Institute of Cartopology - Berghut Halverwege

About Institute of Cartopology - Berghut Halverwege

Many challenges of the 21st century have a spatial dimension. The climate change, the housing shortage, the migration crisis. We are continuously using maps to improve our understanding of these spatial challenges. And, we are (finally!) discovering that these complex challenges deserve a versatile approach. Maps cannot be left behind. If they are to remain a window to the outside world and its challenges, they will have to better represent its complexity.

The Institute of Cartopology has three fundamental cornerstones on which it builds its activities:

Publicly The Institute of Cartopology does not research and experiment on its own and behind closed doors but engages the public as a fundamental functional part of its research activities.

In the making The Institute of Cartopology is particularly concerned with how maps are made. Methodology, practice, exercising, and experimentation is therefore at the heart of it.

For amateurs and experts Cartopological maps are at the intersection between science and art. But equally at the intersection between practical tool and autonomous object. They are read by professionals to reach the summit and used by walkers on the mountainside. Everyone concerned with the living environment therefore has an interest in the Institute for Cartopology.

Address

• Headquarters

  Gemmenicherweg 366291BT VaalsLimburg, Netherlands

Team by function

Based on 2 public job profiles as of 5 September 2026.

• Founder / Owner1
• Other / Unclassifiable1