Professor William Cartwright AM has been announced as the new President of the Mapping Sciences Institute (MSIA).
William Cartwright is Professor of Cartography in the School of Science at RMIT University, located in Melbourne, Australia. He is well known internationally for his experimental research work on the applications of new media for cartography, commencing over 25 years ago. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Melbourne and a Doctor of Education from RMIT University. He has six other university qualifications in the fields of cartography, applied science, education, media studies, information and communication technology and graphic design.
He has held the positions of President of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) and Chair of the Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies. He is now an Australian Representative for ICA, an Honorary Fellow of the Mapping Sciences Institute, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Fellow of the British Cartographic Association, Honorary Fellow of the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute and Honorary Fellow of the New Zealand Cartographic Society.
Prof. Cartwright was also named as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2013, for his service to cartography and geospatial science as an academic, researcher and educator, in addition to a host of industry and academic awards and fellowships. In 2011 he was awarded Spatial Professional of the Year by the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI).
He is the author of over 300 academic papers and co-editor of the International Journal of Cartography. He is also the Editor for the Pacific Rim for The Cartographic Journal, and the member of a number editorial advisory boards.
Bill’s election as President has been welcomed by the MSIA Council, as it continues to work toward those changes which will most benefit members and grow the Institute.
The purpose of MSIA is to promote the mapping sciences in the education sector and the community in general, in the belief that maps and other forms of displaying geographic information are the bases on which the economic and social development and the environmental management of our nation rests.
