2. Up-coming events
3. The Commission on Education and Training website - selected content
4. Reports from member countries on cartographic education
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International Cartographic Association
www.icaci.org
2. Up-coming events
January 19-22, Prague, Czech Republic
Education and Training Commission meeting
in conjunction with the Cartography and Geoinformatics for Early Warning and Emergency Management Symposium
15-21 November - Santiago de Chile (CHI)
24th International Cartography Conference and CET meeting
2010 - The Netherlands
The CET as offered to contribute to the ITC's education seminar being held in 2010 to celebrate the 60 year anniversary of this educational institution.
3. The Commission on Education and Training website - selected content
Undergraduate cartography courses listing from around the world
Information on courses containing cartographic content. If you wish your country to be represented here or updated then please contact the CET.
Cartography teaching modules to be found on the Internet
A work-in-progress which provides a structured environment into which on-line modules on cartography can be accessed for continuing professional development. Further contributions gratefully received.
Academic papers
A repository of academic papers pertinent to cartographic education and training. Please feel free to send the CET any papers for inclusion here.
4. Reports from member countries on cartographic education
Country: THE NETHERLANDS
Cartographic education and training courses: Unfortunately, there are no full programmes in cartography in the Netherlands anymore. There are, however, programmes in geoinformatics, geography, GIS, etc. that incorporate varying amounts of cartography/geodata visualization. For an
overview: see http://lazarus.elte.hu/cet/ under Undergraduate Cartography Courses, and scroll to the Netherlands.
Career prospects for cartographers: Cartographers are employed by the government (national, provincial, municipal), research and educational institures (like ITC in Enschede) and a broad variety of private companies, such as Teleatlas and TomTom.
Professional organizations for cartographers: GIN (Geo-Informatie Nederland), http://www.geo-info.nl/Site/
(Compiled by Connie Blok)
Country: THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Cartographic education and training courses: 8 schools of university type offer cartographic and geoinformatic education - University of West Bohemia { http://www.zcu.cz/index-en.html }, Czech Technical University in Prague { http://www.cvut.cz/en?set_language=en }, Charles University in Prague http://www.cuni.cz/UKENG-1.html }, Masaryk University in Brno { http://www.muni.cz/?lang=en }, University of Defence in Brno { http://www.unob.cz/en/ }, Brno University of Technology { http://www.vutbr.cz/?set_lang=1&lang=0 }, Palacky University in Olomouc { http://www.upol.cz/en/ } and The VSB - Technical University in Ostrava { http://en.vsb.cz/} (list from west to East)
Professional organizations for cartographers:
In our country we have two main professional organisation:
- civilian - The Czech Office For Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre (http://www.cuzk.cz/Dokument.aspx?PRARESKOD=998&MENUID=10384&AKCE=DOC:10-ENGLISH)
- military - The Geographic Service of The Czech Armed Forces (http://www.geoservice.army.cz/htm/geosl.html)
Career prospects for cartographers:
Cartographers are employed by the government as well as private companies (focused on cartographic production - SHOCART - http://www.shocart.cz/en/index.php , Kartografie - http://www.kartografie.cz/index.php?method=kartprev&action=profil&usid=9755e409760a736595a137447a873b37&langid=3&clanek=&menu=&sekceid=&kat=&id=, etc. as well as on GI production or services - GEODIS - http://www.geodisro.ro/www/english/index.php, T-Mapy - ...).
(Compiled by Vasek Talhofer)
Country: UNITED STATES
Cartographic education and training courses: There are cartography courses offered at several institutions in the U.S. See www.nacis.org for a list of university cartography labs and information on classes.
Career prospects for cartographers: In the U.S. cartographers are employed in federal, state, and local governmental agencies as well as many of the map firms such as: Lonely Planet, AAA, Rand McNally, DeLorme, Moon Publications, and many people do freelance cartography.
Professional organizations for cartographers: North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) at www.nacis.org is probably the most comprehensive. The Association of American Geographers (AAG) at www.aag.org has a Cartography Specialty Group.
(Compiled by Cherie Northon)
Country: GREECE
Cartographic education and training courses:
Six [6] courses exist in Greece. One course [4 semesters] at the National Technical University of Athens, the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, two courses[11 semesters] at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki[www.auth.gr] the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering and the School of Regional Planning and Development , one course[2semesters] at the Aegean University[www.aegean.gr] the School of Geography, one course[3 semesters] at Harocopeio University of Athens[www.hua.gr] the School of Geography. All other cartographic teaching is undertaken within G.I.S.[mostly], like University of Thessaly[www.uth.gr] the School of Regional Planning and Development.
There are also two Polytechnic Schools teaching Cartography [3 semesters each].
Career prospects for cartographers: Cartographers are employed by the Government[Ministry of Environment and Planning, www.minenv.gr] and by the Army[Hellenic Military Geographical Service, www.gys.gr, Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service, www.hnhs.gr].
The CET website provides information on the activities of the CET. Please visit the site at
http://lazarus.elte.hu/cet/ or contact David Fraser, the chair of the commission at david.fraser@rmit.edu.au
