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.
Cartographic Products and Components
- World’s first atlas sheds light on cartography – hurriyetdailynews.com
- Annotations in maps – story-telling in an interesting avatar – geospatialworld.net
- Le plus grand ouvrage de cartographie, “The History of Cartography” est en ligne – rtbf.be
- Bathymetry online – charleyglynn.github.io
- Japanese paper globes – geo-grafia.jp
Our World
- Who Maps the World? – citylab.com
- Researchers discover evidence of earthquakes that affected Chilean coast in the past 9,000 years – phys.org/news
- How Climate Change Affects Cartography – atlasobscura.com
- North Sea imagery – upload.wikimedia.org
- What causes ocean currents? – apl.maps.arcgis.com
- A world map with 100 meter sea level rise – mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com
Cartographers
- Waldo R. Tobler – edhat.com
- This cartographer’s deep dive into Google Maps is fascinating – theverge.com
- The Dutch Invented Global Logistics: A History Lesson – forbes.com
Opinion
- Why Experts Can’t Agree on the Lengths of the World’s Coastlines – mentalfloss.com
Cartographic Opportunities and Resources
- The Routledge Handbook of Mapping and Cartography – routledge.com
- 5 best map design software for Windows 10 [2018 List] – windowsreport.com
- Patents and Cartographic Inventions – books.google.com.au
- Washington Map Society – washmapsociety.org
- Norman B. Leventhal Map Center – leventhalmap.org
- Cartographers’ Guild – cartographersguild.com
Industry
- GfK releases new digital maps for Asia – gisuser.com
- International date for Clear Mapping – businesscornwall.co.uk
- PGC Map Catalogue – maps.apps.pgc.umn.edu
- International Map Collectors’ Society – imcos.org
- The Art of Cartographics – hardiegrantgift.com.au
Cartography and Politics
- India’s New Map Restriction Policy 2017 is an old wine in a new bottle – geospatialworld.net
- The Problem With America’s New National Broadband Map – citylab.com
- Ecological citizenship encourages transcending of territory, says expert – tribuneindia.com
Cartography Untamed
- Counter-mapping: cartography that lets the powerless speak – theguardian.com
- Colonial and Redfern collaborate on community mapping project – sentinelsource.com
- Student maps show new directions – mtdemocrat.com
Cartography Lite
- Strava art: Perth cycling group Fight Club at it again with map of numbat – .abc.net.au
- Cutest Cartography Project Ever: Google Maps Launches ‘Pup View’ – observer.com
Category: eCARTO News, General News