Travel for Participants to the 24th and 25th International Cartographic Conferences

国际制图协会（ICA）有82个成员国，每个成员国有权派代表参加两年一次的国际会议。会议提供了一个论坛，所有与会者都可以在其中交流他们自己的研究，并发展合作关系，这种合作关系可以持续到会议结束后，有时甚至可以持续数十年。这是美国学术机构和政府机构的许多科学家的情况，他们正在进行制图和地理可视化的研究活动，更广泛地说，是在地理信息科学领域。许多过去的与会者已经发展到国际参与和领导，这鼓励了研究及其传播。国际合作社联盟由在会议期间举行会议的各个委员会和工作组组成。这些委员会和工作组围绕各种主题和倡议组织起来，例如互联网地图、教育、技术和地图设计。所有国家都有这些委员会和工作组的成员，因此美国的与会者都在全国出席。该项目概述了支持早期职业学者参加2009年在智利圣地亚哥和2011年在法国巴黎举行的国际制图协会会议的计划。支持早期职业学者的理由是鼓励在更广泛的国际社会中促进发展科学研究议程的经验。处于职业生涯早期的学者（例如博士生和未获得终身教职的教师）最有可能需要经济支持，以使他们能够参加国际会议。这些学者对国际制图学会很重要，他们出席国际制图学会的会议是对美国在制图学领域领导地位的一种投资。出席这些ICA会议将使代表美国的与会者能够与国际社会分享他们的研究成果，并促进国际合作。美国的大量出席确保了美国继续参加国际合作委员会和工作组。这些ICA委员会和工作组致力于前沿研究，来自美国的学者是其中不可或缺的一部分。来自美国的参与者将国际思想带回他们的大学和研究实验室。对于年轻学者来说，知道国际观众将听到他们的研究成果尤其令人鼓舞。

The International Cartographic Association (ICA) has 82 member Countries, each entitled to send representatives to a biennial international meeting. The meetings provide a forum in which all attendees can communicate their own research, and to develop collaborative relationships that last beyond the conference, and sometimes for decades. This has been the case for many scientists at U.S. academic and government institutions who are conducting research activities in cartography and geo-visualization, and more broadly in GIScience. Many past attendees have advanced to international involvement and leadership that has encouraged research and its dissemination.The ICA is composed of various commissions and working groups that meet during the conference. These commissions and working groups are organized around various themes and initiatives, such as internet mapping, education, technology, and map design as just a few examples. All countries have members on these commissions and working groups, resulting in a national presence by participants from the United States.This project outlines plans to support early career scholars to attend the International Cartographic Association Conferences in Santiago, Chile in 2009 and Paris, France in 2011. The rational for supporting early career scholars is to encourage experiences that facilitate the development scientific research agendas within the broader international community. Scholars early in their careers (for example Ph.D. students and untenured faculty) are most likely to need financial support to enable them to attend international meetings. These scholars are important to the ICA, and their presence at ICA meetings is an investment in United States leadership in cartographic scholarship. Attendance at these ICA meetings will enable participants representing the U.S. to share their research with an International community, and to forge international collaborations. A strong United States attendance ensures continued national presence on ICA commissions and working groups. These ICA Commissions and Working Groups address cutting-edge research, and scholars from the U.S. are integral to them. Participants from the U.S. bring international ideas back to their universities and research laboratories. It is especially inspiring for young scholars to know that an international audience will be hearing the results of their research.