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.
World Maps
- 45 Amazing World Maps – farandwide.com
Stellar Cartography
- Moon landings: Apollo 11 celebrated in Cambridge University maps – bbc.com
- OS Moon map – ordnancesurvey.co.uk
- 50 yrs of Apollo 11: How geological maps made the moon landings worthwhile – business-standard.com
- London, July 26, 1609: Mankind’s First Giant Leap Towards the Moon – nationalgeographic.co.uk
- See How the Moon Has Been Mapped Through Time – atlasobscura.com
- Every Visible Star in the Night Sky, in One Map – visualcapitalist.com
- Map of Mars: The Geology of the Red Planet – visualcapitalist.com
Cartographic Projects
- The Elephant Map Project – elephantmap.com
- Cartography – A true story of map-making and sacrifice – goodmenproject.com
- Benin leaps into 21st century with new national map – spacedaily.com
Cartographic Bloopers
- California, an island? Meet cartography’s most persistent mistake – bigthink.com
Cartographic Products
- Wooden Globes – goodwoodglobes.com
- Die Natur des Holzes trifft die seiner Heimat – modulegno.ch
Opinion
- Cartography & Copyright – copyrightcartography.org
- The Shape of the World, According to Old Maps – visualcapitalist.com
- 15 Odd Jobs That Pay Insanely Well (yes, cartographer!) – finance.yahoo.com
- Five Lessons From an Outgoing School Funding Activist – blogs.edweek.org
Reinventing Cartography
- New Ways to Use Old Maps – directionsmag.com
Cartographers
- After Decades of Work, Scheel Still Putting Something New on the Map – loudounnow.com
- Vasileios Giotsas – theconversation.com
- Early cartographers helped put Sydney on the map – smh.com.au
Cartographic Education & Employment
- Marking the map for a successful career – timesofindia.indiatimes.com
- Cartographer Job in Fort Worth, Texas – lemonwire.com
- Cartographic Technician Job – lemonwire.com
- Learning maths without even trying – irishtimes.com
Cartographic Resources
- Cartography: The Ideal and Its History – timeshighereducation.com
- Incredible Online Archive Lets You Download Hundreds of Ancient Maps for Free – mymodernmet.com
Cartography Related
- 24 Geography Facts You Probably Never Knew – farandwide.com
- Aerial Photography Through Time – geoscience-au.maps.arcgis.com
- More Than 50 Lakes Found Under Greenland Ice Sheet – smithsonianmag.com
Cartographic Animations
- Surface winds around Antarctica! – twitter.com
Category: eCARTO News, General News