ICA-IMIA Recognition of Excellence in Cartography
Each summer at the Esri User Conference in San Diego, IMIA partners with the International Cartographic Association (ICA) to present the ICA-IMIA Recognition of Excellence in Cartography.
Judges from both organizations review entries to the renowned Esri Map Gallery, to recognize excellence in map design and advancement in cartography. Below are recent award winners and honorable mentions.
2025 Winning Maps
2023 Winning Maps
2023 Honorable Mentions
2020 Winning Maps
Quaternary Geology of the Indiana Portion of the Elkhart 30- x 60-Minute Quadrangle
José Luis Antinao, Robin F. Rupp, and Thomas Valachovics
Indiana Geological and Water Survey
Prince of Wales Island – Tongass National Forest
U.S. Forest Service Alaska Region Cartography, Pacific Northwest Region Cartography Unit, and Geospatial Technology and Applications Center (GTAC)
2019 Winning Maps
2018 Wildfire Season: Another Record-Setting Fire Season in the Province of B.C.
Sarah MacGregor, Natalie Work, Susan Westmacott, Nancy Liesch
Province of British Columbia, GeoBC
Japan
Benchmark Maps & Summit Terragraphics
2018 Winning Maps
Swiss Hiking Maps
swisstopo
Ecological Atlas of the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas
Melanie A. Smith, Max S. Goldman, Erika J. Knight, and Jon J. Warrenchuk (editors)
Audubon Alaska
2017 Winning Maps
The relationship between place names of birds and landforms in Japan
Masataka Satoh
Tokyo Map Research, Inc.
Geologic Map of Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado
Paco VanSistine, Richard Madole, and Joseph Romig
U.S. Geological Survey
2016 Winning Maps
UNICEF: Unless We Act Now
Blue Raster, LLC
Surficial Geology of Morris County, Kansas
John Dunham, Robert Sawin, Ronald West, Richard Jarvis, and R. Zane Price
Kansas Geological Survey