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.
Featured – Nikita Slavin– Cartography M. Sc. Project
- How Old Is This House – how-old-is-this.house
- The Process – how-old-is-this.house/en/process
Cartographers & Explorers
- 6 Women Pioneers of Ocean Exploration – alltogether.swe.org
- Putting women on the map: Feminist cartographers are filling in urban design data gaps – scroll.in
- Old map highlights role of women in cartography – kelownadailycourier.ca
- Angles on Bending Lines – leventhalmap.org
- Digital mapping campaign ‘Bangladesh Challenge’ ends – newagebd.net
- Transport for London isn’t mapping its new cycling routes – citymetric.com
- 16 Low-Stress Jobs (includes Cartographer) – wtop.com
- The M.T.A. vs. a D.I.Y. Cartographer – newyorker.com
- The world turned upside down – sl.nsw.gov.au
Cartographic Applications
- Maps show UK pavements not wide enough for social distancing – in pictures – theguardian.com
- Mapping a Slow-Motion Landslide – earthobservatory.nasa.gov
- Mapping Snow on Arctic Sea Ice – earthobservatory.nasa.gov
- Food access map demonstrates importance of community design to improving health – vermontbiz.com
- Drones Map High Plateaus Basin in Moroccan Atlas to Understand Human Evolution – heritagedaily.com
- Creating a virtual reconstruction of Everest Base Camp – nationalgeographic.com
Maps Historically Speaking
- Maps and photography: a brief history, part 2 – blogs.bl.uk
- The history of cartography: shining a light – blogs.bl.uk
- British Library map leads to a Gibraltar archaeological discovery – blogs.bl.uk/magnificentmaps
- Runnymede – a history in maps – blogs.bl.uk
Cartographic Industry News
- Mapillary Team Joins Facebook to Aid Its Open Mapping Efforts – adweek.com
- Global GIS Mapping Software Market Projected to Reach USD XX.XX billion by 2025 – medicinsider.com
- 3D Mapping and 3D Modelling Market – 3wnews.org
- Cloud-Based Mapping Service Market 2020 – medicinsider.com
White Spaces Cartography
- This map shows where on Earth humans aren’t – nationalgeographic.com
- Carte generale de la terre : appliquée a l’astronomie pour l’etude de la géographie terrestre et celeste – loc.gov
- Mapping Earth’s deepest secrets – science.sciencemag.org
- Interactive maps let Kiwis explore New Zealand’s lost continent of Zealandia – newshub.co.nz
- Breathtaking new map of the X-ray Universe – bbc.com
Cartography Unleashed
- Your Maps of Life Under Lockdown – citylab.com
- Expanding geographic awareness during home quarantine – imiamaps.org
Cartography Sources & Resources
- Bell Resources – umedia.lib.umn.edu
- The Air Map of 1943 – why straight flight paths – youtube.com
- Australian university adds 5,000 rare, unique Asia-Pacific maps to online collection – geoawesomeness.com
- Cartography – The Ideal and Its History – press.uchicago.edu
- Blue Earth Bathymetry – shadedrelief.com/blue-earth
Cartography – Discussions
- How the Lines Get Bent – harvardmagazine.com
- Origin of ordinary things: The atlas – newtimes.co.rw
- This ‘train map of the world’ is so inaccurate that people are calling it an ‘abomination’ – indy100.com
Blue Cartography
- World Hydrography Day: Mapping The Oceans – urdupoint.com
- A map of the Arctic created by the U.S. Department of State – reddit.com
- Blue Earth Bathymetry – shadedrelief.com/blue-earth
- Lake Mapping and Bathymetry Market 2020 – medicinsider.com
- Our Unmapped Ocean – earthdate.org
Cartometry and Topology
- The topologist’s map of the world – vividmaps.com
- Cartometry – book – link.springer.com
- Cartometry – lecture – geog.ucsb.edu
- How to Detect the Distortions of Maps – citylab.com
Measurement and Monitoring
- A strange earthquake swarm lasted for years. Scientists finally know why. – nationalgeographic.com
- The Benefits of Visual Intelligence Solutions in Agriculture and Forestry – gim-international.com
- The largest to smallest landmasses in the world mapped – vividmaps.com
Related Technologies and Apps
- Microdrones Enters the Third Dimension with New Mapping and LiDAR Surveying Equipment – uasweekly.com
- The Evolution of Accurate Drone Mapping – suasnews.com
- Revamped Maps app will be expanding to the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Canada – macrumors.com
- Large-scale early Maya sites in Mexico revealed by lidar mapping technology – nature.com
Cartotherapy
- Dust Off Your Bookshelf and Escape with an Atlas – directionsmag.com
- 2020 NAIDOC poster winner and new dates for celebration announced – sbs.com.au
- Over The City – overthecity.asia
Category: eCARTO News, General News