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

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Borderline Cartography

• Putting Slums on the Map – MapLab
• A ‘redistricting nerd’ from NC won a national contest. His map is worth a look. – newsobserver.com
• Which Canada would you choose? – macleans.ca

Mapping Change

• Mapping wildfires around the world – Al Jazeera
• Where extreme weather is getting even worse, in one map – Vox
• Yukon-made sensors dropped from helicopter to collect wildfire information – yukon-news.com
• ‘Eyes of a machine’: How to classify Planet Earth – BBC News
• Building The World Country By Country  – Brilliant Maps

Hidden Cartography

• Mapping Underground Features – GIS Lounge
• Accident leads to safety win for Queenslanders with ‘phantom roads’ removed from maps – ABC News
• Mapping quest edges past 20% of global ocean floor – BBC News
• New dark matter map reveals cosmic mystery – BBC News

Poles Apart

• South Polar Chart – vividmaps.com
• More to a Map Than Meets the Eye – antarctica.gov.au
• North Polar Regions – geographicus.com
• Land Cover in the Arctic – nordregio.org

Applications

• These electric submarines map the seafloor to make way for wind power – cnbc.com
• Every fireball meteor that hit Earth’s atmosphere in the last 33 years – msn.com

Cartographic Opinion

• Which way will paper maps go in the future? – ABC News
• Computers the cartographers of the future with student’s PhD research – ABC News
• Why is ‘North’ Always on Top in Maps? We Take a Look at the History of Cartography – news18.com
• Maps tell us where we are, and who we are – Inland Northwest
• Colonization of New England – Boston Public Library
• Everyone maps numbers in space, but…. – Science News

Cartographic Resources and Opportunities

• Glossary for Students – leventhalmap.org
• Nautical Chart Smarts – msn.com
• Call for Virtual Maps – Esri
• NASA NeMO-Net – nasa.gov

Videos

• How a 1507 German Map Became America’s Birth Certificate – YouTube
• How bold errors on old world maps shaped the 21st century – YouTube
• Medieval world map, Mappa Mundi, what does it show?  – YouTube

Kindred

• Expeditions that changed the course of history – www.msn.com
• The British shipwreck that changed the world – www.bbc.com
• Creating a Digital Twin of the Earth – GIM International
• The Canada Douglas Kendall sees from the sky – macleans.ca

Models

• Suitcase Trains – suitcasetrains.com
• See B.C. in all its 3D glory as giant Challenger Relief Map returns to PNE after 23 years – Vancouver Sun
• It Took 400+ Hours To Make This Super Accurate 3D Printed GTA V Map – kotaku.com

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Recognition of Cartographic Excellence

• ICA-IMIA Excellence in Cartography awards – imiamaps.org
• Epic Web Maps – The Maps Hall of Fame – gisgeography.com
• Chief Hydrographer Vinay Badhwar conferred with Alexander Dalrymple award – jagranjosh.com

Borderline Cartography

• The human consequences of colonial cartography explored in a recent book – caravanmagazine.in
• The world probably doesn’t look like you think it does — and that matters, a lot – deseret.com

Cartographic resources

• Proceedings of the Academic Track at State of the Map 2021 – zenodo.org
• 25 Map Types: Brilliant Ideas to Build Unbeatable Maps – gisgeography.com
• Choropleth Maps – A Guide to Data Classification – gisgeography.com
• 3 Advantages of Paper Maps Over Digital Maps – gisgeography.com

Cartographic Virtual Gatherings

• Barry Lawrence Ruderman Conference on Cartography – library.stanford.edu
• Libraries and the UN 2030 Agenda: the Role of Libraries in Promoting Sustainable Development – hkdrustvo.hr

Maps and Geography

• Geography Facts That Will Blow Your Mind – farandwide.com
• 10 Topographic Maps From Around the World – gisgeography.com
• Scientists aim to build a detailed seafloor map by 2030 to reveal the ocean’s unknowns – theconversation.com
• 6 of the World’s Oldest Maps – discovermagazine.com

