Reflections on cartography as the British Cartographic Society celebrates its golden jubilee

摘要

When John Keates sent out an invitation to as many as he could identify as working in cartography in early 1963, I was in the throes of moving from Cambridge to LSE where there were prospects of a relatively permanent academic post in geography. I had previously given my name to Brigadier Gardiner who had from 1961 been scoping the extent of the cartographic community in the UK. This was initially to establish a basis for the UK's membership of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) which was being established.