eCARTO News capture 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.
Our changing world
- Tiny Belgium to get tinier as Netherlands grows after land swap – theage.com.au
- Interactive: Mapping the Flow of International Trade – visualcapitalist.com
- Mapping migrations by using mobile phone data – phys.org
- Mapping the Changes in Europe’s Drug Use – citylab.com
- Mapping Three Decades of Global Water Change – nytimes.com
- Mapping long-term global surface water occurrence – sciencedaily.com
- Ivory Coast adopts unconventional digital address system – cnet.com
- UFO sightings, Amelia Earheart’s final flight and those who died fleeing conflict: Cartographers document history in series of stunning designs – dailymail.co.uk
Modern Cartographic Applications
- Isochrone Maps of Europe – emptypipes.org
- The great American word mapper – qz.com
- “The Arrogance of Space”: Mapping The Unfair Distribution of Public Space at Urban Intersections – archdaily.com
- What a Map of the Fake-News Ecosystem Says About the Problem – fortune.com
Opinion
- Global Commercial Mapping and Surveying Unmanned Aerial Systems Services Market 2016 – Mining & Construction Industries will Drive Steady Growth – Research and Markets – businesswire.com
- Can Data Extracted from Twitter Help Map Flood Hazards? – eos.org
- Smarter mapping makes for more informed decisions – itsinternational.com
- A future version of Google Maps may feature location sharing, more new goodies – digitaltrends.com
- Map shows what every country in the world is ‘best’ at – and Honduras excels at murder, Norway eats the most pizza and Nigeria is best at SCRABBLE – thesun.co.uk
- How Do You Map the Character of a City? A New Tool Offers Solutions – govtech.com
Industry News
- Here and Microsoft extend mapping deal, expanding into connected car data – techcrunch.com
- Apple is poaching Berlin-based mapping engineers from Here – businessinsider.com.au
- Microsoft Partners with TomTom Mapping Company – i4u.com
- Apple Said to Fly Drones to Improve Maps Data and Catch Google – bloomberg.com
- Apple secretly acquired a Finnish company to help it map indoor spaces – businessinsider.com.au
Mapping From Around The World
- What is MapAnt? – mapant.fi
- Créer simplement des cartes thématiques en 3 étapes – sciencespo.fr
- Chinese search giant Baidu extends its mapping service beyond the confines of China – thetechportal.com
- Facebook’s detailed open-source maps show the gaps in global internet connectivity – qz.com
- Discovering India, going places: Google Maps the gaps – deccanherald.com
Imagery
- Sentinels map Earth’s slow surface warping – bbc.com
- Scientists map pollen levels to develop early warning system for asthma sufferers – abc.net.au
- A treasure trove of shipwrecks has been revealed by a new mapping technology – businessinsider.com.au
- Resource-mapping satellite blasts off from India – spaceflightnow.com
- MBARI’s seafloor maps provide new information about 2015 eruption at Axial Seamount – phys.org
- First ever lightning-mapping satellite set for take off – newscientist.com
- GerMAP Launches New Aerial Mapping UAV – gim-international.com
Cartographic Resources
- Cartoraphier les récits – pubp.univ-bpclermont.fr
- Best of the Blogs 2016: the spatial year in review – spatialsource.com.au
ICA Facebook Posts
- Mapping the brilliant career of “The Michelangelo of Snow” – denverpost.com
- All the World’s Immigration Visualized in 1 Map – metrocosm.com
- All maps are wrong. I cut open a globe to show why. – vox.com
- One world, many faces: A brief look at map projections – viewsoftheworld.net
- Time lapse of Earth over 32 years – earthengine.google.com
- 9 Free Global Land Cover / Land Use Data Sets – gisgeography.com
- What is a Geodatabase? Personal vs File Geodatabase – gisgeography.com
- Mapmaking behind the Iron Curtain – medium.com
- 19 impossible views of Earth from space at night – businessinsider.com.au
- Every Single Name of This Entrancing Map is a Music Reference – wired.com
Cartography and the Environment
- New York City Mapped All of its Trees and Calculated the Economic Benefits of Every Single One – archdaily.com
- Mapping the Inundation of New York City – citylab.com
- How to Map a River With Gunpowder – nationalgeographic.com.au
- Team develops algorithm to improve online mapping of disaster areas – phys.org
- Mapping the Early Range of the African Elephant – psmag.com
- Global surface water and historical changes map – gearthblog.com
Mapping Infrastructure
- 30 Years of Oil and Gas Pipeline Accidents, Mapped – citylab.com
- Drones Mapping Indian Cities – Where They’re Allowed – voanews.com
- Mapping underground infrastructure: one dig at a time – cso.com.au
- Six maps that show the anatomy of America’s vast infrastructure – washingtonpost.com
The Politics of Mapping
- Google Disappointed by South Korean Refusal on Mapping Data – voanews.com
- CIA declassified maps of Afghanistan, Russia, released – news.com.au
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