3 days, more than 50 participants, 35 engaging presentations, plenty of inspiring discussions, and surely many new friendships – that was, in a nutshell, 19th ICA Digital Approaches to Cartographic Heritage Conference, held on 17–19 September 2025 at the Faculty of Science, Charles University.
Now you can view not only an extensive photo gallery, but also presentations of the speakers.
PHOTOGALLERY PRESENTATIONS CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS
Department of Applied Geoinformatics and Cartography
- ŠTEFANOVÁ E., V. RUSÁ. Landscape changes through 3D reconstruction using archival sources: A case study of Králodvorský Castle, Czechia.
- BAYER T. Improving georeference of old maps using the inverse projection technique.
- ČÁBELKA M., T. BAYER, J. CAJTHAML. The Vltava River on old maps of Bohemia.
- BAYER T., J. SCHIER, M. ČÁBELKA. Extraction and analysis of watersheds from early maps using AI/ML.
Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology
- KROPÁČEK J. Repeated terrestrial photography for the assessment of landscape changes in the high mountain environment.
- NOVOTNÁ E. Memory of World UNESCO revived.
The participants also viewed with interest the new exhibition Šafařík's Cartographic Legacy and UNESCO, which presents a selection of maps from the Collection of Cartographic Documents by Pavel Josef Šafařík.
The 19th year of this meeting is organized by the Commission on Cartographic Heritage into the Digital of the International Cartographic Association in the cooperation with the Geography Section of the Faculty of Science, Charles University and the Laboratory of Cartography and Geographical Analysis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (CartoGeoLab), supported by the Map & Geoinformation Curators Group (MAGIC) and the Research Committee, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
The patronage was taken over by the Dean of the Faculty of Science, Charles University, Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Ing. Vladimír Krylov, Ph.D., the Vice-Dean of the Geographical Section Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Luděk Šídlo, Ph.D., and the Czech Cartographic Society.
The media partner is the professional scientific journal Geodetický a kartografický obzor.
Many thanks to all the attendees. We hope this year’s gathering in Prague will be remembered with joy and warm memories.