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 News
- New Software Brings Orbit GT’s Mobile Mapping Tech Indoors – spar3d.com
- The ‘Google of China’ has partnered with a mapping company owned by Audi, BMW, and Daimler to plot the world – businessinsider.com.au
- Here and Mobileye team up on self-driving mapping tech – techcrunch.com
- Intel to acquire 15% stake in German digital mapping company HERE – marketwatch.com
- Apple Said to Fly Drones to Improve Maps Data and Catch Google – bloomberg.com
Mapping Developments
- Authagraph World Map – g-mark.org
- Split-second data mapping – news.mit.edu
- How a Sensor Gimbal Improves Efficiency of an Aerial Mapping Mission – suasnews.com
- TrackR’s home-mapping plugs help you pinpoint lost items – engadget.com
- Indian officials plan to measure Mt Everest to prove earthquake theory wrong – nzherald.co.nz
Mapping Applications
- Mapping Greenland – backcountrymagazine.com
- Mapping the skies for Earth-like exoplanets – phys.org
- Introducing the Global Effort to Map the Night Sky – smithsonianmag.com
- Hubble Is Mapping ‘Interstellar Ecology’ to Track NASA’s Voyager Probes – seeker.com
- The Polar Geospatial Center – satprnews.com
- Epic Antarctic voyage maps seafloor to predict ocean rise as glacier the size of California melts – theguardian.com
- Mapping Africa’s natural resources – aljazeera.com
Cartographic Resources
- Projections and Coordinate Systems – mjfoster83.github.io
- Illustrations of Chartography – spatial.ly
- Pictorial maps – twitter.com
ICA Facebook Posts
- A Tactile Atlas Helps the Blind ‘See’ Maps – news.nationalgeographic.com
- Mapping Distortions with Tissot’s-Indicatrix – gisgeography.com
- Mapping Three Decades of Global Water Change – nytimes.com
- The ‘Balloon Maps’ That Aided Exploration, War, And Tourism – atlasobscura.com
- Cartographic art by Matthew Rangel – kottke.org
- 3D ocean map tracks ecosystems in unprecedented detail – nature.com
- Latitude, Longitude and Coordinate System Grids – gisgeography.com
- Geosynchronous vs Geostationary Orbits – gisgeography.com
- Mercator Projection – youtube.com
- The stunning sunset maps of the world – dailymail.co.uk
- Why maps point North on top? – geospatialworld.net
- These may be the prettiest maps you’ll ever see – mnn.com
Opinion
- Location Intelligence: Mapping The Opportunities In The Data Landscape – forbes.com
Cartography and Society
- Railway crossing warnings are sought for mapping apps – nytimes.com
- Mapping the Collective Experience of a City – fastcodesign.com
- Mapping SF by its most popular Instagram hashtags – sf.curbed.com
- Akron releases interactive map showing lead pipe services – cleveland.com
- 50 Maps of the US Cultural Divide – nytimes.com
- Segregation in the City of Angels: A 1939 Map of Housing Inequality in L.A. – kcet.org
Mapping and Our Senses
- Mapping the Smells of Kyiv – globalvoices.org
- Maps Made With Light Show the Way – usgs.gov
Mapping the Past and Future
- The Evolution of Istanbul, In Maps – citylab.com
- Mapping the future of continents and batteries – sciencenews.org
- Maps document social problems of Territorial Era – hawaii.edu
- New York’s Second Ave Subway: A Century in Maps – citylab.com
- How has map reading changed since the 1600s? – blog.oup.com
- Satellite timelapse maps reveal our growing cities: interactive – illawarramercury.com.au
- Mapping the Watery Future of New York City – atlasobscura.com
- Vintage Maps Rekindle the Romance of Early Air Travel – vintage-maps-rekindle-the-romance-of-early-air-travel
- The History of Cartography – press.uchicago.edu
Mapping Fauna and Flora
- Mapping movements of alien bird species – sciencedaily.com
- Mapping Urban Trees in 11 Cities – nextcity.org
- These amazing maps show secret life of animals tracked with technology – geoawesomeness.com
Maps
- Get Lost in Mazes Made from Famous City Maps – thecreatorsproject.vice.com
- 28 Maps That Will Completely Change The Way You View Europe – buzzfeed.com
- Mapped: The world’s most polluted countries – telegraph.co.uk
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