Op Tweede Pinksterdag, 5 juni 2006 overleed in een verzorgingstehuis in De Bilt op 87-jarige leeftijd prof. dr. ir. Cornelis Koeman, de grondlegger van de wetenschappelijke beoefening van de cartografie in Nederland.
This biography appears on the occasion of Ferjan Ormeling's 65th birthday and his retirement as Professor of Cartography. Ferjan Ormeling studied geography in Groningen. Since 1969 he worked at the cartography department at Utrecht University, where he received his PhD in 1983 and was appointed professor in cartography in 1985. Ormeling is active in various fields of cartographic research such as atlas cartography and toponymy. Besides, he is active in various organisations, e.g. the Dutch Association for Cartography (now part of Geo-lnformation of the Netherlands), the International Cartographic Association, the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names and the Scientific Atlas of the Netherlands Foundation.
