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.
Mapping Applications
- Using 3D Printer Technology to Represent Survey Information – gim-international.com
- How Google Is Revealing Unmapped Areas of the World in Virtual Reality – singularityhub.com
- Your address is now just a short code – thehindu.com
- Zap Map: Satellite Tracks Lightning for Better Heads Up – voanews.com
- Mapping Global Happiness In 2016 Through A Quarter Billion News Articles – forbes.com
- Hidden History – Lidar 3D Mapping – youtube.com
Industry News
- Coming soon: Oil spill-mapping swarms of flying drones – buffalo.edu
- Volkswagen Joins Mobileye’s Efforts to Crowdsource Mapping Data – thedrive.com
- CyArk’s 3D and VR mapping of ancient monuments is going further than Google Earth – goodgearguide.com.au
- Google Maps Gets More Social With Shared Lists – geomarketing.com
Just Maps
- It’s time for a makeover of the iconic hand-drawn Melbourne Map – abc.net.au
- But where is the green sheep? Old maps put the art in cartography – abc.net.au
- Mapping the Urban Bike Utopias of the 1890s – news.nationalgeographic.com
- The Mysteries of the First-Ever Map of the North Pole – atlasobscura.com
- The bike lanes of London: Tube-style map reveals how capital’s web of cycle lanes connect together – dailymail.co.uk
- This map claims it can predict crimes across London before they happen – wired.co.uk
- Color to Your Heart’s Delight With These Historic Map Coloring Pages – geolounge.com
ICA Facebook Posts
- Welcome to Map Zone – ordnancesurvey.co.uk
- Using 3D Printer Technology to Represent Survey Information – gim-international.com
- Cartographic design principles – ordnancesurvey.co.uk
- What is Tobler’s First Law of Geography? – gisgeography.com
- Le monde sur une feuille – fage-editions.com
- 38 Maps You Never Knew You Needed – buzzfeed.com
- The Historic Turns of a River – americanscientist.org
- 7 things you probably didn’t know about maps – edition.cnn.com
- A world of maps at your fingertips – independent.co.uk
- Every satellite mapped and tagged – apps.agi.com
Opinion
- The most detailed maps of the world will be for cars, not humans – arstechnica.com
- Apply Geography to Your Work and Make Better Decisions – esri.com
- Tear Up Your Old Maps – medium.com
- By Mapping Buildings’ Interiors, Your Phone Could Save Your Life – bigthink.com
- Mapping: Disruption ahead! – computerworld.com
Cartographic Resources
- Cartographic innovations by the early portolan chartmakers – maphistory.info
- Twenty Free Satellite Imagery Data Sources – monde-geospatial.com
- Top tips: Making the most of mapping data – spatialsource.com.au
- ICC 2017 Student Assistantship Program Information – icc2017.org
Cartographers
- An Interview with the hand-drawn map creator, Kevin Sheehan – xyht.com
- Cartographers without borders – cartographerswithoutborders.org
- Job Opening: Cartographer – broadcastbeat.com
- Cartographer Overview – money.usnews.com
- The Hidden Histories of Maps Made By Women: Early North America – citylab.com
Trains, Planes and Automobiles
- Qualcomm Teams With TomTom On Maps Powering Self-Driving Cars – geomarketing.com
- HERE & Pioneer Enter into Strategic Map Partnership – gpsbusinessnews.com
- Geological Insights from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Search – eos.org
- Professors build AI to help autonomous vehicles locate themselves on maps – phys.org
- How Google Maps Gets Its Remarkably Accurate Real-Time Traffic Data – gadgets.ndtv.com
Category: eCARTO News, General News