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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Joint Annual Meeting of the
CANADIAN CARTOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION and the
NORTH AMERICAN CARTOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SOCIETY
To be held in:
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada August 10-13, 1994
at the University of Ottawa
The CCA/NACIS Program Committee invites your participation in this
meeting by:
-- giving a paper
-- organizing a session
-- developing a panel discussion
-- conducting a workshop
-- preparing a poster or exhibit
HIGHLIGHTS: Plans are being made for paper sessions, workshops, panel
discussions, poster sessions, field trips, and a special day at the
National Atlas Information Service at the Canada Centre for Geomatics.
There will be an informal banquet and special luncheons.
An extended session has already been organized on "Orienting Ourselves
in Space: Implications for the School Curriculum" with paper sessions,
workshops and discussions.
As well as paper and poster sessions on a variety of topics, specific
sessions are also being organized on:
-- Cartographic Animation
-- Map Projection Programs Under Inspection: Cartographers
Discuss Their Latitudes,
a round table discussion*
-- Is There a Niche for the University Cartography Lab?,
a round table discussion*
Persons interested in participating should develop a proposal
including the author's name, professional address, telephone number,
and a description not to exceed 250 words. Student participation is
encouraged. Proposals, in English or French, should be sent to either:
Christine Earl Henry W. Castner
Department of Geography 164 Fearrington Post
Carleton University Pittsboro, North Carolina
Ottawa, Ontario U.S.A. 27312
Canada K1S 5B6 (919) 542-1602
(613) 788-2600 Ext 2570 Fax: (919) 542-5072
Fax: (613) 788-4301
Email: [log in to unmask]
PROPOSALS AND ABSTRACTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MARCH 31, 1994
Participants will be notified by April 30, 1994 of the acceptance of
their abstracts or proposals.
ASSOCIATED SYMPOSIUM: The Canadian Institute of Geomatics will be
holding a Map Design Symposium on 7 and 8 August at the same venue. For
further information on this symposium please contact Cliff Wood
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For those interested in travelling to Ottawa with your families, you
may wish to write or call for information about attractions in the
Ottawa area and elsewhere in Ontario or Quebec. For Ontario, call
1-800-ONTARIO; for Ottawa, call the National Capital Commission at
1-800-465-1867 or write to:
Ottawa Tourism and Convention Authority
111 Lisgar St., 2nd floor
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2P 2L7
* If you have had experience with a particular map projection program,
and would like to share that experience with others, please contact
Patricia Chalk, Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario
at (519) 661-3425; Fax: (519) 661-3750; or Email:
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* If you are interested in contributing to a discussion on the
University Cartography Lab, please contact Joe Stoll, Department of
Geography and Planning, University of Akron, 306 Carroll Hall, Akron,
OH 44325-5005; (216) 972-6080; Email:[log in to unmask]
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