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.
Wow factor cartography
- City Layouts – behance.net
- The Map That Changed The World – strata-smith.com
- The world’s planes in a single image: Stunning satellite map shows 15,000 aircraft as they travel around the planet – dailymail.co.uk
General News
- See How Humans Have Reshaped the Globe With This Interactive Atlas – smithsonianmag.com
- Convention Agrimensura 2015 – andariego.geocuba.cu
- Pacific GIS/RS User Conference 2015 – spatialsource.com.au
- The Power of Maps – Part Two – timesatlas.com
Mapping Applications
- A British Reverse in East Africa – from the War Office Archive – britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk
- Drones used to map ice floe in unprecedented operation ‘set to change Antarctic science’ – abc.net.au
- MAPOMETER – mapping pedometer – au.mapometer.com
- Walking With Dinosaurs: Advanced science recreates ancient past – csironewsblog.com
Industry News
- Uber looks to end dependence on Google, bids for Here mapping service – smh.com.au
- What a compulsive videogame designer brings to HERE maps – 360.here.com
- Getting started with Mapbox.js – mapbox.com
- CartoDB and DigitalGlobe provide access to latest imagery – spatialsource.com.au
Opinion
- Has the Ordnance Survey lost its moral compass? – independent.co.uk
- Ordnance Survey ‘is the bully you have to punch on the nose’ – thetimes.co.uk
- Europe’s newest self-proclaimed microstate: Liberland – hiddeneurope.co.uk
- Satellites can mislead: Policy makers beware – blog.globalforestwatch.org
Cartographic Education & Resources
- Cartographers For Social Equality – youtube.com
- World Atlas of natural Disaster Risk – springer.com
- GIS Tutorial for Atmospheric Sciences – gis.ucar.edu
- Make a Map Tour Story Map – esri.com
- Map communication model – en.wikipedia.org
- Google Maps Mercator puzzle – gmaps-samples.googlecode.com
- What does Earth look like – youtube.com
- How Many Countries Are There? – youtube.com
- Cartography Master’s Degree Programs – learn.org
- Where can I get a Msc. in Cartography? – cartographymaster.eu
- MSc in Geoinformation Technology and Cartography – educations.com
- Master of Science in Cartography and GeoInformation Science – rectas.org
- Cartography and Geographic Information Analysis – ensg.eu
- Free Lightweight GIS for the Entire Organization – terragotech.com
- The Atlas of Living Australia – ga.gov.au
- Toolbox – anzmaps.org
Technically Speaking
- Project 1 – Intro to Web Mapping Terminology – pennstategeog467.github.io
- GIS Research Methods: Incorporating Spatial Perspectives – esripress.esri.com
- Learning ArcGIS Gets Real – esri.com
- The Future of GIS – Part 3, The System Becomes a Platform – sspinnovations.com
- How To Add Transparent text In ArcGIS – xyht.com
- The Simple, Elegant Algorithm That Makes Google Maps Possible – motherboard.vice.com
- MapServerPro – mapserverpro
- MapWheel – the world’s first toposcope generator – directionsmag.com
- ArcGIS 10.3.1 Brings Smart Mapping and 3D Content Sharing to ArcGIS for Server – blogs.esri.com
Cartographic Products
- Map of the Day – #GeoawesomeMapOfTheDay
- Maps We Love – esri.com
- Map of Canada – theglobeandmail.com
- Better than GPS: a history of cartography in 12 amazing maps – theguardian.com
- Maps lie in a new online course – britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk
- A Year in the Life of Earth’s CO2 – cartography.oregonstate.edu
- An Avant-Garde Map that Enticed Fearful Customers to Air Travel – hyperallergic.com
- Premier League: Where are your club’s followers? – interactive.twitter.com
- These Pretty Maps were Drawn by Our Paths Through Them – fastcompany.com
- Osher Map Library – oshermaps.org
- ATP Tennis World Tour Venue Map 2015 – esri.com
Historical
- Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography 2015/16 – lib.cam.ac.uk
- History of Australian geoscience oral history project – catalogue.nla.gov.au
- 26th International Conference on the History of Cartography – ichc2015.be
- CODATA45thAnniversary – youtube.coms
- Australia’s Vietnam War Project – ietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au
- Hawaiian Canoe Hōkūleʻa Sets Sail for Sydney Guided by Ancient Navigation – voices.nationalgeographic.com
- Unlock King George III’s historical maps and views of London and the South East – – support.bl.ukf
- It Just Got Easier To See A Cool Historical Maps Collection – wired.com
- Folded maps – pre-WW2 British army manuals – catalogue.nla.gov.au
- WW2 Naval Intelligence Division handbooks – catalogue.nla.gov.au
Humanitarian Assistance – Why we love cartography!
- Another Way to Help Humanitarian Efforts in Nepal: Start Mapping – citylab.com
- Print maps for Nepal – mapbox.com
- QuakeRelief.info – kathmandulivinglabs
- Mapping response contributions for Nepal – opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org
- Nepal – before and after – newirin.irinnews.org
- Extent of the Damage From the Nepal Earthquake – nytimes.com
- This Task is for More Experienced Mappers – tasks.hotosm.org
- The Internet Mapmakers Helping Nepal – theatlantic.com
- Nepal earthquake: Expert fears satellite mapping could point to more aftershocks – abc.net.au
- Nepal – mapping before and after – pierzen.dev.openstreetmap.org
Alternative Cartography
- Breweries of the World – carto.maps.arcgis.com
- Map easy chair – flickr.com
- The Churchill Globe Goes For a Spin – youtube.com
- Quiz: Can You Guess The City From The Street Plan? – roughguides.com
- The Match the Map to the Book quiz – goodreads.com
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