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ICC2017 Washington DC

Posted by kraak in the category ICA

The first week of July was one of the highlights of the year. The International Cartographic Association gathered with nearly thousand colleagues in Washington DC for their 28 International Cartographic Conference. I was my first conference ‘to chair’ as a president of… Read more

ICC2017 Orienteering

Posted by kraak in the category ICA

The 2017ICC orienteering race took place under very wet conditions in Fountainhead Regional Park, about 40 km south-east of Washington DC. During the race small streams required high wading and bridges disappeared. The 3km race with ten controls took me nearly 52… Read more

ICA SDG posters lead the way

Posted by kraak in the category ICA

During the second week of May, the conference organization of AGILE, Wageningen (NL) used the ICA Sustainable Development Goals posters to guide the participants to move between the two conference locations. Read more

Last August the posters created by ICA’s Commissions on the Sustainable Development Goals were on exhibit in the conferences area in United Nations Headquarters in New York. During the exhibition, we did get many comments. Most were positive, but also critical remarks were made. Read more