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the existing surveying date and the map producing agencies. 
Possibly the most important goal for the national carto- 
graphic committee is to assess the future needs for control surveys 
and maps. A useful mean to acquire valuable information in this 
regpect is the organizing of national surveying data and map 
users conferences as it is done for instance in Canada and in 
the U.S.A. - Besides this information, it is however necessary to 
consider the future needs of surveying data, maps and their 
revision in the framework of the future national economic and 
‘technical development of a country. This requirement demands that 
national cartographic committees must be essentially economy 
minded. It is further to be taken into consideration that many 
countries are involved in economical and technical assistance 
programs for the developing countries, including assistance in 
the cartographic exploration. This item must be equally included 
in the assessment of future dceds for surveying data and mapping, 
and in the planning for the future, This brings us to the 
coordination of cartographic assistance in many developing 
countries, The question arises here how this coordination can 
be achieved in such a way that unnecessary duplication and waste 
of money is avoided. To be true, one must confess that a higher 
degree of international coordination would be desirable, Fortu- 
nately, there are indications that the Cartographic Section of 
the Organization: of the United Nations will be more Concerned 
with these matters in the near future. The organization of