Brief Timeline

• 1941: The American Congress for Surveying and Mapping formed
• ????: Cartography Division formed as part of ACSM
• 1959: ICA created, with ACSM as the official U.S. representative
  

• April 1974: The American Cartographer begins publication as a semiannual journal
  
• 1974: First International Symposium on Computer-Assisted Cartography (soon to become AUTOCARTO) held in Reston, Virginia
• 1978: 9th International Cartographic Conference held in College Park, MD, the only ICA meeting ever in the U.S.
• 1979: The Cartography Division gives its first "Award for Meritorious Service to the Discipline of Cartography" to Arthur Robinson.  It is uncertain whether there was ever a second award.
  
• Jan 1981: ACSM is reorganized, with the American Cartographic Association (ACA) as an official member organization
• Jan 1986: The American Cartographer begins quarterly publication
  
• Jan 1990: The American Cartographer renamed Cartography and Geographic Information Systems
• April 1996: We change our name to the Cartography and Geographic Information Society, along with a strategic plan that is more inclusive of GIS as a whole.
  
• Jan 1999: Journal renamed Cartography and Geographic Information Science
• Jan 2004: ACSM reorganized as a federation: CaGIS becaomes an independent corporation

ACA/CaGIS Presidents

• 2007 Aileen Buckley, ESRI
  
• 2006 Doug Vandegraft, US Fish and Wildlife Service
  
• 2005 Brandon Plewe, Brigham Young U.
• 2004 Tom Loveland, US Geological Survey
• 2003 Bob Cromley, U. Connecticut
• 2002 Lynn Usery, US Geological Survey/U. Georgia
• 2001 Keith Clarke, U. California-Santa Barbara
• 2000 Dave Danko, NIMA
  
• 1999 Bob McMaster, U. Minnesota
• 1998 Kathryn Clement, USGS
  
• 1997 David Cowen, U. South Carolina
  
• 1996 Max Ethridge, USGS
  
• 1995 Barbara Buttenfield, State U. New York at Buffalo
• 1994 Stephen Guptill, USGS
• 1993 Susan Waldorf, ETAK
• 1992 Eric Anderson, USGS
• 1991 John Garver, National Geographic Society
• 1990 John Snyder, USGS
• 1989 Jon Kimerling, Oregon State U.
• 1987 Philip Muehrcke, U. Wisconsin
• 1986 Stephen J. Vogel, ????
  
• 1985 Patricia Caldwell Lindgren, Caldwell & Associates
• 1984 Anthony Novotny Jr., ????
• 1983 Mark Monmonier, Syracuse U.
• 1982 Stephen J. Vogel, ????
• 1981 Judy M. Olsen, Michigan State U.

ACSM Presidents from ACA/CaGIS

• 2003 Eric Anderson, USGS
  
• 2000-2001 Max Ethridge, USGS
  
• 1996-1997 James Plasker, USGS
  
• 1993-1994 Richard Dahlberg, Northern Illinois U.
• 1990-1991 Patricia Caldwell Lindgren, Caldwell & Associates
• 1987-1977 Alberta Wood, Memorial U. Newfoundland
• 1984-1985 Lawrence F. Ayers
• 1981 Joel Morrison
• 1978 Jon M. Leverenz, Rand McNally
  

AC/CaGIS Journal Editors

• 2006-2009 Elisabeth Nelson, U. North Carolina-Greensboro
• 2003-2006 Lynn Usery, U. Georgia
• 2000-2003 Terry Slocum, U. Kansas
• 1996-2000 Bob Cromley, U. Connecticut
• 1991-1996 Bob McMaster, U. Minnesota
• 1988-1991 Richard Dahlberg, Northern Illinois U.
• 1985-1987 A. Jon Kimerling, Oregon State U.
• 1983-1984 Mark Monmonier, Syracuse U.
• 1977-1982 Judy M. Olson, Boston U./Michigan State U.
• 1974-1976 Arthur M. Robinson, U. Wisconsin
  

AutoCarto Meetings

With the possible exception of #1, #6, and London, AutoCarto has always been sponsored by ACSM, ACA, or CaGIS

• Jun 2006 Vancouver, WA (with UCGIS)
• Apr 2005 Las Vegas, NV (with ACSM)
• Apr 1997 #13 Seattle, WA (with ACSM/ASPRS)
• Feb 1995 #12 Charlotte, NC (with ACSM/ASPRS)
• Oct 1993 #11 Minneapolis, MN (with GIS/LIS)
• Mar 1991 #10 Baltimore, MD (with ACSM/ASPRS)
• Apr 1989 #9 Baltimore, MD (with ACSM/ASPRS)
• Apr 1987 #8 Baltimore, MD (with ACSM/ASPRS)
• Sep 1986 AutoCarto London (not ACA-sponsored)
• Mar 1985 #7 Washington, DC (with ACSM/ASPRS)
• 1983? #6 Ottawa, Canada
• Aug 1982 #5 Crystal City, VA
• Nov 1979 #4 Reston, VA
• Jan 1978 #3 San Francisco, CA
• Sep 1975 #2 Reston, VA
• 1974 #1 Reston, VA

ICA Honorees from CD/ACA/CaGIS

• Arthur Robinson, Mannerfelt Gold Medal, 1980
• Joel L. Morrison, Honorary Fellowship, 1991; Mannerfelt Gold Medal, 2001
• Joseph Wiedel, Honorary Fellowship, 1995
• Richard Dahlberg, Honorary Fellowship, 1997
• Judy Olson, Honorary Fellowship, 2001
• Harold Moellering, Honorary Fellowship, 2003
• Alan MacEachren, Honorary Fellowship, 2005
• David Woodward, Diploma for outstanding services to ICA, 2005