eCARTO News January 2015 International Cartographic Association

eCARTO News capture 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.

General News

Views of the World – viewsoftheworld.net
Magnificent maps and cartographic curiosities – maptia.com
Mapping the world’s 4.3 billion Internet addresses – washingtonpost.com
Mapping the World’s Problems – nytimes.com
OpenStreetMap Moves Beyond The Streets, Starts Mapping Amazonia – techdirt.com

Online Mapping Applications

Google Maps for iOS gains restaurant filters, weather info, and more in new update – 9to5mac.com
Daniele Quercia: Happy maps – youtube.com
Mobile App For Accessing Solar + Wind Energy Satellite Resource Maps Developed By Masdar – cleantechnica.com
Google Maps set to Release Offline Maps to Combat the Competition from Microsoft Here Maps – thefusejoplin.com

Industry News

Power of Maps conference – spatialsource.com.au
How Google’s geo-crowdsourcing is transforming the map – citymetric.com
Nokia’s ultra-detailed mapping data may hold the key to an autonomous car future – venturebeat.com
iRobot’s CTO wants bots that will map and interact with your home, not drones – engadget.com
Geospatial Corporation Kicks Off Uber-Like Pipeline Mapping Model – marketwatch.com
Make Data Presentations Engaging with Mapline’s Story Maps – prunderground.com
Vuzix M100 Smart Glasses To Incorporate Nokia HERE Maps – ubergizmo.com

The New Technology of Mapping

Google Unveils The Cartographer, Its Indoor Mapping Backpack – techcrunch.com
Drones mapping algae under Antarctic ice – wesh.com
Garmin Epix GPS Mapping Watch Loves The Great Outdoors – ubergizmo.com
How – and why – Google is transforming the map – theconversation.com
NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) – usgs.gov
Interactive map tool – theguardian.com
Spying through the keyhole gets hi-tech: Device uses lasers to map an entire room through a 1-inch gap – dailymail.co.uk
Drones for Good — transporting transplant organs, detecting landmines, and wiping out fog – betanews.com

New Approaches

3D mapping reveals how Greenland’s ice has changed over time – dailymail.co.uk
Dynamic walkability estimation with Turf – mapbox.com
Mapping forests’ carbon with lasers – scidev.net
Mapping new world: Rosetta reveals first results of host comet probe (PHOTOS) – rt.com
Mapping glacier flow speeds with synthetic aperture radar cross correlation – spie.org
3D Mapping Tool Calculates Rooftop Solar Potential For Every Building In The City – planetsave.com
Augmented reality: Not just a game, but a game changer – gcn.com
Call of the Orangutan: Using Drones to Scan the Forest – scientificamerican.com
Drones could 3D-map scores of hectares of land in just a few hours – sciencemag.org

Cartographic Opinion

Mystery of the phantom islands solved: Lands that disappeared on ancient maps are revealed as mistakes, mirages and myths – dailymail.co.uk
Have Infographics and Data Visualizations Ruined Good Map Design? – gisuser.com
Tweeted mapping comments – tweetedtimes.com
Why the use of color really matters in visualization – visualoop.com
Wonders And Controversies: Hands On With Cities: Skylines’ Meticulous Mapping – thesixthaxis.com
Mapping travel routes: Why it’s every traveller’s obsession – coomaexpress.com.au

Cartographic History

Marion illustrator marries passion for mapping, history with depictions of Civil War battles – thegazette.com
Radars help create 3-D view of structure, age of Greenland’s ice – cjonline.com
Map of London, 1653 – bl.uk
Six more ways of visualising London’s growth: mapping the capital’s expansion – citymetric.com
Modern Mapping Connects Historic Preservation and Planning – nextcity.org
Mapping the past – thehindu.com
Britannia Obscura: Mapping Hidden Britain, by Joanne Parker – timeshighereducation.co.uk
See What Your City Will Be Like in 15 Years – citylab.com
WWI trench system unearthed in Cork – irishexaminer.com

Cartographic Education & Resources

Manual shaded relief of the world – shadedrelief.com
Cartographic Design Principles: Summary – ordnancesurvey.co.uk
A Cartography of the New Middle Classes in Developing and Emerging Countries – ethz.ch
Line and Junction Connectivity – arcgis.com
Graph-tool – skewed.de