Presented Papers
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Biographical Sketches
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1.- Large scale mapping on the computer with grade one students.
Jacqueline Anderson is an assistant professor, teaching Cartography, in the Department of Geography at Concordia
University in Montreal, Canada. She has studied in Scotland, Canada and the United States. Her research interests are with
the facets of the inter-relationships between map design, the map user and education in mapping. Her current research is with
the design of materials and maps skills instruction for children in the early elementary grades.
2.- The many dimensions of map and spatial data use in the context of electronic atlases.
James R. Carter is Director of Academic Computing at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. He also is Professor
in the Department of Geography-Geology at Illinois State. Prior to coming to this school he taught Geography at the
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for 18 years. He is interested in the ways computer generated maps are presented and
used in a variety of environments, including weather maps on television.
3.-MAP++, an exploration of cartography in the area of modern policy-making.
Professor of Cartography, Du Daosheng graduated in Cartographic Science from Wuhan Technical University of Surveying
and Mapping. In 1975 he was employed by this University. He has served as Chairman of the Cartography Department. He
teaches a course on Computer-Aided Cartography and does research in this area. He is a Director of the Spatial Information
System Research Group in the National Laboratory for Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing.
In this role he focuses on the spatial data transfer standard, spatial data quality, and the design and application of GIS.
4.- Mapping under less than perfect circumstances.
Ute Dymon is a recent graduate from Clark University. She taught at the University of Massachusetts for some time, before
moving to Kent State University. At Kent she teaches a full program in cartography and GIS. Her research interests include
the use of maps and GIS in emergency management situations. She has been consulted on the use of maps following
Hurricane Andrew, which hit Florida in the USA in summer 1992.
5.- The use of electronic atlases.
Corné van Elzakker has been lecturing in cartography at Utrecht University and the International Institute for Aerospace
Survey and Earth Sciences in Enschede since 1980. His current position is assistant Professor. His main research interests
are thematic cartography, map and symbol design and map use. He is a member of the ICA Commission Map and Spatial
Data Use, co-editor of the Netherlands Cartographic Journal "Kartografisch Tijdschrift" and member of the editorial board
of the National Atlas of the Netherlands.
6.- Toponymic education in digital atlas cartography
Naftali Kadmon is a professor of cartography at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and also attached to the Survey of
Israel's National Atlas. His research interests are map projections, the historical cartography of the Middle East, school atlases
and toponymy: he represents Israel in the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names. He has written the
chapters on Computer-assisted Cartography and Toponymy for the Basic Cartography Manual, and prepared the exercises
that go along with it in the Exercise Manual. He has participated in the first ICA seminar in Nairobi (1978) and in most of
CET's seminars since Munich (1988).
7.- Some problems in teaching school atlas production.
Kei Kanazawa is a member of the ICA-CET since its foundation, a member of the council of the Japan Cartographers
Association, the director of the Japan Consulting Engineering Association, the senior advisor of Tokyo Cartographic
Company, a member of the editorial board for Shin Koto Chizu (New advanced atlas), former professor of Kochi Technical
College, lecturer of Hosei University, lecturer in ICA-CET Seminars at Wuhan, Budapest, Bangkok and College Park.
8.- Tools for the electronic production of atlases.
Olev Koop is senior lecturer in cartography at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, covering the field of computer-assisted
methods and techniques in cartography. His special interest goes to information dissemination policies in relation to
technological progress. He focuses on standardization and user interface issues, cartographic data dissemination and new
media, desktop mapping and multimedia in cartography. He has been associated with the ICA Commission on Education
and Training as an advisor since 1988 and with the ICA Commission on National and Regional Atlases since 1992.
9.- Teaching multimedia production techniques.
Barend Köbben is lecturer at the Cartography Department of Utrecht University; his courses include Basic Cartography,
Remote Sensing, Map and Atlas Production and Desktop Mapping. His research subjects are desktop mapping and
multimedia cartography. He is involved in the development of the demonstration version of the Netherlands National Atlas
Information System.
10.- World atlases for children.
Takashi Matsuzawa is a member of a Japanese publishing house, Hyogen Kenkyujo Inc., in Tokyo, where he is cartographic
editor for the publication The 21st century Atlas for Children.
11.- Technical and organisational approaches to national and regional atlas production.
