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Martin Incaurgarat says:
Hello! I’m looking for a wall map of USA and I couldn’t find any in all New York City.
Do you know any store that sells wall maps in NYC?
I really need to get one, I hope you can help me!
Thank you very much!
Sincerly,
Martin Incaurgarat.
Manuela Schmidt says:
Hi Martin, unfortunately – being based in Vienna, Austria – I don’t know any map stores in NYC. I just found this blog post from two years ago: http://mapville.blogspot.com/2010/06/farewell-to-last-map-store-in-new-york.html However, most book stores should be able to order you a wall map of the USA. If not, try online stores (national geographic, amazon, etc). Good luck! Manu
Carrie says:
Hello,
I am a teacher in Haiti who is interested in having my students submit to the Petchenik Map Competition for 2013. I cannot tell if we are allowed to submit from Haiti as it is not listed as one of the countries on the ICA Members list. Could you please let me know if we are allowed to submit?
Thank you
Manuela Schmidt says:
Dear Carrie, thank you for your interest in the Petchenik Map Competition. I forwarded your question to Jesus Reyes, chair of the ICA Commission on Cartography and Children. He will get back to you soon.
Best regards, Manuela
Heather VIlla says:
Is the Children’s World Map Competition still in existence?
Manuela Schmidt says:
Dear Heather,
Yes, the Barbara Petchenik competition is still organized every second year. You can find the results of the 2011 competition here: http://children.library.carleton.ca/index.htm News on the upcoming competition will be published by the ICA Commission on Cartography and Children.
Best regards, Manuela
Bronislaw Bednarsky Krysztaluk says:
good morning
I would like to know if you can guide me where to get a map of Poland and Ukraine in 1923 because I’m taking a study in college and I could not get a map of this date, I appreciate your help, greetings.
László Zentai says:
Dear Bronislaw,
it is not easy to find such maps.
Some years ago I scanned and made available a 1:200000 scale toptographic maps of Central Europe whihc were originally published around 1910-1920 by Austria-Hungary. I’m sure that you will not find better maps.
See http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/3felmeres.htm
Regards,
Hasan says:
Why this website is just English . I think it can be other languages. What do you think?
László Zentai says:
Dear Hasan,
ICA has two official languages, English and French. ICA doesn’t have enough resources at the moment to run a website in different laguages. I will propose the ICA Executive Committee to discuss this issue.
Regards,
Melih Basaraner says:
Hello,
Could you please add following event into the calendar:
15th ICA/EuroSDR Workshop on Generalisation
13-14 September 2012
Istanbul, Turkey
http://generalisation.icaci.org/index.php/activities/9-commission-workshop-2012
Kind regards,
Manuela Schmidt says:
Thanks, Melih. The event is added to the calendar.
Igor says:
Hi Bronislaw
You can also try http://polski.mapywig.org/ (in Polish) or http://english.mapywig.org/ (in English).
All the best.
chenjia says:
Hello! I’m looking for ‘Incremental Updates and Versioning spatial database’. But I can’t find the committee. I hope you can help me!
Thank you very much!
Sincerly, Martin Incaurgarat
Manuela Schmidt says:
Dear Martin,
I’m not quite sure, what you mean. The ICA doesn’t have a committee on this topic – also no commission or working group.
Best regards, Manuela
Ika Noor Muslihah says:
Dear Sir,
My name is Ika Noor from Indonesia, I had research in case of the standardization of tactual map in Indonesia, case study in Yogyakarta with The Tactual Map of Yogyakarta City last 2010. May I have support for further research to developing the tactual mapping in Indonesia.
For the next project I want to developing that map in Medan Indonesia, with same method which is swell paper method.
May I have information, is there any division in ICA as my sharing partner for this research?
I want to promote tactual cartography in Indonesia as one of the element for human resource empowering, especially for blind people. If one of you interest, I will sent to you the journal of mya last research.
Thank you
Manuela Schmidt says:
Dear Ika Noor Muslihah,
Thank you for your comment. Yes, there is a group of experts in the ICA dealing with this topic. Have look on the list of commissions (http://icaci.org/commissions/) and search for “Commission on Maps and Graphics for Blind and Partially Sighted People”. Since this commission doesn’t have a website yet, just contact its chair, Alejandra Coll Escanilla, via email.
You can also find publications in this field, when looking through the proceedings of the last ICC conferences: http://icaci.org/publications/ e.g. the ICC2012 in Paris had a paper category “T14 – Mapping and Spatial awareness for disabled people”: http://icaci.org/files/documents/ICC_proceedings/ICC2011/
All the best for your research!
Manuela
chenjia says:
Hello!
I’m looking for the article of all the meetings.
Can you tell me where I will get the articles?
Thank you very much!
Corina says:
Hello. I want to know if its possible to find out the Namibian Savannah Woodland extension.
Regards,
Corina
Manuela Schmidt says:
Sorry Corina, the ICA website team can’t help you with this question. Maybe this page answers your question? http://www.worldwildlife.org/science/wildfinder/profiles/at1316.html Regards, Manuela
Dlevy says:
Here is National Geographic’s website for print maps:
http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/maps/print-collection-index.html
They have a great wall map of the US and the World.
Lisa says:
Hello,
I would like to create a map from Sevilla marking my personal hotspots for my friends.
Do you know where I can get a well-arranged, illustrated map?
Ideal would be something like this map from Wallpaper City Guides:
http://eatlivemodern.typepad.com/.a/6a01156ff2588a970b01157020ee92970b-800wi
Unfortunately the use of this map is prohibited. Do you know an alternative that I can get a permission to use for?
I really appreaciate your help.
Best regards,
Lisa
Manuela Schmidt says:
Dear Lisa,
A great source for open geo data is OpenStreetMap: http://www.openstreetmap.org/ They have wonderfully detailled data also for Sevilla, which you can use in several ways. These recommendations might be useful: http://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/25/how-do-i-add-a-marker-to-a-map Another easy, but somehow limited option would be using Google MyMaps: http://support.google.com/maps/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=62843
Hope that helps!
Best wishes,
Manu
Maris Sanford says:
I am interested in purchasing your South America map, the map of the month. My daughter is leaving in 2 weeks for South America and I wanted both a geographical and political map, the map of the month is exactly what I am looking for. Where can I purchase it? Thank you!
Manuela Schmidt says:
Dear Maris Sanford,
The South America map can be purchased at the LAC online shop: http://lac-cartografia.it/eng/index.php You could also ask at a local book or map shop, if they could order it for you.
Hope that helps!
Best regards, Manuela
Camila Guedes says:
Hello. I’d like to know if there’s a definition of Cartography adopted oficially by ICA.
If it exists, where I can find it?
Than you.
Manuela Schmidt says:
Dear Camila, while the ICA is working on a new definition, the definition you’ll find on our website at the moment is the one from the ICA’s strategic plan (2003-2011): “Cartography is the discipline dealing with the art, science and technology of making and using maps.” http://icaci.org/mission/ Hope that helps. Best regards, Manuela
Camila Guedes says:
Yes, it helped a lot. Thank you very much.
Steve Michaelson says:
Hi people
I ‘m confused with the determination of the MAP in Russia. What is the map generally?
According to the Russian law it may be even hand made sketch, any image of the terrain can be regarded as a REAL MAP. As a map this sketch must have license, which give permission to print it in papers.
Thanks
Allex says:
Hello Sirs,
I would like to ask and known is there is an available cartographic software that has capability to downgrade a map scale from 1:1000 to 1:10,000 or lower where in the attributes or elements that surpassed the map scale will automatic not be shown. And if there is/are, can you recommend it to us? Thanks.
Example if you print/show a 1:1000 map showing a 5 m wide road, it will automatically convert it to a line if the map scale was then changed to1:50,000 .
Thanks in advance.
Manuela Schmidt says:
Dear Mr. Allex,
Thank you for your comment. Most current GIS software offer generalization tools; however, they are usually not completely automated. You might want to contact someone of the ICA Commission on Generalization for further details.
Best regards, Manuela
Allex says:
Thank you Manuela..
Tony says:
Hello, can you let me know what are the rules and age limil for Children’s World Map Drawing Competition ?
Thank you
Manuela Schmidt says:
Dear Tony, you can find the rules and a list of the national organizers in the documents section of this website. Best regards, Manuela
Tony says:
According to this, if my kid is 16 yrs. old still can participate ?
And please give me a straight answer, do not send me to a link or a document.
Thank you
The entries will be collected in four age groups:
o under 6 years
o 6-8 years
o 9-12 years
o above 12 years
Felix Ortag says:
Dear Tony,
The straight answer is: kids have to be under the age of 16.
Best regards,
Felix