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.
Feature
- Why paper maps still matter in the digital age – stl.news
- Are paper maps making a comeback? – ft.com
- Who among us can live without digital maps? But paper maps feed our brains (and they don’t need Wi-Fi) – chicagotribune.com
Cartographic Memories
- There’s a Map for that at BNSF – bnsf.com
- Mapping out the history of cartography – reporterherald.com
- Travel With the Maps That Changed the World – thedailybeast.com
- Mapping Old Rail Routes Like Contemporary Subways – atlasobscura.com
- A Map of the World’s Mammals for People Who Liked to Wear Them – atlasobscura.com
- Hidden history of the Milky Way revealed by extensive star maps – nature.com
Mapping Topography
- Historic Topographic Maps Pushed Into 3D – kottke.org
Cartographic Applications
- Mapping and Visualisation – scottreinhard.com
- It’s Not Easy to Map the 100 Largest Islands in the World – atlasobscura.com
- Satellites make mapping hot spots of ammonia pollution easier – sciencenews.org
- Mapping the Chicago Neighborhoods Most at Risk From Pollution – citylab.com
- New mapping tool shows shocking extent of logging across Oregon – oregonwild.org
- Swissdrones LiDAR-based area and corridor mapping in Thailand – suasnews.com
- We are ready for the Census, says KNBS – standardmedia.co.ke
Cartographic Complications
- The magnetic north pole is messing with your smartphone’s mapping apps – technologyreview.com
Cartographers
- His artwork is typically thrown away. Now people raised $590K to put it on their coffee tables. – denverpost.com
- The Man Behind Most of the Ski Maps in America – outsideonline.com
- “Cartography for Peace“: Suzana Queiroga expõe sobre a paz, no Porto – infocul.pt
- The little-known story of how one man turned the Grand Canyon into an icon – azcentral.com
Cartographic Resources and Opportunities
- Institute of Australian Geographers Conference – cdesign.eventsair.com
- New book The Map Tour released today – rgs.org
- How to Set Departure and Arrival Times in Google Maps – howtogeek.com
Industry News
- Tom Tom, Navman and Garmin forced to remove ‘lifetime’ claims from advertising campaigns – mumbrella.com.au
- Garmin updates cartography, introduces transducer – tradeonlytoday.com
- Global Electronic Cartography System Market 2019 by Segment Forecasts – fmrblog.com
- Mapillary puts 186 million AI-generated map features on the map in their latest push to make maps more detailed and up-to-date globally – directionsmag.com
Cartographic Interactives
- Climate Action Tracker – climateactiontracker.org
- Giant Indigenous Peoples Atlas floor map will change the way you see Canada – cbc.ca
- A Boundary Waters breakthrough: Hudson men release wearable, functional maps – farmingtonindependent.com
- Maps of space and time – stuff.co.nz
Cartographic Opinion
- Google Maps vs Apple Maps – Which app is truly the best for getting around? – express.co.uk
- Is RTK the Future of Drone Mapping – heliguy.com
- Google Maps unreliable on our country roads – thewest.com.au
- Were the British really the first Europeans to sight Australia? – news.com.au
- Crowdsourced maps should help driverless cars navigate our cities more safely – technologyreview.com
- Video games could teach spatial skills lost to a society dependent on devices – theconversation.com
- Scottish stone circle isn’t so ancient after all, archaeologists say – arstechnica.com
Category: eCARTO News, General News