The 30th International Cartographic Conference took place in Florence, Italy, 14–18 December 2021.
ICC2021 in numbers
- 630 participants from 53 countries, whereof 49% in presence
- Papers: 563 presentations, 80 sessions
- 2 keynote speeches + 4 special sessions
- International Map Exhibition: 410 maps and related objects from 32 ICA members
- International Children’s Map Competition: 178 maps from 32 countries
- 210 participants for the Opening reception
- 100 participants for the Gala Dinner
- 27 scholarships for young researchers
For more information and statistics, see the ICC 2021 final presentation.
ICC2021 in images
Browse through our picture gallery to get an impression of ICC 2021 or reminisce about your visit.
Monday, December 13 – Pre-conference workshops &
Opening of the International Cartographic Exhibition
Tuesday, December 14 – Opening Ceremony
Wednesday & Thursday, December 15-16
Friday, December 17 – Conference Dinner
Saturday, December 18 – Closing Ceremony
Photos by Stephan Wondrak – thanks!
ICC2021 in videos
Selected videos can be found on the Youtube channel of the ICA.
Proceedings
The proceedings can be found here:
- Advances of the ICA, eISSN 2570-2084: Volume 3, 2021
- Proceedings of the ICA, eISSN 2570-2092: Volume 4, 2021
- Abstracts of the ICA, eISSN 2570-2106: Volume 3, 2021
Two issues of the International Journal of Cartography were dedicated to the 30th ICC:
- Volume 7, Issue 3 (2021)
Special Issue: International Cartographic Conference 2021, Florence, Italy. Part 1 - Volume 8, Issue 1 (2022)
Special Issue International Cartographic Conference 2021, Florence, Italy. Part 2
The program can be viewed as PDF.
ICA Awards
At the ICA Awards Ceremony the following awards were presented in recognition of contributions to the ICA and outstanding contributions to the field and science of cartography:
Ulrich Freitag | Germany | Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal |
Alan MacEachran | United States | Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal |
Georg Gartner | Austria | ICA Honorary Fellowship |
Lysandros Tsoulos | Greece | ICA Honorary Fellowship |
Vladimir Tikunov | Russia | ICA Honorary Fellowship |
Paola Zamperlin | Italy | Diploma for outstanding services to ICA |
Margherita Azzari | Italy | Diploma for outstanding services to ICA |
Gilberto Fumarola | Italy | Diploma for outstanding services to ICA |
Manuela Schmidt | Austria | Diploma for outstanding services to ICA |
Pre-Conference Activities
As at every ICC, several ICA Commissions were organizing pre-conference events for the 30th ICC in Florence.
Date | Title | Organized by the Commission(s) on |
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Oct 28 | Challenges and Opportunities of Cartography and GIS Education: in the Classroom and in the Cloud | Education and Training |
Dec 2–3 | Cartography connecting schools | Cartography and Children | Maps and Graphics for Blind and Partially Sighted People |
Dec 13 | Sharing cartographic knowledge | SDI and Standards | Cognitive Issues in Geographic Information Visualization | Open Source Geospatial Technologies | Geospatial Semantics |
Dec 13 | Immersive Cartography / Cartography for Immersive Environments | Cognitive Issues in Geographic Information Visualization | User Experience |
Dec 13 | 24th ICA Workshop on Map Generalisation and Multiple Representation | Map Generalisation and Multiple Representation |
Dec 13 | Geospatial approaches to combating Covid-19 | Geospatial Analysis and Modeling | Location-based services |
Dec 13 | Disaster risk reduction (DRR) progress for cartography in Big Data era | Early Warning and Crisis Management |
Dec 13 | Mapping the Ottoman Realm: Travelers, Cartographers and Archaeologists | History of Cartography |
Dec 13 | Visualization of Dynamic Phenomenons and Processes on Web Maps | Maps and the Internet |
Dec 13 | Workshop on Geospatial Semantics | Geospatial Semantics |
Dec 13 | Map Design for Atlases | Atlases | Map Design |
Map awards
For a full list of map products exhibited during ICC 2021, please check the PDF catalogue.
Maps on panels |
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Charts on panels |
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Atlases |
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Digital Products |
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Educational cartographic products |
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Other cartographic products |
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The international jury had the following members:
- Margherita Azzari
- Thomas Schulz
- Mark Wigley
- Jesús Reyes
- Nicola Gabellieri
- Andrés Arístegui
Barbara Petchenik Competition
178 drawings from 32 countries were exhibited. You can still do a virtual tour of the exhibition here. All entries can be viewed here.
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Ivayla Lazarova (5), Bulgaria, < 6 years, 1st place
Elzė Marija Jakubėnaitė (4), Lithuania, < 6 years, 2nd place
Lyyti Kalakoski (5), Finland, < 6 years, 3rd place
Alfonsina Valdez Galli (7), Argentina, 6–8 years, 1st place
Yang Se-Ha (7), Republic of Korea, 6–8 years, 2nd place
Pavol Rybár (8), Slovakia, 6–8 years, 3rd place
Matvei Pilko (10), Israel, 9–12 years, 1st place
Magda Oswald (12), Croatia, 9–12 years, 2nd place
Barnaby Blampied (11), Turkey, 9–12 years, 3rd place
Angela Waiman (15), Indonesia, 13–15 years, 1st place
Elmira Sabanchieva (13), Russia, 13–15 years, 2nd place
Daniela N. Villacrés Ribadeneira (14), Ecuador, 13–15 years, 3rd place
Pijus Jokubaitis (15), Lithuania, Creativity Award
Alfonsina Valdez Galli (7), Argentina, Public vote
The jury members were
- José Jesús Reyes Nunez, Hungary – Chair
- Ana María Garra, Argentina
- Temenoujka Bandrova, Bulgaria
- Naeema Al Hosani, United Arab Emirates
- Catherine Njore, Kenya
- Pilar Sánchez-Ortiz, Spain
- Dariusz Dukaczewski, Poland
- Riccardo Morri, Italy
- Carla Sena, Brazil and Monika Kopecka, Slovakia – Substitute Members
- Peter van der Krogt, The Netherlands – International Coordinator
Scholarships
ICA scholarships help early career scientists or professionals in cartography and GIScience to participate in official ICA events. Altogether, 25 scholarships were awarded to young scientists at the 30th ICC.
