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eCARTO News December 2013

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

Applications

  • Mapping the Demise of the Dinosaurs – astrobiology.com
  • Mapping the First World War by Peter Chasseaud – review – theguardian.com
  • Video: Mapping potential profits using satellite data – producer.com
  • The Best Tools for Mapping How your Business Works – boxfreeit.com.au
  • Researchers develop simulation mapping possible pandemics using breakthrough model – slashgear.com
  • Europe’s hazardous highways: mapping the continent’s most dangerous roads – theguardian.com
  • ‘Secret’ labyrinth of tunnels under Rome mapped – foxnews.com
  • Mapping The Wealth Of U.S. ZIP Codes Shows The Haves Hiding From The Have-Nots – fastcoexist.com
  • MoD supplies troops with more up-to-date mapping services – computerworlduk.com

Industry News

  • Microsoft previews new Bing Maps app for Windows 8.1 – theverge.com
  • Google lets users create own Street View – bbc.co.uk
  • Statistics Canada : Surveying and mapping services, 2012 – 4-traders.com
  • Apple Maps’ worldview is now better than Google Maps’ – zdnet.com
  • National Geographic Sharing Its Maps With Google Maps – eweek.com
  • Apple’s 2013 Acquisitions: Maps, Videos and Data – blogs.wsj.com
  • Online Mapping: BI Tool to Watch in 2014 Topo.ly – prunderground.com
  • Google Street View makes travel easier by mapping airports and train stations – theinquirer.net
  • Apple to use PrimeSense 3D to boost indoor mapping, rather than iTV set? – techradar.com
  • MapBox Enables Amazing Custom Maps for Sites and Apps – mashable.com

Extraterrestrial  Mapping

  • Gaia is positioned for its star-mapping launch on an Arianespace Soyuz – spacedaily.com
  • Mapping Molecular Clouds Changes Astronomers Outlook On Starbirth – universetoday.com
  • Titan’s Rivers, Lakes, and Seas Mapped in Incredible Detail – wired.com
  • Satellite’s magnetic mapping mission – phys.org

Alternative Mapping

  • Mapping the Blind Spots: Developer Unearths Secret U.S. Military Bases – mashable.com
  • Do any Android tablets have a mapping system that does not need an internet connection? – telegraph.co.uk
  • When Bratton quit Muslim mapping – capitalnewyork.com
  • Mapping America’s Restless Interstate Migration Without a Map – wired.com

Education and Resources

Retail Cartography

  • Bluetooth Mapping Technology The Answer To Retail Blues – gisuser.com

Cartographers

  • How a former train driver dedicated 26 years to mapping Beijing’s hutongs – scmp.com
  • Can Blaise Agüera y Arcas End Google Maps’ Arms Race With Apple And Microsoft? – fastcompany.com

Opinion

  • Google Street View has become ‘the backbone’ of Maps – theverge.coma
  • Google’s Road Map to Global Domination – nytimes.com
  • How drivers still prefer a printed map to sat navs: 63 per cent reveal they have used traditional navigation aid in past six months – dailymail.co.uk

Environmental Mapping & Management

  • Ecologists see dangers in poor mapping of Victorian native vegetation – brisbanetimes.com.au
  • APNewsBreak: Western Governors Show Wildlife Maps – abcnews.go.com
  • Mapping disease: the development of a multidisciplinary field – blog.oup.com
  • This map shows where the Chinese coal plants that kill 257,000 a year are – qz.com
  • Mapping The Dinosaur-Killing Yucatan Peninsula Asteroid Impact Site – redorbit.com

Marine Cartography

  • Ocean mapping by UNB group leads to new Arctic ship route – cbc.ca
  • Baird: Finish Arctic mapping – thechronicleherald.ca
  • Aerial mapping begins for Florida Ship Canal route – ocala.com
  • Mapping project to unlock secrets of climate change and ancient supercontinents – phys.org
  • Proteus FZC: An In-Depth Look At Corsica (Mapping) – satnews.com
  • Suncor among 17 oil firms mapping seabed in Norwegian Arctic – business.financialpost.com
  • Canada extends Arctic territorial claim all the way to the North Pole – despite not even mapping area yet – news.nationalpost.com
  • Proteus Provides Satellite-Derived Bathymetric and Seafloor Maps for Military Exercise – amerisurv.com

Cartography Lite

  • A map of all the countries that contribute to a single jar of Nutella – qz.com
  • Mapping redheads: which country has the most? – theguardian.com
  • Magnificent maps and cartographic curiosities – blog.maptia.com
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