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Welcome to the website of the International Cartographic AssociationGet to know the new ICA Executive Committee for the term 2023-2027
Welcome to the website of the International Cartographic Association
Get to know the new ICA Executive Committee for the term 2023-2027

eCARTO News February 2024

eCARTO News captures the latest cartographic news and developments from around the world. If you have any general cartography items of interest then please email them to David Fraser, editor of eCARTO News.

Navigation and Cartography

“As It Happens” Cartography

  • UK weather – msn.com
  • Map of large grass fire north of North Platte – knopnews2.com
  • Map Shows California Cities to Get Hit Hardest With Rain – newsweek.com
  • Map shows where AT&T outages hit cellphone users across the U.S. – finance.yahoo.com
  • Natchitoches unveils new online crime mapping system – ktbs.com
  • New interactive map shows spread of measles across London – mylondon.news

Risk Mapping

  • Map plots riskiest chemical release hot spots – eenews.net
  • Tent City Nation: Mapping stories of homeless encampments across Canada – ottawacitizen.com
  • Map shows where “explosive hurricanes” could hit the United States after weather warning issued – irishstar.com
  • Where are U.S. earthquakes most likely? A new map shows the hazard risks – sciencenews.org

Applications of Mapping

  • Advanced Aerial Mapping Unveils England’s Hedgerows – miragenews.com
  • Ohio eclipse map – fox8.com
  • Researchers use the latest technology to more accurately map the Oregon Trail over the Blue Mountains – eastoregonian.com
  • North Dakota Tourism releases enhanced website interactive map and website features – valleynewslive.com
  • Interactive map of Frederick Douglass’ influence across America will be available to public – news.iu.edu
  • Bridger-Teton National Forest seeks input on Story Map – localnews8.com
  • Genoa Township Updates Radon Map – whmi.com

Environment

  • Wetlands map identifies areas that could be affected by sea level rise – baytobaynews.com
  • Map reveals US states with 100% fatal ‘zombie deer disease’ – metro.co.uk
  • Google joins mission to map methane from space – bbc.com

Social media and maps

  • Instagram is working on a ‘Friend Map’ feature that would let you track friends’ locations – yahoo.com

Opinion

  • Mapping Earth’s atmospheric rivers could help improve predictions for intense rain – news.yahoo.com
  • Maps are guided by power, not truth – iai.tv

Just Atlases & Maps

  • Photoatlas Series – Photoatlas Series
  • Mappa Mundi: The greatest medieval map in the world – bbc.com
  • Great Bend Museum unveils restored historic 1796 map of Jackson County – wvnews.com
  • A recently restored 1830s map of Ripley – wvnews.com

Industry News

  • Hivemapper: Mapping 140 Million KM on Solana – altcoinbuzz.io
  • Mobile Mapping Market Will Hit Big Revenues In Future – einnews.com
  • C-MAP Updates Cartography for North America – wired2fish.com
  • A new way to discover places with generative AI in Maps – blog.google
  • USGS expands National Map digital offerings – usgs.gov

Cartographers

  • Artist cartographer creates ‘wild world’ map with no national borders and 1,642 species – abc.net.au

Technology

  • Everything you need to know about 3D mapping cameras – automate.org

 

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eCARTO News January 2024

eCARTO News captures the latest cartographic news and developments from around the world. If you have any general cartography items of interest then please email them to David Fraser, editor of eCARTO News.

New Technology

  • New technology is helping scientists map the ocean floor in the Galapagos – dal.ca
  • RaCERS project to boost map-making and environmental monitoring – news.satnews.com
  • Tesla Launched a Cool 3D Map Visualization, but You Won’t Be Able To Use It – autoevolution.com
  • New Mapping Finds the Oceans Are Filled With “Dark Vessels” – news.yahoo.com

Publications

Solid, Liquid, Gas

Environment

  • Scientists Map Largest Deep-Sea Coral Reef to Date  – voanews.com
  • Where are the wolves? Colorado Parks and Wildlife debuts map tracking the new residents – cbsnews.com
  • Map: See where cicada broods will emerge for first time in over 200 years – usatoday.com
  • New USGS map shows California is at high risk for damaging earthquakes – sfgate.com
  • Great frigatebirds wearing backpacks map atmosphere – miragenews.com
  • A huge drone used to map the soil – icelandmonitor.mbl.is

