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.
Opportunities & Publications
- Philip Lee Phillips Society Fellowship – loc.gov
- British Cartographic Society 60th Anniversary – eventbrite.co.uk
- Frames that Speak: Cartouches on Early Modern Maps – Brill
- Mapping for a sustainable world – digitallibrary.un.org
- Here Begins the Dark Sea – pegasusbooks.com
Ancient Maps
- A map of how Romans saw the world – reddit.com
- L’ hemisphere meridional pour voir plus distinctement les terresaustrales – loc.gov
- Sud Polar Karte – twitter.com
- Image 2 of Susŏnchŏndo – loc.gov
- Monsoon & trade wind chart of the Indian Ocean – loc.gov
- The countries round the North Pole – digitalcollections.nypl.org
- Map of the Crown Prince Islands, Disco [sic] Bay, Greenland – loc.gov
- Karte von der KôraischenHalbinsel (Kôraïvl. Tsjo-Sjön) nach einem japanischen originale – loc.gov
- Spanish Armada maps go on display in Portsmouth – bbc.com
- First results of 3D mapping Nessebar’s ancient town revealed – gim-international.com
Country Specific & World
- Italy – behance.ne
- 3D Map of Ukraine – behance.net
- Dramatic changes revealed in 2023 world map – au.news.yahoo.com
- The World’s Population in 3D – googlemapsmania.blogspot.com
Curious?
- The Nile is the world’s longest river? The Amazon would like a word. – washingtonpost.com
- The Kessler Syndrome – googlemapsmania.blogspot.com
- AI Street View Hallucinations – googlemapsmania.blogspot.com
- Creepy map hidden inside your phone tracks where you’ve been and the pics you snapped – mirror.co.uk
- Where is the Titanic wreck on a map? Return route process, Google map co-ordinates and more explored – sportskeeda.com
- What maps can tell about history – dnews.com
- Is map-reading a lost art? – cbc.ca
- Copying out maps – welcome to learning in the mid-1800s – cravenherald.co.uk
- Time Travel Street View – timetravel-streetview.glitch.me
- Maps in comics – washingtonpost.com
- Explore the World with Shadows – ooglemapsmania.blogspot.com
Just Maps
- A Bird’s Eye View of America – googlemapsmania.blogspot.com
- Eine Deutschlandkarte mit “wahren” – etymologisch korrekten Namen – imgur.com
- Embroidered ‘West Australia’ tablecloth – collection.maas.museum
Transport
- Flight Radar – flightradar24
- Map of the Week: Roads of the World – ubique.americangeo.org
- Google Maps: Exploring the World in 3D with Street View – nnn.ng
Themed
- The Map of Roman Amphitheaters – googlemapsmania.blogspot.com
- Global Sunlight Chart – googlemapsmania.blogspot.com
- Mapping cities in motion – miragenews.com
Software and Apps
- MapLibre – googlemapsmania.blogspot.com
- Reprojector – hanshack.com
The Environment
- Mapping Connecticut’s Understory from Outer Space – miragenews.com
- Mapping hidden meltwater paths in glaciers: importance – miragenews.com
Imagery
- Beautiful Banc d’Arguin National Park – earthobservatory.nasa.gov
- Staring at the Moon – googlemapsmania
- Atacama Cosmology Telescope Reveals New Dark Matter Map – miragenews.com
- Next-generation underwater lidar technology aims to map the ocean floor in remarkable detail – sciencex.com
- HotSat-1: Spacecraft to map UK’s heat inefficient buildings – bbc.com
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the weblink authors are their own and do not represent the official position of the ICA. The links are assembled for information and education purposes only.
Category: eCARTO News, General News