Working Group on the History of ICA
- ICA Archives
- to identify, assess, organise, digitise and preserve ICA records and documents held at various locations around the world
- to recommend strategies for discoverability, accessibility and storage of ICA archives
- to recommend management solutions concerning ICA records
- to actively search for new documents relevant to ICA history
- to record, document and preserve oral history concerned with ICA
- ICA Chronicle
- to research and document the history of ICA
- to develop foundations for the knowledge base concerning ICA
- to publish results of the work undertaken (ICA News, journal articles, etc)
- ICA Hub
- to provide support and expertise to ICA community (Committees, Commissions, ICA members) relating to Association's history and heritage
- to answer general enquiries concerning ICA and its history
- to recommend strategies for sustaining institutional knowledge into the future
Website of the Working Group on the History of ICA
Chair:Igor Drecki, editor of the ICA News
The University of Auckland Library
Private Bag 92019
Auckland 1142
New Zealand
e-mail: i.drecki@auckland.ac.nz
Working Group on the Digital Transformation of National Mapping Agencies
- To facilitate NMAs for their second transformation in the big data era.
- To promote NMA alignment to the United Nations' new Integrated Geospatial Information Framework.
- To network geospatial researchers who are interested in the digital transformation of NMAs.
- To organize sessions and workshops for exploring related issues on new ways of mapping, AI/machine learning, new maps/data services in a cloud/mobile environment.
- To communicate, disseminate, and publish as appropriate the efforts and findings of the Working Group through various communication and publication channels.
Website of the Working Group on the Digital Transformation of National Mapping Agencies
Chair: Bin JiangDivision of GIScience
Faculty of Engineering and Sustainable Development
University of Gävle
SE-801 76 Gävle
Sweden
e-mail: bin.jiang@hig.se
personal website
Vice-chair: Juha OksanenFinnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI), Geoinformatics and Cartography
National Land Survey of Finland
Finland
e-mail: juha.oksanen@nls.fi
For working groups of previous terms please consult the working groups archive.
