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The North American Cartographic Information Society, founded in 1980, is an organization comprised of specialists from private, academic, and government organizations whose common interest lies in facilitating communication in the map information community.

What is NACIS?
NACIS is a professional society open to specialists from North America, including Canada, the United States, Mexico, the nations of Central and Middle America as well as to individuals from other regions and organizations throughout the world.

What are NACIS' Objectives?

  • To improve communication, coordination and cooperation among the producers, disseminators, curators, and users of cartographic information
  • To support and coordinate activities with other professional organizations and institutions involved with cartographic information
  • To improve the use of cartographic materials through education and to promote graphicacy
  • To promote and coordinate the acquisition, preservation, and automated retrieval of all types of cartographic material
  • To influence government policy on cartographic information

Learn more about NACIS...

 

Order a Right Map Making broadside

 


Annual Meeting

NACIS 2009
Sacramento, CA
October 7-10, 2009

Also...

 Student Web Map Competition

 Student Poster Competition

 

Cartographic Perspectives


CP 60, Spring 2008

CP 60 - Spring 2008

Student Web Mapping Competition


2008 Winner - Animated


Joseph Conrad's Eastern World
by Kenny Ling
Ohio University

2008 Winner - Interactive

Mt. Rainier Climbing Accidents
by Sarah Bell Ferrare, Bert Spaan, Adam Hill, Andreas Stueve
The University of Wisconsin

 

Student Poster Competition

 

Meet the NACIS Community


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