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among member societies and to provide an authoritative contact point for all agencies interested in
geospatial information. The meeting was chaired by Prof. Bengt RYSTEDT, ICA President.
Chairmanship of the Board rotates annually among the presidents of each member society.
Presentations were made by each organization's representative on their main activities over the past
year. It was agreed that a website would be created, if possible using the address www.jbgis.org, and
that the JB-GIS postal address would be the permanent headquarters of FIG in Denmark. The next
meeting of JB-GIS has been planned in conjunction with an ISPRS Congress in Istanbul, Turkey, in
July 2004. Up until that date, the JB-GIS Chairman will be Dr. John C. TRINDER, President of ISPRS.
Following a suggestion by the IHO representative (Michel HUET), it was agreed that the subsequent
meeting would take place in Monaco, on the occasion of the 3 rd EIHC, in April 2005. The IHO
President, VAdm Alexandros MARATOS, will therefore chair JB-GIS from July 2004 to April 2005.
In addition to the IHB, the following Hydrographic Offices, at least, were represented at ICC 2003:
China, Ecuador, Finland, India, South Africa, Sweden and Ukraine.
Small Scale Series (1:2 million and smaller)
The status of these charts at the year's end was:
INTERNATIONAL CHARTS
- INT charts projected ................................ ................................ ................................ ............. ..... 95
- INT charts published ................................ ................................ ................................ ............ ..... 84
- INT charts reprinted by other IHO Member States ................................ ............................… .... 80
- Number of IHO producer nations................................ ............................... .......................…. ..... 17
- Number of IHO printer nations ................................ ..............................… ............................ . .. 15
Medium and Large Scale Series (larger than 1:2 million)
i) The production of INT charts at medium and large scales by Member States' Hydrographic
Offices has continued, in accordance with the schemes prepared by IHO Regional Charting
Groups or Committees. Sections of M-11 pertaining to INT Regions 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', „H‟, „I‟,
„J‟, 'K', 'L' and „M‟ have been completed.
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INT chart schemes have been adopted in the Regions D (Coord: Netherlands), E (Coord:
Germany), F and G (Coord: France), H (Coord: South Africa), I (Coord: Iran), J (Coord:
India), K (Coord: Japan), L (Coord: Australia; medium scales only), and M (Antarctica -
Coord: IHB).
INT chart schemes for Region B (Coord: Mexico), C1 (Coord: Brazil), and C2 (Coord: Chile)
are in various states of preparation or completion.
No progress was reported on the preparation of an INT chart scheme for Region A (Coord:
USA(NOAA)).