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 the editor of eCARTO News.
General News
- Mapping the People Left Behind by the Knowledge Economy – theatlanticcities.com
- Mapping the massacres of Queensland Aboriginal society – theaustralian.com.au
- Nokia’s Here LivingCities map visualizes traffic in five global cities including Mumbai – bgr.in
- Dino-Era India, Australia and Antarctica Mapped – news.discovery.com
Applications
- Mapping Sexual Assaults in Egypt – blog.foreignpolicy.com
- Mapping Protests in Cairo – nytimes.com
- CBN Adopts Mapping Technology To Leverage Financial Inclusion – leadership.ng
- Interactive Gettysburg: Using Modern Mapping Tools for a New Look at the Historical Battle – theatlantic.com
- Mapping the 11 Most Endangered Historic Places in the U.S. – curbed.com
- CU-Boulder joins project to map stars, galaxies – dailycamera.com
- Google goes Hawaiian: Street View to start mapping island trails – blog.sfgate.com
- Mapping children’s chances – bbc.co.uk
- The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative Launches Mapping Balloon – newsplex.coml
- Mapping iPhone And Android Users In A City Reveals Wealthier Areas – cultofmac.com
- Virtual rockfalls enter their test phase – preventionweb.net
- Up above the fields so high – agweek.com
Company News
- Mapping Giant Esri Adds Real-Time Traffic Information From Nokia’s Here – techcrunch.com
- Newly Published Apple Mapping Patent Details Route Feedback System, Real-Time Accident Reporting – macrumors.com
- Times Media to sell its stake in mapping firm – bdlive.co.za
- Orbit GT to Release ArcGIS Mobile Mapping Solution at ESRI UC – gisuser.com
- Esri Joined In-Location Alliance – gpsbusinessnews.com
- Garmin HUD Release Date, Specs: New Device Connects – universityherald.com
- Microsoft shows off 3D mapping, voice commands for Bing – news.cnet.com
Technology
- Mapping tool can pinpoint any location in three words – www.telegraph.co.uk
- Humanoid robot that sees and maps – nanowerk.com
- Garmin puts Lake Winnebago on the GPS map – jsonline.com
- Driverless cars yield to reality: It’s a long road ahead – techhive.com
- Ancient City of Angkor Much Bigger Than Thought – livescience.com
- Jason-1 ocean-mapping satellite is retired after 11-plus years of surveying – sciencerecorder.com
- Topcon Announces Integrated Receiver for GIS, Mapping – amerisurv.com
- NASA Developing Prototype Asteroid-mapping Radar at KSC – spacenews.com
- Kinect helps researchers steer roaches to explore and map disaster sites – vision-systems.com
- NC4 Announces Release of NC4 Street Smart(TM) 2.0 – online.wsj.com
- Safety, environment key issues for agricultural aircraft – agrinews-pubs.com
- Europe’s Star-mapping Gaia Satellite Finally Launch Pad-bound – spacenews.com
- Fun today at EPFL: fast-cat robots and room mapping – genevalunch.com
Education and Resources
- Digital Mapping: A Way to Get Grounded – education.kqed.org
- Free Esri Bookstore App Now Available – prnewswire.com
- The power of maps, in history and politics – jewishjournal.com
- SpatiaLABS Now Available Free to Esri Educational Site Licensees
heraldonline.com - Monday Tip – Using GPS Abroad – outdoorsmagic.com
- ‘Revolutionary’ device could replace surgery for blind – eandt.theiet.org
- How Maps Change Things – odtmaps.com
Political and Social Cartography
- Supreme Court rules O.C. must release digital map – ocregister.com
- Map: The USSR’s Electronic Spy Posts Are Still Active, Eavesdropping on You – killerapps.foreignpolicy.com
- Ramblers work with Government to simplify footpath mapping process – grough.co.uk
- Poverty Maps From 1980 Look Astonishingly Different Compared to 2010 – theatlanticcities.com
- The Keystone XL Map the State Department Doesn’t Want You to See – triplepundit.com
- Cambridge police unveil new crime mapping tool for public – boston.coml
- GOOGLE MAPS THE WORLD: An In-Depth Look At Google’s Massive Global Mapping Operation – au.businessinsider.com
- Marauder’s Map fast becoming reality – iol.co.za
- Agenda: why society needs a grounding in geodiversity – heraldscotland.com
- See your metadata the way the NSA does – bostonglobe.com
- Twitris: Taking Crisis Mapping to the Next Level – techpresident.com
- Tell-all telephone – www.zeit.de/datenschutz
Opinion
- Expert Advice: Cooperative Updates with Maps 2.0 – gpsworld.com
- Esri Users Describe Change Management for Adopting Location Analytics – data-informed.com
Environmental Mapping
- Dan Haifley, Our Ocean Backyard: Secretly mapping the sea floor – santacruzsentinel.com
- DENR completes 21 geohazard maps for towns in Region 9 – zamboangatoday.ph
- Mapping the benefits of our ecosystems – eurekalert.org
- Mapping out How to Save Species – sciencedaily.com
- Mobile app does a dengue check – indiatimes.com
- WB to conduct mapping of renewable energy sources – dawn.com
- Fighting forest fires in Europe – how it works – europa.eu
- Hidden Antarctic lake may contain samples of prehistoric life – sciencerecorder.com
CrowdSourcing
- Citizen cartographers fill the gaps in maps – newscientist.com
- Google’s Filipino Citizen Map Makers Fill in the Blanks – blogs.wsj.com
- New Platinum Age of Maps – news.discovery.com
- Samoa Crowdsources 3D Map to Help During Natural Disasters – mashable.com
- Microsensors help map crowdsourced pollution data – greenbiz.com
- 3D community based geo-spatial topography mapping system empowers local community – islandsbusiness.com
Paper Maps
- Reverse-Skeuomorphism of the Day: A Zoomable Paper Map – theatlanticcities.com
Art in Cartography
- Apple’s Messy Maps Get New Life Through Art – technobuffalo.com
- Exploring the Natural World, Painted on Maps – visualnews.com
Cartographers
- Billionaire Jack Dangermond Launches Urban Observatory With Big Data, Interactive Maps – forbes.com
- Mapping for renewable energy – renewableenergymagazine.com
Cartography Lite
- MAP- Revolutionary New Technology – youtube.com/
- My Kind of Town, Stink Onions – slate.com
- ‘Red, White and Booze’: Mapping the tipsy 50 – hlntv.com
- Enjoy the view… 360-degree camera lets you tour city tourist spots on internet – coventrytelegraph.net
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