International Cartographic Association

The International Cartographic Association (ICA) (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. 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.

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

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

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.

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 in Early Warning and Crisis Management
 * Commission on Cognitive Issues in Geographic Information Visualization
 * Commission on Education and Training
 * Commission on Generalisation and Multiple Representation
 * Commission on Geospatial Analysis and Modeling
 * Commission on Geospatial Semantics
 * Commission on GI and Sustainability
 * Commission on History of Cartography
 * Commission on Location Based Services
 * Commission on Map Design
 * Commission on Map Production and Geoinformation Management
 * Commission on Map Projections
 * Commission on Maps and Graphics for Blind and Partially Sighted People
 * Commission on Maps and the Internet
 * Commission on Mountain Cartography
 * Commission on Open Source Geospatial Technologies
 * Commission on Planetary Cartography
 * Commission on SDI and Standards
 * Commission on Sensor Driven Mapping
 * Commission on Topographic Mapping
 * Commission on Toponymy
 * Commission on Ubiquitous Mapping
 * Commission on Use, User and Usability
 * Commission on Visual Analytics

Members
ICA allows two types of memberships: List of ICA national members
 * 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.

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

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.

ICC Conferences
• 2023:  Cape Town,  undefined

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• 2019:   Tokyo, 🇯🇵 japan

• 2017:   Washington D.C., 🇺🇸 united states

• 2015:   Rio de Janeiro, 🇧🇷 brazil

• 2013:   Dresden, 🇩🇪 germany

• 2011:   Paris, 🇫🇷 france

• 2009:   Santiago de Chile, 🇨🇱 chile

• 2007:   Moscow, 🇷🇺 russia

• 2005:   A Coruña, 🇪🇸 spain

• 2003:   Durban,  undefined

• 2001:   Beijing, 🇨🇳 china

• 1999:   Ottawa, 🇨🇦 canada

• 1997:   Stockholm, 🇸🇪 sweden

• 1995:   Barcelona, 🇪🇸 spain

• 1993:   Cologne, 🇩🇪 germany

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• 1989:   Budapest, 🇭🇺 hungary

• 1987:   Morelia, 🇲🇽 mexico

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• 1982:   Warsaw, 🇵🇱 poland

• 1980:   Tokyo, 🇯🇵 japan

• 1978:   College Park (Maryland), 🇺🇸 united states

• 1976:   Moscow,  undefined

• 1974:   Madrid, 🇪🇸 spain

• 1972:   Ottawa, 🇨🇦 canada

• 1970:   Stresa, 🇮🇹 italy

• 1968:   Delhi, 🇮🇳 india

• 1967:   Amsterdam,  undefined

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• 1962:   Frankfurt am Main,  undefined

• 1961:   Paris, 🇫🇷 france

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.


 * Recipients

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.

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.

Publications
ICA offers a number of publications. Its official journal is the International Journal of Cartography (print ; online ), published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of ICA. It also has three affiliated journals:
 * The Cartographic Journal
 * Cartographica
 * Cartography and Geographic Information Science