Just Maps

Opinion

  • Research finds men are better at reading maps, but there’s a catch – bbc.com
  • Outcry as Ordnance Survey uses English names on official maps of Eryri national park – nation.cymru
  • Mapping science: How GIS transformed our view of the world – news.ucsb.edu
  • The Case for Collaboration Between OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps – geoweeknews.com
  • HD Map for the Autonomous Vehicles Market to grow by USD 5.38 billion from 2022 to 2027 – prnewswire.com
  • Maps are guided by power, not truth – iai.tv
  • 4,000-year-old rock with mysterious markings becomes a “treasure map” for archaeologists – cbsnews.com
  • Australians Claim to Create Most Complete Map of Universe’s History – learningenglish.voanews.com

Applications of Mapping

  • Perfecting Project Coordination – From Overhead Drones to Precision Indoor Mapping – geoweeknews.com
  • National first – NHVR launches National Network Map – miragenews.com

Cartographers

Education & Training

  • Create your own sky map, find the weirdest stars and explore the surface of the Moon with the EXPLORE astronomy toolkit – eurekalert.org

Map Collections

Opportunities

Cartography Lite

 

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eCARTO News December 2023

eCARTO News captures the latest cartographic news and developments from around the world. If you have any general cartography items of interest then please email them to David Fraser, editor of eCARTO News.

Insights

  • Geovisualization: Current Trends, Challenges, and Applications – Geographies
  • Stamou, L. Cartography and Art: A Comparative Study Based on Color. – geographies2010007
  • Iliopoulou, P.; Feloni, E. Spatial Modelling and Geovisualization of House Prices in the Greater Athens Region, Greece. Geographies 2022, 2, 111-131. – geographies2010008.
  • Zhang, S.; Lippitt, C.; Bogus, S.; Taylor, T.; Haley, R. Mapping Construction Costs at the National Level. Geographies 2022, 2, 132-144. – geographies2010009.
  • Li, M.; McGrath, H.; Stefanakis, E. Geovisualization of Hydrological Flow in Hexagonal Grid Systems. Geographies 2022, 2, 227-244. – geographies2020016.
  • Wada, K.; Wallner, G.; Vos, S. Studying the Utilization of a Map-Based Visualization with Vitality Datasets by Domain Experts. Geographies 2022, 2, 379-396. –  geographies2030024.
  • Blana, N.; Kavadas, I.; Tsoulos, L. A Constraint-Based Generalization Model Incorporating a Quality Control Mechanism. Geographies 2023, 3, 321-343. –  geographies3020017.
  • Lampropoulos, G.; Panagiotopoulos, G.; Giannakoula, C.; Kokkalas, A. Geovisualization of Historical Geospatial Data: A Web Mapping Application for the 19th-Century Kaupert’s Maps of Attica. Geographies 2023, 3, 398-415. –  geographies3020021.

Podcast

Just Maps

Education & Training & Opportunities

Vacation Relaxation

 

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eCARTO News November 2023

eCARTO News captures the latest cartographic news and developments from around the world. If you have any general cartography items of interest then please email them to David Fraser, editor of eCARTO News.

Insights

Digital

Just Maps

  • Fisheye view of Chattanooga and vicinity showing troop positions in 1863 – loc.gov
  • The Pacific Rim – Reddit
  • 1799 Vancouver Map of Vancouver Island, Washington, and Puget Sound – Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
  • 1840 QMG Manuscript Map of Kandahar, Afghanistan and its Immediate Environs – Antique Maps
  • Skiing’s Next Illustrious Map Designer Unveils New Work – powder.com

Industry

  • 1m Square Kilometers of Updated Satellite Imagery in Europe and Brazil – Mapbox
  • NUVIEW’s quest to map Earth’s land surface every year – geoweeknews.com

Education & Training & Opportunities

Cartographers

  • Scientists Clinch Top Prize at 2023 National Mapping Science Award – miragenews.com
  • Darlington man turned his passion for creating Lord of the Rings-style fantasy maps into a full-time career – chroniclelive.co.uk
  • Adventure cartography: High-tech and high-touch – wvnews.com
  • ‘I wanted to do something useful’: the teenager who drew edible maps for Australia’s wartime pilots – theguardian.com

Environment

Related

  • History Tree of Europe – David Rumsey
  • Ancient Makkah-centered map fetches over $2m at auction in London – arabnews.com
  • USDA updates plant hardiness map for the first time in more than a decade – npr.org
  • Cardiff volunteers help to map city’s ancient and veteran trees – nation.cymru
  • Autonomous excavator creates 3D map of rocks to build 19-foot-tall wall – uk.news.yahoo.com
  • Modeling walking accessibility to urban parks using Google Maps crowdsourcing database in the high-density urban environments of Hong Kong – nature.com
  • Vietnam on Dutch maps – miragenews.com

 

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eCARTO News October 2023

eCARTO News captures the latest cartographic news and developments from around the world. If you have any general cartography items of interest then please email them to David Fraser, editor of eCARTO News.

