TheCommissionfortheGeologicalMapoftheWorld(CGMW),anIUGSaffiliatedbody,hasjustissuedthefirsteditionoftheStructuralMapoftheIndianOceanwhichwaspresentedduringthe32ndIGC(Florence).Duringthe1980's,theCommissionpublishedtheGeologicalAtlasoftheWorld,whichincludedthemapsofthe5oceansoftheglobe.Twodecadeshaveelapsedandtheknowledgeofthesea-floorexperiencedverysignificantprogress;thereforesome5yearsago,theCommissiondecidedtolaunchanewtypeofoceanmapping.TheStructuralMapoftheIndianOceanisthefirstofthisnewseriesofmaps.