Abstract
 A Proposed New World Standard for Humanitarian Demining Map Symbols Track: Sustainable Development and Humanitarian Affairs Author(s): John Kostelnick, Jerome Dobson, Alan Arnold, Stephen Egbert, Matthew Dunbar A new world standard is proposed for cartographic representation of land mines, minefields, and mine actions (mine education, technical surveys, clearance, etc.). Currently, there is no standard, and great disparity exists even among neighboring countries where land mines are common. The proposed standard, recently developed for the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) by geographers at the University of Kansas, certainly will be employed by operational demining programs throughout the world, but GICHD would also like to see it adopted by mapping agencies, GIS vendors, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). To promulgate the new standard, the American Geographical Society held workshops in New York, New York, and Reston, Virginia. Both workshops had a good presence of international organizations such as the United Nations, private firms such as Esri, and NGOs such as the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF). The enthusiasm shown by workshop attendees bodes well for a future global standard. John Kostelnick University of Kansas Department of Geography 213 Lindley Hall Lawrence , KS 66045 US Phone: 785-864-5143 E-mail: kostel@ku.edu Jerome Dobson University of Kansas Department of Geography 213 Lindley Lawrence , KS 66045-7613 US Phone: 785-864-5536 E-mail: dobson@ku.edu Alan Arnold Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining 7bis, avenue de la Paix P.O. Box 1300 Geneva CH-1211 CH Phone: +41 22 906 16 6 E-mail: a.arnold@gichd.ch Stephen Egbert University of Kansas Department of Geography 213 Lindley Lawrence , KS 66045-7613 US Phone: 785-864-4252 E-mail: segbert@ku.edu Matthew Dunbar University of Kansas Department of Geography 213 Lindley Lawrence , KS 66045-7613 US Phone: 785-864-1500 E-mail: mdunbar@ku.edu |
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