Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia
AbbreviationMSIA
Formation1952 (1952)
Websitemappingsciences.org.au
Formerly called
Australian Institute of Cartographers (AIC)

The Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia (MSIA) is a national professional and learned society devoted to map-making and geospatial science in Australia.[1][2][3][4] It started in 1952 as the Australian Institute of Cartographers (AIC) and changed name in 1995. It is a national member of the International Cartographic Association since 1964. It sponsors, along with the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute, the Journal of Spatial Science.

References

  1. "About". Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  2. Smith, Keith (2002). "Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia". Cartography. Informa UK Limited. 31 (1): 136. doi:10.1080/00690805.2002.9714193. ISSN 0069-0805. S2CID 128567396.
  3. Cartwright, William (1999). "Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia". Cartography. Informa UK Limited. 28 (1): 43–68. doi:10.1080/00690805.1999.9714300. ISSN 0069-0805.
  4. "Heritage". Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
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