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Get to know the new ICA Executive Committee for the term 2023-2027

eCARTO News May 2016

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.

Mapworthy

  • This 17th Century Map of the Skies is Bursting With Mythological Creatures – atlasobscura.com

People in Cartography

Lesson Time

  • Visual Design and Composition Lessons from 30 Beautiful Maps – canva.com
  • Calculate the Distance to the Horizon – wikihow.com
  • We Finally Know Why the North Pole is Moving East – gizmodo.com
  • Hachures and sketchy relief maps – andywoodruff.com
  • Geo Psycho Test: Are you GPS dependent? – geoawesomeness.com
  • Video: Collect, Inspect and Visualize Data with Minimal Effort – giscloud.com
  • Can You Guess The City From Its Map Outline? – buzzfeed.com
  • Five steps of making a map with small drones – cta.int
  • Heterogenous Spatial Data: Fusion, Modeling, and Analysis for GIS Applications – morganclaypool.com
  • Maptime Boston’s Cartographic Design Tips – github.com
  • What’s an algorithm? – linkedin.com

Transport and Travel Maps

Maps

Indoor Mapping

  • Google to showcase Project Tango indoor mapping and VR/AR platform at Google I/O – searchengineland.com
  • Where’s the sugar? Supermarket robot creates product maps as it takes stock – gizmag.com

Mapping Technology & Software

Opinion & Blogs

Cartographic Resources & Education & Opportunities

Cartographers and Map Users Beware

Crisis Management and Mapping

  • ICAInternational Conference on Cartographic Visualization of Big Data for Early Warning and Disaster/Crisis Management – ew-cm2016.org
  • Creating a Map to Navigate the Post-Earthquake Landscape in Ecuador – newyorker.com
  • Mapping The Disturbingly High Rates Of Food Insecurity In America – fastcoexist.com
  • Mapping Worldwide Zika Susceptibility – the-scientist.com
  • This map shows the places that would go dark if we banned fossil fuels tomorrow – businessinsider.com.au
  • Dixie Alley: The Not-So-New Hotbed for Tornadic Destruction – atlaslens.com

Publications

Imagery

  • NASA releases 3 million photos of Earth – abc.net.au
  • ESA’s Swarm Mission Is Mapping How the Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Changing – vice.com
  • The World From On High – historytoday.com
  • By mapping the skies, AirMap app paves the way to a drone-filled future – arstechnica.com
  • Mapping the depths – postguam.com
  • Optech Eclipse autonomous airborne mapping system – spatialsource.com.au
  • Using laser scanners to study the day-night rhythm of trees – tuwien.ac.at
  • Sentinel satellite pictures a ‘clear skies’ Africa – bbc.com
  • Get the world’s highest-quality satellite imagery delivered straight to your web or mobile application—for free – digitalglobe.com

History

Pushing the “Cartographic” Boundaries

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