NACIS
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Cartography
Cartography is the study and practice of making maps. Combining science, aesthetics, and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively.The fundamental problems of traditional cartography are to:*Set the map's...
society founded in 1980. Originally founded by and for academics interested in cartography (e.g. map librarians, cartography professors and cartography lab directors), it now represents a broad mixture of academic, government and commercial interests, with a sizeable proportion of working cartographers.
Membership
The membership is largely from the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, though a small steady international presence can be felt.
Conference
NACIS hosts an annual conference in the fall. The 2006 conference was held in Madison, WisconsinMadison, Wisconsin
Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
, the 2007 conference was held in St Louis, Missouri, and the 2008 conference was held in Missoula, Montana
Missoula, Montana
Missoula is a city located in western Montana and is the county seat of Missoula County. The 2010 Census put the population of Missoula at 66,788 and the population of Missoula County at 109,299. Missoula is the principal city of the Missoula Metropolitan Area...
. The 2009 conference will be held in Sacramento, California
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
.