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
- Top 5 best mapping apps – cbronline.com
- Ordnance Survey denies report of end of paper maps for Great Britain – grough.co.uk
- GeoVisual Analytics: Interactivity, Dynamics, and Scale
Workshop @ GIScience – geoanalytics.net - 9th International Workshop on Digital Approaches to Cartographic Heritage – xeee.web.auth.gr
Applications
- Mapping San Francisco’s Most Speeding-Plagued Streets – sf.streetsblog.org
- Inside The DIY World Of Mapping Caves With Radio – gizmodo.com.au
- Drones help World Bank projects by mapping land – scidev.net
- Mapping Technologies for the Urban Poor – huffingtonpost.com
- Google views mapping the world with microsatellites – examiner.com
- How an Ocean Road Map Could Lead Back to Flight 370 – blogs.wsj.com
Industry News
- One World, One Subway Map: Architect Creates Standardized Transit Mapping – bostinno.streetwise.co
- Scientists Probe Secrets of the Sun’s Seething Interior By Mapping Magnetic Fingerprints on its Surface – blogs.discovermagazine.com
- Rand McNally offers all-in-one mapping, navigation, and HOS update – fleetowner.com
- Alibaba set to buy AutoNavi mapping firm ahead of IPO – taipeitimes.com
- Google acquires a drone company for more than just better mapping – agbeat.com/tech-news
- Information Builders and Esri Expand Partnership to Deliver Advanced Mapping Capability – directionsmag.com
Technological advances
- New Apple tech doesn’t need GPS to determine your location – bgr.com
- Mobile Mapping Feature – Fast & Accurate Asset Mapping – gisuser.com
- Google, NASA Tango to bring 3D mapping technology to ISS robots – techtimes.com
- Inside the Nokia HERE HD Maps putting Google on notice – slashgear.com
- Google details the crazy 3D mapping tech behind Google Camera’s new Lens Blur effect – phandroid.com
- 5 ways Project Tango, Google’s 3D mapping initiative, can change how we interact with tech – venturebeat.com
- Laser maps reveal slide risk with startling clarity, but few citizens know they exist – seattletimes.com
Education and Resources
- Jane Goodall launches online course in digital mapping – wired.co.uk
- Five bits of geography you always get wrong – news.optuszoo.com.au
- “Visual Analytics of Movement” – geoanalytics.net
- The Best Extensions to Make Google Maps Even More Awesome – lifehacker.com
- MIT Creates A New Map A Day To Inspire Social Change – fastcoexist.com
- Book Review: ‘Mapping the End of Empire’ – online.wsj.com
- The New York Public Library Has A Brilliant New Mapping Tool That History Fans Will Love – businessinsider.com.au
Cartography and the Environment
- Mapping China’s dam rush – gokunming.com
- Mapping More Than a Century of Major Earthquakes – theatlanticcities.com
- Mapping the Intensity of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake – slate.com
- Firm launches ‘world first’ solar mapping tool – businessspectator.com.au
- We’re offering $2m for the best ocean acidity mapping – newscientist.com
- A Concise History of Geological Maps: Mapping Noah’s Flood – blogs.scientificamerican.com
Society and Cartography
- Mapping human trafficking with Cindy McCain – us6.campaign-archive1.com
- Mapping Africa: can you help us fill in the gaps? – theguardian.com
- Egypt’s Sinai: Mapping terror – english.ahram.org.eg
- Online army helps map Guinea’s Ebola outbreak – newscientist.com
- LA’s 2,043 annual bike accidents on a single map – scpr.org
- How Researchers Use Social Media To Map The Conflict In Syria – forbes.com
- A map of Transnistria, Crimea, and other geographical ‘gray areas’ to be worried about – washingtonpost.com
- Mapping China’s Economic Activity – foreignpolicy.com
- The Geography of Small Talk – theatlantic.com
Cartographers
- Dr Vanessa Lawrence mapping out new career direction – spatialsource.com.au
- Bristol artist creates hand-drawn maps of the city – bbc.com
- A newsmaker you should know: Professor uses mapping skills in sports history society – post-gazette.com
- Mapping the Void – bbc.co.uk
Opinion
- N.S. ahead of mapping curve, must realize full potential – thechronicleherald.ca
- How Politics Buries Science in Landslide Mapping – nbcnews.com
- From Astrolabe To GPS: Mapping Our Lives Now – onpoint.wbur.org
Cartography Products
- Environmental Justice Atlas – ejatlas.org
- Mapping the Killer Path of the Everest Avalanche – news.nationalgeographic.com
- Voices: Mapping literary journeys – htrnews.com
- Mapping history – nst.com.my
- Ancient Marine Life map – Ancient Marine Life
Cartography Lite
- Mapping the hip haunts of the fashionably uncool – theage.com.au
- Loch Ness Monster found on Apple Maps? – nzherald.co.nz
- Google naps: mapping the world’s best places to sleep – theguardian.com
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