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.
Cartography Lite
- Quiz: can you identify these cities from their historic maps? – theguardian.com
- Airplane draws one-of-a-kind Christmas tree in the sky – edition.cnn.com
- Scare Yourself With Google Maps’ List of the Scariest Places in the Country – nymag.com
- Extremely Petty Neighbor Exacts Revenge Via Google Maps – nymag.com
- You Can Play Ms. Pac-Man in Google Maps for April Fools’ Day – nymag.com
- How Stranger Things Made the Sprawling Tunnel Maps in Will’s House – vulture.com
- Google Maps will soon tell you when it’s time to get off your train or bus – techcrunch.com
- 10 Awesome Holiday Gifts for Map Lovers – news.nationalgeographic.com
Cartographic Gatherings
- EUROGEO 2018 (Geography for all) – http://www.eurogeography.eu/conference-2018/
- 7th International Conference on Cartography & GIS – https://iccgis2018.cartography-gis.com/
- X Colóquio de Cartografia para Crianças e Escolares – http://veradata.com.br/cartografiaescolar/
- The 2018 International Geographical Union Regional Conference (IGU 2018) – http://igu2018.ulaval.ca/
- InterCarto-InterGIS 24 2018 – InterCarto24.net/
ICA Facebook Posts
- How Far Can You Abstract a Map? – atlasobscura.com
- Mapping the Future: Cartography Stages A Comeback wired.com
- Bizarre, Enormous 16th-Century Map Assembled for First Time – news.nationalgeographic.com
- How 16th-Century European Mapmakers Described the World’s Oceans – atlasobscura.com
Rare Maps
- Rare 1663 map of Australia by Joan Blaeu painstakingly restored to former glory – abc.net.au
- Gray’s Atlas Map of Oceanica. 1873. – purl.stanford.edu
- 430-year-old bizarre world atlas features Siberian Unicorns, merman, giant flying monsters and more – ibtimes.co.uk
- Three Interactive Data Maps – datalabsagency.com
- ‘Data visualization’ – davidrumsey.com
Opinion
- For the Good of Society — and Traffic! — Delete Your Map App – nymag.com/selectall
- Using Google Maps Too Much Really Does Mess With Your Sense of Direction – thecut.com
- Kiwi cartographer’s ‘Nobody Lives Here’ map shows how sparse New Zealand’s population is – nzherald.co.nz
Cartographic Resources
- WAML – waml.org
- Jan Felkl & syn, továrna na glóby – ipac.svkkl.cz
- Cartographica – utpjournals.press
- Geospatial Suitability Mapping of Climate-based Disease Transmission using Fuzzy Logic for Central India – gathacognition.com
- How to Download Topographic Maps from Google Earth – monde-geospatial.com
- A New Basemap to Create Your Own Maps of Mars – medium.com
- Microsoft’s Geospatial Capabilities – linkedin.com
Cartographic Reveals
- Unlocking the Mysteries of the Southern Ocean – soccom.princeton.edu
- Joint Research Center JRC / European Atlas of Natural Radiation – remon.jrc.ec.europa.eu
- This Map Shows How Tightly Humanity Is Concentrated Around the World – cpix.me
- ‘Crazy Jigsaw Puzzles’ Improve Our Views of Coral Reefs – nytimes.com
- Coastal Management – Automatic Shoreline Delineation and Change Detection Analysis – monde-geospatial.com
Cartographic Challenges
- Making web Maps in Chinese – blog.spatialvision.com.au
- People Hate the Google Maps Calorie Counter – thecut.com
Cartographers
- Between cartography & creativity – freeskier.com
- Creative Conversations: the Christchurch cartographer redefining the country – stuff.co.nz
Category: eCARTO News, General News