International Associations and the Provision of Outreach Programmes for Education and Training -- Exercises in Cartography -- The Role of Output Devices in the Higher Education Courses of Cartography -- Teaching Cartographical Skills in Different Educational Systems of EU -- Cartography at Elementary School Level: Continuing Education of Teachers and Experiences in the Classroom -- Cartography in Textbooks Published Between 1824 and 2002 in Brazil -- The Transition from the Analytic to Synthesis Reasoning in the Maps of Geographic School Atlases for Children -- How School Trips Modify the Pupils’ Representation of Space -- Interpretation of Surface Features of Mars as a Function of Its Verbal—Toponymic—and Visual Representation -- Internet Mapping Education: Curriculum Technology and Creativity -- Spatial Knowledge Acquisition in the Context of GPS-Based Pedestrian Navigation -- Developing Map Databases: Problems and Solutions -- The Tile-Based Mapping Transition in Cartography -- Tactile Cartography and Geography Teaching: LEMADI’s Contributions.

The joint symposium of ICA commissions is always one of the most important event for cartographers. This joint seminar in Orleans was connected to 25th International Cartographic Conference, Paris. Works were presented by members of the commissions on: Cartography and Children, Cartographic Education and Training, Maps and the Internet, Planetary Cartography, Early Warning and Disaster Management.