Industry

  • Geospatial pioneer celebrates anniversary with mobile mapping solution launch – gim-international.com
  • Bentley Sees Potential of AI, Gets Deeper in Subsurface Mapping – enr.com
  • Data Doctors: Google Maps vs. Waze – wtop.com
  • Google Maps vs. Apple Maps: Which navigation app is best? – tomsguide.com
  • The cool new Apple Maps features you’re not using, but should be – thepointsguy.com

Education & Training & Opportunities

Cartographers

History

  • A $7.5-million find: Overlooked Getty estate sale map turns out to be 14th century treasure – latimes.com
  • Map of the Ancient Roman World from their perspective – vividmaps.com

Out of this world

  • NASA Is Locating Ice on Mars With This New Map – nasa.gov
  • Atacama Cosmology Telescope Reveals New Dark Matter Map – miragenews.com
  • Precision Space Map Measures 400,000 Nearby Galaxies – miragenews.com

Just Maps

Related

Environment

  • Mapping methane: Satellites seek out gas-spewing waste sites – aljazeera.com
  • MapLab: Uncovering the Native Landscape of Los Angeles – bloomberg.com
  • Mapping hidden meltwater paths in glaciers: importance – miragenews.com
  • Remember the climate map from your school atlas? Here’s what climate change is doing to it – phys.org
  • Wildlife Worldwide Contaminated by Flame Retardants: New Map – ens-newswire.com
  • Research Refines Accuracy of East Asia’s Planted Forest Mapping – miragenews.com
  • Proposed offshore wind map protects a key Maine lobster fishing ground – newhampshirebulletin.com

 

 

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eCARTO News September 2023

eCARTO News captures the latest cartographic news and developments from around the world. If you have any general cartography items of interest then please email them to David Fraser, editor of eCARTO News.

Publications

Education & Training & Opportunities

  • British Cartographic Society 2022-2023 Awards – cartography.org.uk
  • New multimedia cartography laboratory opened at University Park – psu.edu

History

Built Environment

Just Maps

Cartophiles

Industry

  • Map buried inside your phone reveals where you’ve been and photos you snapped there – foxnews.com

Related

 

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eCARTO News August 2023

eCARTO News captures the latest cartographic news and developments from around the world. If you have any general cartography items of interest then please email them to David Fraser, editor of eCARTO News.

Opportunities & Publications

Education & Training

  • Navigating by touch with 3D maps – geoweeknews.com
  • When Art Meets Strategy: Unveiling the Craft of Military Cartography – sofrep.com
  • Ordnance Survey reveals top map symbol requests – bbc.com
  • Create your maps with IMAGE, our map generator tool – ec.europa.eu

History

  • Heritage sites promoted on new Unesco map – bbc.com
  • Rare map from the 1500s shows the land before Great Britain was created – msn.com
  • John Speed – author of one of the world’s great cartographic treasures – dailyecho.co.uk
  • Library’s precious atlas charts a course through nation’s history – news.leeds.gov.uk
  • The 1930s: When London Was Really Put On The Map – londonist.com

Nature

  • YSE Scientists Make Critical Breakthrough in Mapping Global Methane Emissions from Rivers and Streams – environment.yale.edu
  • Mapping hidden meltwater paths in glaciers: importance – miragenews.com

Built Environment

  • Paved paradise: Maps show how much of US cities are parking lots – thehill.com
  • New Yorkers, how much shade does your street really have? This map will tell you. – gothamist.com

Hot Topics

  • Registro de incendios forestales en el mundo – esa.int
  • Where extreme heat stifles London’s neighbourhoods most — in maps – cbc.ca
  • NCEI Supports Heat Mapping Study in Asheville – ncei.noaa.gov
  • Mapping the hottest temperatures around the world – aljazeera.com
  • What you need to know about online fire maps – cabinradio.ca
  • Introducing powerful new cartographic design tools, including heat maps – felt.com
  • CityLAB’s new tree mapping feature calls Berliners towards a greener future – archinect.com

Opinion

  • Here’s why the Greenwich Prime Meridian is actually in the wrong place – theconversation.com
  • Cómo hacer que los datos ayuden a hacer la normativa de la UE sobre deforestación justa y viable – es.weforum.org
  • Geospatial technology could help St. Louis area students map their futures – audacy.com
  • A decade after a disastrous launch, is Apple Maps finally good? – theguardian.com

Industry

Animations

  • Animated map reveals the 550,000 miles of cable hidden under the ocean that power the internet – youtube.com

Related

  • La Vuelta a Espana 2023 stage-by-stage guide: Route maps and profiles of all 21 days – independent.co.uk
  • New map shows Galway Bay in unprecedented stunning detail – galwaydaily.com

 

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eCARTO News July 2023

eCARTO News captures the latest cartographic news and developments from around the world. If you have any general cartography items of interest then please email them to David Fraser, editor of eCARTO News.

