The Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia (MSIA) is a national professional and learned society devoted to
map-making and
geospatial science in Australia.
It started in 1952 as the ''Australian Institute of Cartographers'' (''AIC'') and changed name in 1995.
It is a national member of the
International Cartographic Association since 1964.
It sponsors, along with the
Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute
Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them. These points are usually on th ...
, the ''
Journal of Spatial Science''.
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Professional associations based in Australia
Learned societies of Australia
Cartography organizations
Surveying organizations
Institutes