Research Group Cartography

The relevance ofCartographyas a scientific discipline

Georg GartnerBudapest 2016

Cartography as a scientific discipline

building and organizing knowledge

Research Group Cartography

Cartography as a scientific discipline

building and organizing knowledgeby means of testable explanations and

predictionsoften with an applied focus on engineering

aspects

Research Group Cartography

Modern Cartography as a mixture of formal, social

and applied sciences

LBS

3D, data analysis

maps in web 2.0

Augmented reality

map and art

data matchingmap perception

thematic mapping Visual Analytics

Drivers of Cartography as a science

everything happens somewhere

Research Group Cartography

Drivers of Cartography as a science

Academic InstitutionsIndustrial R&DOrganisationsPersons

Research Group Cartography

International Cartographic Association

International Cartographic Associationmission

the world authorative body for cartographyand geoinformation science

International Cartographic Associationmission

world authority meansnational and affilate membersrepresented at UN bodies and other

international organisations

International Cartographic AssociationAims

- Understanding and solve world-wide problems using cartography

- Informing about environmental, economical, social and spatial information through mapping

- Promote professional methods, techniques and solutions

- Global forum on cartography

International Cartographic AssociationInstruments: Publications

International Cartographic AssociationInstruments: Map Exhibitions

International Cartographic AssociationInstruments: Children Map Competition

International Cartographic AssociationInstruments: Research AgendaGeographic InformationMetadata and SDIGeospatial Analysis and ModellingUsabilityGeovisualisationMap ProductionCartographic TheoryHistory of Cartography and GI ScienceEducation Society

International Cartographic AssociationCommissionsCommission on Art and Cartography Commission on Atlases Commission on Cartographyand Children Commission on Cartography in Early Warning and Crisis ManagementCommission on Cognitive Visualization Commission on Data Quality Commission on DigitalTechnologies in Cartographic Heritage Commission on Education and TrainingCommission on Generalisation and Multiple Representation Commission onGeoinformation Infrastructures and Standards Commission on Geospatial Analysis andModeling Commission on Geovisualization Commission on GI for SustainabilityCommission on the History of Cartography Commission on Map Design Commission onMap Production and Geo-Business Commission on Map Projections Commission onMapping from Remote Sensor Imagery Commission on Maps and Graphics for Blind andPartially Sighted People Commission on Maps and Society Commission on Maps and theInternet Commission on Mountain Cartography Commission on NeocartographyCommission on Open Source Geospatial Technologies Commission on PlanetaryCartography Commission on Theoretical Cartography Commission on UbiquitousMapping Commission on Use and User Issues

International Cartographic AssociationOutreach and Capacity Building

Hands-on Workshopsmost recent at Cuba, Iran, New Zealand, South Africa, Tunesia, GermanyHands-on Workshop on OSGeo WebMapping for UN at ViennaSeminarsmost recent: Cartographic Generalisation Istanbul, Heritage Gent..Symposia most recent: Service-oriented Mapping, Vienna

International Cartographic AssociationUN endorsed International Year of the Map2015

International Cartographic AssociationInstruments: Conferences

International Cartographic ConferenceJuly 2017 Washington D.C.

International Cartographic Associationwww.icaci.org

Drivers of Cartography as a science

Research Group Cartography