Bengt Rystedt is the chairman of the Commission on National and Regional Atlases since 1987. Dr. Rystedt is head of a
development section on GIS and Cartography at the National Land Survey in Gävle, Sweden.
12.- Teaching atlas use.
Ferjan Ormeling is one of the chairmen of ICA's Commission on Education and Training 1991-1995, vice-president of the
Netherlands Cartographic Society and professor of cartography at Utrecht University. Before moving to Utrecht in 1969 he
worked 8 years with Wolters-Noordhoff Atlas Production in Groningen, Netherlands. He is a member of the editorial board
of the national atlas of the Netherlands and chief editor of Kartografisch Tijdschrift, journal of the Netherlands Cartographic
Society. His research interests include toponymy and atlas cartography.
13.- From the electronic atlas system to the electronic atlas products (electronic atlas of Canada from the beginning to the end)
Eva Siekierska is a deputy chairman of the Commission on National and Regional Atlases since its first meeting. Dr.
Siekierska is head os the National Atlas Information Services section at the Mapping Centre of Canada, Energy, Mines and
Resources.
14.- North American statistical areas boundary file.
Timothy Trainor is the secretary of the Commission on National and Regional Atlases. Mr. Trainor is a chief of the
Computer Mapping Section, Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau.
15.- Electronic atlas project for the national atlas of Spain.
Fernando Aranaz del Río
16.- The National Geographic Society Picture Atlas of the World.
Betty Kotcher
17.- PC-atlas of Sweden. Production, Maintenance and Marketing.
Wolter Arnberg
18.- National atlases of Central and Eastern European countries in transition: the case of Hungary.
László Bassa is a scientific research fellow at the Geographical Research Institute Hungarian Academy of Sciences since
1977. He was the secretary of the Editorial Board, National Atlas of Hungary (1983) and member of editorial board of other
atlases: Atlas of Paleoclimates and Paleoenvironments of the Northern Hemisphere (1992).
Zoltán Keresztesi graduated as geographer-cartographer at Eötvös Loránd University, now he heads the Department of
Cartography, Geographical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences from 1973. He participated in the
edition of the map sheets of the Atlas of the Danubian Countries and he was a member of the Editorial Board of the National
Atlas of Hungary (1983).
19.- Some thoughts on the questions discussed at the joint meeting of three ICA commisions.
István Klinghammer is professor of cartography at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest . He has been a member of the
CET commission since 1980. He has organized the commission's meeting in Visegrád in 1983, and was also organizer
of the commission's seminar in Budapest in conjunction with the 14th International Conference of ICA. His research
interests are thematic and atlas cartography.
László Zentai is assistant professor at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. He holds the degree of Doctor of
Geography/Cartography from Eötvös University. He is lecturing on General Cartography and Computer-Aided Cartography
and also does research in this area. He is one of the editors of electronic facsimile of Atlas of Central-Europe, 1945.
20.- Introduction to Visegrád and Hungarian atlas cartography.
Árpád Papp-Váry is a managing director of Cartographia Ltd, the main map publishing company in Hungary. He received
his Ph.D. in cartography from Eötvös Loránd University and his Doctor habil degree from the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences. He has served as both Secretary and President of the Hungarian National Committee for ICA. He has been an
active member of the ICA since 1972, and is ICA-vice-president since 1977. He was the Conference Director for the ICA
Conference in Hungary in 1989.
21.- Marketing on electronic atlas - the EXPO atlas of Pest county.
Zsolt Török is assistant professor at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. He graduated in Cartography and Philosophy.
He holds the degree of Doctor of Geography/Cartography from Eötvös Loránd University. He is lecturing on Theoretical
Cartography and History of Cartography. His research interest are cartographic communication and social contexts of
cartography.
22.- Digital facsimile - Atlas of Central Europe, 1945.
László Zentai is assistant professor at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. He holds the degree of Doctor of
Geography/Cartography from Eötvös University. He is lecturing on General Cartography and Computer-Aided Cartography
and also does research in this area. He is one of the editors of electronic facsimile of Atlas of Central-Europe, 1945.
23.- Cartography and hypermedia? (New trends in the teaching of cartography).
Csaba Molnár and Tamás Tóth are cartographic students of the Eötvös Loránd University. In the frame of their masters
thesis they investigated the role of hypermedia in Cartography.
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