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Welcome to the website of the International Cartographic AssociationGet to know the new ICA Executive Committee for the term 2023-2027
Welcome to the website of the International Cartographic Association
Get to know the new ICA Executive Committee for the term 2023-2027

eCARTO News May 2023

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

Cartouche & Sea Monsters & Symbols

Artificial Intelligence & Search Engines

Industry News

Just Maps

Projections & Panoramas & 3D

Transport

Collectives

The Environment

Related

You Can’t Be Serious

 

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eCARTO News April 2023

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.

The Environment

  • Smartphone data can help create global vegetation maps – miragenews.com
  • GISS Surface Temperature Analysis – data.giss.nasa.gov
  • Mapping floods of the future reveals communities at risk due to climate change – phys.org
  • Mapping Wetland Loss Across Three Centuries – eos.org

Water

  • Ved Chirayath is on mission to map world’s oceans – miragenews.com
  • World Water Day: Mapping water stress across the Middle East – aljazeera.com
  • Mapping hidden meltwater paths in glaciers: importance – miragenews.com
  • Recent, rapid ocean warming ahead of El Niño alarms scientists – bbc.com
  • Mapping the Catalan coast using airborne Lidar bathymetry – hydro-international.com

History

  • Virginia T. Norwood: The Mother of Landsat – landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov
  • Europe’s Oldest Map Shows Tiny Bronze Age Kingdom – atlasobscura.com
  • From Dragons To Mythic Locations, These Are The Biggest Mistakes In Ancient Maps – iflscience.com
  • Seoul : A variation of “Daedongyeojido,” a famous map of the Korean Peninsula created in the 19th century by the Korean cartographer Kim Jeong – ho #Gallery – socialnews.xyz

Industry News

  • Google Maps Rival Gets Major Update With a Little Something for Everybody – autoevolution.com
  • Garmin Launches Motorcycle GPS Navigator That Puts Google Maps to Shame – autoevolution.com
  • I Thought Google Maps Was the Best Navigation App, But This Alternative Blew My Mind – autoevolution.com
  • Smartphone Screen Material Maps Magnetic Fields – miragenews.com

Just Maps

Out of this world

Opportunity

  • NIST Seeks UAS 3D Map Researchers for Grand Prize Challenge – miragenews.com

Chats

Collections

  • The Smithsonian Puts 4.5 Million High-Res Images Online and Into the Public Domain, Making Them Free to Use – openculture.com

A Mapping Game

 

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eCARTO News March 2023

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.

Publications

Research & Investigations

  • Where the sidewalk ends – news.mit.edu
  • Conservation of Spanish Armada invasion maps reveals red ink details were added hundreds of years later – theartnewspaper.com
  • New Research Overturns 100-Year-Old Understanding of Color Perception – scitechdaily.com
  • A universe without mathematics is beyond the scope of our imagination – phys.org
  • Ancient maps of Jupiter’s path show Babylonians’ advanced maths – newscientist.com

Maps – Collected & Exhibited

  • Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection – Stanford
  • Maps unfolded: exhibition in Amsterdam – Allard Pierson
  • 14 maps you need to see to understand Wales and the challenges we face – walesonline.co.uk
  • 40 Unusual And Fascinating Maps That Might Change Your Perspective On The World .boredpanda.com
  • Windows on Collections: Maps – youtube.com
  • The world’s languages, in 7 maps and charts – washingtonpost.com
  • Rare maps charting England’s defeat of the Spanish Armada will remain in the UK – dailymail.co.uk

Opportunity

Connections

  • Maps Chart Emotional Connection to Local Landscape – miragenews.com
  • Mapping path from smell to perception – miragenews.com
  • Fascinating map of the world reveals each country’s second language – dailymail.co.uk
  • Stanford research explores novel perspectives on the evolution of Spanish – news.stanford.edu
  • You can now try the Spanish Google Maps, unique in the world – gearrice.com
  • A new map reveals the most famous people born in Czechia – expats.cz

