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Last update: 20 June 2008

 

4-8 August 2008,

UNGEGN Training Course, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (en français)

Contacts: Brahim Atoui (atoui.khalil@caramail.com)

Contacts: Claude Obin Tapsoba, local organizer (institut.geog@fasonet.bf)

 

12-15 August 2008,

31st Congress of the International Geographical Union, Tunis

Special UNGEGN session relating to Africa

Contact: Brahim Atoui (atoui.khalil@caramail.com)

Website: www.igc-tunis2008.com

 

18-22 August 2008,

23rd International Congress on Onomastic Sciences, Toronto

Papers on toponymy welcomed

Websiteicos2008.yorku.ca

6-8 Sept. 2008, UNGEGN Toponymy Training Course
9-10 Sept., Working Group on Exonyms, Timişoara, Romania
11 Sept., Local excursion
12-13 Sept., ICA Commission on national and regional atlases

Contacts: Peter Jordan (peter.jordan@oeaw.ac.at),
Registration Form
- with Serban Dragomirescu (serbangheorghe@k.ro),
- and Remus Cretan (cretan_remus@yahoo.com)

 

September 16-18, 2008,

Baltic Division,

Kaliningrad, Russia

Contact: Federal Agency of Geodesy and Cartography of Russia (https://email.nrcan.gc.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?
URL=http://roskart.gov.ru/)

 

October 7-9, 2008,

Norden Division, meeting and symposium,

Copenhagen

Contacts: Peder Gammeltoft (gammelt@hum.ku.dk)

November 19-21, 2008,

East Central and South-East Europe Division,

Zagreb, Croatia

Contacts: Zeljko Hecimovic (zeljko.hecimovic@cgi.hr)

Invitation letter,
general agenda,
general program,
registration form,
logistic support

January/February 2009,

Joint meeting EuroGeoNames and WG on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers

Location and exact dates still to be determined.

Contacts: Randall Flynn (flynnre@worldnet.att.net) - WGTDFG

Pier-Giorgio Zaccheddu (zaccheddu@bkg.de) - EGN

 

4-8 August 2008,

UNGEGN Training Course, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (en français)

Contacts: Brahim Atoui (atoui.khalil@caramail.com)

Contacts: Claude Obin Tapsoba, local organizer (institut.geog@fasonet.bf)


 
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Regional Cartographic Conferences

The Statistics Division organizes and services the following cartographic conferences: the United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific, convened every three years; and the United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for the Americas, convened every four years.

In addition, the Secretariat organizes ad hoc training courses, seminars, and expert group meetings, mostly in cooperation with host governments and international scientific and professional organizations. Subjects include application of modern technology in surveying and mapping in developing countries, geographical information systems (GIS) for application in basic mapping and applied mapping such as mapping for statistics, population census, environmental protection, tourism, land use, and cadastral registration; legal aspects in map production; and toponymy.

The Statistics Division also promotes the development of geographical information systems for population and demographic statistics in developing countries. In this connection, it had issued a publication "Handbook on geographic information systems and digital mapping".