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.
People in Cartography
- Persuasive Cartography: An Interview with Map Collector PJ Mode – daily.jstor.org
- Mapping a Gift: Alumnus and Cartography Legend Gives Back to DRES – csunshinetoday.csun.edu
- Cartography – A True Story of Map-making and Sacrifice – goodmenproject.com
- In a London workshop, artisans craft bespoke globes – sg.news.yahoo.com
- TransLink sending transit maps to California boy with autism – citynews1130.com
Cartographic Anomalies
- California, an island? Meet cartography’s most persistent mistake – bigthink.com
- Why is New Zealand being left of world maps – www.9news.com.au
- Russia Today puts Japan on the map, where New Zealand should be – theguardian.com
- The Pin Is Mightier – slate.com/technology
- Google, Apple, Microsoft reportedly ignoring safety pleas to add rail crossings to maps – theverge.com
- Between Texas and Mexico, a Restless Border Defies the Map – citylab.com
- Nearly 100 drivers followed a Google Maps detour — and ended up stuck in an empty field – edition.cnn.com
Just Maps
- 440 Years Old And Filled With Footprints, These Aren’t Your Everyday Maps – npr.org
- La Vuelta 2019 – Stage route profiles and maps – au.eurosport.com
- The Map That Made Los Angeles Make Sense – citylab.com
Opinion
- What Are the Maps That Make Us? – citylab.com
- Has a Map Changed Your Life? Tell Us About It. – citylab.com
- Global Electronic Cartography Market Size and Forecast by End-Use with CAGR, 2019-2024 – theslapclap.com
- The “Colonial Cartography” of Google Maps – conversations.e-flux.com
- Comment: Maps shows Apple is willing to iterate in public where Google kills experiments – 9to5mac.com
- Is this the world map of the future? – bigthink.com
The Cartographic Eye
- How These Stunning Maps Revealed the Moon’s Secrets – fastcompany.com
- NASA’s AIRS Maps Carbon Monoxide from Brazil Fires – jpl.nasa.gov
- What Satellite Imagery Tells Us About the Amazon Rain Forest Fires – nytimes.com
- More Fires Now Burning in Angola, Congo Than Amazon: Maps – bloomberg.com
- This 3D Map of the Milky Way Is the Best View Yet of Our Galaxy’s Warped, Twisted Shape – space.com
Marine Cartography
- Navigation Apps for Sailing – cruisingworld.com
- Cartography at the Source – hydro-international.com
Cartographic Resources, Education & Employment
- ‘Captivating Cartography’ shows evolution of maps – telegram.com
- Ordnance Survey opens online art gallery – geospatialworld.net
- Cartography: The Ideal and Its History, by Matthew H. Edney – timeshighereducation.com
- University gets grant for high-resolution maps – dailyherald.com
Cartography Related
- Turbo: Google’s new color palette for data visualization addresses shortcomings of the common rainbow palette, ‘Jet’ – hub.packtpub.com
- Use “look Around” in Apple Maps to Tour High-Resolution Street Views of Cities – ios.gadgethacks.com
Cartographic Dominance
- Huawei Map Kit Looks to Challenge Google Maps API’s Dominance, Faces Long Odds – interestingengineering.com
Cartography and Countries
- Around the world in 80 aspics: cracking through history’s veneer – irishtimes.com
Category: eCARTO News, General News