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
- New Horizons data reveal first global maps of Pluto and Charon – sciencenewsforstudents.org
- Mapping the universe in 3-D – phys.org
- Gaia: Mapping a Billion Stars – space.com
Cartographic Products
- All The Public Saunas In Finland – brilliantmaps.com
- The Travel Guides That Charted Our World – bbc.com
- Cartography and Cadastre Bureau launched the English version of “The Walking Routes Map” and the thematic website – gcs.gov.mo
- The World’s Newest, Most Gloriously Designed Maps – atlasobscura.com
- Reality Check: Mapping the global heatwave – bbc.com
Industry News
- Google Maps now zooms out to a globe instead of a flat Earth – engadget.com
- TomTom reaches mapping milestone: 1.5 billion updates in a single month – automotiveworld.com
- Mapping Floods in Nghe An Province – Vietnam using DLR TSX-1 Satellite Images – reliefweb.int
- Edgybees develops augmented reality, 3D mapping solution for militaries – janes.com
Cartographic Guidance
- Building Useful and Beautiful Maps – tableau.com
- Introduction to Digital Cartography: GeoJSON and D3.js – medium.com
- Technology behind the Thailand cave rescue – geospatialworld.net
- Linguistically dating and locating the origin of Manuscript MS408 – ling.auf.net
Sharing Cartography
- Create your own map in a new museum – spectator.sme.sk
- Mapping Jakarta public transportation ahead of Asian Games – thejakartapost.com
- Citizen scientists awarded for mapping local reef – uq.edu.au
- Mapping Icelandic groups abroad – icelandmonitor.mbl.is
Cartographic Products for Sale
- Mapas para la venta – aventurasliterarias.com
- Earth Geological Globe – ccgm.org
Cartographic Publications
- International Journal of Cartography – tandfonline.com
- Cartographica – utpjournals.press
- Lying For The Admiralty – booktopia.com.au
- Esri Publishes “Cartography” .businesswire.com
- Rare copy of Charles Darwin book auctions in Mexico City – mexico-news-today.com
Cartographers
- See Beauty Through The Eyes Of A Master Cartographer – opb.org
- A love of maps leads retired St. Peters cartographer to unique collections – stltoday.com
- A Conversation With Motorcycle Mad Maps Founder Jenny Lefferts – cycleworld.com
Animated and Interactive Cartography
- Time lapse version of lava flow maps – youtube.com
- Detailed map of the 2016 US Election – nytimes.com
Opinion
- Tender Maps: The Feminist Function of Emotional Cartography – conversations.e-flux.com
- “Offensive Cartography” – securityboulevard.com
- First mapping of global marine wilderness shows just how little remains – sciencedaily.com
Odd Spot
- Wind delays launch of European wind-mapping satellite – euobserver.com
- Google Maps’ strangest objects revealed – including ‘Atlantis, aliens and MH370’ – dailystar.co.uk
Category: eCARTO News, General News