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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ICA-Proc</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Proceedings of the ICA</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ICA-Proc</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Proc. Int. Cartogr. Assoc.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2570-2092</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/ica-proc-1-58-2018</article-id>
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<article-title>Mapping the world: cartographic and geographic visualization by the United Nations Geospatial Information Section (formerly Cartographic Section)</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kagawa</surname>
<given-names>Ayako</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Le Sourd</surname>
<given-names>Guillaume</given-names>
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<addr-line>Geospatial Information Section (formerly Cartographic Section), Department of Field Support, United Nations, New York, United States of America</addr-line>
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<day>16</day>
<month>05</month>
<year>2018</year>
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<volume>1</volume>
<elocation-id>58</elocation-id>
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<p>United Nations Secretariat activities, mapping began in 1946, and by 1951, the need for maps increased and an office with a team of cartographers was established. Since then, with the development of technologies including internet, remote sensing, unmanned aerial systems, relationship database management and information systems, geospatial information provides an ever-increasing variation of support to the work of the Organization for planning of operations, decision-making and monitoring of crises. However, the need for maps has remained intact. This presentation aims to highlight some of the cartographic representation styles over the decades by reviewing the evolution of selected maps by the office, and noting the changing cognitive and semiotic aspects of cartographic and geographic visualization required by the United Nations. Through presentation and analysis of these maps, the changing dynamics of the Organization in information management can be reflected, with a reminder of the continuing and expanding deconstructionist role of a cartographer, now geospatial information management experts.</p>
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