Enhanced Cartography

• Africa – pinterest.com.au
• Vintage Geological Maps Get Turned Into 3D Topographical Wonders – openculture.com
• Kenya – Exploratory Soil Map – pinterest.com.au
• 3D Rendered Topographic Maps – longitude.one
• How to make those cool 3D vintage topo maps in ArcGIS Pro – esri.com
• Cartographer Transforms Vintage Maps Into 3D Relief Maps Showing Elevation – mymodernmet.com
• Scotland from above – our 3D map viewer with new vertical exaggeration – blog.nls.uk
• Topographic map of Ireland – mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com
• Make a Vintage Forestry Map 3D using Modern Forestry Data – esri.com
• Generating 3D city models without elevation data – researchgate.net
• A Detailed Map of The Internal Structure of Mars Has Been Revealed For The First Time – sciencealert.com
• Commemorate Your Favorite Place With a Custom Relief-Style Map for Your Home – mymodernmet.com

Animations

• GEBCO 2021 Bathymetry Direct Measurement – maps.ccom.unh.edu
• Poland’s Territorial Changes 1635-Present – Life, Death & Rebirth – brilliantmaps.com
• Impressive cold shot moving north from Antarctica – trendsmap.com
• Gulf Stream Sea Surface Currents and Temperatures – svs.gsfc.nasa.gov

Cartographic Analysis

• QuietPlacesUK: modelling GB’s noise pollution using OS addressing and mapping APIs – ordnancesurvey.co.uk
• 7 Years Of Driving As A Professional Truck Driver Shown On A Map – fleetlogging.com
• Driving Times from Paris – googlemapsmania.blogspot.com
• 3 Wildfire Maps: How to Track Real-Time Fires Around the World – gisgeography.com
• Mapping reveals sorry state of canals – timesofindia.indiatimes.com
• Coral Reef Health Gets New Model for Mapping, Monitoring; Shortlists Factors and Identifies Which Reefs Might Survive – sciencetimes.com
• Mapping the hottest temperatures around the world – aljazeera.com
• US Navy has AI-improved method for mapping aerial imagery–ignore the cars – techlinkcenter.org

Industry News

• Esri boosts digital twin tech for its GIS mapping tools – venturebeat.com
• Robots Making Maps for Robots: Galileo/GNSS-based Mapping for High-Definition Guidance – insidegnss.com
• ArcGIS Pro Cartography proves to be a game changer – geospatialworld.net

On a lighter note

• Bad map projections – xkcd.com
• Marvellous pictorial map of New Zealand – raremaps.com
• Stinky Bay? How local names can protect lives on the coast this summer – ordnancesurvey.co.uk
• 21 Of The Saddest Places On Earth From Instagram’s sadtopographies – brilliantmaps.com
• What do they talk about? – davidrumsey.com

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Country by Country

• Hungarian Geographer Creates First Ever Mars Atlas – hungarytoday.hu
• ‘Look Around’ vehicles begin mapping the Czech Republic – ilounge.com
• Mapping the invisible atmospheric ‘rivers’ that bring East Africa’s rain – climatechangenews.com
• New Land Subsidence Map Reveals the Netherlands’ (In)Stability – gim-international.com
• Japanese website maps neighbourhoods that have noisy children – theguardian.com
• Beautiful countryside makes beautiful maps : The Alps in Austria – agslibraryblog.wordpress.com
• Mapping Armenia’s Edible Landscape, One Wild Bilberry Bush at a Time – smithsonianmag.com
• What India’s New Digital Soil Map Can Do for the Country – science.thewire.in
• Mapping floods in Bangladesh caused by Cyclone Amphan to support humanitarian response – preventionweb.net
• Croatia sits on many geological faults, not all active, southern Dalmatia highest risk – croatiaweek.com
• See a 4,000-Year-Old 3D Map of France – hyperallergic.com
• Iran to allocate some $240,000 for Great Wall of Gorgan restoration – tehrantimes.com
• Redesigned Apple Maps Expanding to Spain and Portugal Today, Italy and Australia Later This Year – macrumors.com
• Latvia Map and Satellite Image – geology.com
• North Macedonia – mapcarta.com
• 6,000 WWII-era bomb craters mapped in Poland – livescience.com
• How Uruguay is advancing its National Adaptation Plan across cities through adaptive solutions and education – preventionweb.net
• Mapping an Ecuadorian Research Base in Antarctica with a Drone – commercialuavnews.com
• Robinson Crusoe Island Captured by Landsat 8 Satellite – scitechdaily.com
• Ordnance Survey launches OS Maps for Australia – spatialsource.com.au
• Mexican duo creates first cartography with all the architectural heritage of Mexico city – designboom.com

Language

• Languages of East Timor – mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com
• Modern Distribution of Celtic Languages In The 21st Century – brilliantmaps.com
• US State Names by Language of Derivation – mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com
• Map Of The Tribes Of Arabia – mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com

Please explain?

