In the first of a series of bi-monthly seminars hosted by the International Cartographic Association’s Inclusive Cartography Working Group, Vincent and Jakub will shortly introduce the aim, activities and achievements of the Working Group. One of the recent achievements of the group is the publication Tactile Mapping – cartography for people with visual impairments – a collaboration of more than 30 contributors from all over the world, sharing insights from academia, practitioners and personal stories from people with visual impairments. Vincent and Jakub will discuss the concepts behind the initiative, the impact they hope the book will have on knowledge sharing and elaborate on the process of bringing an idea to fruition. As a sneak preview, they will also share some highlights from the book. At the end of the session, there will be time for Q&A.

Vincent van Altena, senior researcher, Kadaster, the Netherlands, co-chair ICA Working Group on Inclusive Cartography and Jakub Wabiński, researcher and lecturer, Institute of Geospatial Engineering and Geodesy, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland.