eCARTO News captures 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.
Mapping Nature
- Mapping shows how great Barrier Reef is impacted by major weather events – themandarin.com.au
- New Tool Maps Birds, Fish In Offshore Wind Areas – wbur.org
- What Will Climate Change Feel Like? New Tool Provides Granular Estimates – bloomberg.com
- Entrepreneurs recognized for innovations in flood mapping technology – news.asu.edu
- City mulls new landslide and avalanche maps – juneauempire.com
- How to make mapping and monitoring zero-deforestation commitments effective – eco-business.com
Network Maps
- World Map of Shipping Traffic Density – moverdb.com
- Facebook Map of all the World’s Interconnected Friendships – brilliantmaps.com
- Anonymous Portuguese chart, after c. 1471 – medea-chart.org
Atlases and other publications
- Allen Coral Atlas – allencoralatlas.org
- All Over the Map: A Cartographic Odyssey – amazon.com
- National Geographic Ultimate Visual History of the World – amazon.com
- The Journal of the Washington Map Society – wildapricot.org
- ArcGIS Living Atlas News (February 2021) – esri.com
- New book edited by Stanford scholars examines time and space in maps – news.stanford.edu
Mapping Tools and Data
- Aerial mapping tool helps local government plan for disasters – governmentnews.com.au
- Open Maps For Europe project releases first datasets created from official, national geospatial data – geospatialworld.net
Cartographic Cooperation
- USGS and the Republic of Peru Sign an Agreement for Remote Sensing Operations and Technological Development – usgs.gov
3D Maps
- Venezuela 3D Elevation map – Rodinia3DMaps
- Mumbai: BMC undertakes 3D mapping of Worli – mid-day.com
Cartographic Opinion
- Your Map Is Lying to You – outsideonline.com
- Analysis unlocks secret of the Vinland Map — it’s a fake – news.yale.edu
- The world probably doesn’t look like you think it does — and that matters, a lot – deseret.com
- A growing problem of ‘deepfake geography’: How AI falsifies satellite images – washington.edu
- Researchers explore ways to detect ‘deep fakes’ in geography – sciencedaily.com
- Art review: Fluid Cartographies looks at people and maps – canberratimes.com.au
Cartographic Resources and Opportunities
- This measurement is more than 2,200 years old, and its accuracy is remarkable – ABC News
- The District University of Bogota, Colombia – Nasa Mapathon – NASA Applied Science
- ISHMAP 2022 Montevideo – Symposium and Workshop – wordpress.com
- Chapter Call for Spatial Literacy in Public Health (ACRL) – google.com
- ISHMAP 2022 Montevideo – Symposium and Workshop – ishmap.wordpress.com
- On the Origin and Evolution of Nautical Charts – portmeeting.org
- The Young Geographer of the Year competition – ordnancesurvey.co.uk
- Maps for researching Scottish Woodland History – maps.nls.uk
- Tutorials for making 3D-looking maps with Blender – news.knowledia.com
Websites Selection
- Maps on the Web – mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com
- Cartographic perspectives from our Map Librarians – blogs.bl.uk
- Harvard Map Collection – library.harvard.edu
- Maps for every device and platform. – mapzen.com
- North American Cartographic Information Society – nacis.org
- Hand Made Maps – handmademaps.com
- New York Map Society – newyorkmapsociety.org
- Views of the World – viewsoftheworld.net
- Légendes Cartographie – legendes-cartographie.com
On a Lighter Note
- Keen spirit: Australian cyclist uses GPS to recreate Nirvana’s Nevermind cover – theguardian.com
- Marvel Maps Charted in an Atlas of the Comic Universe – screenrant.com
- All the World in a ‘Slice’ of Art – nytimes.com
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the weblink authors are their own and do not represent the official position of the ICA. The links are assembled for information and education purposes only.
Category: eCARTO News, General News