Obodo Ọstrelia na New Zealand

 

.Ọstrelia na New Zealand Map Society (ANZMapS), obodo etinyere[1] na Victoria, Australia, bụ otu ndị na-emepụta maapụ, ndị ọrụ na ndị na-ahụ maka ọrụ, nke na-eme dị ka ụzọ nzikọrịta ozi maka ndị niile nwere mmasị na maapụ. Ndị otu ANZMapS dị maka onye ọ bụla nwere mmasị na maapụ.[2]

E hiwere ọha na eze na 2009 site na njikọta nke Australian Map Circle (nke tọrọ ntọala na 1973 dị ka Australian Map Curator's Circle), na New Zealand Map Society (tọrọ ntọala 1977).

The society holds an annual conference, publishes a peer-reviewed journal The Globe (ISSN 0311-3930), and a newsletter.

Purpose

1. to promote public interest within Australia and New Zealand in historical and contemporary cartography and in map collections;
2. to promote the development, maintenance and preservation and effective exploitation of map collections throughout Australia and New Zealand;
3. to improve the skills and status of persons working with map collections; and
4. to promote communication between producers, users and curators of maps.

Awards

• Dorothy Prescott Prize for the best paper presented at its annual conference.
• Patricia Alonso Memorial Prize to the student with the best third year results in the Bachelor of Applied Science (Multimedia Cartography) degree at RMIT University (until 1992 the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology).