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The British Cartographic Society (BCS) is an association of individuals and organisations dedicated to exploring and developing the world of maps. It is a registered charity. Membership includes mapping companies, publishers, designers, academics, researchers, map curators, individual cartographers, GIS specialists and ordinary members of the public with an interest in maps. The BCS is regarded as one of the world's leading cartographic societies and its main publication, The Cartographic Journal, is recognised internationally.〔International Map Trade Association: "http://www.maptrade.org/organizations/". 2008〕 Membership of the group can be useful for making contacts and keeping up with developments.〔Author: Ruth Livermore, The University of Birmingham, Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCACS) (http://www.agcas.org.uk) (OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE - CARTOGRAPHER ), page 2, paragraph 9., 25 January 2007〕 The BCS promotes all aspects of cartography to a wide range of potential users. ==Awards== One of the aims of the Society is to encourage better mapping, by providing medals and prizes to individuals or companies who have shown excellence in this field. The annual BCS awards includes categories such as: *Stanfords Award for printed mapping *Avenza Award for electronic mapping *John C. Bartholomew Award for small scale mapping *OS OpenData Award *BCS Award for best entry of the year (judged from the former 4 categories) *The Society medal for distinguished contribution to cartography *The Henry Johns Award for the best cartographic journal article *The National Geographic Society New Mapmaker Award for those starting out in cartographic or related industries New MapMaker Award Winners: * *2001: Laura Stewart, University of Edinburgh ''Can Geographical Information Systems be used to Propose Areas for Storage of Floodwater?'' * *2002: Edward Merritt, Oxford Brookes University ''An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Paraline Diagrams for Mapping the Urban Environment'' * *2003: Esme Farewell, Oxford Brookes University ''Cambridge for Children'' * *2004: Donna Watkin, Oxford Brookes University ''Modern cartographic methods as a key to understanding land use in Drayton St Leonards: 1793 - 2003'' * *2005: Shannon Brassard, Centre of Geographic Sciences, Nova Scotia Community College, Canada''Prince Albert: Celebrating 100 Years'' * *2006: Paul A Light, COGS, Canada ''National Parks & Historic Sites of Western Newfoundland and Labrador'' * *2007: Alexander Kent, Canterbury Christ Church University ''An Analysis of the Cartographic Language of European State Topographic Maps: Aesthetics, Style and Identity'' * *2008: Wesley Jones (NSCC Centre of Geographic Sciences, Canada) ''Dry Belt, Settlement and Abandonment of Southeast Alberta and Southwest Saskatchewan, 1908 to 1926'' * *2009: Christoph Hoesli, Institute of Geography at the University of Bern (Switzerland) ''Southern Sudan Topographic Base Map Series: Map Sheet E - Eastern Equatorial''〔http://www.cartography.org.uk/default.asp?contentID=906〕 * *2010: Michael Graves, Kingston University ''Road to the World Cup South Africa 2010)'' 〔http://www.cartography.org.uk/default.asp?contentID=980〕 * *2011: Mike Wilburn, University of Oregon ''Mount Rainier: A Climber’s Paradise'' 〔http://www.cartography.org.uk/default.asp?contentID=1024〕 *UKHO Junior Mapmaker Award to encourage map making at primary and secondary school level (run every other year from 2008) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「British Cartographic Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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