• The Definitive Guide to SLAM & Mobile Mapping – gim-international.com
• Principall navigations, voiages, and discoveries of the English nation – jcblibrary.org
• The next ‘deep fake’ images: Public lands, natural disasters – eenews.net
• A disaster and a discovery – thehindu.com
• Map data is shockingly easy to fake, from ‘Pokémon Go’ to satellite images – fastcompany.com
• Making Manned Aerial Mapping Accessible – amerisurv.com
• The New Era In Mapping: Maps For Machines By Machines – news.crunchbase.com

Cartographic Resources

• Afrimapr – afrimapr.github.io
• International Journal of Cartography, Volume 7, Issue 2 (2021) – tandfonline.com
• Modern Map Reading Skills – getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk
• Mapping Self in Society – news.vanderbilt.edu
• Journal of Map & Geography Libraries – tandfonline.com

Cartographic Themes

• La distancia hasta el centro de salud más cercano en el mundo – elordenmundial.com
• Shaping the Mountains of the Future – gim-international.com
• When Rivers are Borders – earthobservatory.nasa.gov

Maps on Display

• Larissa Fassler’s cartography at the Currier Museum describes socioeconomic disparities in Manchester – theartblog.org

Marine Cartography

• Preserving the future of our oceans through underwater mapping – cnet.com
• Mapping quest edges past 20% of global ocean floor – bbc.com
• Trio in plan to accelerate seabed mapping – shipinsight.com
• Cartographers Say The World Now Has Five Oceans, Not Four – deeperblue.com
• Mapping the Secrets of the Earth’s Seabed – bloomberg.com

Weather, Climate and the Cosmos

• Weather and climate – scottduncanwx.com
• Cosmic cartographers map nearby universe revealing the diversity of star-forming galaxies – sciencedaily.com

Cartography reporting

• Woven Alpha Automated Mapping Platform and Mitsubishi Fuso Collaborate on Latest HD Mapping Technology for Advanced Driver – miragenews.com

Odd Spot

• Barsetshire map – https://trollopesociety.org/product/barsetshire-map/
• The World’s Most Mildly Infuriating Map Legend – businessfibre.co.uk
• The deepest hole we have ever dug – bbc.com
• Your brain goes all the way to 11 – bicyclenetwork.com.au
• ORAU hosts Mythical Cartography course for educators – knoxnews.com

Kindred

• How Augmented Reality can help improve the indoor mapping experience – auganix.org
• Polynesian migration theories challenged by new research – auckland.ac.nz
• Cartography – thedailystar.net

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Cartography reporting

• World Development Report 2021 Maps and Figures – worldbank.org
• Mapping risk across the globe – controlrisks.com

History

• Notable Cartographers and Their Maps – gislounge.com
• Viabundus – landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de
• Historiske kart – kartverket.not

Opinion

• The Unsolved Mystery of Sri Lanka’s “Stargate” – bbc.com
• 3 Advantages of Paper Maps Over Digital Maps – gisgeography.com
• You Can’t Have a One to One Mapping of American History – ctexaminer.com
• Maps can bridge gaps between citizens, scientists and policymakers – theconversation.com
• Google Maps is About to Get a Lot More Useful – thurrott.com

Cartographic collections

• A Guide to the Library of Congress’s Collection of Fire Insurance Maps – maproomblog.com

Cartographic Applications

• Tracking Civic Space – monitor.civicus.org
• Canadian Passenger Rail in 1955 and 1980 – maproomblog.com
• Going global: Western migration mapping project adopted by international science group to aid conservation – postregister.com

Atlases and Globes

• Atlas of Demography’ – migration-demography-tools.jrc.ec.europa.eu
• International team partners with UN to launch global initiative to map ungulate migrations – eurekalert.org
• Globemakers – instagram.com
• UO geographers map out new conservation opportunities – miragenews.com
• A digital atlas for all the worlds maps and imagery – soar.earth
• Allen Coral Atlas – allencoralatlas.org

