The ICA Working Group MAPPING AFRICA FOR AFRICA

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The ICA Working GroupMAPPING AFRICA FOR AFRICA
Bengt Rystedt Past President of the
International Cartographic Association 2003-2007

• CODI IVApril 25-28, 2005, Addis Ababa

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Mission of ICA

• Promote the discipline and profession of
  Cartography and GI-Science internationally.
• Ensure that geo-spatial information is employed
  to maximum effect for the benefit of science and
  society.

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African Members of ICA

• Algeria
• Cameroon
• Ghana
• Kenya
• Mozambique
• Madagascar
• Morocco

• Nigeria
• South Africa
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Tunisia

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The ICA Executive Committee
President Vice Presidents Milan
Konecny William Cartright Australia Czech
Republic David Fairburn UK Ramon Lorenzo
Spain Robert McMaster United
States Haggai Nyapola Kenya Vladimir
Tikunov Russian Federation Kirsi Virrantaus
Finland Secretary-General and Treasurer Past
President Ferjan Ormeling Bengt Rystedt
Sweden Utrecht University P.O.Box 80115 -
3508 TC Utrecht Website The Netherlands e-mail
f.ormeling_at_geog.uu.nl http//www.ICACI.org ICA
News Graciela Metternicht Metternicht_at_vesta
.curtin.edu.au Publications Committee Robert
McMaster, Alan MacEachren and Alberta Auringer
Wood
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The fields of ICA 1-2

• Science (and technology) ICA will develop the
  scientific and technological basis of Cartography
  and GI-Science
• Education ICA will develop and promote, through
  education at all levels, the truths of what we
  know and will discover about our subject

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The fields of ICA 3-4

• Professional Practice ICA will provide support
  for two groups of professionals
• those who describe themselves as professionally
  active as their main occupation - in a specific
  area of Cartography or GI-Science.
• those who use systems or procedures from
  Cartography or GI-Science as part of their
  professional activity, e.g. environmental
  managers, utility managers, planners.
• Society (social and organisational)ICA will seek
  to promote applications of Cartography and
  GI-Science in any area, which can be beneficial
  to Society in general

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ICA Commissions 2003-07

• Education and Training
• History of Cartography
• Theoretical Cartography
• Economics Management of Map Production
• National and Regional Atlases
• Marine Cartography
• Mountain Cartography
• Mapping from Satellite Imagery
• Planetary Cartography
• Maps Graphics for Blind Visually Impaired

• Cartography and Children
• Gender and Cartography
• Map Projections
• Visualisation and Virtual Environments
• Spatial Data Standards
• Incremental Updating and Versioning
• Maps and the Internet
• Ubiquitous Mapping
• Generalisation and Multiple Representation

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ICA Working Groups

• Spatial Data Quality and Uncertainty
• Co-chairs Kirsi Virrantaus, Finland and Bob
  McMaster, USA
• Early Warning and Risk Management
• Chair Wilber Ottichilo, Kenya
• Mapping Africa for Africa (MAFA)
• Chair Haggai Nyapola, Kenya

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MAFA Terms of Reference

• Promote international, technical and scientific
  support and advisory services from ICA and its
  affiliate members for Mapping Africa for Africa
  projects
• Aid countries of Africa in capacity building and
  knowledge sharing
• Support mapping projects for Mapping Africa for
  Africa, e.g. through endorsements

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MAFA Terms of Reference

• Encourage African countries to participate in ICA
  through membership of ICA
• Facilitate cartographic outreach programmes in
  Africa
• Promote awareness of cartographic issues and
  resources in Africa to the international
  community.
• Work co-operatively with CODI-Geo

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MAFA parallel activities

• ECA/CODI - CODI-Geo WGs - AFREF -
  Standards - Fundamental datasets MAFA is
  linked to CODI via ICA MAFA advices and
  reports to CODI
• Other African org. as AARSE, EIS, AOCRS,RECTAS
  and RCMRD
• International ISPRS, FIG, IAG, ISCGM, GSDI

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MAFA Members
Haggai Nyapola, chairman, Kenya Wilber Ottichilo,
co-chair, RCMRD, Kenya Jide Kufoniyi, RECTAS
AARSE, Nigeria Muftha Unis, AOCRS, Algeria Dozie
Ezigbalike, UN-ECA Derek Clarke, South
Africa Sives Govender, EIS, South
Africa Menno-Jan Kraak, ITC, The
Netherlands Bengt Rystedt, ICA, Sweden
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The Role of ICA in MAFA

• Main function as a Think-Tank.
• Support Capacity Building
• Organise Commission Meetings and Seminars,
  Regionally and Nationally.
• Provide scientific, educational and professional
  contacts.

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Joint Board ofGeospatial Information Societies

• The Presidents of FIG, ICA, ISPRS, IAG etc.
• Co-ordination
• Complementary actions
• Ad-hoc groups- Disaster management (Bengt
  Rystedt)- Capacity Building in Africa (Ian
  Dowman)

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Thank you! www.icaci.org haggai nyapola
nyapola2000_at_yahoo.com bengt.rystedt_at_lm.se