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
- The Power of Mapping – theatlantic.com
- Seven things you need to know about maps – news.optuszoo.com.au
- NSW launches geospatial mapping initiative – itnews.com.au
- Mapping the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Google Earth – gearthblog.com
Applications
- Mapping out the clues to a better future with a little help from the past – smh.com.au
- Bluesky Begins Night Time Aerial Photo Mapping Trials – amerisurv.com
- Weather-Mapping a Brown Dwarf – skyandtelescope.com
- How the U.S. Maps the World’s Most Disputed Territories – wired.com
Industry News
- BoM releases web API for GeoFabric – spatialsource.com.au
- StreetMapper to Laser Map Indian Infrastructure – amerisurv.com
- UK Version of Business Mapping Tool MapBusinessOnline.com – prnewswire.com/news-releases
- Google Maps for iOS Now Flags Faster Routes – technewsworld.com
- Historic deal puts Glasgow firmly on the map – gisuser.com
- Nokia Here Maps is heading to Windows 8.1 to fill in Bing’s mapping gaps – pcworld.com
Health Mapping
- Hospitals in California Use Data Mapping To Identify ‘Super-Users’ – californiahealthline.org
- Mapping Where People Run – theatlanticcities.com, and as a follow-up: Beautiful Maps, and the Lies They Tell, An Op-Ed From Runkeeper – untappedcities.com
- Training on mapping spread of bird flu – thehimalayantimes.com
Technological Advances
- New life for old maps – abc.net.au
- Successful Test Flight of First Professional Grade Civilian Mapping UAS – gisuser.com
- Google reveals 3D-mapping Project Tango – 3news.co.nz
Education and Resources
- Digital Earth Workbench: 3D Topography – svs.gsfc.nasa.gov
- Topographic Movies – honolulu.hawaii.edu
- DEM Manipulation and 3D Terrain Visualization: Techniques used by the U.S. National Park Service – shadedrelief.com
- Europeana 1914-1918 – Unbekannte Geschichten und offizielle Dokumente zum Ersten Weltkrieg – europeana1914-1918.eu/
- Create custom, embeddable Google Maps in minutes – techrepublic.com
- Mapping project shows warped world – news24.com
- World Map Finder – Multilingual Global Mapping Service – pr.com/press-release
- New Eyes on the Old World – esri.com
Historical Cartography
- Mapping the past: old worlds being opened up by technology – irishtimes.com
- City maps and their evolution through history – theguardian.com
- Tools for digital history: Google Map Engine Lite – directionsmag.com
- Peruvian navy starts to map new maritime border – peruthisweek.com
- Creating digital maps to help preserve cultural heritage of Russian community – phys.org
Cartographers
- Mapping Out the Hidden World of Women Cartographers – newswatch.nationalgeographic.com
- A cartographer’s dream – economist.com
Opinion
- The roo that could rewrite history – brisbanetimes.com.au
- Wrong turn over the first maps of Australia’s coasts – canberratimes.com.au
- Keystone nation: Mapping the politics of the pipeline – blogs.berkeley
- What’s to love and hate about new Google Maps – news.optuszoo.com.au
Environmental Mapping & Management
- Google makes climate data more accessible with new Google Earth tools – upi.com
- London tree mapping exercise “has one chance to get it right”, tree officers told – hortweek.com
- Google mapping & charitable funding combine to show deforestation – digitaljournal.com
Cartographic Research & Development
- “MDMD Mapping Fiction” — A Swiss cartomentary – icaci.org
Cartography Products
- Experimental map of the Dandenong Ranges – mapstart.com.au
- Where would you live on this amazing map of the internet? – news.optuszoo.com.au
- If all the Ice melted: National Geographic’s Interactive map on Rising Seas – geoawesomeness.com
- Sales of geospatial 3D mapping product soar on 2013 demand – sparpointgroup.com
- Stunning Photos Of Earth From Above Will Change Your Outlook Of The Planet – fastcoexist.com
- Arab region: atlas of our changing environment United Nations Environment Programme – preventionweb.net
Cartography Lite
- Reroll game devs want to map the globe using drones for survival game – wired.co.uk
- Mapping Twitter Topic Networks: From Polarized Crowds to Community Clusters – pewinternet.org
- Renowned Explorers mapping the world with Reus dev – shacknews.com
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