Statement of Goals 1989

ICA WORKING GROUP ON DIGITAL CARTOGRAPHIC DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDS

STATEMENT OF GOALS

January, 1989

This list is the initial set of goals for the Working Group and will be discussed in detail at the first meeting to be held in Budapest in August, 1989.

GOALS

1. The WG will be organized in the 1989 time period;
2. The initial meeting of the WG will be held at the ICA meetings in Budapest in August, 1989.
3. To exchange information and reports by the ICA member countries concerning the development of digital cartographic data exchange standards;
4. To collect and distribute in the WG copies of all standards published in ICA countries;
5. To serve as a focal point of information concerning digital cartographic data exchange developments throughout the world;
6. To identify research needs that arise from the standards process;
7. A presentation by each member of the WG will be made at the Budapest meetings concerning cartographic standards activities in his/her member country.