eCARTO News May 2013

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

• Cold War cartography: Mapping where Soviets could – and could not – go in 1950’s America – dailymail.co.uk
• Put your town on the map in two clicks – bdlive.co.za
• CellMaps by Mosaik brings accurate, detailed coverage maps to Android  Mobile – engadget.com
• Advanced Scientific Concepts, Inc. (ASC) Introduces the GoldenEye 3D Flash LIDAR™ Space Camera – gamedeveloper.digitalmedianet.com
• Ancient discovery set to rewrite Australian history – theage.com.au
• Google invades Fortress of Louisbourg – capebretonpost.com
• McKim & Creed takes to the skies for surveying work – wilmingtonbiz.com
• Researchers Create “Hate Map” of the U.S. With Twitter Data – technologyreview.com
• 10 things you didn’t know about Google Maps and Google Earth – pcadvisor.co.uk
• What’s the best type of map to use for driving? Satnavs, route planners and smartphone apps – pcadvisor.co.uk
• Harassed on road? Soon, SMS/tweet to tell cops – timesofindia.indiatimes.com
• Video: Map shows change in 17th C landownership  – irishtimes.com
• Mapping the legacy of the Great War on home soil – www.telegraph.co.uk
• Etihad teams with LinkedIn for online mapping tool – www.tnooz.com
• Online mapping tool shows Philly arts landscape – delcotimes.com
• Mapping The U.S. In 100-Meter Squares To Target Phone Users With Very Local Offers – forbes.com

Crowd Sourcing

• Idol Tweets: Mapping the Social Space with Twitter – blogs.scientificamerican.com
• Crowdsource your carbon: power plant mapping project seeks location, CO2 data – gigaom.com
• Reports: Facebook Is Buying Social Mapping/Traffic App Waze For Up To $1B To Court Mobile Users – techcrunch.com
• OpenStreetMap: The Maps In Your Apps Are About To Get A Lot Better – readwrite.com
• Mapping the world with Tweets – ideas.foreignpolicy.com
• DIY cartography: Hands on with MapBox’s new open-source ‘iD’ editor in OpenStreetMap – digitaltrends.com

Environmental Mapping

• More than Mapping: Using GIS for disaster management – directionsmag.com
• WWF launches new Arctic mapping tool – nunatsiaqonline.ca
• Mapping under the Barents Sea continues – barentsobserver.com
• FarmLogs launches apps that track field work – deltafarmpress.com
• Proteus Wins Contract for Satellite-Based Bathymetric Mapping in Ireland – directionsmag.com
• Mapping the travel of invasive marine species – www.treehugger.com
• Mapping solar cell parameters using hyperspectral imaging – spie.org/x93663.xml
• Mapping the near-impossible … the great lake below – theaustralian.com.au
• Mapping and accounting for sunken radiological hazards in Arctic devils Russian authorities – bellona.org/articles
• Mapping the Subtle Science of Parking Demand – theatlanticcities.com
• Nigeria – Flood Disaster: NEMA Undertakes Mapping of Vulnerable Areas – thisdaylive.com
• Re-Mapping Catalina Island – ecatalina.com
• Google adds spectacular shots of the Galapagos Islands to Street View –  nydailynews.com
• African Soil Mapped For the Very First Time – science.slashdot.org
• Disaster Ready: Google Maps Model Quickly Adjusts To Events –  mediapost.com

Cartography for the Health Industry

• Mapping the world’s trachoma hotspots – irinnews.org
• Mapping the H7N9 avian flu outbreaks – nature.com
• Mapping Disease – the-scientist.com
• Mapping your way to better health – hcn.org
• Getting Lost: What Happens When the Brain’s ‘GPS’ Mapping Malfunctions – medicaldaily.com

Resources and Technology

• Augmented Reality Sandbox – idav.ucdavis.edu
• Mappt the new app for mapping and data collection – gisuser.com
• eSpatial launches free version of its mapping service – blogs.computerworld.com
• NASA’s goggle-eyed SPHERE robots create 3D maps on the fly – gizmag.com
• The Value of Free Mapping Tools for Business Analysis – prleap.com
• GrayQb: A new tool for radioactive contamination mapping – phys.org/news
• New ‘game-changing’ video mapping system for events launched – eventindustrynews.co.uk
• Data Points Makes For Surprisingly Fun Number Crunching – adpulp.com

Cartography – Applications

• City of Greater Geelong consolidates asset capture programs into one single capture program by leveraging 3D panoramic imagery – geomatic.com.aux
• Google Maps 3D Street View images of coral reef – insidermediagroup.com
• Boot up: Apple v photos, Amazon’s 3D phone?, ninja Google searching and more – www.guardian.co.uk
• Titan Topo Map – tomsastroblog.com

Mapmaker of Renown

• Frederick J. Doyle, photographic mapping specialist for NASA, dies at 93 – washingtonpost.com

News provided by ICA members and commissions

• New issue of e-Perimetron is now online, Vol. 8, No. 1 (2013) – e-perimetron.org
• Université Laval (Department of Geomatics Sciences), Canada, opens 2 tenure-track professor positions, one in Geospatial Information System (GIS) and one in Applied Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing

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