The International Cartographic Association (ICA) (French: Association Cartographique Internationale, ACI) is an organization formed of national member organizations, to provide a forum for issues and techniques in cartography and geographic information science (GIScience).

[2] The first president, Eduard Imhof of Switzerland was heavily involved in founding the association.

On 20 July 2019 member nations elected the new Executive Committee (EC) of the ICA for the 2019–2023 term.

ICA allows two types of memberships:[5] International Cartographic Conferences (ICC) take place every second year in one of the member countries.

[7] The Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal honours cartographers of outstanding merit who have made significant contributions of an original nature to the field of cartography.