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.
ICA Facebook Posts
- The problem with maps. – mjmdavis.com
- Lasercut 3D Topographic Wood Maps – instructables.com
- Beyond the sea – andywoodruff.com
- Norway – openpics.aerobatic.io
- A Year of Google & Apple Maps – justinobeirne.com
- Traveling Back in Time With Colorful Isochrone Maps – atlasobscura.com
- Human Population Through Time – amnh.org
- 37 Eye-Catching World Map Posters You Should Hang On Your Walls – brilliantmaps.com
Opinion
- The battle for territory in digital cartography – economist.com
- The map that fills a 500-million-year gap in Earth’s history – abc.net.au
- Connecting Citizen Science, GIS, Community Partnerships, and Education – citizensciencegis.org
Just Maps
- Vintage Disneyland concept map sells at auction for $708,000 – abcnews.go.com
- Interactive Pangaea Map With Modern International Borders – brilliantmaps.com
- Map Of The European Natural Gas Network – britishbusinessenergy.co.uk
- Facebook’s Disaster Maps – maproomblog.com
- Twisted tracks: watch metro maps transform to real-life geography – theguardian.com
Map Design
- Designing maps for mobile devices – mapbox.com
- Designing a Topo Themed Map with Mapbox Studio – andrewdc.co.nz
- Christiania – s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com
- U.S. Interstates as a Subway Map – visual.ly
- The viridis color palettes – cran.r-project.org
- 2016 Presidential General Election Maps – rynerohla.com
- Tabula anemographica seu pyxis nautica vulgo compass charte – leventhalmap.org
- Illustrated World Map by Keizo Shimada – openpics.aerobatic.io
- The Roman Empire’s 250,000 Miles of Roadways Imagined as a Subway Transit Map – thisiscolossal.com
- Moomin-themed Helsinki city map – moomin.com
- Textile maps – leahevanstextiles.com
Representations of Place
- The World according to Eratosthenes, 220 BC – etc.usf.edu
- First land you would hit – openpics.aerobatic.io
- Wissen Sie noch, wo Deutschland geteilt war? – einheitsreise.morgenpost.de
- Here Be White Bears – hakaimagazine.com
- Franklin Expedition’s Secret Map Available via Access to Information – maproomblog.com
- The Amazon plus 100 metres of water – hannes.enjoys.it
Map Editing and Map Conservation
- How mapping companies keep road maps and atlases up to date – lovelljohns.com
- Experts restore rare Dutch Golden Age map found stuffed up a chimney – theartnewspaper.com
- Detail of map from 17th century after restoration – openpics.aerobatic.io
Cartographic Resources
- Explore Cartography, Maps and more! – au.pinterest.com
- Making bespoke maps work for your business – lovelljohns.com
- ILWIS – Integrated Land and Water Information Management – gisgeography.com
- UK Map Collections – cartography.org.uk
- Digimap for Schools – Digimap4Schools
- Google Earth takes students on tours guided by Nat Geo – geoawesomeness.com
- How to use a paper map and compass? – geoawesomeness.com
Industry
- Drone2Map Version 1.2 Released – gislounge.com
Characteristics of Countries
- The first scientific mapping of the Straits of Magellan, and the first voyage of Charles Darwin – bostonraremaps.com
- Where Pirates and Cannibals Meet: Exploring Colonial Dutch Brazil – harvard-cga.maps.arcgis.com
- Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and connecting seas – loc.gov
- Blaeu Atlas Maior 1662-5, Volume 1 – maps.nls.uk
- New map reveals ships buried below San Francisco – citymaus.com
- 1550, Map of the known world commissioned by Henry II of France – bl.uk
“Time on my hands” cartography
- Kiss map – radicalcartography.net
- Boundary walls and security fences worldwide – economist.com
- If European Borders Were Drawn By DNA Instead Of Ethnicity – brilliantmaps.com
- Flat Earth “Globe” – brilliantmaps.com
Geography
- Inside the Deep Caves Carved by Lava – nationalgeographic.com
Category: eCARTO News, General News