry\|Switzerland}}
2011-2019	László Zentai	{{flagcountry\|Hungary}}
2007-2011	David Fairbairn	{{flagcountry\|United Kingdom}}
1999-2007	Ferjan Ormeling Jr.	{{flagcountry\|The Netherlands}}
1991-1999	Jean-Philippe Grélot	{{flagcountry\|France}}
1984-1991	Donald T. Pearce	{{flagcountry\|Australia}}
1976-1984	Olof W. Hedbom	{{flagcountry\|Sweden}}
1968-1976	Ferdinand Jan Ormeling Sr.	{{flagcountry\|The Netherlands}}
1961-1964	Erwin Gigas	{{flagcountry\|FRG}}

=Executive committee=

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.{{cite web|title=Results of the 18th General Assembly of the ICA|url=https://icaci.org/results-of-the-18th-general-assembly-of-the-ica/|publisher=ICA|access-date=30 July 2019}}

Commissions

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
Commission on Ubiquitous Mapping
Commission on User Experience

Members

ICA allows two types of memberships:{{cite web|title=Membership types|url=http://icaci.org/membership-types/|publisher=ICA|access-date=2 November 2015}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://icaci.org/national-members/|title=National Members}}

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| Algeria: Institut National de Cartographie et de Télédétection

| Argentina: Instituto Geográfico Nacional

| Australia: Mapping Sciences Institute

| Austria: Austrian Cartographic Commission

| Belgium: Belgian Sub-Committee of Cartography and GIS

| Benin: Association Béninoise de Cartographie et de l'Information Géographique

| Botswana: Department of Surveys and Mapping

| Brazil: Sociedade Brasileira de Cartografia

| Bulgaria: Bulgarian Cartographic Association

| Canada: Canadian Institute of Geomatics

| Chile: Instituto Geográfico Militar

| China: Chinese Society of Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography

| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Hong Kong Committee for ICA

| Colombia: Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi

| Croatia: Croatian Cartographic Society

| Cuba: Grupo Empresial GeoCuba

| Cyprus: Department of Lands and Surveys

| Czech Republic: Czech Cartographic Society

| Denmark: Geoforum Danmark

| Ecuador: Instituto Geografico Militar

| Estonia: Estonian Geoinformatics Society

| Finland: Cartographic Society of Finland

| France: Comité Français de Cartographie

| Georgia: Department of Geography, Tbilisi State University

| Germany: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kartographie

| Greece: Hellenic Cartographic Society

| Hungary: Hungarian Society of Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing

| India: Survey of India

| Indonesia: Bakosurtanal

| Iran: National Cartographic Center

| Ireland: Ordnance Survey Ireland

| Israel: Israeli Society for Cartography and GIS

| Italy: Associazione Italiana di Cartografia

| Japan: National Committee for Cartography

| Jordan: Royal Jordanian Geographic Centre

| Kazakhstan: Uzbekov Umirzak

| Kenya: Survey of Kenya

| Korea: Korean Cartographic Association

| Latvia: Latvian Geospatial Information Agency

| Lithuania: Lithuanian Cartographic Society

| Macedonia: Agency of Real Estate Cadastre

| Madagascar: Foiben-Taosarintanin'i Madagasikara

| Malaysia: Department of Surveying and Mapping

| Mexico: National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI)

| Mongolia: Administration of Land affairs, Geodesy and Cartography

| Montenegro: Association of Geodesists of Montenegro, Branch of Cartography

| Morocco: Agence Nationale de la Conservation Foncière, du Cadastre et de la Cartographie

| Mozambique: Centro Nacional de Cartografia e Teledetecção (CENACARTA)

| Netherlands: Geo-Informatie Nederland

| New Zealand: New Zealand Cartographic Society Inc

| Nigeria: Nigerian Cartographic Association

| Norway: GeoForum

| Pakistan: Survey of Pakistan

| Poland: Instytut Geodezji i Kartografii

| Portugal: Directorate-General for Territorial Development

| Romania: Asociația Română de Cartografie / geo-spatial.org

| Russia: Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography (Rosreestr)

