Winners of the 2024 ICA-IMIA Recognition of Excellence in Cartography

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.

To see all the winners of the ICA-IMIA award, visit https://imiamaps.org/the-ica-imia-awards/. To see all of the maps in the 2024 Esri Map Gallery, visit https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/uc/agenda/virtual-map-gallery#/. And to see all of the map in all Esri Map Galleries, visit https://mapgallery.esri.com/.

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Tag: ESRI, ICA-IMIA Award for Excellence in Cartography, IMIA

Where Cartography Meets Industry: Trust in Mapping

We are happy to announce the online event “Where Cartography Meets Industry – Trust in Mapping,” by our sister society IMIA. It brings together the leading organizations International Map Industry Association (IMIA), the International Cartographic Association (ICA) with Prof. Georg Gartner, the British Cartographic Society (BCS), and the Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS).

Join insightful discussions on advancing geo-ethics and exploring strategies to build trust in various aspects of cartography and mapping businesses. The online event is scheduled for April 24, 2024, from 5 to 6:30 PM (CET); admission is free of charge.

For further information, visit https://imiamaps.org/events/wcmi-2024/.

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Tag: BCS, CaGIS, IMIA, sister societies

President’s Blog: Joined activities of IMIA and ICA

ICA has a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in place with the International Map Industry Assocation (IMIA). During the Frankfurt Book Fair common interests and joined activities of ICA and IMIA for the next yearshave been discussed and agreed upon between the Presidents Bridger DeVille (IMIA) and Georg Gartner (ICA). This will include sessions and presentations at symposia and conferences, panels and cooperation on major topics of concern such as trustworthiness of maps. A joined ICA-IMIA-ESRI Award for the Best Maps of the ESRI User Conference is already in place and demonstrate the mutual interests.