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.
Mapping the Environment
- 20 years of Forest Loss in Indonesia & Malaysia – reddit.com
- High-tech operation on Sydney Harbour steps up hunt for illegal fishers – ABC News
- Mapping microplastics on Australian beaches – cosmosmagazine.com
- Mapping a River Beneath the Sea – eos.org
- LiDAR mapping reveals park’s complex geologic history – mtstandard.com
- Revealed: First ever global map of whale migration exposes growing dangers along superhighways – Sky News
- The Milky Way is a messy eater. This map shows the crumbs it has left behind – science.org
Humanity
- Infographic: Hunger and food insecurity in maps and charts – Al Jazeera
- Covid Maps Reveal Personal Pandemic Landscapes – Bloomberg
Indoor Mapping
- Michael Gram Talks About the Growing Need for Indoor Mapping – globenewswire.com
- Virtual reality home – linked.in
- Intel, GoodMaps Collaborate On Mapping Software Project To Make Indoor Navigation More Accessible – forbes.com
Interactive Cartography
- 17 Sustainable Development Goals – arcgis.com
Opinion
- Maps That Changed Our World – loc.gov
- Mapping error raises question of location of 9 islands – AP News
- Shackleton’s Endurance: Modern star maps hint at famous wreck’s location – BBC News
Opportunities
- Call for Papers: Cartography and Geospatial Information Education – Theories and Practices – icaci.org
- Special Issue “Geovisualization: Current Trends, Challenges, and Applications” – mdpi.com
Education
- Cartography: an introduction – BCS
- Mapas y sus proyecciones cartográficas – Aragón en Abierto – YouTube
- Best Practice for How to Map Features and Overlapping Labels – LinkedIn
- Enhance. – esri.com
Resources
- OpenTopography DEM Downloader – qgis.org
- WorldMapGenerator – Worldmapgenerator
- Spanish Society for Cartography, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing – secft.es
Mapping Related Technologies
- Land Info Completes 10m Countrywide Mapping Dataset of USA – gim-international.com
- Drone mapping: One in six villages covered in India, shows data – business-standard.com
- Latest update for popular C-MAP navigation app includes host of new features – sail-world.com
- 3D Models from Drone Data Support Disaster Efforts and Define City Mapping Possibilities – UAV News
Publications
- Early Spanish cartography of the new world – escritoresquenadielee.files.wordpress.com
- Modernized Wall Maps – Visual Geomatics
Cartographers
- Proxi is making digital maps cooler – TechCrunch
- Student story: Cartography M.Sc. students participated at the International Cartographic Conference 2021 in Florence, Italy – cartographymaster.eu
Lite Cartography
- Sea Chase – xkcd: Sea Chase
- A Sphere, Projecting Against a Plane – metmuseum.org
- Jungholz: A ski town stuck in the wrong nation – BBC Travel
- Shackleton’s Endurance: Modern star maps hint at famous wreck’s location – BBC News
- Snapchat Will Allow Users To Share Live Location With New Snap Map Feature – news18.com
- ‘Underground maps’ segment cities using fashion, AI – Cornell Chronicle
- Nicolaus Copernicus – nasa.gov
- 10 Bizarre World Maps – Listverse
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