The deadline for contributions to the UK National Report to the ICA has
been extended to the end of this week. Please contribute to make this a
comprehensive record of cartographic & mapping activity in the UK.
David Forrest, Chair UK Cartography Committee.
*UK Report to the International Cartographic Association 2011*
I am writing to you as one of the many organisations that make up the UK
mapping community to ask for a contribution to the UK’s four yearly
report to the International Cartographic Association (ICA), to be
published at the conference in Paris in July 2011.
Following the model of the 2003 & 2007, the report will be published as
a Special Edition of the Cartographic Journal. It will have a section of
introductory essays reflecting current UK issues as well as the usual
summary of activities from each governmental, commercial and academic
institution involved in mapping in the UK.
We would like you to contribute a short statement about your
organisation, covering its principle activities in the mapping field,
what it has achieved over the last four years and its plans for the next
four years. The statement should be 300-400 words long and you may
include a single colour image of a product, map or database that you
have published or worked on during that time, and a company logo. Please
make sure the statement is not overtly a marketing piece, but do include
information on products, brands, etc. Please include your full contact
details at the top of your submission as this will be published.
Illustrations should normally fit the Journal column width (85mm), but
exceptionally illustrations up to 175 * 120mm may be accepted. Logos
should fit within a space of 80*20mm or 40*40mm. They should be
submitted as eps, tiff or jpeg format at 300dpi resolution.
*The deadline for submission of the statement is 22nd March 2011.*
All the contributions will be subject to review by the editorial team
for this Cartographic Journal issue and any comments they may have will
be discussed with you.
The report will be published by Maney, the commercial publishers of the
Cartographic Journal. They will be sourcing advertising for the
publication and your organisation may be interested in this opportunity.
Maney will contact you directly.
Businesses should supply their statement as an email to Dr Alex Kent at
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Educational establishments, Learned Societies and Professional
Associations should send statement as an email to Steve Chilton at
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Thank you in advance for your support; we plan to make the publication a
comprehensive record of the state of UK mapping.
Best wishes,
David Forrest
Chair, UKCommittee for Cartography
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David Forrest PhD, FBCart.S
Senior Lecturer
School of Geographical& Earth Sciences
University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ
Tel: 0141 330 5401
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For others it is a passport to adventure
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