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
- State of the Map is alive and well – creativecommons
- The ultimate guide to digital mapping: hiking, driving, historical maps and more – pcadvisor
- How Google is mapping out our lives – smh.com.au
- Nokia Launches HERE Venue Indoor Maps In India – siliconindia.com
- Developing a cartography of fear – newscientist.com
Applications
- Mapping All The Security Cameras That Are Watching You – fastcoexist.com
- The Most Amazing Map You’ll See Today (No Matter What Day It Is) – discovermagazine.com
- A mist-covered mountain in Cambodia gives up its treasure, writes Lindsay Murdoch – smh.com.au
- Mapping ‘The World’ Of A Remote Afghan Village – nwpr.org
- Mapping Technology Helps Pakistan Track and Prevent Epidemics – techpresident.com
- Call to adopt hot spot mapping to check fever in district – newindianexpress.com
- Patagonia Chilena Sin Represas // Chilean Patagonia Without Dams – nationalgeographic.com
- Mapping Sea Salt From Orbit: Building Better Ocean and Climate Models – newswise.com
- Mapping The 31 Million People Displaced By Climate Change So Far – fastcoexist.com
- ‘Death map’ of deserts aims to save lives of desperate Mexican migrants – guardian.co.uk
- Geographic Information Systems aid health research in developed and developing countries – eurekalert.org
- Yosemite’s Iconic El Capitan Mapped in High-Res 3-D – nationalgeographic.com
- Clickable history: Researching the Byzantine Empire with GIS – directionsmag.com
- VOLCANO WATCH: Mapping the world’s largest volcano – bigislandvideonews.com
Technology
- Drones provide quantum leap in mapping accuracy – adelaidenow.com.au
- Tornado-mapping drones in the skies – winnipegfreepress.com
- Drones deployed to catch graffiti artists in the act – smartplanet.com
- 3D mapping platform uses chopper-based sensor system at low altitudes – sparpointgroup.com
- Hubble Helps Astronomers Map Ejected Supernova Material In 3D – redorbit.com
- Cicada Spawn Tracked by Scientists Armed With Technology – bloomberg.com
- Physical bump-mapping lets us 3D print photographs – geek.com
- HMS Victory as you’ve never seen it before: The amazing 3D map of Nelson’s battleship created by lasers in a bid to help restore it – dailymail.co.uk
Resources
- 20 free data visualisation tools – netmagazine.com
- OpenStreetMap and MapBox launch ‘iD’ editor community mapping tool – digitaltrends.com
- Manual of Photogrammetry, Sixth Edition Now Available – directionsmag.com
- Maps Pro – Google Maps Edition for iPad is a mixed bag – tuaw.com
- Charts&Tides description – mac.softpedia.com
Cartographic Opinion
- Jerry Brotton: let’s take maps back from Google – telegraph.co.uk
- Hay Festival 2013: ‘we can’t compete with Google maps’, says Prof Jerry Brotton – telegraph.co.uk
- Waze VP: What Search Did for the Internet, Maps Will Do for Mobile – streetfightmag.com
- AnyGeo – GIS, Maps, Mobile and Social Location Technology – blog.gisuser.com
Mapping the Indoor Space
- A mobile map that works abroad or in the subway? Yes, it’s possible – smartplanet.com
- Mobile maps to track shoppers – theaustralian.com.au
- Mapping a room in a snap – esciencenews.com
- Echoes create an interior map app – sciencenews.org
- Ten Things You Need to Know About Indoor Positioning – directionsmag.com
CrowdSourcing
- Mapping Happiness on Twitter: Where Does Your State Rank? – ivn.us/social-ballot
- Mapping the world’s best beaches – stuff.co.nz
Paper Maps
- Why hand-drawn maps are back in the picture – guardian.co.uk
- Historic atlases paint picture of a changing world – bristol.ac.uk
- If you go out in the woods today, take a paper map even if you’ve got a mobile: Rescue group – leaderpost.com
ART in cARTography
- Mapping the Smells of New York, Amsterdam and Paris, Block by Block – smithsonianmag.com
- Artist Lucie Conoley’s paintings map the urban heart of London – mirror.co.uk
- Creative mapping – globaltimes.cn
- Creative Cartography Meets Music in The Song Map – gisuser.com
Cartographer – Modeller Remembered
- Obituary: Vigo Rauda leaves legacy of 8,000 display models – seattletimes.com
Cartography Lite
- GeoGuessr – Let’s explore the world – independent.co.uk, geoguessr.com
- London Underground maps made of Lego go on display in five Tube stations – metro.co.uk
- Band of Outsiders Introduces Map-Print Shirt – runway.blogs.nytimes.com
Featured Map
- Pangea Politica – capitan-mas-ideas.blogspot
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