The IOF Map Commission welcomes you to the 13th International Conference on Orienteering Mapping that will take place in conjunction with the World Orienteering Championships in Miskolc, Hungary. The conference has become a traditional biennial event where map makers and map interested from around the world discuss and share information about the latest mapping standards, techniques and developments in a relaxed and informal atmosphere.
We are convinced that the 13th ICOM will live up to the successes of its predecessors. The programme has been arranged to make it possible for you to take part in the public races and other important events.
The Map Commission would still like to focus on generalisation in the 13th ICOM, but are also soliciting presentations on other topics of interest to the world’s community of orienteering mappers. The revision of the ISOM 2000 specification is going on, and will be a topic too.
Complex generalisation maps are welcome for the discussion in the breaks.
Suggestions for both topics and presentations are welcome. Please send your proposals to:
IOF Map Commission, Flemming Hjorth Jensen (f_hjorth@post.tele.dk) before 1 July 2009.
If you are suggesting presentations, please specify both the title of the presentation, the presenter, and a brief synopsis of the presentation.
Once again, the IOF Map Committee welcomes you to Miskolc, Hungary and we look forward to meeting you there.

PROGRAMME
The conference will take place in Miskolc, in the event centre (Miskolc-Tapolca). The exact location will be published at the IOF Map Commission website, http://lazarus.elte.hu/mc/..
If you send an email to f_hjorth@post.tele.dk you will be informed directly about the location in Miskolc.

TIMETABLE
Sunday 16 August 2009
9:00-10:00: Registration.
10:00: Conference opening.
10:00-13:00: Presentations.
13:00-14:00: Lunch.
14:00-19:00: Presentations and discussions.
19:00: Closing of the conference.
The programme will be published at the IOF Map Commission web site when it is ready and Sunday 15 July at the latest.

APPLICATION AND FEES
The participation fee is 10 euros, which should be paid upon registration. The fee covers the conference cost (the coffee breaks are included, but the lunch is excluded). Applications deadline is Sunday 1st August 2009 and should be sent by e-mail to the IOF Map Commission ICOM responsible:
Flemming Hjorth Jensen
F_Hjorth@post.tele.dk

ACCOMMODATION:
We suggest that you consider the WOC hotel offerings.

Kind regards
IOF Map Commission
Flemming Hjorth Jensen
F_hjorth@post.tele.dk
(remember the underscore ( _ ) as second letter in the email address.