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.
General News
- Adventure Beckons, part of the IMIA Blog Series Part “What is a Map?” – imiamaps.org
- See the World Through a Self-Driving Car’s Map – core77.com
- Lost copy of famous geological map found – sciencemag.org
- Kids in India Are Sparking Urban Planning Changes by Mapping Slums – citylab.com
Mapping Applications
- Crime mapping software used to predict spread of cancer – telegraph.co.uk
- University Professor Develops Mapping App for Public Safety – statetechmagazine.com
- A Crowdsourced Project to Map the Amazon – globalvoicesonline.org
- Mapping Geolocated Tweets About Putin and Poroshenko – globalvoicesonline.org
- Mapping the racial divide in South Africa – businesstech.co.za
- Mapping the Global Super-Rich – citylab.com
- Mapping the New Silk Road – ckgsb.edu.cn
- One-stop mapping tool helps farmers protect water – psu.edu
- Mapping the global battle to protect our planet – theguardian.com
- New mapping system to reduce rural doctor shortages – frasercoastchronicle.com.au
- Koala mapping under review to ensure better protection – coffscoastadvocate.com.au
- 3D mapping the Christ the Redeemer statue – bbc.com
- Drones Mapped This Giant Volcano, And The 3D Rending Is Awesome – popsci.com.au
Opportunities
- US Chief Geographer to speak at PIVOTAL – spatialsource.com.au
- Joint workshop with IC Commission on Maps and the Internet – elte.hu
- Newest Mapping Software Free to All K-12 Schools – mauinow.com
Industry News
- Geomatics Offers Portable Surveying and Mapping System – gpsworld.com
- Map Moves: Uber Buys deCarta, Maponics Grabs UMI, Google Ends Maps Engine – searchengineland.com
- Optech showcasing latest coastal mapping technology at Coastal GeoTools 2015 – directionsmag.com
- Nokia relaunches Here maps for iPhone, bringing offline mode to put a dent in Google’s mapping crown – venturebeat.com
- Citymaps Raises $6M As Its Mapping App Goes Global – techcrunch.com
- New Apple Maps streaming patent could prove useful in travel – tnooz.com
- Uber heads in new mapping direction – skynews.com.au
- Google Maps API Checker Uncovers Mapping API Problems – programmableweb.com
- Uber buys mapping startup deCarta: Mashable – businessinsider.com
- Apple granted patent to use wireless strength map data for vehicle navigation – gigaom.com
Cartographers
- This Artist Spent 3 Years Mapping Every Brooklyn Block—With Garbage – citylab.com
Opinion
- What will happen if Google and Microsoft leave the mapping world? – information-age.com
- A Milestone in Digital Mapping – gpsworld.com
- Why Most Twitter Maps Can’t Be Trusted – citylab.com
- Mapping The Future: Esri founder and Richard Saul Wurman speak at aquarium – pe.com
- The Inaccuracies of South Asian Maps – thediplomat.com
Cartographic Education & Resources
- The Map Thief – twitter.com/PetersonGIS
- Operational Landscapes: Towards an Alternative Cartography of World Urbanization – unimelb.edu.au
- Smart mapping with vector map tiles – esri.com
- Interactive and Multivariate Choropleth Maps with D3 – cartographicperspectives.org
- 3D Printing Topographic Maps from DEMs – andrewshears.com
- How to make a value-by-alpha map – andywoodruff.com
Technically Speaking
- The LAS format, the ASPRS, and the “LAZ clone” by ESRI – rapidlasso.com
- The amazing algorithm behind Google Maps and Apple Maps – bgr.com
- Dot wants to be the Wikipedia of location mapping – thenextweb.com
- Here – the free mapping app that could replace your sat nav – bt.com
- Startups leveraging the power of maps – yourstory.com
- Open source offline map tool for Android – opensource.com
Cartographic Products
- Brooklyn, All Over the Maps – citylab.com
- These maps look real. But look again – here.com
- Awkward! German foreign minister given gift of map of France by mistake – thestar.com
- Minecraft map of Cambridge among the ideas produced at Collusion’s Maker Challenge – cambridge-news.co.uk
Animated Maps
- Travel to the Wetlands Centre – quickmap.com
- Hypnotic video visualizes half a million journeys on the London Underground – mashable.com
- This site transforms Earth into a ‘Tron’ map of the world – mashable.com
- 3D mapping the Christ the Redeemer statue – bbc.com
Imagery
- Airbus D&S releases TC Pam imagery – spatialsource.com.au
- 3D Satellite Mapping of Coral Sea Reefs – hydro-international.com
- Gates asks PTI to use mapping technology in anti-polio efforts – dawn.com
- Making a thermal heat map of the US – bbc.com
- Russia to launch its first digital mapping satellite – sen.com
- Princeton University geologists mapping the Earth’s mantle in 3D – enn.com
- Mercury’s Odd Surface Features Mapped by NASA Spacecraft – space.com
- Explore MARS from your armchair: Incredibly detailed maps let you navigate the surface of the red planet to visit famous features – dailymail.co.uk
- Google Earth Pro – Best Way To Download – thefusejoplin.com
Historical Cartography
- William Smith‘s 1815 geological map of England & Wales – bbc.com
- Old Batavia – The Westzijdsche Pakhuizan – spiceislandsblog.com
- 100 Years of National Geographic Maps: The Art and Science of Where – nationalgeographic.com
- EU – from Australia to Greenland. – one-europe.info
- First photographs emerge of new Pacific Island of Tonga – nbcnews.com
- GeoASCII A throwback mapping technique at the modern console – medium.com
- Melbourne 1945 – 1945.melbourne
- London’s History Of Mapping – nationalgeographic.com
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