The Environment

  • Mapping Technology Boosts Land Managers’ Carbon Trading Options – miragenews.com
  • Mapping the risks of isolation due to sea level rise associated with global warming – phys.org
  • Return of the Gedi: space mission that maps Earth’s forests saved from destruction – theguardian.com
  • Smartphone data can help create global vegetation maps – miragenews.com
  • A Treasure Map to Falling Stars? This Glaciologist Made One – explorersweb.com
  • Study reveals map of moon’s water near its south pole – phys.org
  • Accuracy at risk as governments reject specialist mapping tools – miragenews.com
  • New mapping tools helping to protect seagrass in Dorset – miragenews.com
  • Scientists map nearly 10 billion trees, stored carbon, in Africa’s drylands – news.mongabay.com

Maps & Atlases & Globes

Virtual Mapping

  • Linux Foundation Takes on Metaverse, Physical World Mapping Challenges – linuxinsider.com

Archaeological Mapping

  • University of Bradford’s Croatia project to map ancient lands – bbc.com

History

  • This Google Maps Feature Takes Your Street Back in Time – cnet.com
  • Ireland’s maps: Retracing how they made world history – bbc.com

Industry

  • Hivemapper is 1M kilometers closer to goal of beating Google Maps – geospatialworld.net
  • Esri Joins the Overture Maps Foundation to Help Build Interoperable Open Map Data – businesswire.com

Transport Mapping

A Chat

  • Mapping reception of latitude and longitude in early modern China – miragenews.com

 

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eCARTO News February 2023

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.

Young Cartographers

  • Students harness GIS technology to help with earthquake recovery efforts in Turkey and Syria – clarku.edu
  • Ouray teen launches San Juan maps business – ouraynews.com
  • A TikTokker has created a map of new London boroughs – with hilarious results – timeout.com

Education

Theory & Practice

  • What new symbols would you add to Ordnance Survey maps? – t3.com

Geospatial Understanding

  • Making sense of place through personal connection to location – youtube.com

Conservation

Maps & Atlases & Globes

Mapping Related

  • The mysterious doodles hidden in a 1,300-year-old book – bbc.com

Geological Mapping

  • Flights Above Puerto Rico To Map Geology – usgs.gov
  • The First Geological Map of Yellowstone National Park – usgs.gov

History

Industry

  • How BMW-, Mercedes-owned map specialist Here aims to stay a step ahead of Google – autonews.com
  • Navman Quits Market As Google Maps Takes Over – channelnews.com.au
  • Mappedin Raises Series A to Accelerate Growth as Demand for Indoor Mapping Increases – yahoo.com
  • Esri Joins the Overture Maps Foundation to Help Build Interoperable Open Map Data – businesswire.com

Vegetation Mapping

  • Purdue launches new AI-based global forest mapping project – purdue.edu
  • Bluesky Tree Map Enhances Online Urban Forest Mapping Platform – einnews.com
  • Accuracy at risk as governments reject specialist forest mapping tools – phys.org
  • A new vegetation mapping of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau based on terrain-climate-remote sensing – eurekalert.org

Risk & Awareness Mapping

  • Maps Show How Landscapes Stop Fires – miragenews.com
  • Groundbreaking map shows toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in more than 330 wildlife species – ewg.org
  • Sensitivity Mapping: Accelerating offshore wind expansion and protecting nature – birdlife.org
  • Mexico: Mapping Dengue Fever Hotspots – com
  • Take a Look at This Map of PFAS Pollution Across the UK and Europe – envirotech-online.com
  • County’s latest seawater intrusion maps reveal an intractable problem that’s getting worse. – montereycountyweekly.com
  • Recount with digital map leads to doubling of listed Japanese islands – kyodonews.net

Out of This world

  • Over a Billion Galaxies Shine in New Sky Map – gizmodo.com
  • NASA device maps out dust storms from space to curb climate change – deseret.com
  • NASA’s SWOT Mission Aims To Map Earth’s Surface Water – dogonews.com
  • Scientists release newly accurate map of all the matter in the universe – uchicago.edu
  • Astronomers map the “dark chemistry” of outer space – earth.com

Esoteric Map Themes

  • Mapping Melbourne’s ‘ghost signs’ – theguardian.com
  • SBS World News introduces First Nations place names in nightly national weather forecast – sbs.com.au
  • Hiker Finds Out the Hard Way That a Traditional Map Is Better Than Google Maps – autoevolution.com

Opinion

  • The Growing Demand for Electronic Cartography Market 2023 – marketwatch.com
  • Google Maps Rival Says the Future of Navigation Is All About Car Sensors – autoevolution.com
  • What’s old is new again, paper maps making a comeback – cbsnews.com

 

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eCARTO News January 2023

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.

