Lis-mappers may be interested in details of the Society of Cartographers 2006 Summer School. It is to be held at Keele University from 4-7 Sept, and will be the usual eclectic and stimulating mixture of lectures, workshops, demonstrations, visits, social activities - quiz, dinner and opportunities to network. Full details are on the website at: http://www.esci.keele.ac.uk/soc/ Highlights could well be the workshops, which include ones on Freehand to Illustrator conversion, Google Earth and OpenStreetMap, plus within the programme further debate on the them of Public Access to Map Data, and a whole section on Local Authority Mapping. Registration is still open, with forms at: http://www.esci.keele.ac.uk/soc/reg.html Cheers STEVE Steve Chilton, Learning Support Fellow Learning and Technical Support Unit Manager School of Health and Social Sciences Middlesex University phone/fax: 020 8411 5355 email: [log in to unmask] Chair of the Society of Cartographers: http://www.soc.org.uk/ 2006 SoC Summer School at Keele Uni: http://www.esci.keele.ac.uk/soc/