| Serbia: Serbian Association of Cartographers

| Slovakia: Cartographic Society of the Slovak Republic

| Slovenia: Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering

| South Africa: South African National Committee for the ICA

| Spain: Sociedad Española de Cartografía, Fotogrametría y Teledetección

| Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Survey Department

| Sweden: Kartografiska Sällskapet

| Switzerland: Swiss Society of Cartography

| Tanzania: Cartographic Association of Tanzania

| Thailand: Royal Thai Survey Department

| Trinidad and Tobago: Ministry of Land and Marine Resources

| Turkey: Harita Genel Komutanligi

| Ukraine: State Service of Ukraine for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre

| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: British Cartographic Society

| U.S.: U.S. National Committee for ICA

| Uruguay: Servicio Geográfico Militar

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Conferences

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.{{cite web|title=International Cartographic Conferences|url=http://icaci.org/icc/|publisher=ICA|access-date=2 November 2015}}

= ICC Conferences=

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|* 2023: Cape Town, {{flagcountry|RSA}}

2021: Florence, {{flagcountry|ITA}}
2019: Tokyo, {{flagcountry|JPN}}
2017: Washington D.C., {{flagcountry|USA}}
2015: Rio de Janeiro, {{flagcountry|BRA}}
2013: Dresden, {{flagcountry|GER}}
2011: Paris, {{flagcountry|FRA}}
2009: Santiago de Chile, {{flagcountry|CHL}}
2007: Moscow, {{flagcountry|RUS}}
2005: A Coruña, {{flagcountry|ESP}}
2003: Durban, {{flagcountry|RSA}}
2001: Beijing, {{flagcountry|CHN}}
1999: Ottawa, {{flagcountry|CAN}}
1997: Stockholm, {{flagcountry|SWE}}
1995: Barcelona, {{flagcountry|ESP}}
1993: Cologne, {{flagcountry|GER}}
1991: Bournemouth, {{flagcountry|UK}}
1989: Budapest, {{flagcountry|HUN}}
1987: Morelia, {{flagcountry|MEX}}
1984: Perth, {{flagcountry|AUS}}
1982: Warsaw, {{flagcountry|POL}}
1980: Tokyo, {{flagcountry|JPN}}
1978: College Park (Maryland), {{flagcountry|USA}}
1976: Moscow, {{flagcountry|USSR}}
1974: Madrid, {{flagcountry|ESP}}
1972: Ottawa, {{flagcountry|CAN}}
1970: Stresa, {{flagcountry|ITA}}
1968: Delhi, {{flagcountry|IND}}
1967: Amsterdam, {{flagcountry|NED}}
1964: Edinburgh, {{flagcountry|UK}}
1962: Frankfurt am Main, {{flagcountry|FRG}}
1961: Paris, {{flagcountry|FRA}}

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Awards

=Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal=

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.{{cite web|title=ICA Award Medals|url=http://icaci.org/award-medals/|publisher=ICA|access-date=2 November 2015}}

;Recipients [http://icaci.org/award-medals/ ICA]

Name	Nationality	Year
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Cynthia Brewer	United States	2023
D. R. Fraser Taylor	Canada	2013
Ferjan Ormeling Jr.	The Netherlands	2009
Jack Dangermond	United States of America	2007
David Rhind	United Kingdom	2005
Ernst Spiess	Switzerland	2005
Chen Shupeng	China	2001
Joel L. Morrison	United States of America	2001
Jacques Bertin	France	1999
Ferdinand Jan Ormeling Sr.	The Netherlands	1987
Carl Mannerfelt	Sweden	1981
Arthur H. Robinson	United States of America	1980
Konstantin A. Salichtchev	Soviet Union	1980
Eduard Imhof	Switzerland	1979–1980

=ICA Honorary Fellowship=

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=

At the biennial International Map Exhibitions at the ICC an international jury selects the best entries.{{cite web|title=ICA Map Awards|url=http://icaci.org/map-awards/|publisher=ICA|access-date=2 November 2015}}

=Barbara Petchenik International Children Map Design Competition=

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.{{cite web|title=Barbara Petchenik Children's World Map Drawing Competition|url=http://icaci.org/petchenik/|publisher=ICA|access-date=2 November 2015}}

Publications

ICA offers a number of publications.{{Cite web|url=http://icaci.org/publications/|title = Publications}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=tica20|title = International Journal of Cartography information}}

It also has three affiliated journals: