IGU/ICA Joint Working Group on Environmental Atlases

Summary

The IGU/ICA Joint Working Group on Environmental Atlases, chaired by D. P. Bickmore of Oxford, sets out terms of reference: prepare a detailed design study with examples, on a pilot basis, for a Digital World Base Map for Environmental Science; present the plans at international meetings of associated disciplines; and prepare a final report to ICA and IGU at their next congresses. Seven members from institutions in the Netherlands, USA, Spain, Australia, Hungary, France and Canada are listed.