eCARTO News capture the latest cartographic news and developments from around the world. If you have any general cartography items of interest then please email them to the editor of eCARTO News.
General News
- 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World – twistedsifter.com
- Adventures in Mapmaking: Mapping a Wildlife Disaster – wired.com
- Public Sector Embraces Innovative Digital Mapping Data – directionsmag.com
- The Apple “ground truth” mapping team is out there … – tuaw.com
- Boundaries of history chronicled through maps – newstrackindia.com
- This Amazing New Map Charts ‘Moments,’ Rather Than Places – theatlanticcities.com
- Mapping All Of The World’s Animals, So We Know Where To Save Them – fastcoexist.com
- 400-year-old Australian map on display – spatialsource.com.au
- The Secret to National Geographic’s Maps Is an 80-Year-Old Font – blogs.smithsonianmag.com
Applications
- Mapping Humans’ Mental GPS – the-scientist.com
- Atlas: Mapping Virtual Reality Onto The Real World – huffingtonpost.com
- Police get grant to purchase mapping equipment – concordmonitor.com
- Looking In The Sun’s Rear-View Mirror: A New Map Of The Local Interstellar Medium – forbes.com
- The Monterrey Shipwreck: Mapping the Site – newswatch.nationalgeographic.com
- First High-resolution National Carbon Map Of Panama – redorbit.com
- See the Rise of the Motor City: Detroit’s History in Maps – wired.com
- Tennis Surface Mapping, Part 2: What’s different on the women’s side? – sbnation.com
- India, Thailand maps Buddhist historical sites – futuregov.asia
- Mapping Out City’s E-Hail Riders – online.wsj.com
Industry News
- Expert committee to outline the future trends in digital mapping – directionsmag.com
- United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management – ggim.un.org
- Introducing Esri, where the world’s biggest organizations come together to build maps – gigaom.com
- Amazon teams with Nokia, snubs Google for maps: sources – tuoitrenews.vn/business
- Victorian Managed Insurance Authority using a GT hosted web mapping application – geomatic.com.au
- Google Maps and Apple iPhone 5 Maps News – societyandreligion.com
- In-Q-Tel Backs Open Source Mapping Company – informationweek.com
- Local Government & Municipal Knowledge Base – lgam.wikidot.com
Bicycle-related Mapping
- Mapping The Worldwide Bike Sharing Phenomenon – fastcoexist.com
- Mapping a month of bike sharing in New York City – treehugger.com
- New Mapping Project Aims to Identify Philly’s Bike Theft “Hot Spots” – blogs.phillymag.com
- Map My Ride – mapmyride.com
- Ride with GPS – ridewithgps.com
- Strava – strava.com
- Endomondo – endomondo.com
Technology
- Mapping the future – motoring.com.au
- You Can Compare 16 Cities 35 Different Ways With This One Mapping Tool – gizmodo.com.au
- Heads up! Yes, that’s a map on the windshield – autos.yahoo.com
- 3D Laser Mapping’s StreetMapper Takes to the Railway with Terrametrix – amerisurv.com
- Mapping and Location with Mono for Android – visualstudiomagazine.com
- Aeromapper X5 UAV maps terrain and parachutes to the ground when it’s done – gizmag.com
- MY450LMT – navman.com.au
Education and Resources
- List of GIS Mapping Software Which Is Easy On The Pocket Online Now At SoftwareReviewBoffin.Com – prweb.com
- Crowsflight – itunes.apple.com
- Tales from the Map Room – amazon.com
Political and Social Cartography
- Google’s Indigenous Mapping Day called empowerment by some, violation by others – argusleader.com
- Wealth mapping assists AusAID in targeting poor and vulnerable communities – abc.net.au
- Why and how to add mapping to your cell phone evidence – cops2point0.com
- A Young Entrepreneur Puts Kenya On The Map – In More Ways Than One – worldcrunch.com
- Mapping the changing nature of employment – cordis.europa.eu
- Mind The Gap: Mapping Life Expectancy By Subway Stop – fastcoexist.com
Opinion
- Google Map Maker vs. OpenStreetMap: Which mapping service rules them all? – digitaltrends.com
- Should You Have a Map in Your Dashboard? – directionsmag.com
- Mapping out the importance of the middle ground
thisisderbyshire.co.uk - A Lost Scottish Island, George Orwell, and the Future of Maps – theatlantic.com
- Uncharted territory: amateur cartographers fight to put their communities on the map – wired.co.uk
Environmental Mapping
- NOAA vessel to map the ocean floor along East Coast – seacoastonline.com
- Apple Taps Locationary to Get Maps in the Right Place – macnewsworld.com
- Mapping the mosquito – euronews.com
- Monarch Butterfly Migration Path Mapped by Generations for First Time – scienceworldreport.com
- Seafloor Mapping Reveals Hidden Treasures in Half Moon Bay – halfmoonbay.patch.com
CrowdSourcing and Social Media
- 7 Fascinating Maps Of The Internet – huffingtonpost.com
- What Happens When Everyone Makes Maps? – theatlanticcities.com
- GIS volunteers map disaster-response intelligence – futuregov.asia
- Infographic: Mapping a City’s Pulse Using Foursquare and Yelp – wired.com
- GeoComm Implements over 100 Licenses of a Public Safety Mobile Mapping Software in July – directionsmag.com
- ‘Gender-Based Violence’ Mapping in Cambodia – globalvoicesonline.org
Indoor Mapping
- Updated HERE stats show rapid growth of indoor mapping coverage – allaboutsymbian.com
Art in Cartography
- Map as Art – gislounge.com
- World map as Art – redbubble.com
Cartography Lite
- Help Bearded Germans with their Bucketlist Map – gislounge.com
- Unique mapping of beer in the Czech Republic – praguepost.com
- You Could Show L.A.’s Diversity By Mapping Its Desserts – blogs.laweekly.com
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