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.
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
- George III’s vast collection of military maps goes online – theguardian.com
- Historic map of Scotland to go under the hammer – bbc.com
- Turgot map of Paris – en.wikipedia.org
- Maps of a now-submerged land help reconstruct the lives of ancient Europeans – sciencemag.org
- The Soviet Military Program that Secretly Mapped the Entire World – nationalgeographic.com
- The End of History and the Last Map – foreignpolicy.com
- Arctic Assets – nationalgeographic.com
- A Map of Every Object in Our Solar System – visualcapitalist.com
- New augmented map is like Google Maps’ AR walking directions to keep you on track – mashable.com
- Google Maps’ Jen Fitzpatrick Says the Future of Maps Goes Beyond Driving – wired.com
Mapping change and changing maps
- Global Warming of the Seas – reddit.com
- Where America’s Climate Migrants Will Go As Sea Level Rises – citylab.com
- ‘The perfect combination of art and science’: mourning the end of paper maps – theguardian.com
- Artist lugs around wagon full of phones to create virtual traffic jams in Google Maps – androidpolice.com
- Google redraws the borders on maps depending on who’s looking – washingtonpost.com
Cartographic Applications
- How We Map Epidemics – citylab.com
- Map lets you track your flush to the ALCOSAN plant – triblive.com
- Marine scientists map fish habitats – news.uga.edu
- Where Light Pollution Is Seeping Into the Rural Night Sky – citylab.com
- Plant Nutrient Map Sheds Light on Carbon Sinks – woods.stanford.edu
- To Help Wildlife Move, Researchers Map Both Natural And Legal Boundaries – scienceblog.com
- Spanish APP Wikiloc Revolutionising The Hiking World – theolivepress.es
Cartographic Ponderings
- Where Are the Oldest Companies in Existence? – visualcapitalist.com
- How Google Autocomplete Describes Every U.S. State – vividmaps.com
- The Netherlands divided into ten parts of equal population – datarep.tumblr.com
- MarineTraffic didn’t load the background, and ended up making an interesting world map using only current marine traffic – reddit.com
- 21 Of The Saddest Places On Earth From Instagram’s sadtopographies – brilliantmaps.com
Retrospectives
- The Pan American Highway: The Longest Road In The World – brilliantmaps.com
- Storytelling with maps: Master the art of cartography and geo data visualisation – heguardian.com
Cartographic Industry News
- Apple Maps vs Google Maps – smartphone mapping titans battle it out in 2020 – appleinsider.com
- Underground Utilities Mapping Services Market: Global Industry Demand, Sales, Suppliers, Analysis and 2026 Forecasts – newsparent.com
- SPOT Launches SPOT Mapping to Provide Advanced Navigation and Tracking Services – snewsnet.com
- Suunot 7 Review: A true Smartwatch focussed on mapping & fitness – eftm.com
- Facebook buys AR startup building a 1:1 digital map of the physical world – martechtoday.com
- NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe mission enters design phase – princeton.edu
- Hyundai Develops Transmission That Uses Maps and Radar to Shift Gears – caranddriver.com
Cartographic Tutorials, Resources & Opportunities
- Aerial Photographs Tutorial – mines.libwizard.com
- GIS Dictionary – Geospatial Definition Glossary – gisgeography.com
- The world in 50 historical maps: 150AD-2018 – tes.com
- ‘Touch GIS’ Mapping App Now Available for FREE on GEOINT App Store – directionsmag.com
- Find and improve your location’s accuracy – support.google.com
- Cartography: The Ideal and Its History, by Matthew H. Edney – timeshighereducation.com
- 2020 Canadian Geospatial Career Fairs (Toronto, Ottawa, & Vancouver) – geospatialonline.com
- Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography – lib.cam.ac.uk
Cartographers
- Who Is Abraham Ortelius? Learn More About the Inventor of the World’s First Atlas – mymodernmet.com
- How Canada contributed to Oscars frontrunner 1917 – cbc.ca
Category: eCARTO News, General News