Mapping and Citizenship. Cartography and international right: a professional deontology

Abstract. The professional deontology linked to our cartographic professions includes, as a matter of priority, the strict respect for international right, the common good of humanity. The opening of cartographic production practices published without a documented editorial framework to uninitiated audiences leads to the significant loss of our common landmarks. The maps regularly published by mass media and low-profile publishers are sold outside of any ethical rules related to our disciplines of geodetic measurement, modes of representation of space, territories and law. Each map is supposed to be designed according to the rules of contractual graphical charters that any cartographer is required to respect from a scale to another. Representations, especially about borders and demarcation lines delimiting the identity of suspended territories call our full attention. So that the map is no longer a vulgar tool of disinformation, propaganda, outside international law, outlawed. This presentation aims to widely invite to consider professional observations inside a world ignoring its own rules supposed to be internationally respected in cartography, collectively thought by the United Nations https://www.un.org, to lead into a long-term worldwide security, protecting the common law in respect of the citizenship of individuals.