The International Cartographic Association (ICA) invites you to share your research, practice and experiences in cartography and GIScience at the 32nd International Cartographic Conference (ICC 2025) to be held from 16 to 22 August 2025 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Submissions of abstracts (1-2 pages) and full papers (8 pages) in English are accepted, following the ..read more

Every year, two exemplary maps are chosen from the hundreds of entries in the Map Gallery of the Esri User Conference to receive the prestigious ICA-IMIA Recognition of Excellence in Cartography award. This award is jointly sponsored by the International Cartographic Association and the International Map Industry Association. Presented annually since 2016, this award promotes ..read more

From the 9th to the 11th of September 2024, the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) hosted the 4th European Cartographic Conference, EuroCarto 2024. The conference was endorsed by the International Cartographic Association (ICA) as Regional Cartographic Conference and jointly organized by the Research Unit Cartography at TU Wien, the German (DGfK), Austrian (ÖKK), Swiss ..read more

Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (National Land Survey of Finland) and Aalto University are pleased to invite you to the 19th International Conference on Location Based Services (LBS2025), which will take place in Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland on 7-9 May 2025. The conference is a joint effort of the ICA Commission on Location Based Services, the Commission ..read more

eCARTO News captures the latest cartographic news and developments from around the world. If you have any general cartography items of interest then please email them to David Fraser, editor of eCARTO News. Opportunities Industry Solutions Manager, National Mapping & Charting USA – esri.com Industry Solutions Specialist, National Mapping & Charting USA – esri.com J.B ..read more

Preparations for the International Cartographic Conference 2025 in Vancouver, Canada are under way! The Local Organizing Committee, chaired by Emmanuel Stefanakis, met with the Executive Committee of ICA (here at the stunning Museum of Anthropology, a possible social event site) just recently to discuss plans and issues of what promises to be a great International ..read more

eCARTO News captures the latest Cartographic and Geosciences’ news and developments from around the world. With the eCARTO News editor being unavailable for all of August the following news links for ICA member countries have been extracted from the Internet. For some ICA member countries appropriate news links could not be discovered. If you have ..read more

The Slovenian scientific journal Acta geographica Slovenica has published a special issue entitled Old maps in geography and cartography. This special issue (volume 63, issue 2) in five articles deals with historical cartography, and sheds light on the production, use and significance of old maps of Slovenian territory and Central Europe since the 16th century. These maps provide valuable resources for geographical research and are a visual parallel for understanding the history of the region. Acta geographica Slovenica is a research journal for geography and related disciplines published by t ..read more

Many persons are involved in our organization. They have different roles, different background and different ideas. In order to learn to know each other better, to synchronize our understanding of “our” ICA and to allow for taking on board all those rich ideas, perspectives and thoughts all Executive Committee Members, Commission Chairs and Co-Chairs, Working Group Chairs and further ICA officers met at the Technische Universität Wien in Vienna, Austria from 22.3.2024 to 24.3.2024 for an intense working meeting. The agenda included several information presentations on issues of mutual concern ..read more

The Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) has joined forces with the University Consortium for Geographic Information Society (UCGIS) to organize a joint CaGIS and UCGIS conference in Columbus, Ohio, on June 3-6, 2024, replacing the traditional and popular AutoCarto Conferences. The theme of the meeting was Climate Smart GIScience: Mapping a Sustainable Future. The final program offered 13 research papers, 3 vision statements, 21 lightning talks and 18 posters, two fantastic plenary speakers (Derek Arndt, Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administ ..read more