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 the Environment
- Interactive maps show B.C. communities’ vulnerability to climate hazards like flooding, wildfire smoke – CTV News
- Mapping the Ecology of Rainforests – sUAS News
- Mapping Chicago’s air pollution hotspots – suntimes.com
- Explosive Tonga volcano ‘surprisingly intact’ – bbc.com
- 2021 Amazon deforestation map shows devastating impact of ranching, agriculture – news.mongabay.com
- This Map Shows Where Biodiversity Is Most at Risk in America – nytimes.com
- Stanford researchers use hot springs to map where continental plates collide beneath Tibet – news.stanford.edu
World
- