ICC 2003

The 21st International Cartographic Conference
took place in Durban, South Africa, 10–16 August 2003.

 

Proceedings

Proceedings of the conference can be found here (external link) (only works when opened within the browser).

 

General Assembly

The conference hosted the 12th General Assembly of the ICA.

Minutes (in English an French)

 

International Cartographic Exhibition

The jury reviewed 825 maps and atlases, including 37 multimedia items, to pick what they thought were the best in the various categories. The cartographic materials were produced over the past two years, since the previous conference held in Beijing, China, in 2001. The number of maps submitted by countries ranged from two from Portugal to 84 from Russia with Spain and the United Kingdom close behind with 82 each. The only other countries exhibiting more than 40 maps were Poland (46) and the United States (58). In addition to the jury vote there was also a public vote. The international jury consisted of:

• William Cartwright, Chair (Australia)
• Magda Roos, Secretary (South Africa)
• Anne Hegner (Sweden)
• Cindy Brewer (USA)
• Kira Shingareva (Russia)
• Takashi Morita (Japan)
• Chris Board (UK)
• Li Li (China)

Atlases	Jury: Atlas of Prague – integrated city transport, Czech Republic Public: Atlas of the contemporary history of China China
Multimedia	Jury: Atlas of Oregon, USA Jury+Public: Atlas of Switzerland – interactive 2, Switzerland
Parks and Recreation	Jury: Cycle map Usedom/Wollin, Germany Public: Alps without frontiers no. 16 “Petit St. Bernard/Mont-Blanc”, Switzerland
Relief Models	Jury+Public: Relief map of Iberian Peninsula, Balearics and Canarys Islands, Spain Jury: True 3D Map of Granatspitz Massif, Salzburg Alps, Austria, Germany
Satellite Image Maps	Jury: Satellite Image of Australia – Landsat 7, Australia Public: Nighttime lights of the World 1994–1995, USA
Scientific Maps	Jury: International Metallogenic Map of Africa, France Public: European-Mediterranean Seismic Hazard Map, Spain
Topographic Maps	Jury: County map of Rogaland, Norway Jury: Map of the Autonomous region of Valencia, Spain Jury+Public: Guide map of Sierra Nevada – “Las Alpujarras”, Spain
Urban Maps	Jury: Urban Topographic Cartography, Spain Public: Berlin, China
Tactile Maps	Jury: Tactile map of Ljubljana city, Slovenia
Other	Jury: Map of Russia, Russia

 

Barbara Petchenik Award

Too see all exhibited maps, please visit the Winner Map Collection at the Carleton University Library.

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Travel Awards

Prem Chhetri	India	Mapping the potential of scenic views for the Grampians National park
Etien Koua	Côte d’Ivoire	Using self-organised maps for information visualization
Giedre Beconyte	Lithuania	Twelve years of thematic cartography in Lithuania
Nnabugwu O Uluocha	Nigeria	Interfacing indigenous knowledge and GIS for suitable rural mapping and development
Felicia I Akinyemi	Nigeria	Mapping selected human development indicators in sub-saharan Africa
Henrik Hargitai	Hungary	Planetary maps for public and educational outreach
Tatiana Delgado Fernández	Cuba	Service-centric approach to discover spatial information in GSDI
Rafael Cruz Iglesias	Cuba	Development of a platform for storage and handling of geographical information in the Internet