Name | Country | ICA event | Date | Title of paper / poster | Sum in € |
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Rebeca Merino del Río | ESP | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | Historical Cartography Analysis For A Design Of Cultural Itineraries In The Lower Guadalquivir | 700 |
Andong Ma | USA | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | Computationally-Efficient Sequential Feature Extraction For Single Hyperspectral Remote-Sensing Image Classification | 260 |
Timothy Prestby | USA | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | Characterizing Storytelling In Covid-19 Cartographic Journalism | 700 |
Nicholas Lally | USA | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | Direct Manipulations Of Cartographic Space For Expressive Cartographies | 260 |
Edina Hajdú | HUN | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | The Digital Cartographic Reconstruction Of The 1897 ‘Mátra Guide’ (Hungary) | 700 |
Márton Pál | HUN | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | Automatic Vectorization Of Rectangular Manmade Objects: A Case Study Applying Opencv And Gdal On Uav Imagery | Where To Hike? – Mobile Application For Guiding Tourists In The Bükkalja Region, Hungary | Geodiversity Mapping Of The Bakony–Balaton Unesco Global Geopark, Hungary | 1000 |
Gergely Vassányi | HUN | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | Automatic Vectorization Of Point Symbols On Archive Maps Using Deep Convolutional Neural Network | 1000 |
Lourdes Johanna Avelar Portillo | USA | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | Measuring Closest Water, Sanitation, And Hygiene Facilities In Unhoused Communities Of Los Angeles, Usa | 700 |
Gene Trantham | USA | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | Focus On Orientation To Represent Terrain | 300 |
Lois Park | USA | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | Reimagining Measures Of Spatial Access To Health Care In Low- And Middle-Income Countries: Using Road Network Analysis To Validate Self-Reported Perceptions Of Geospatial Barriers | 700 |
Jakub Koníček | CZE | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | Mapping, Synthesis And Visualization Of Czech Dialects | Approaches For Infographics Evaluation In Maps | 1000 |
Jessica Kate Hepburn | GBR | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | How Do Decision Makers Interact With Geospatial Data? An Eye Tracking Study | 260 |
Malak Alasli | HUN | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | Dual Naming As A Mechanism To Recognize Multiple Identities; Casablanca Or Ad-Dar Al-Bayda | 1000 |
Harrison Cole | USA | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | Thematic Tactile Cartography: Evaluating Tactile Mapping Techniques For Novel Applications | 700 |
Yanan Wu | USA | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | Where And Why There: Location Analytics Of Routine Occurrences (Laro) With A Case Study On Traffic Accidents | 300 |
Chelsea Nestel | USA | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | Aesthetics In Cartographic Epistemology | 500 |
Dávid Gerzsenyi | HUN | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | Frmod, A Python Tool For Statistical Landslide Susceptibility Assessment | 1000 |
Pavel Ugwitz | CZE | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | Building A Virtual Cartographic Museum | 700 |
Ondřej Kvarda | CZE | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | Usability Of Building Information Modeling (Bim) For Generating Virtual Geographic Environments (Vges) | 700 |
Lei Zou | USA | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | Revealing The Geographical Disparities Of Global Covid-19 Awareness And Its Health Effects Through Social Media | 260 |
Julian Huiber | AUT | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | A Set Of Criteria For Evaluating Map Application Design In A Mobile Environment | 260 |
Marc Schulz | AUT | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | A Set Of Criteria For Evaluating Map Application Design In A Mobile Environment | 260 |
Veronika Flóra Kiss | HUN | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | The Sense Of North | 700 |
Niédja Sodré de Araújo | BRA | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | Perspectives About Implementation Of Colour Codes On Maps Accessible To Blind People | 150 |
Katarzyna Słomska-Przech | POL | ICC2021 | 12/2021 | Historical Atlas Of Poland 2.0 – Over 140 Years Of Joint Work Of Historians And Cartographers | 700 |
![ICA Scholarship Awardees 2021](https://icaci.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ICC2021_17Dec_5-1024x683.jpg)
ICA Scholarship Awardees 2021, together with ICA President Tim Trainor and Secretary-General Thomas Schulz
![Andong Ma, Jess Hepburn, Jakob Konicek, Marc Schulz, Nick Lally](https://icaci.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/scholars_icc2021-1024x297.jpg)
Further awardees from ICC2021 (from left to right): Andong Ma, Jess Hepburn, Jakob Konicek, Marc Schulz, Nick Lally
Orienteering event
The ICC2021 orienteering event took place on December 18, 2021 at Piazzale delle Cascine, Firenze.
Advanced course – 3.6km, 17 control points
Males
NameCountryTime
1 | Dušan Petrovič | Slovenia | 16:28 |
2 | Mátyás Gede | Hungary | 18:47 |
3 | Maximilian Gartner | Austria | 19:24 |
Females
NameCountryTime
1 | Dojana Snopkova | Czech Republic | 23:32 |
2 | Bigi Velia | Italy | 30:56 |
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Mannerfelt Medaille der ICA an Ulrich Freitag – Sektion Berlin-Brandenburg der DGfK e.V.