Sharing Our Cartography

• Mai Ghaly Cartography Portfolio – mai-ghaly-cartography-portfolio
• Mapping Our World – loc.gov
• A Gray Accessible Basemap – esri.com
• Magnets, Math, and Diagrams: Turning Visual Aids into Navigational Technology – video.ibm.com

Cartographic Industry News & Research & Information

• Boletín semanal de Nosolosig – mailchi.mp
• Hiring: Part Time Junior Graphic Designer | Cartographer – bellerbyandco.com
• Area burned adjustments to historical wildland fires in Canada – iopscience.iop.org
• Accessing data from large online rasters with Cloud-Optimized-Geotiff, GDAL, and terra R package – frodriguezsanchez.net
• Cool GeoViewer Features – geospatialonline.com
• How GPS Receivers Work – Trilateration vs Triangulation – gisgeography.com
• Where is the Central Meridian? – gisgeography.com
• Mapping micronutrients in grain and soil unearths hidden hunger in Africa – nature.com
• Terradepth Autonomous Sub Dives Into Mapping World’s Oceans, Making Data Freely Available – forbes.com
• Birds dealing with change — Mapping migration routes can lead to conservation areas – eurekalert.org
• 54^th annual conference of CARTO – acmla-acacc.ca
• Mapping the World, the Belgian contribution – imcos2021brussels

World Cartographic Products

• Indian Ocean, including Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia – nla.gov.au
• Maps of the World – nationsonline.org
• Global mapping of urban–rural catchment areas reveals unequal access to services – pnas.org
• Gridded Bathymetric Data – gebco.net/
• GEBCO Seabed2030 project – gebco.net
• Mapping populations – worldpop.org
• Windy – windy.com

Just Maps

• Native land – native-land.ca
• Ethnic composition of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1910 – mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com
• El mapa de la calidad de vida en Europa – elordenmundial.com
• 10 Topographic Maps From Around the World – gisgeography.com
• Uruguay Mapa Politico – elordenmundial.com

Odd Spot (x,y)

• A Belgian farmer moved a rock and accidentally annexed France: the weird and wonderful history of man-made borders – abc.net.au
• 25 Google Maps Tricks You Need to Try – au.pcmag.com
• Kiribati & Interesting Facts About Its Geographic Anomalies – brilliantmaps.com

Kindred

• Iceye unveils new wide-area imaging capability – spacenews.com
• National Baseline of High-resolution 3D Data – gwprime.geospatialworld.net
• TCarta Delivers Satellite-Derived Bathymetry to NOAA for U.S. Coastal Mapping Pilot – gisuser.com
• Plex-Earth expands to BricsCAD with satellite and aerial imagery – aecmag.com

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Cartographers

• Joshua Miele: Hands-On Mapping: The Story of a Blind Cartographer – disability.stanford.edu
• Female mapmakers – othercartographies.com
• Piri Reis: Admiral extraordinaire, the champion of Ottoman cartography – trtworld.com
• Young drone cartographer puts record-breaking on the map – guinnessworldrecords.com
• SU Yu Hsin’s Digital Cartography – artnews.com
• Meet Venna, a Vizag-based illustrator weaving magic with cartography – yovizag.com
• How a Young Activist Is Helping Pope Francis Battle Climate Change – newyorker.com
• Geoinspirations Podcast Series: Dr. Paulette Hasier – Curating Generations of Cartography – directionsmag.com
• The SoPo Cartographer Who Turns Maps Into Art – downeast.com
• Lockdown no bar, over 1,000 students honing skills in cartography – newindianexpress.com

History

• Bronze Age slab found in France is oldest 3D map in Europe – bbc.com
• The Historical Importance of India’s Cartography Reforms – swarajyamag.com

Opinion

• Digital Maps to hold the future of smart cities, autonomous cars, and much more – geospatialworld.net
• Mapping the path to rewilding: The importance of landscape – sciencedaily.com
• Internet Debates Worst Navigation App After Hilarious Google Maps Tweet – newsweek.com

Cartography and Society

• Audubon Spotlight: Vero Couttee Uses Maps to Break the Cycle of Injustice – audubon.org
• How One Man – And A Creative Map – Made A Difference In Panama’s COVID-19 Crisis – npr.org
• First ever village-level mapping of childhood undernutrition in India reveals sharp local disparities – hsph.harvard.edu