Feature

  • Lifetime Achievement Honor for Mark Monmonier, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography and the Environment – news.syr.edu

Opportunities

Maps & Atlases & Books

Theory

  • Exploring the mathematical universe – connections, contradictions, and kale – theconversation.com
  • The power of lines and strokes: How our brain recognizes line drawings – medicalxpress.com

Academia

History

AI-Assisted Mapping

Transport

  • HD Map for Autonomous Vehicles Market Report 2022 – businesswire.com
  • Luminar acquires HD Mapping Startup Civil Maps – geoweeknews.com
  • Google Maps Rival Says the Future of Navigation Is All About Car Sensors – autoevolution.com
  • Google Maps Chief Sees New Directions for Digital Navigation – wsj.com
  • Google’s higher-resolution driving maps will premiere in the Polestar 3 – engadget.com

Cartography Adopting Industries

Risk & Awareness Mapping

  • Oregon wants to delay controversial wildfire risk mapping – again – oregonlive.com
  • DNR shares results from summer 2022 Milwaukee heat mapping campaign – adysmithnews.com
  • Fairtrade launches new map to identify human rights and environmental risks in cocoa and other commodities – confectionerynews.com
  • Snow map predicts chances of it falling where you live as UK’s bitter cold snap continues – mirror.co.uk
  • Estonian Rescue Board unveils nationwide public shelters online map – news.err.ee
  • Social media and aerial mapping of sea floor reveal that tourists love Hawaiian coral reefs just a little too much – phys.org
  • It’ll take 150 years to map Africa’s biodiversity at the current rate. We can’t protect what we don’t know – modernghana.com
  • Snow Day Forecast – images.squarespace-cdn.com

Imagery

Inspired by Mapping

  • YouTuber Gaurav Taneja Draws Largest Map of India By Flying Plane on Republic Day – news18.com

Opinion

  • Forget Google Maps: Why Paper Map Sales Are Booming – wsj.com
  • Who are the Flat Earthers and what do they believe? – msn.com
  • Congressional mapmaker Bob Orr speaks: No one had the ability to ‘cook the books’ – wfae.org

 

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eCARTO News December 2022

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.

Awareness

  • Amazon Network of Georeferenced Socio-Environmental Information – raisg.org

Step Back In Time

  • Maps of past may shed light on our climate future – miragenews.com
  • New maps of asteroid Psyche reveal an ancient world of metal and rock – news.mit.edu

Industry news

  • Redesigned Apple Maps experience expands to users in these five countries – 9to5mac.com
  • Google Maps is available again on Wear OS 2 smartwatches – androidauthority.com
  • Amazon’s Roomba Deal Is Really About Mapping Your Home – bloomberg.com
  • Google Maps update to offer energy-efficient routes for electric vehicles – drive.com.au
  • Google rivals join forces in online maps – hurriyetdailynews.com
  • US-France satellite to map world’s oceans, rivers, lakes – aljazeera.com

Conference

  • XVIII Conferencia Iberoamericana de Sistemas de Información Geográfica – geografia.unex.es

The Human Factor in Mapping

  • Local bodies in Kerala to ready Buffer zone mapping…… – english.mathrubhumi.com
  • Have Soldiers Forgotten How to Use a Map and Compass? – news.yahoo.com
  • Interactive NYC tree map aims to help residents care for urban forest – smartcitiesdive.com
  • Sydney suburbs remapped according to how they feel, sound and smell – abc.net.au
  • NOAA and communities to map heat inequities in 14 U.S. cities and counties – noaa.gov

