<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3648" dir="ltr"></div><div style="font-size: 15px; " class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_4069"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_4273"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_4081">Dear colleagues,</span><br></font></div><div style="font-size: 15px; " class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_4069"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><span><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 15px; " class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3726"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><br class="" style=""></font></div><div style="font-size: 15px; " class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3725"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_4039" face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">Please support and participate in the International Map Year (IMY) activities led by the International Cartographic Association (ICA) and supported by the United Nations that will be celebrated worldwide with the aim to <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 25px; " class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3728">provide opportunities to demonstrate, follow, and get involved in the art, science and technology of making and using maps and geographic information. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 25px; " class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3729"> The most important legacies will be a new generation of cartographers and geographic information scientists, as well as an exceptional level of interest and participation from professionals, schoolchildren, the general public, and decision-makers, worldwide.</span></font></div><div style="font-size: 15px; " class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3730"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><br class="" style=""></font></div><div style="font-size: 15px; " class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3731"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><br class="" style=""></font></div><div style="font-size: 15px; " class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3719"><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3733"><em class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3732"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_4040" face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">The purpose of International Map Year is to:</font></em></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3724"><em class="" style=""><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><br class="" style=""></font></em></div><ul class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3735"><li class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3734"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3966" face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">Make the map more visible to citizens and school children in a global context;</font></li></ul><ul class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3723"><li class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3722"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_4042" face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">Show how maps and atlases can be used in society;</font></li></ul><ul class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3737"><li class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3736"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3965" face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">Show how information technology can be used in getting geographic information and how to produce one’s own maps;</font></li></ul><ul class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3964"><li class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3963"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3962" face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">Display and show different types of maps and map production;</font></li></ul><ul class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3986"><li class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3985"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3984" face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">Show the technical development of mapping and atlas production;</font></li></ul><ul class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3721"><li class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3720"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3987" face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">Show the necessity of a sustainable development of geographic information infrastructures;</font></li></ul><ul class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3718"><li class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3717"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3988" face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">Increase the recruitment of students to cartography and cartography-related disciplines.</font></li></ul></div><div style="font-size: 15px; " class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3716"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><br class="" style=""></font></div><div style="font-size: 15px; " class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3742"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3954" face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">To enable this objective , The ICA Commission on Open Source Geospatial Technologies and "Geo for All" community will strongly support this initiative of the ICA by organising training workshops and events during this year and we welcome ideas for joint collaborations.</font></div><div style="font-size: 15px; " class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3710"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><br class="" style=""></font></div><div style="font-size: 15px; " class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3711"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3949" face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">OSGeo Live DVDs <a href="http://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3951">http://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html</a> will be given out at the educational events to enable more students to learn and be part of the geospatial opportunities for the future. </font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3711"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"> </font></div><div style="font-size: 15px; " class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3712"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_4124">More details of IMY at <a href="http://internationalmapyear.org/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_4030" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">http://internationalmapyear.org</a> <br></font></div><div style="font-size: 15px; " class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3714"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><br class="" style=""></font></div><div style="font-size: 15px; " class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3715"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">Best wishes,</font></div><div style="font-size: 15px; " class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3745"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><br class="" style=""></font></div><div style="font-size: 15px; " class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3744"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">Suchith</font></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3743"><br class="" style=""></div><div></div><br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3626"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3625"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3647"> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3646"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Zentai Laszlo <lzentai@caesar.elte.hu><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> ICA National members <ica-national-members@lazarus.elte.hu>; ICA Affiliate members <ica-affiliate-members@lazarus.elte.hu>; ICA mailing list <ica-comm_wg-chairs@lazarus.elte.hu> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 7 January 2015, 17:08<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Ica-comm_wg-chairs] International Map Year<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3624"><br><div id="yiv6521380258">
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3629">Dear Colleagues,</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3634">I forward you the letter of the ICA President.</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3636">Best regards,</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3637"> </div>
<div style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri';COLOR:#000000;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1420662698249_3638">Prof.
László Zentai, head of department<br>Eotvos University, Department of
Cartography and Geoinformatics<br>H-1117 Budapest, Pazmany Peter setany 1/A,
Hungary<br>Tel: (36)-1-3722975, fax: 3722951 -
http://lazarus.elte.hu/<br><br>Secretary-General and Treasurer <br>International
Cartographic Association<br>http://www.icaci.org</div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Ica-comm_wg-chairs mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Ica-comm_wg-chairs@lazarus.elte.hu" href="mailto:Ica-comm_wg-chairs@lazarus.elte.hu">Ica-comm_wg-chairs@lazarus.elte.hu</a><br><a href="http://lazarus.elte.hu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-comm_wg-chairs" target="_blank">http://lazarus.elte.hu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-comm_wg-chairs</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>