ICA – Research Unit Cartography

20 March 202420 March 2024

Where Cartography meets industry

We are happy to announce the online event “Where Cartography Meets Industry – Trust in Mapping,” bringing together leading organizations, including the International Map Industry Association (IMIA), the International Cartographic Association (ICA) with Prof. Georg Gartner, the British Cartographic Society (BCS), and the Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS).

Join insightful discussions on advancing geo-ethics and exploring strategies to build trust in various aspects of cartography and mapping businesses. The online event is scheduled for April 24, 2024, from 5 to 6:30 PM (CET); admission is free of charge. For further information, visit:https://imiamaps.org/events/wcmi-2024/.

12 December 202312 December 2023

EuroCarto 2024

We are very pleased to announce that the European Cartographic Conference EuroCarto 2024, will be held from September 09-11, 2024, at TU Wien in Vienna, Austria. The conference is co-organized by us, the Research Unit Cartography at TU Wien, the International Cartographic Association (ICA) and the German (DGfK), Austrian (ÖKK), Swiss (SGK), British (BCS) and Czech (ČKS) Cartographic Societies.

We aim to bring together Cartographers and those working in related disciplines to offer a platform for discussion, exchange and stimulation of research and joined projects. If you are interested in participating or contributing to EuroCarto 2024, visit our conference website for general information.

We look forward to welcoming you to the beautiful Vienna and celebrating Cartography!

3 October 202230 November 2022

Thank you for a great EuroCarto2022!

280 participants from 38 countries, 128 presentations, 35 poster presentations, 31 scholarships and nine workshops: We thank all presenters, participants, our sponsors and volunteers for an exciting and inspiring conference in Vienna!

For more information and pictures of the conference, visit, https://eurocarto2022.org/. The conference proceedings are published in a special issue of the Abstracts of the International Cartographic Association Series (Volume 5).

28 March 202228 March 2022

EuroCarto 2022

We are very pleased to invite you to the European Cartographic Conference “EuroCarto 2022”, held from 19-21 September 2022 at TU Wien in Vienna, Austria. The conference is co-organized by us, the Research Unit Cartography at TU Wien, the International Cartographic Association (ICA) and the German (DGfK), Austrian (ÖKK), Swiss (SGK) and British (BCS) Cartographic Societies.

We aim to bring together Cartographers and those working in related disciplines to offer a platform for discussion, exchange and stimulation of research and joined projects. If you are interested in participating or contributing to EuroCarto 2022, visit our conference website for general information, registration and guidelines on our open Call for Submissions.

We look forward to welcoming you to the beautiful Vienna and celebrating Cartography!

19 January 202219 January 2022

Congratulations to Prof. Gartner and Manuela Schmidt

As part of the 30th International Cartographic Conference, held in December 2021 in Florence, the International Cartographic Association ICA awarded outstanding contributions to the ICA and the science of Cartography.

We congratulate Prof. Georg Gartner on the ICA Honorary Fellowship award and our lecturer Manuela Schmidt on the Diploma for Outstanding Services to ICA.

Georg Gartner receiving the ICA
Honorary Fellowship – *Photo by Stephan Wondrak*

9 November 202124 November 2021

Current LBS activities

We are happy to announce a special issue on Recent Trends in Location Based Services and Science, guest-edited by Prof. Georg Gartner and our former colleague Prof. Haosheng Huang.

If you are interested in developments and research on location-based services, join the 16th International Conference on Location Based Services, held fully online on 24—25 November 2021.

17 April 201317 April 2013

3A des BRG19 zu Besuch

Die 3A des BRG19, die mit 3 Gewinnerinnen in einer Klasse besonders gut bei der diesjährigen österreichischen Runde des Barbara-Petchenik-Wettbewerbs abgeschnitten hat, besuchte uns heute, um die Urkunden und Preise persönlich abzuholen. Unsere Fotogalerie vermittelt einen Eindruck vom Besuch.

5 April 20138 April 2013

Austrian Winners of the Petchenik Children’s Map Drawing Competition

A jury selected the best entries from all the maps sent to us in the national Austrian round of the Barbara Petchenik Children’s Map Drawing Competition. Check them out here [German website]!

A selection of the winning maps will be forwarded to the international round organized by the International Cartographic Association.

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12 October 20128 April 2013

Barbara Petchenik-Wettbewerb ist eröffnet

Die Internationale Kartographische Vereinigung freut sich, auch dieses Jahr wieder Kinder und Jugendliche zum Zeichnen von Karten im Rahmen des Barbara Petchenik-Wettbewerbes aufzurufen. Motto des Wettbewerbs 2013 und 2015 ist »My place in today’s world«. Finden Sie hier alle Details zu den Teilnahmemöglichkeiten und -fristen der österreichischen Ausschreibung.

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27 November 201111 February 2013

ICA meetings at TU Vienna

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Our research group hosted two important meetings of the International Cartographic Association (ICA): The ICA Excecutive Committee Meeting (26–27 November 2011) and the ICA Commission Chair Meeting (24–25 November 2011).