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Fig. 1.2 ICA Commission on Education and Training, in collaboration with the Ho Chi Minh
University of Technology and the Vietnamese society for cartography, geodesy and remote
sensing. Workshop on web 2.0 and cartography—Ho Chi Minh City, 2010 (Photograph: William
Cartwright)
Fig. 1.3 Manuela Schmidt (Austria) conducting hands-on practical components of the ICA
Commission on Education and Training, in collaboration with Bakosurtonal. Workshop on web
2.0 and cartography—Jakarta, 2010 (Photograph: William Cartwright)
geographical names as part of a nation's spatial data infrastructure, and the need
to collect these names correctly and efficiently for use on maps and in gazetteers
(Fig. 1.4 ).
The ICA Commission on Education and Training has developed a virtual course
on Cartography and GIScience in collaboration with contributions from universities
and individual academics. Academics and practitioners have provided the courses
from the international cartographic community. They can be accessed and used free