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 – A World View
- El mundo dibujado por los niños – icaci.org
- Who Maps The World? – bloomberg.com
- World map generator – worldmapgenerator
- Preview – World map generator – worldmapgenerator.com/en/intro/
- National Geographic Atlas of the World, 11th Edition – booktopia.com
Cartography and History
- Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography – lib.cam.ac.uk
- ANZMapS Webinar series: Warping historical maps and plans – mail.google.com
- The world in 50 historical maps: 150AD-2018 (142 pages) – tes.com
- Pleiades – pleiades.stoa.org
- The Known World According To Herodotus In The 5th Century BC – brilliantmaps.com
- Travel Time from Ancient Rome – brilliantmaps.com
- Statistical Atlas of Budapest – davidrumsey.com
Cartography – Viewpoints
- New world map projection from Princeton University – princeton.edu
- A “Radically Different” World Map? – mappingasprocess.net
- Imhof-ish cartography: now everywhere can look like Switzerland – esri.com
Near Real Time Cartography
- AAA COVID-19 Travel Restrictions – gds.maps.arcgis.com
- Oncor – Outage Map – stormcenter.oncor.com
Cartographic Products
- Las dos caras de la densidad de población en España – elordenmundial.com
Out of This World Mapping Applications
- New Map of Ice on Mars – skyandtelescope.org
- Map of 25,000 Supermassive Black Holes – syfy.com
- Visualizing the Speed of Light (Fast, but Slow) – visualcapitalist.com
- The Harmonia Macrocosmica of Andreas Cellarius – webspace.science.uu.nl
- Celestial Art and Science in Albrecht Dürer’s 1515 Star Charts – hyperallergic.com
Cartography storylines
- Deeper History – sl.nsw.gov.au
- The Historical Importance of India’s Cartography Reforms – swarajyamag.com
Cartographic Industry News
- Launching the Facebook Map – hi.stamen.com
- Inside the ‘Wikipedia of Maps,’ Tensions Grow Over Corporate Influence – bloomberg.com
Mapping the Environment
- Un atlas pour mieux comprendre les récifs coralliens grâce à l’imagerie satellite – news.un.org
- Geoinformation and satellite data reveal increasing rate of global ice loss – geospatialworld.net
Cartography Sources, Resources and Opportunities
- Teaching Imagery & Remote Sensing – esri.com
- International Journal of Cartography – icaci.org
- GIS and Map Contests Roundup – gislounge.com
- ICC – International Cartographic Conference, Florence 2021 – rivistageomedia.it
Cartography Technically Speaking
- Natural Earth projection – en.wikipedia.org
- Experiments with dot density – Part Two – esri.com
- How to work with Facebook population density data – statsmapsnpix.com
- Add a layer of clarity to your color and size maps – esri.com
Cartographic Information and Questions
- The longest drivable road in the world – mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com
- Can satellite mapping really make agriculture more sustainable? – eco-business.com
Cartography Lite
- South America pictorial map – antonthomasart.com
- Celebrating Valentine’s Day, Geographer Style – gislounge.com
- Why Ancient Mapmakers Were Terrified of Blank Spaces – nationalgeographic.com
- Meet Venna, a Vizag-based illustrator weaving magic with cartography – yovizag.com
- A fake New York town that only existed on a map briefly became real – boingboing.net
Category: eCARTO News, General News