Open Map Data

  • Tech giants band together to set up open-source mapping platform – techradar.com

Interactive and Animated Maps

  • This Interactive Map Shows Which Indigenous Lands You Live On – smithsonianmag.com
  • Scrollable Map of the Cosmos Reminds Us How Tiny We Really Are – cnet.com
  • Map shows cascading extinction of species from climate change – abc.net.au
  • You can interact with over 1 million NYC trees through this awesome new map – timeout.com

Mapping the Environment

Adapting Technology

  • Tiger sharks with cameras on their backs map ‘world’s biggest’ seagrass meadow in Bahamas – abc.net.au
  • NASA Dust Detective Delivers First Maps From Space for Climate Science – climate.nasa.gov

Relax with Cartography

  • Data reveals what really defines the American South – .washingtonpost.com
  • 27 Facts About The Planet’s Geography That Will Completely Distort Your Sense Of Being – buzzfeed.com
  • First Ever Street View Style Map of Lake Tahoe – tahoefund.org
  • USGS Newsletters – usgs.gov
  • Rivers in the Sky – www.usgs.gov
  • Mapped: Global Happiness Levels in 2022 – visualcapitalist.com
  • A Map of the Online World in Incredible Detail – visualcapitalist.com
  • Who Is Marie Tharp? Google Celebrates Creator of ‘World Ocean Floor Map’ – newsweek.com
  • Satirical cartography: a century of American humor in twisted maps – bigthink.com
  • Make My Drive Fun, An Interactive Map That Plots Interesting Sites to See While on a Road Trip – laughingsquid.com
  • Meteorologist has fun with weather map – abcnews.go.com
  • 30 Interesting Maps That Might Change Your Perspective, As Shared On This Instagram Account – boredpanda.com
  • “Daily Educational Maps”: 40 Interesting And Informative Maps That Might Change The Way You Look At The World Forever – boredpanda.com
  • 25 funny Google Street View pictures – techadvisor.com
  • Why Swiss maps are full of hidden secrets – bigthink.com

 

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eCARTO News November 2022

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.

Step Back In Time

Education & Training

  • Mapping reception of latitude and longitude in early modern China – Mirage News

Opportunities& Activities

  • Cartographic Collections Manager – rgs.org
  • Symposium ICA Spring Olomouc 2023 – upol.cz

Cartographers

  • Meet the man behind a London Underground-style map featuring a staggering 618 Leeds pubs and clubs – Yorkshire Evening Post
  • From bus routes to gutters, tech-savvy youth map Mali’s capital – Africanews
  • Celebrating Marie Tharp – google.com

Uncovering the past

  • Team of divers complete three-year mission to create 3D map of sunken World War II Japanese submarine – ABC News
  • Mapping Rock Glaciers To Understand Their Future on Earth and Mars – irishtechnews.ie

Interactive Maps

  • New Scrollable Map of the Universe Reminds Us How Tiny We Really Are – CNET
  • New interactive map shows 200,000 galaxies, a slice of the known universe – CTV News

Fauna & Mapping

  • Study: Zebrafish are smarter than we thought – MIT News

Changing Marine Environment

  • The ‘mind-blowing’ sea floor changes caused by Tongan volcanic eruption – ABC News
  • Predictive map of Britain shows large part of Midlands vanishing into sea in 80 years – nottinghampost.com
  • More efficient ocean mapping and monitoring – sciencex.com

Making Sense of Our World

  • Results of Philly’s Citizen Science Heat Mapping Study Expected in Spring – wdiy.org
  • Sydney suburbs remapped according to how they feel, sound and smell – ABC News
  • Mapping path from smell to perception – Mirage News

Changing Technologies

  • Google Maps adds electric vehicle fast-charger search support – Drive
  • AR-based search with Live View for Google Maps coming soon – GSMArena.com
  • Cleveland replaces maps with tablets in snowplows, to clear roads more efficiently – cleveland.com
  • Mobile Mapping Hardware and Software for all Professionals – Geo Week News
  • Nexar Releases CityStream™ Live, the Real-Time Mapping Platform for the Modern Mobility Ageprnewswire.com
  • Saildrone to expand its seabed mapping missions in Atlantic, Pacific – defensenews.com
  • Tiger sharks with cameras on their backs map ‘world’s biggest’ seagrass meadow in Bahamas – ABC News
  • The world’s largest indoor mapping deployment goes live at a leading home improvement store chain in the US – prnewswire.com
  • Innoviz and Kudan Announce Partnership for LiDAR-Based Geospatial Mapping Solution Across Various Industries and Use-Cases – prnewswire.com
  • Archaeologists mapping Spring Bay cornfield for future excavation – pjstar.com

 

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eCARTO News October 2022

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.

