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
- A Brief History of Antarctica in Maps – maritime-executive.com
- Persuasive Cartography: How Maps are Used to Shape Our Beliefs – geolounge.com
Cartographic Opportunities and Resources
- ICA News – icaci.org/ica-news
- InterCarto-InterGIS 24 2018 – InterCarto24.net
- Map to Globe – maptoglobe.com
- The History of Cartography – press.uchicago.edu
- London Underground Architecture and Design Map – bluecrowmedia.com
- 5 Reasons why Soviet Maps are Amazing by John Davies and Alexander J. Kent – stanfords.co.uk
- Welcome to Cartogram – mapbox.com
- Cartographic Abstraction in Contemporary Art: Seeing with Maps – routledge.com
Industry
- As MapmyIndia enters Google territory, can it beat the Goliath of internet? – economictimes.indiatimes.com
- Marine app shows the way – marinebusiness.com.au
History through Cartography
- This Newly Digitized 16th-Century Planisphere Is the Largest-Known Early Map – smithsonianmag.com
- Thessaloniki Displays Rare 17th-Century Aegean Maps (photos) – greece.greekreporter.com
The Politics in Cartography
- Renaissance Mapmaker Was a Mastermind and a Copycat – livescience.com
- Susan Ladd: Judicial redistricting is another coup by cartography – greensboro.coml
- Mapmakers Told to Dot Their Seas for Sovereignty’s Sake – sixthtone.com/news
- Fitness app exposes military bases – bbc.co.uk
- A big gerrymandering case raises a profound question about our elections – washingtonpost.com
Cartographic Analysis
- Electronic Cartography Market Production, Consumption, Export and Import, Revenue, Analysis by 2022 – thefinancialconsulting.com
- How far can you abstract a map? – atlasobscura.com
- Ancient Maps Show Islands That Don’t Really Exist – news.nationalgeographic.com
- 7 Summits – arcgis.com
Cartographic Products
- Strava heatmap: Fitness activity data shows someone cutting laps around Pyongyang – abc.net.au
- UKHO Produces ENC with One Meter Depth Contours to Support Navigation in the Bristol Channel – maritime-executive.com
- Dutch UAV First to Map Remote Tropical Island in 50 Years – gim-international.com
- Minimalist City Street Maps Made From Layers of Laser-Cut Wood – mymodernmet.com
- Scaling Law and Tobler’s Law for Charaterizing Asymmetries in Geography – researchgate.net
People in Cartography
- Cartography lecturer working to prevent poaching in Senegal among those cut – montanakaimin.com
- Man turns Scotland’s parks into Tolkien-style hobbit maps – stv.tv
- 15-year-old creates map of Cleveland if each Subway restaurant was a subway stop – news5cleveland.com
- A constant point in time – blogs.dunyanews.tv
- Astronomie : un jeu de cartes pour les enfants – liberation.fr
- Q&A with…Victor Adrov, Racurs – gim-international.com
Cartography – Going once, twice –sold!
- Rare centuries-old books from Ampleforth College to go under the hammer at Tennants of Leyburn – darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk
- Daniel Crouch Rare Books Move Heaven and Earth at TEFAF Maastricht 2018 – finebooksmagazine.com
- Top Prices at PBA Galleries’ Americana Auction – finebooksmagazine.com
Cartography Lite
- Colourful cartography: Studio MUTT creates homage to Ordnance Survey in the Lake District – architectsjournal.co.uk
- The Maps From Your Favorite Fantasy Novels Are On Display Now At This Special Exhibition At Harvard – bustle.com
- Defense Ministry confirms discovery of new island by school students – arctic.ru
- 10 Awesome Holiday Gifts for Map Lovers – news.nationalgeographic.com
Category: eCARTO News, General News