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 David Fraser, editor of eCARTO News.
Mobile Mapping
- Mobileye’s maps are the key to driverless cars – marketwatch.com
- Microsoft updates Windows Maps as Here support is set to expire – engadget.com
- Apple Hires Architect of BMW and Mercedes SatNav in Mapping Push – bloomberg.com
- Mapbox Wants To Build Better Maps For Autonomous Cars – forbes.com
- What the perfect cars you see in TV ads REALLY look like: CGI stand-in used in automotive videos is revealed – dailymailco.uk
- Pinpointing vehicles with high precision under adverse weather conditions – phys.org
Analysis Using Maps
- Mapping How Far $50 of Gas Will Take You Across America – citylab.com
- Facebook is putting maps in ads and will measure store visits – marketingland.com
- Spread of urban centers over 6,000 years mapped by researchers – digitaljournal.com
- Physicist draws map of Einstein’s universe for the first time – examiner.com
- Fully Control Underground Facilities with SuperGIS – supergeotek.com
Mapping Technology and Software Developments
- Invention makes 3D mapping more accurate – sciencedaily.com
- Tallest Mountain in US Arctic Crowned – livescience.com
- The high-tech 3D mapping of Homo naledi’s Dinaledi chamber – phys.org
- Terrain Tools 1.1 released – esri.com
- Connecting ESRI and CartoDB Together Now for Everyone – cartodb.com
Mapping Controversy
- Why the map of the world is not as accurate as you think – news.com.au
- The cartography of control: Mapping the Calais refugee camp – qz.com
- India Seeks to Limit Use of Maps and Satellite Images – voanews.com
- How an internet mapping glitch turned a random Kansas farm into a digital hell – fusion.net
- Mapping the EU Referendum Results – maproomblog.com
Industry
- This start-up is taking on Google Maps and Mapbox with lower and simpler pricing – anthillonline.com
- Apple Maps in iOS 10 will watch you, even if you’re using Google Maps – cnet.com
- Concept3D Launches atlas3D Mapping – digitalsignageconnection.com
- With Tango, Google is now equipped to map the entire world – inside and out – cnet.com
- New iOS extensions stand to benefit Apple Watch – macworld.com
- eeGeo launches Smart Workplace solution – gisuser.com
- TomTom wins deal to provide Volvo Cars with maps, data – reuters.com
Maps
- Maps that Scholars (and Goonies) Treasure – huntingtonblogs.org
- In Your Neighborhood, Who Draws the Map? – nextcity.org
- New interactive map reveals Tim Peake’s best views of Earth from space – telegraph.co.uk
- A Painstaking Remake of History’s Earliest Elevation Map – citylab.com
- The California Hiking Map – kickstarter.com
- Canada CHS Nautical Charts – geogarage.com
- Celebrating 225 years with new (old) maps! – ordnancesurvey.co.uk
Map Design & Use
- Stay safe and brush up on your map reading skills – ordnancesurvey.co.uk
- Illuminated Contours – thegreatlinesproject.wordpress.com
- GIS Tips – youtube.com
- Layout Design Samples – grindgis.com
- US Geographic Databases Released for 2016 – rita.dot.gov
- The UTM Grid – youtube.com
- A Library of MGRS Data and Information – mgrs-data.org
Viewpoint
- Maps have north at the top but it could have been different – bbc.com
- A Startling Map of How Sea-Level Rise Will Affect NYC – citylab.com
- New survey says Google Maps favored by nearly 70 percent of iPhone users – searchengineland.com
- In mapping eclipses, world’s first computer maybe also told fortunes – businessinsider.com
- 4 maps you’ll need even when you’re not lost for direction – indiatimes.com
- Built-in GPS can’t hold a candle to Google Maps – seattletimes.com
- If You Love Maps, This Blog Is for You – nationalgeographic.com
- 4 Ways to Make Open Data Meaningful – routefifty.com
- Best Backpacking GPS? Try Your Phone – gearjunkie.com
Atlas and Book Products
- Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas – europa.eu
- Looking down on Britain – maps of the UK across time – theguardian.com
- Mapping the Creatures Living Beneath Our Feet – nationalgeographic.com
- Learn GIS with Esri’s Handy, New Companion Guide to The ArcGIS Book – gisuser.com
- Esri News for the Living Atlas Community – Summer Issue 2016 – esri.com
Frontier Mapping
- Nasa-style mission needed to map ocean floor – bbc.com
- LIGO scientists detect 2nd signal of gravitational waves, pave way for mapping black hole population – ibtimes.com.au
- New radio map of Jupiter reveals ammonia plumes beneath clouds – theguardian.com
- Near-Earth asteroid Bennu: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission will have a map for that – sciencedaily.com
- Everything you knew about maps is changing – news.com.au
- The Missing Link in a City’s Path to Smarter Street Lights – greentechmedia.com
UAVs and Imagery
- Phoenix rises to mapping challenge – farmweekly.com.au
- 3D Laser Mapping launches multiplatform system – spatialsource.com.au
- Mapping that sinking feeling – phys.org
- China launches new civilian high-resolution mapping satellite – indianexpress.com
- Bluesky aerial images reach the places other maps cannot – yareah.com
- Satellite maps pinpoint “high risk” palm growers to prevent deforestation before it happens – trust.org
- Transform Aerial Photographs into Realistic 3D City Models for Use in ArcGIS Pro – monde-geospatial.com
- Near Infrared Spectral Region – monde-geospatial.com
- Aerial Mapping – 3D Model of a Church using drones exposes a great tool. – monde-geospatial.com
- Line of Sight: Track the Real Time Locations of Satellites – gislounge.com
Health
- Data mapping is revealing how and why diseases spread – wired.co.uk
- Mapping the subway’s microbiome – biologynews.net
- Maps of CAFOS should turn tide on animal-waste pollution in NC – newsobserver.com
- Mapping Ebola – cifor.org
- This interactive map shows where people with HIV live in the US — and it points to some distressing trends – businessinsider.com – Comment: a perfect example of how it’s not done!
Environment
- Mapping Brazil’s untapped wind potential – windpowermonthly.com
- GNSS technology for better biomass mapping – europa.eu
- International radiation mapping system launched by IAEA – world-nuclear-news.org
- Mapping the Hidden Patterns of Urban Life – citylab.com
- Mitigating forest mismanagement with 3D mapping – europa.eu
- GPS mapping of San Andreas Fault may give researchers tip as to when it is ready to rupture – nhv.us
- Norway to continue geologic mapping and mineral assessments of deep-sea formations in the North Atlantic – worldoil.com
- ‘Threat Map’ Aims to Highlight the Worst of Oil and Gas Air Pollution – earthworksaction.org
- Pop-up Wetland Habitats – esri.com
Fun with Knowledge
- Guide to figuring out the age of an undated world map – xkcd.com
- A low-cost British airline made sneakers that use Google Maps – businessinsider.com
- When GPS fails…could you navigate with a paper map and compass? – ordnancesurvey.co.uk
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