Stepping Back In History

  • Which Indigenous lands are you on? This map will show you – NPR
  • Cartography shows that the Isthmus of Tehuantepec was used as an inter-oceanic passage in the 16th century – Cartography
  • World’s Oldest Known Map of Stars Found Hiding in Medieval Manuscript – msn.com
  • Maps of past may shed light on our climate future – Mirage News
  • Rare map shows what Tokyo was like in 1947 under U.S. occupation – The Asahi Shimbun
  • Mapping reception of latitude and longitude in early modern China – Mirage News
  • The History of the London Underground Map  – The Guardian

Education & Training

  • Libraries’ webinar explored use of unique mapping design element – miami.edu
  • Cartography – Salon.com
  • This map-making tool has turned me into a digital cartographer – thenextweb.com

Opportunities & Activities

Publications

Cerebral Creativity

Oceans

  • NOAA showcases new mapping tool for marine species – NOAA
  • Whale Safe’ mapping system unveiled to help prevent whale-ship collisions – cbsnews.com
  • Deep-Sea “Ears” Map Migration of Fin Whales – antarctica.gov.au
  • NOAA formally joins international effort to map the gaps in our ocean knowledge – noaa.gov
  • Detailed 3D seabed mapping available – coastcommunitynews.com.au

Emergency and Hazard Mapping

  • Topographic Mapping for Snow Avalanche Hazard Modelling – gim-international.com
  • Iceberg robots; researchers to map, study potential threats – hawaii.edu
  • AI satellite mapping can quickly pinpoint hurricane damage across an entire state to spot where people may be trapped – phys.org

Environment

  • Wondering where that bird in your backyard came from? A new mapping tool details its amazing journey. – yahoo.com
  • Purdue team introduces advance in automatic forest mapping technology – Purdue University
  • UN Starts World’s Biggest Glacier-Mapping Project in Pakistan – Bloomberg
  • Smartphone data can help create global vegetation maps – Mirage News
  • How drones are helping map Huon pines, Tasmania’s ancient giant trees – ABC News
  • Purdue team introduces advance in automatic forest mapping technology – Purdue University News
  • Researchers create map to show human impact on marine life in Baltic Sea – ERR

Earth

  • MapCarte 342/365: Satellite Map of Earth by Tom Van Sant, 1990 – mapdesign.icaci.org
  • NASA, USGS Map Minerals to Understand Earth Makeup, Climate Change – Mirage News
  • Maps of the past may shed light on our climate future – University of Arizona News
  • Seabed 2030 – noaa.gov
  • NASA Dust Detective Delivers First Maps From Space for Climate Science – NASA

Extra Terrestrial

3D Mapping

  • Bentley Systems and Genesys International Collaborate to Provide 3D Mapping Capabilities for Major Cities across India – yahoo.com

 

 

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eCARTO News September 2022

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.

Borders and Centres

  • FEMA releases new flood map, adds about 1,100 structures in south Bismarck – msn.com
  • Map shows England areas most at risk from fuel poverty this winter – yahoo.com
  • Rising rivers don’t necessarily follow the lines on a map – hcn.org
  • On tiny Hans Island, Denmark and Canada create world’s newest land border – bigthink.com
  • From bus routes to gutters, tech-savvy youth map Mali’s capital – africanews.com
  • Mapping of Indigenous lands ramps up in Indonesia – news.mongabay.com