Cartographic Applications

• Scientists develop new mapping model to save Africa’s cycad plants from extinction – weforum.org
• Ground and satellite observations map building damage after Beirut explosion – sciencedaily.com
• Where is it hottest in the Triangle? Researchers set out to map urban heat islands. – newsobserver.com

Atlases

• World Wine Regions – worldwineregions.com
• What Would It Look Like to Decolonize Cartography? A Volunteer Group Has Ideas – hyperallergic.com

How To

• How to Create a Map from Excel Data – techbullion.com
• Best Practices for Getting and Using Your Google Maps API Key – searchenginejournal.com
• Getting started with digital mapping tools – nrtoday.com

Cartographic Industry News

• Hydro International – hydro-international
• Snap has acquired Pixel8earth, a 3D mapping developer, for $7.6M – au.news.yahoo.com
• Exyn Technologies’ drones achieve autonomy milestone with on-board mapping – au.news.yahoo.com
• Drone operators challenge surveyors’ turf in mapping dispute – conchovalleyhomepage.com
• Strava personal heatmaps go 3D | Satellite imagery and in-app mapping also updated – bikeradar.com
• Google promises better 3D maps – techcrunch.com
• Airborne Digital Mapping Camera Market to move forward with regards to technological upgradations in the next 10 years – mccourier.com

Cartographic Trickery

• Deepfake tech takes on satellite maps – techcrunch.com
• Why ‘deepfake geography’ presents significant risks — and how researchers are detecting it – geekwire.com

Cartographic Reveals

• Drainage basins of the world’s longest rivers – vividmaps.com
• Draining the oceans – geo_spatialist
• How to map the seabed from the sky – economist.com
• Mapping memories through cartography – newindianexpress.com
• World’s Largest Map of Space Offers Clues on Dark Energy – scientificamerican.com
• Mapping the World’s Key Maritime Choke Points – visualcapitalist.com

Cartography Related

• 30 GIS Software Applications [Rankings] – gisgeography.com
• USGS Landsat Satellites Enable Google to Portray Global Change – usgs.gov
• Automatic Shipwreck Detection in Bathymetry Data – hydro-international

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Cartographers

• Highlighting Five Fantastic Women in the Geospatial Industry – maps.com
• Holly Price – cartography.org.uk

Cartographic Standards, Guidelines and Rules

• OGC membership approves new Community Standard: Indoor Mapping Data Format (IMDF) – ogc.org

Mapping the Environment

• How community mapping of storm water drains is fighting evictions in Karachi’s informal settlements – preventionweb.net
• Seafarer App Mapping Ocean Pollution Used to Clear Isle of Man Beaches – maritime-executive.com
• EDODnet Unveils New Pan-European Shoreline-migration Map – hydro-international.com

Online Cartography

• OS OpenMap – Local Buildings & Function Sites in the Living Atlas – resource.esriuk.com
• Looking forward to the new Map Viewer – resource.esriuk.com
• Web application cartography: mapping out Burp Suite’s crawler – portswigger.net
• Mapping internet shutdowns around the world – aljazeera.com

Cartographic Discussion & Discoveries

• Can This New Map Fix Our Distorted Views of the World? – nytimes.com
• What scientists found while mapping underwater continent off Australia – brisbanetimes.com.au

The Psychology of Maps

• How Maps Affect Perception – gislounge.com
• Mira Dayal Maps a Gallery Floor – hyperallergic.com

Just Maps

• Map of Windmills In The Netherlands: Historic vs Modern – britishbusinessenergy.co.uk
• World Map Used in North Korea – brilliantmaps.com
• Europe At Night – brilliantmaps.com
• The Incredible Map of Venice That Changed Cartography Forever – telegraph.co.uk
• New ‘Map of Life’ Reveals Where Unknown Animals May Still Live on Earth – sciencealert.com
• A pocket guide to Mars – spaceref.com

Cartographic Industry News

• South Korean Mapping Satellite Reaches Orbit – hackaday.com

Cartography Sources, Resources and Opportunities

• “ISSonVis 2021- Geovisualization in Maps – geoinformatics.upol.cz
• Research Associate in Digital History on the Machines Reading Maps project – cartography.org.uk
• Cartographic Animation – geography.name
• Digitale Geodaten von swisstopo sind neu kostenlos und können frei genutzt warden – swisstopo.admin.ch
• The Long Enlightenment – woodslane.com.au
• ANZMapS newsletter – anzmaps.org
• Call for Papers – Coordinating Cartographic Collections history.icaci.org
• Japanese Maps Collection launches on Manchester Digital Collections – rylandscollections.com
• Online Rumsey Maps Reach 105,000. Part Two – 2017 Additions – davidrumsey.com
• Public Research Fellows in History and Geography – leventhalmap.org

