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.
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
Category: eCARTO News, General News