Here Today Gone Tomorrow

  • Ghost islands of the Arctic: The world’s ‘northern-most island’ isn’t the first to be erased from the map – alaska-native-news.com
  • New Map of Mars Shows Where It Was Once Covered in Water – gizmodo.com.au
  • Perspectives | In Baku, mapping change and memory – Eurasianet
  • Mapping India: How Madras pioneered a new age of surveys and maps – The Hindu
  • New study of the Gough map shows what might be the lost islands of Welsh folklore – phys.org
  • We’ve made a map of dark matter but still don’t know what it is, and that’s okay – sciencefocus.com
  • UH astronomers map distances to 56,000 galaxies, largest-ever catalog – hawaii.edu

Tutorials & Opportunities

Transport mapping

  • FlightPath3D Interactive Route Map Debuts on Air Canada – prnewswire.com
  • The History of the London Underground Map by Caroline Roope review – the lines of beauty – theguardian.com
  • Are you tempted by this app that links video and 3D mapping of your rides?  – road.cc

Technology

  • Google reveals useful iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets for Maps – Trusted Reviews
  • Large-scale Mapping in all terrains made easier with IG Drones Delta 400 – business-standard.com
  • Growing Popularity of Drones for Mapping Purposes – yahoo.com
  • Apple Maps vs. Google Maps – which one is best? – techradar.com

Exploring our World

Flora & Fauna Mapping

  • Scientists Are Mapping New York City Wildlife. And We Don’t Mean Rats, Squirrels or Pigeons – columbia.edu
  • Here’s an Interactive Map that Will Allow You to Plan a Precise Fall Foliage Road Trip – goodnewsnetwork.org
  • Putting sharks on the map: A new standard to identify important habitats – phys.org/news
  • Click here for P.E.I. oysters: new interactive map promotes Island shellfish – cbc.ca
  • New mapping tools helping to protect seagrass in Dorset – miragenews.com

Climate & Weather Mapping

  • There’s a new map of climate disasters in America – msn.com
  • Hurricane Ian tracker: Map and projected storm path – washingtonpost.com
  • Satellites to map ocean clouds that keep Earth cool – miragenews.com

Mapping the Environment

  • New mapping tool to support search for high-quality nature-based carbon credits – miragenews.com
  • Mapping the Great Lakes – record-eagle.com
  • This strange-looking robot boat is mapping Lake Erie’s lake bed – cleveland.com
  • Nasa ‘street view’ map of Mars lets you hike across red planet – metro.co.uk
  • Researchers map streamflow alterations to gauge human impact on ecosystems – phys.org
  • Study creates maps of noisiest areas in Taipei – taipeitimes.com

Cartography as Art

  • Ground Plan, 2003; 2009 – mca.com.au
  • Ever Noticed All the Mysterious Maps in Vermeer’s Paintings? Here’s What They Mean – news.artnet.com
  • Troy Museum depicts Trojan War using 3D mapping – dailysabah.com

 

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eCARTO News August 2022

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 the Environment

Tutorials & Opportunities

Just Maybe

Science and Exploration

  • New water map of Mars will prove invaluable for future exploration – esa.int
  • NASA releases Jupiter images from James Webb telescope ahead of Artemis rocket launch to moon – abc.net.au
  • Naval Oceanography Visits France – navy.mil
  • Milky Way’s secrets revealed by massive space probe map – gulfnews.com
  • Robot boat maps Pacific underwater volcano – bbc.com
  • Upward propagation of gigantic jets revealed by 3D radio and optical mapping – science.org
  • New 3D cosmic map reveals 1 million previously hidden galaxies – space.com
  • Moon Features You Can See From Earth’s Southern Hemisphere (square) – planetary.org

News through the Lens of Maps

Indoor Mapping

  • Pivo Wins 2022 PropTech Real Estate Indoor Mapping Solution Award – einnews.com

Technology

Borders and Centres

Fringe

  • Ground Plan, 2003; 2009 – mca.com.au
  • Satirical cartography: a century of American humor in twisted maps – bigthink.com
  • Cartography and Topographic Mapping – journals.lww.com
  • Crossword: Discover unique maps that chart the ocean floor and guide aliens to Earth – gulfnews.com

 

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