Featured

Opportunities & Publications

Education & Training

History

  • Ce que les papyrus nous apprennent sur la géographie dans l’Antiquité – theconversation.com
  • Most exact version of ‘Daedongyeojido’ map returns from Japan – en.yna.co.kr
  • Heritage: Maps for a lost city – dawn.com
  • 18th Century York Woman’s Diary Inspires New City Map – miragenews.com

Curious?

  • Harrison Richard Edes – David Rumsey
  • Charting clarity: Furman researchers see 18th Century maps through different lenses – furman.edu
  • New NASA Map Details 2023 and 2024 Solar Eclipses in the US – solarsystem.nasa.gov
  • Celebrate 400 years of moon maps for Apollo 11’s anniversary (gallery) – space.com
  • Spatial Map of the Human Intestine Created – technologynetworks.com
  • Cosmic Growth Map Backs Einstein’s Gravity Theory – miragenews.com
  • People believe this map was created by flat earthers and shows what lies beyond Earth’s ‘ice wall’ – ladbible.com
  • Seeing with neutrinos: how astronomers are mapping the cosmos without light – nature.com

Industry

  • TZ Maps, a new player in the electronic mapping landscape – boatsnews.com
  • Commercial UAV Expo Preview: Ingredients For a Successful Drone Program in Surveying & Mapping – commercialuavnews.com
  • Fugro’s seabed mapping supports Norway’s marine resource preservation – hydro-international.com
  • Google Maps vs. Apple Maps: Which navigation app is best? – tomsguide.com
  • Big Tech coalition challenges Google and Apple’s monopoly on maps – techspot.com
  • Overture Maps Foundation Releases First World-Wide Open Map Dataset – geospatialworld.net

3D, Interactive & Animated Mapping

  • First results of 3D mapping Nessebar’s ancient town revealed – gim-international.com
  • Interactive map shows which US cities will be underwater in 2050 – news10.com
  • 3D Mapping and Modeling Market to grow at a CAGR of 15.24% from 2022 to 2027 prnewswire.com
  • Navigating by touch with 3D maps – geoweeknews.com

Innovation

Hot Topics

  • Tracking Heat Across the World – nytimes.com
  • Fire map breaks down the location and intensity of every nearby fire – khq.com
  • Imperial researcher awarded £1m for magma-mapping project – imperial.ac.uk
  • FY-4A Satellite Boosts Solar Mapping in China with AI – miragenews.com
  • Google Maps: This free tool shows a heat map of where you’ve been – pcworld.com

Nature

  • Global map of wildlife trade reveals true cost to the planet – nature.com
  • The Amazon River in the Sky – Nautilus

Imagery

  • Scroll through the universe with a new interactive map – phys.org

 

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eCARTO News June 2023

eCARTO News captures the latest cartographic news and developments from around the world. If you have any general cartography items of interest then please email them to David Fraser, editor of eCARTO News.

Opportunities & Publications

Ancient Maps

  • A map of how Romans saw the world – reddit.com
  • L’ hemisphere meridional pour voir plus distinctement les terresaustrales – loc.gov
  • Sud Polar Karte – twitter.com
  • Image 2 of Susŏnchŏndo – loc.gov
  • Monsoon & trade wind chart of the Indian Ocean – loc.gov
  • The countries round the North Pole – digitalcollections.nypl.org
  • Map of the Crown Prince Islands, Disco [sic] Bay, Greenland – loc.gov
  • Karte von der KôraischenHalbinsel (Kôraïvl. Tsjo-Sjön) nach einem japanischen originale – loc.gov
  • Spanish Armada maps go on display in Portsmouth – bbc.com
  • First results of 3D mapping Nessebar’s ancient town revealed – gim-international.com

Country Specific & World

Curious?

Just Maps

Transport

Themed

Software and Apps

The Environment

Imagery

 

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eCARTO News May 2023

eCARTO News captures the latest cartographic news and developments from around the world. If you have any general cartography items of interest then please email them to David Fraser, editor of eCARTO News.

Featured

Cartouche & Sea Monsters & Symbols

Artificial Intelligence & Search Engines

Industry News

Just Maps

Projections & Panoramas & 3D

Transport

Collectives

The Environment

Related

You Can’t Be Serious

 

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