Cartography Reads, Reviews and Rewinds

• When Maps Become the World. h-net.org
• The Border Mistake That Created a Disputed Territory – youtube.com
• Mercator Misconceptions: Clever Map Shows the True Size of Countries – visualcapitalist.com
• 3D Mapping The Largest Population Density Centers – visualcapitalist.com
• Linking maps to crime scenes and revealing unseen connections – resource.esriuk.com
• Cartography Animated – harvardmagazine.com
• Looking back 500 years – opinion.inquirer.net

Cartography Related (perhaps!)

• On the Survival of Polynesian Voyaging – maps.com
• Disboard – disboard.org
• 50 Cognitive Biases in the Modern World – visualcapitalist.com
• Most Used Emoji’s Around the World – reddit.com
• GIS job listings – gislounge.com
• Sound waves from fin whale songs could help us study Earth’s crust – newscientist.com
• Vintage Lego Topographical Map – ideas.lego.com
• Best Handheld GPS Receivers – gisgeography.com
• Leonardo da Vinci Cartographer and Inventor of the Google Map is finalist in book cover design competition. – prurgent.com
• ITV Invests $2.7M In UK Mapping Tech Startup What3words – deadline.com
• Mapping the Arizona Snowbowl for functional and artistic use – azdailysun.com
• Surveyors Wanted to Shut this Drone Photographer Down. Now, He’s Fighting Back. – dronelife.com

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Cartography – A World View

• El mundo dibujado por los niños – icaci.org
• Who Maps The World? – bloomberg.com
• World map generator – worldmapgenerator
• Preview – World map generator – worldmapgenerator.com/en/intro/
• National Geographic Atlas of the World, 11th Edition – booktopia.com

Cartography and History

• Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography – lib.cam.ac.uk
• ANZMapS Webinar series: Warping historical maps and plans – mail.google.com
• The world in 50 historical maps: 150AD-2018 (142 pages) – tes.com
• Pleiades – pleiades.stoa.org
• The Known World According To Herodotus In The 5th Century BC – brilliantmaps.com
• Travel Time from Ancient Rome – brilliantmaps.com
• Statistical Atlas of Budapest – davidrumsey.com

Cartography – Viewpoints

• New world map projection from Princeton University – princeton.edu
• A “Radically Different” World Map? – mappingasprocess.net
• Imhof-ish cartography: now everywhere can look like Switzerland – esri.com

Near Real Time Cartography

• AAA COVID-19 Travel Restrictions – gds.maps.arcgis.com
• Oncor – Outage Map – stormcenter.oncor.com

Cartographic Products

• Las dos caras de la densidad de población en España – elordenmundial.com

Out of This World Mapping Applications

• New Map of Ice on Mars – skyandtelescope.org
• Map of 25,000 Supermassive Black Holes – syfy.com
• Visualizing the Speed of Light (Fast, but Slow) – visualcapitalist.com
• The Harmonia Macrocosmica of Andreas Cellarius – webspace.science.uu.nl
• Celestial Art and Science in Albrecht Dürer’s 1515 Star Charts – hyperallergic.com

Cartography storylines

• Deeper History – sl.nsw.gov.au
• The Historical Importance of India’s Cartography Reforms – swarajyamag.com

Cartographic Industry News

• Launching the Facebook Map – hi.stamen.com
• Inside the ‘Wikipedia of Maps,’ Tensions Grow Over Corporate Influence – bloomberg.com

Mapping the Environment

• Un atlas pour mieux comprendre les récifs coralliens grâce à l’imagerie satellite – news.un.org
• Geoinformation and satellite data reveal increasing rate of global ice loss – geospatialworld.net

Cartography Sources, Resources and Opportunities

• Teaching Imagery & Remote Sensing – esri.com
• International Journal of Cartography – icaci.org
• GIS and Map Contests Roundup – gislounge.com
• ICC – International Cartographic Conference, Florence 2021 – rivistageomedia.it

