TERMS OF REFERENCE

• Prepare an Operational Plan, which will acknowledge the Terms of Reference approved by the General Assembly and which will be used to set achievable targets for the Commission for a four year period. Organise and maintain the Commission web site.

• Promote and foster research on map projections, coordinate systems, transformations and conversions, and disseminate the outcomes. Expected result: an enhanced set of online bibliographic tools and web links on map projections, coordinate systems, transformations and conversions.

• Organise sessions and meetings at least once a year to stimulate a debate on all aspects of map projections with the aim of collecting and publishing the research results. Expected result: a collection of papers on case studies in map projections.

• Promote the proper use of map projections at all levels of education. Expected result: a publication with recommended approach to map projections at different levels of education.

• Study terminology on map projections and prepare the multilingual dictionary for this area of cartography. Expected result: the dictionary on map projections, coordinate systems, transformations and conversions.

• Provide consultative support in relation to map projections. Expected result: appropriate support as required.

• Work for reaching the general aims conceived in the ICA Statutes taking into account the recommendations of the ICA Executive Committee.