ICA-Abs Abstracts of the ICA ICA-Abs Abstr. Int. Cartogr. Assoc. 2570-2106 Copernicus Publications Göttingen, Germany 10.5194/ica-abs-1-374-2019 National map contest for cartographic education Uda Takuma 1 Okatani Takaki 1 Geospatial Information Authority of Japan 15 07 2019 1 374 Copyright: © 2019 Takuma Uda 2019 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is available from https://ica-abs.copernicus.org/articles/1/374/2019/ica-abs-1-374-2019.html The full text article is available as a PDF file from https://ica-abs.copernicus.org/articles/1/374/2019/ica-abs-1-374-2019.pdf

In Japan, many local map contests are held in various places. Among those contests, 14 organizations are involved in the council of national map contest for pupils and students with some public interest corporations. The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) plays a role as the secretariat of the council. In 2019, the 22nd contest was held and 2 applicants received Ministers’ Awards, one by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and the other by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The contest has been playing an important role for encouraging pupils and students to be familiar with cartography.