ICA-IMIA Award for Excellence in Cartography International Cartographic Association

Every year, two exemplary maps are chosen from the hundreds of entries in the Map Gallery of the Esri User Conference to receive the prestigious ICA-IMIA Recognition of Excellence in Cartography award. This award is jointly sponsored by the International Cartographic Association and the International Map Industry Association. Presented annually since 2016, this award promotes and recognizes excellence in map design and advancement in cartography. Judges select from all registered submissions in the Map Gallery the two maps that they have determined best exhibit excellence in all aspects of cartographic design and production.

This year’s winners are:

Redlining Makes Us Sick, authored by Melissa Alexander and Gena Falzon of Blue Cottage of CannonDesign. Here’s what the judges said about this winner: “A very powerful and effective map that delivers analysis and cartographic information by illustrating the different aspects of redlining.” See this StoryMap online at https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/uc/agenda/virtual-map-gallery#/submission-detail/34922.

Arctic Carbon Monitoring Network, authored by Christina Shintani of Woodwell Climate Research Center. Here’s what the judges said about this winner: “A great example of cartographic excellence: it’s a beautiful map that displays a complex environmental issue in an easy-to-interpret and well-thought-out design.” See a PDF of this map at https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/uc/agenda/virtual-map-gallery#/submission-detail/34949.