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.
ICA Facebook Posts
- Eclipse maps of the past show the evolution of science and civilization – qz.com
- The lie of the land: when map makers get it wrong – in pictures – theguardian.com
- Map Projections: Flatten the Sphere – gisgeography.com
- Map Scale: Scale Bar, Inset Map and Ratio Text – gisgeography.com
Applications
- Maps Show How Water Can Be a Precious Lifeline—or a Deadly Weapon – news.nationalgeographic.com
- Scientists finally know what is causing underwater ‘fairy circles’ — and it’s not good – inhabitat.com
- The same technology used in self-driving cars is also discovering ancient civilizations – qz.com
- Google Follows Galileo In Mapping The Sky – forbes.com
Representations of Place
- Australian huskies on Mawson expedition immortalised in Antarctic place names – abc.net.au
- Shanghai launches first-ever authorized English-language map – globaltimes.cn
- Four Corners Monument – geekdad.com
- Crossing the line – livemint.com
- Islands, seas and countries on the map that don’t exist – warwickdailynews.com.au
- The naming of seas: The associated problems and their resolutions – economictimes.indiatimes.com
Maps – The Digital Realm
- Snapchat’s Foray Into the Future of Maps – citylab.com
- A Guide to Data Mapping – campaignsandelections.com
- Traffic alert fails – thedailystar.net
- Trend Expected to Guide Digital Maps Market During Forecast 2015 – 2021 – military-technologies.net
Cartographic Resources
- Proceedings of the 10th ICA Mountain Cartography Workshop – mountaincartography.org
Opinion
- These tourist attractions are fooling everyone – news.com.au
- The True Story of Dunkirk – radiowest.kuer.org
- The Lost Art of Natural Navigation – radiowest.kuer.org
- How GIS technology could help your NGO – devex.com
- Cartography expert: Ancient Greeks in Ionia first used GPS method to navigate – tornosnews.gr
- Babylonian tablet Plimpton 322 will make studying maths easier, mathematician says – abc.net.au
Esoteric Cartographic Applications
- Nobody Knows What Lies Beneath New York City – bloomberg.com
- The Best—and Quirkiest—Maps of the 2017 Solar Eclipse – news.nationalgeographic.com
- A map for extraterrestrials to find Earth – boingboing.net
Industry News
- Ortelius 2 – prmac.com
Historical Maps
- Mapping the Menacing Sea Monsters in Medieval and Renaissance Cartography – ancient-origins.net
- Border wars: How European colonisers used maps to build empires in India – scroll.in
- One of the first examples of a local nautical map from Hispanic America – heritagedaily.com
- Search on for ‘Holy Grail’ of Nelson maps – nelsonstar.com
- Collector analyses depiction of Holy Land under Ottomans by cartographers, travellers – jordantimes.com
- Not on the map: cartographic omission from New England to Palestine – theguardian.com
People into Cartography
- Palestine student headed for elite university in Estonia – palestineherald.com
- Purple Lizard: 20 years of making maps and adventure – centredaily.com
- This Artist Is Tracking Every Death Reported in the News Worldwide in One Painting – news.artnet.com
- The man behind the maps – businesslive.co.za
- “Cartography is like… casket-building. Not many people do it.” – pilotonline.com/news
- The imperfect art of cartography – thehindu.com
- This 20-Year-Old Designs Some of the Internet’s Best Maps – inverse.com
Category: eCARTO News, General News