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.
Back to Basics
- S. Navy Brings Back Navigation By The Stars For Officers – npr.org
- Google Maps Moves The World’s Borders Depending On Who’s Looking – popsci.com.au
New Releases
- UK3D — 3D geological model for the United Kingdom – bgs.ac.uk
- Dolomiti de Brenta – webmapp.it
- New map launched on company concessions in Indonesia – eco-business.com
Mapping Applications
- ArcGIS powers infrastructure protection mapping project – gcn.com
- New satellite mapping a ‘game changer’ against illegal logging – theguardian.com
- New Milky Way Map Reveals a View of Our Galaxy Four Times Bigger Than We’ve Ever Seen – gizmodo.com
- Google maps aims to let you walk the North Downs – without leaving your sofa – theguardian.com
- Machine Scans Millions of Satellite Images to Map Poverty – futurity.org
- High-resolution gravity map confirms Mars’ molten core – gizmag.com
- Indian govt to use satellite maps to prevent archaeological damage – digitaljournal.com
Mapping Navigation Systems
- Turn-by-Turn Navigation Showdown: Google Maps vs. Waze – lifehacker.com
- Google Maps for iOS introduces real-time detour mapping – indiatimes.com
- Google adds ride-sharing tab to Maps for iOS – theverge.com
- Toyota wants to make Google’s mapping tech obsolete – cnet.com
Industry News
- Apple’s Intentions Are Made Clear with New LiDAR 3D Mapping Patent – autoevolution.com
- Here Maps drops support for Windows Phone and Windows 10 – theverge.com
- Scottish startup eeGeo raises $5 million to 3D-map the world – venturebeat.com
- 3D Robotics partners with Sony on a drone that can map the world in 3D – theverge.com
- Baidu expands maps beyond its borders – spatialsource.com.au
Mapping Technology & Software
- Sweep sensor adds affordable autonomy and laser mapping to drones and robots – gizmag.com
- Citymaps’ Offline Maps App Points Travel Towards The Future – forbes.com
- Satellite Laser Will Map Forests in 3-D – scientificamerican.com
- 3D sound maps to help neighbourhoods ‘absorb’ noise – horizon-magazine.eu
Indoor Mapping Technology
- Google Tango – Architect and Contractor’s next for Indoor Mapping – archinect.com
- Unparalleled Growth Trajectory for Jibestream’s Indoor Mapping Engine – marketwatch.com
Cartographic Resources & Education & Opportunities
- 6th International Conference on Cartography & GIS – lanyrd.com
- Geography’s place in the world – timeshighereducation.com
- Esri Publishes the Workbook Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro – businesswire.com
Decision Mapping
- From mapping to kidnaps, U.N. aid workers train for refugee crises – yahoo.com
- Google combats Zika virus with expanded search results and mapping tool – theverge.com
- Decision mapping: GIS steps up – gcn.com
- Twitter activity could be more accurate than government data for mapping hurricane damage – digitaltrends.com
- Wildfire map reveals countries in Europe most at risk of catastrophic fire damage – phys.org
- An Interactive Land-Use Map of Mumbai Is Finally Here – citylab.com
Map Collections and Atlases
- Copying of maps held in public libraries and ‘fair dealing’ – ordnancesurvey.co.uk
- Stanford Digital Repository – stanford.edu
Data Sources
- GeoBlacklight – find and share geospatial data – geoblacklight.org
- Earthworks – find maps and data – stanford.edu
- European Data Portal – europeandataportal.eu
- East View Now Offering PlanetDEM 30 Plus – amerisurv.com
Mapping Opportunities
- The Last Unmapped Places in the World – bbc.com
Publications
- Frederick de Wit and the First Concise Reference Atlas – brill.com
- LivingMaps Network – livingmaps.org.uk
People and Cartography
- Mapillary – the crowdsourced Street View start-up raises $8M – geoawesomeness.com
- DIY Cartographers Are Putting Slums on the Literal Map – smithsonianmag.com
- The Hidden Histories of Maps Made By Women: Early North America – citylab.com
- What’s needed to put more people on the map? – devex.com
Tags
- Surname mapping website reveals where you come from – news.com.au
- Mapping the Hotspots of Britain’s Surnames – citylab.com
- Facebook Is Making a Map of Everyone in the World – theatlantic.com
A World View through Maps and Imagery
- Astronaut Capt Scott Kelly’s year in space – bbc.com
- Nuclear Reactors Around the World, Mapped – citylab.com
- Jason-3 begins mapping oceans, sees ongoing El Nino – phys.org
- Facebook can map more of Earth in a week than we have in history – newscientist.com
- Mapping The Geography of 2015 Through Massive News Mining – forbes.com
History
- The London that could have been – bbc.com
- Maps of the Moon Mountains Once Thought to be the Source of the Nile – atlasobscura.com
- The planet’s history of violence over 4,000 years in one simple map – telegraph.co.uk
Cartographic Fringe Activities
- Maps as Portraits – edfairburn.com
- Is Earth Actually Flat? – youtube.com
- Los ingeniosos instrumentos de la Naturaleza – youtube.com
- Mapping Where to Find Elves in Iceland’s Proposed New National Park – citylab.com
- Google Photos: Creating Albums in a Flash – inquisitr.com
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