Cartography Technically Speaking

• Natural Earth projection – en.wikipedia.org
• Experiments with dot density – Part Two – esri.com
• How to work with Facebook population density data – statsmapsnpix.com
• Add a layer of clarity to your color and size maps – esri.com

Cartographic Information and Questions

• The longest drivable road in the world – mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com
• Can satellite mapping really make agriculture more sustainable? – eco-business.com

Cartography Lite

• South America pictorial map – antonthomasart.com
• Celebrating Valentine’s Day, Geographer Style – gislounge.com
• Why Ancient Mapmakers Were Terrified of Blank Spaces – nationalgeographic.com
• Meet Venna, a Vizag-based illustrator weaving magic with cartography – yovizag.com
• A fake New York town that only existed on a map briefly became real – boingboing.net

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.

Featured Cartography

• WWF – Mapping Bhutan’s biodiversity – fbhutan.org.bt

Cartography – Not the study of cartoons

• Cartography – an introduction – f0155d17
• Spheres, Cones and Cylinders – mathigon.org

Themed Cartography

• Thematic Mapping – cartography.org.uk
• Mapping coral reefs from space – news.un.org
• GIS mapping to keep track of waterbodies, drain network in city – dtnext.in
• NASA Data Aid Food Security Assessments in Kenya – earthobservatory.nasa.gov
• Sea charts and satellites: Mapping critical kelp beds along the Pacific coast – ca.news.yahoo.com

Old maps – Eye Candy

• Abbey Sanctuary and Environs of Holyrood – maps.nls.uk
• Planisphaerivm Aratevm sive Compages Orbivm Mvndanorvm ex hypothesi Aratea in plano expressa. – loc.gov
• Have you seen the first known map of Ireland from 140AD? – irishcentral.com
• Every map ever published in the National Geographic magazine since the first issue in October 1888 – nationalgeographic.com
• 20 Best Maps of 2020 – vividmaps.com

Cartographic Discussions

• Something in the water: the mythology of Snow’s map of cholera – esri.com

Mapping Applications

• New mangrove forest mapping tool puts conservation in reach of coastal communities – theconversation.com
• Satellite mapping used to tackle social isolation ‘hotspots’ in UK cities – techrepublic.com
• 72-ft autonomous Saildrone sets out on seafloor-mapping mission – newatlas.com

Modelling

• Modeling – Mapping flood – miragenews.com
• Story tips: Volcanic microbes, unbreakable bonds and flood mapping – eurekalert.org

Cartographic Industry News

• Mobileye Expands AV Mapping Technology to Detroit – dbusiness.com
• Goodbye, Michael Jones, the man who gave the power of maps in our hands – geospatialworld.net
• International Map Industry Association – imiamaps.org

Cartographic Animations & 3D Images

• Into the eye of the storm: Nexrad Level II open data – mapbox.com
• Introducing Unfolded Studio – The Platform for Geospatial Analytics – unfolded.ai
• Citizen scientists create 3D map of brown dwarfs in our sun’s neighbourhood – space.com
• Mapbox launches 3D Maps with 135 million sq km of global, high-resolution imagery from Maxar – finance.yahoo.com

Cartography Sources, Resources and Opportunities

• Cartography: Visualization of Geospatial Data – books.google.nl
• Ristow Prize in the history of cartography – cartography.org.uk
• Norway NHS update – geogarage.com/blog
• The Cartographic Journal Special Issue: 100 years of Soviet mapping – cartography.org.uk
• The British Cartographic Society (BCS) is a friendly society for those who love map making and geographic data visualisation. – cartography.org.uk
• John Nelson Maps – youtube.com
• Ten things you (maybe) didn’t know about our maps website – maps.nls.uk
• Best of GISGeography.com in 2020 – gisgeography.com
• Digital Resource – nls.uk
• New book edited by Stanford scholars examines time and space in maps – news.stanford.edu

Cartographic Exhibitions & Discussions

• Bending Lines in Cartographic Perspectives – leventhalmap.org
• Q&A: Mia Anika Navigates the Topography of Abstraction – medium.com

Cartography – A World View

• World Atlas Map – Countries and Geography – gisgeography.com
• Mapped: Visualizing the True Size of Africa – visualcapitalist.com
• Amazing Earth: Satellite Images from 2020 – nasa.gov
• Mapping the global threat of land subsidence – science.sciencemag.org
• How mapping the weather 12,000 years ago can help predict future climate change – theconversation.com

