Cartography and Geographic Information Society

The Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) is a learned society in the fields of cartography and geographic information science. It includes the U.S. National Committee for the International Cartographic Association (ICA).[1] It started in 1974 as the Cartography Division of the American Congress for Surveying and Mapping (ACSM); in 1981 the division became the American Cartographic Association, and in 1996 it received its current name.[2]

Its official academic journal is titled Cartography and Geographic Information Science, published on behalf of CaGIS by Taylor & Francis;[3] it started in 1974 as The American Cartographer, renamed in 1990 to Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, and finally in 1999 to its current name.[2]

It also hosts the AutoCarto conference series, previously known as International Symposium on Computer-Assisted Cartography (subject also known as automated cartography, hence the name).

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