NACIS
NACIS (North American Cartographic Information Society) is a US-based cartographic society founded in 1980. Originally founded by and for academics interested in cartography (e.g. map librarians, cartography professors and cartography lab directors), it now represents a broad mixture of academic, government and commercial interests, with a sizeable proportion of working cartographers.
Membership
The membership is largely from the United States, though a small steady international presence can be felt.
Conference
NACIS hosts an annual conference in the fall at a variety of locations around North America. The 2006 conference was held in Madison, Wisconsin, the 2007 conference was held in St Louis, Missouri, the 2008 conference was held in Missoula, Montana, the 2009 conference was held in Sacramento, California, the 2010 conference was held in Madison, Wisconsin, the 2011 conference was held in St. Petersburg, Florida and the 2012 conference will be held in Portland, Oregon. The 2013 conference is scheduled to take place in Greenville, South Carolina.
Publications
NACIS publishes a triannual journal, Cartographic Perspectives.
Sponsors
The organization is a major sponsor of CartoTalk, an online forum on cartography, and of MapGiving, an initiative begun in 2008 to coordinate pro bono work by groups of cartographers.