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.
Just Maps
- Medieval Europe’s ‘divine obsession’ with Indonesian spices – thejakartapost.com
- Roman Roads of Britain – sashat.me
- 65% of Canadian land – 1% of the population – mapsontheweb.zoom
- Global Incident Map – globalincidentmap.com
- What the world’s nations are best at, revealed in one map – independent.co.uk
- These Amazing Maps Show How Kids See Their Place in the World – news.nationalgeographic.com
- Watch 15 Years Of Earthquakes Rock The Planet – huffingtonpost.com.au
- The Migration of Anatomically Modern Humans – zoom-maps.com
ICA Facebook Posts
- From Ptolemy to GPS, the Brief History of Maps – smithsonianmag.com
- How Accurate is My Map? – dronedeploy.com
Appplications
- Planet launches rapid response team to aid post-disaster emergency relief – geospatialworld.net
- ‘Spy in the Sky’ technology to tackle illegal dumping of waste – geospatialworld.net/news
- How climate change affects extreme weather around the world – carbonbrief.org
- The Development of a Virtual Museum in Germany – gim-international.com/content
- The Great 2017 Solar Eclipse over the USA – GEO Jobe – rightrelevance.com
Representations of Place
- Royal Museums Greenwich – Maps and Charts – collections.rmg.co.uk
- How Did Google Map The Whole Country? – forbes.com
- Seattle’s Civic Poet Has Made a Poetic Map of the City – thestranger.com
- Valuable books and manuscripts – timesofindia.indiatimes.com
- Geekdad Passport: Four Corners Monument – geekdad.com
Tips
- Finding the Date on a Map Image – nytimes.com
- When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Share Your Location Using a Smartphone – nytimes.com
- Google Earth’s New Voyager Tool Aims to Feed Our Wanderlust – nytimes.com
- Snapchat Launches ‘Snap Map’ So You Can Track Your Mates On A Map – huffingtonpost.com.au
Cartographic Resources
- Rand McNally’s Map It!™ Activity Book Sparks Geographic Curiosity – markets.businessinsider.com
- Create Your World – worldmapcreator.com
- Geodesy: The Mathematics of “Where” – gisgeography.com
- Creating Dynamic 3D City Models for Smarter Cities – findaphd.com
Opinion
- International Cartographic Conference much more than just cartography – gpsworld.com
- Print Maps Give you the Big Picture-There’s Nothing like It Online – imiamaps.org
- Geology, biology agree on Pangaea supercontinent breakup dates – sciencedaily.com
- The battle for territory in digital cartography – economist.com
- Slovakia fines media firms for mentioning Britain, rather the UK, during Brexit – bbc.co.uk
- Angola: IGCA to License Cartography Companies – allafrica.com/
- Collector analyses depiction of Holy Land under Ottomans by cartographers, travellers – .jordantimes.com
- How Looking Back Will Help Us Predict And Prepare For The Future – lifehacker.com.au
- The Lost Art of Natural Navigation – radiowest.kuer.org
Cartographers
- Who needs GPS and Google? Minneapolis map publisher is ‘master of cartography’ – startribune.com
- Persuasive cartography: an interview with map collector PJ Mode – artstor.wordpress.com
- The Regchats to Ordnance Survey’s chief data wrangler – theregister.co.uk
- iRobot’s CEO defends Roomba home mapping as privacy concerns arise – techcrunch.com
- Google Maps pioneers explain what’s next, with predictive mapping in real time – afr.com
- New York Today: Color Coding the Subway – nytimes.com
- Anna Beek and the War of the Spanish Succession – blogs.loc.gov
- Capucine Gros Exhibits ‘Implicit Borders: A Cartography of Free Will’ – wwd.com
- Transplants: Highlighter cartography – dailyprogress.com
- 2017 Alexander Dalrymple Award for Adam Greenland – hydro-international.com
- Meet the scientist who made the beautiful maps for The Lands of Ice and Fire – winteriscoming.net
Industry News
- Mapdiva releases Ortelius 2 – Pro Map Design Software for the Mac – prmac.com
- Electronic Cartography System Market Growth, Trends And Demands Market Report 2022 – equityinsider.org
- INTERGEO – bridge to a digital future – gisuser.com
- Electronic Cartography System Market Key Players, Product and Production Information analysis and forecast to 2022 – military-technologies.net
History
- Hagerstown man donating maps worth thousands to alma mater – heraldmailmedia.com
- History of Cartography seminars – lib.cam.ac.uk
- Old maps from around the world – commons.wikimedia.org
- Where to See Some of the World’s Oldest and Most Interesting Maps – smithsonianmag.com
- A Guide to the Past; Collecting Cartography – luxurylondon.co.uk
Survey Assistance requested by Erin Koletsis, PhD student at RMIT University, Melbourne / University of Twente, Enschede
“The focus of Erin’s research is map literacy, and identifying the challenges map users experience when undertaking route planning, navigation and wayfinding activities. The overall aim is to develop guidelines on how maps should be designed to mitigate the challenges identified.” Erin requires your assistance in developing a global baseline of map literacy, by completing the Santa Barbara Sense of Direction Scale (SBSODS). The survey consists of three (non-identifiable) questions about your background, and the fifteen SBSODS statements. The survey will take no longer than five minutes to complete. As this is intended to be a global study, any individual above 18 years of age can participate. Therefore, if you could please pass the link to the survey on to anyone you think would be happy to complete it, it would be greatly appreciated. – surveymonkey.com/r/7HQKZC7
Category: eCARTO News, General News