I am on a bit of mission to get traditional cartographers and associations to encompass all the fantastic new mapping that is being produced by so-called neocartographers, which includes many folk working in the osm project and/or with the osm and other open data.
To this end I am submitting a proposal to the International Cartographic Association for a new Commission in Neocartography. YOU could contribute as a member, contributor, observer or supporter (my terminology, not ICAs). http://www.soc.org.uk/neocartography/ It has the approval of the UKCartoCommittee (who sponsor proposals with UK-nominated Chairs) and will be submitted in the next couple of weeks, for approval at the ICA conference in Paris early this summer. There is a nominated Vice-Chair, which is Manuela Schmidt - who is very involved in the organising team for SOTM-EU. Several folk have already indicated their support. Supporters do not have to be in academia, but just interested and involved in the wider world of mapping and geodata. http://www.soc.org.uk/neocartography/supporters.htm Have a look at the proposal. If appropriate I'd like to add YOU as a supporter (no commitment). If you think you might be interested then please contact me. Cheers STEVE _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