Transport Cartography

• Global air traffic as data art – esri.com
• Visualization of Air Traffic during Covid-19 Pandemic – towardsdatascience.com
• Augmented Reality and Computer Vision in Navigation – gislounge.com
• Vintage Video Explains How Road Maps Were Made in 1940 – nationalgeographic.com
• Honeywell Inertial Navigation Systems Provide Highly Accurate Data for Mobile Mapping – spar3d.com
• How New Street-Level Detail Will Help Google Maps Users To Navigate Cities – screenrant.com

Cartography Lite

• The mind-blowing map quiz – bbc.co.uk
• Who Drives on the Wrong Side of the Road? – brilliantmaps.com
• Countries Named After People – brilliantmaps.com
• Tourists Vs Locals: 20 Cities Based On Where People Take Photos – brilliantmaps.com
• Countries That Were Raided Or Settled By The Vikings Based On Modern Borders – brilliantmaps.com
• United States–Canada Border Slash – atlasobscura.com
• Netherlands vs. Holland – holland.com

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.

Cartography – A World View

• Mount Everest is now two feet taller – nationalgeographic.com
• A view from the top of the world – collection.sl.nsw.gov.au
• Listen To The World: Global Sound Map From Cities & Memory – brilliantmaps.com
• Submarine Cable Map – submarinecablemap.com
• 3D Mapping of The Global Climate – vividmaps.com
• Pangea – twitter.com
• Weather4VR – apps.apple.com
• Visualizing the World’s 100 Biggest Islands – visualcapitalist.com

Cartographic Crime

• How German Librarians Finally Caught an Elusive Book Thief – atlasobscura.com
• Drone Privacy Laws Around the World Mapped – vividmaps.com

Cartographic Communication

• How to Communicate with Maps – gislounge.com
• Maps Undergo Major Reshuffle – scienceblog.com

Cartography – Interactive

• Open Sea Map – map.openseamap.org
• Meandering in response to the Dead Sea level drop (1996–2017) – youtube.com
• False colour images of the Padma River – buff.ly/2B9DBMz

Cartographic Algorithms

• Machine Learning and Object Detection in Spatial Analysis – gislounge.com
• Machine Learning and Object Detection for the rest of us – mapscaping.com

Mapping Applications

• Vilas amazônicas circulares originadas do século 14 ao 18 são descobertas – revistagalileu.globo.com
• 3D Maps: A Complete Guide To See Earth in 3D – gisgeography.com

Sharing – real or virtual

• OSGeo at FOSDEM 2021 – osgeo.org
• IMIA Virtual Holiday Social – us02web.zoom.us
• The MapScaping Podcast – GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing – plnk.to
• GISPO – gispo.fi
• Map Curator – David Jones – vimeo.com

Cartography Sources & Resources

• Aerial Photographs Tutorial (2.0) – mines.libwizard.com
• History of Cartography – geography.wisc.edu
• The History of Cartography Project. – youtube.com
• GIS Cartography 3^rd Edition – books.google.com
• At the Intersection of Geography & Data Science – towardsdatascience.com
• Elevation models for reproducible evaluation of terrain representation – tandfonline.com

Just Maps

• Plan of Dalkeith – maps.nls.uk
• 7 Tube Maps Only The Colour Blind Will Truly Appreciate – brilliantmaps.com
• Map of The United States in Esperanto – brilliantmaps.com
• “The Palm of God’s Hand” A Map of the Coachella Valley by Dolores d’Ambly (1946) – reddit.com
• Atlas of design – atlasofdesign.bigcartel.com
• The Stevenson Maps and Plans of Scotland – cdcs.ed.ac.uk

History

• The intriguing maps that reveal alternate histories – bbc.com
• William Hacke: A Pirate’s Cartographer – blogs.loc.gov

Allied to Cartography

• ‘Maps are stories made visual’: Indigenous mapping in Sask. part of international virtual workshop – cbc.ca
• A Guide to Map Stationary – maproomblog.com
• Britian from above – britainfromabove.org.uk
• A Slice Through America – maproomblog.com
• Unbound – Ask a Conservator – blog.library.si.edu
• From daguerreotypes to glass plates: Australia’s oldest images – photo essay – theguardian.com