The ICA Committee for the Selection of Award Recipients is willing to receive nominations for ICA Awards from national and affiliate members of the Association.
The ICA Awards Committee makes recommendations for two types of awards:
- 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 in order to emphasise its distinction.
- The ICA Honorary Fellowship is for cartographers of international reputation who have made special contribution to the ICA. It includes a bronze medal.
Cartographers should not be awarded when they serve in the Executive Committee, except for very special circumstances. National ICA Committees or Commission chairs may submit nominations for ICA Awards to the Committee until 6 months prior to an ICA Conference. The nominations must be accompanied with draft citations for the nominees. The Awards Committee submits its proposals to the ICA President with draft citations for the nominees 3 months prior to an international cartographic conference.
Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal
| Ferjan Ormeling | The Netherlands | 2009 |
| Jack Dangermond | United States of America | 2007 |
| David Rhind | United Kingdom | 2005 |
| Ernst Spiess | Switzerland | 2005 |
| Chen Shupeng | China | 2001 |
| Joel L. Morrison | United States of America | 2001 |
| Jacques Bertin | France | 1999 |
| Ferdinand J. Ormeling | The Netherlands | 1987 |
| Carl Mannerfelt | Sweden | 1981 |
| Arthur H. Robinson | United States of America | 1980 |
| Konstantin A. Salichtchev | Soviet Union | 1980 |
| Eduard Imhof | Switzerland | 1979–1980 |
ICA Honorary Fellowship
| Michael Peterson | United States of America | 2011 |
| Monique Pelletier | France | 2011 |
| Yasuo Masai | Japan | 2011 |
| Bengt Rystedt | Sweden | 2009 |
| Helen Kerfoot | Canada | 2007 |
| Graciela Metternicht | Australia | 2007 |
| Kira Shingareva | Russian Federation | 2007 |
| Wanarat Thothong | Thailand | 2005 |
| Alan MacEachren | United States of America | 2005 |
| Michael Wood | United Kingdom | 2005 |
| José-Luis Colomer Alberich | Spain | 2005 |
| Pinhas Yoeli | Israel | 2005 |
| Harold Moellering | United States of America | 2003 |
| Sjef van der Steen | The Netherlands | 2003 |
| Andrzej Ciolkosz | Poland | 2003 |
| István Klinghammer | Hungary | 2003 |
| Ulrich Freitag | Germany | 2003 |
| Liao Ke | China | 2003 |
| Ken Lester | South Africa | 2003 |
| Judy Olson | United States of America | 2001 |
| Hu Yuju | China | 2001 |
| Kei Kanazawa | Japan | 2001 |
| Ron Furness | Australia | 2001 |
| Bai Bo | China | 2001 |
| Roger Anson | United Kingdom | 1999 |
| Christopher Board | United Kingdom | 1999 |
| Jean-Philippe Grelot | France | 1999 |
| Tositomo Kanakubo | Japan | 1999 |
| Jaume Miranda i Canals | Spain | 1999 |
| D. R. Fraser Taylor | Canada | 1999 |
| Richard Dahlberg † | United States of America | 1997 |
| Miroslav Miksovsky | Czech Republic | 1997 |
| Christer Palm | Sweden | 1997 |
| Rodolfo Nuñez de las Cuevas | Spain | 1995 |
| Árpád Papp-Váry | Hungary | 1995 |
| Don T. Pearce | Australia | 1995 |
| Ernst Spiess | Switzerland | 1995 |
| Joseph Wiedel | United States of America | 1995 |
| Nestor Duch Gary | Mexico | 1991 |
| Bernard Gutsell | Canada | 1991 |
| Joel L. Morrison | United States of America | 1991 |
| Helen Wallis | United Kingdom | 1991 |
| David Bickmore | United Kingdom | 1987 |
| Olof Hedbom | Sweden | 1987 (presented 1997) |
| Harold Fullard | United Kingdom | 1984 |
| Rolf Böhme | Germany | 1984 |
| Dennis E. O. Thackwell | United Kingdom | 1983 |
| Emil Meynen | Germany | 1982 |
| Stanislaw Pietkiewicz | Poland | 1982 |
| Akira Watanabe | Japan | 1980 |
| Sándor Radó | Hungary | 1974 |
| Konstantin A. Salichtchev | Soviet Union | 1979–1980 |
Diplomas for outstanding services to ICA
| Juan Vidal Garcia | Chile | 2009 |
| Alexander Borodko | Russian Federation | 2007 |
| Ramón Lorenzo | Spain | 2005 |
| David Woodward † | United States of America | 2005 |
| Durban ICC Local Organizing Committee | South Africa | 2003 |
| Derek Clarke | South Africa | 2003 |
| Lindisiqwe Magi | South Africa | 2003 |
| Larry Zietsman | South Africa | 2003 |
| Antony Cooper | South Africa | 2003 |
| Chris Carter | South Africa | 2003 |
| Magda Roos | South Africa | 2003 |
| Lois O’Brien | South Africa | 2003 |
| Heinrich du Plessis | South Africa | 2003 |
| Mark van den Berg | South Africa | 2003 |
| Mariana French | South Africa | 2003 |
| Elize Hayman | South Africa | 2003 |
| Mrs. Li Li | China | 2001 |
| Yang Kai | China | 2001 |
| Wang Qian | China | 2001 |
| John S. Keates | United Kingdom | 2001 |
| David Carney | Canada | 1999 |
| Clifford H. Wood | Canada | 1999 |
| Lloyd Bowler | Canada | 1999 |
| Ottawa ICC Local Organizing Committee | Canada | 1999 |
| Sture Norberg | Sweden | 1997 |
| Lars Ottoson | Sweden | 1997 |
| Bengt Rystedt | Sweden | 1997 |
Barbara Petchenik Children’s World Map Competition
To see the winners of the Barbara Petchenik Children’s world Map Competition please visit the Winner Map collection at the Carleton University Library. For the ICC 2011 you can also check out the winning maps at our site.
Travel Awards
Cartographers from developing countries can get travel awards for the ICC conferences. Winners and details are posted in the ICC section.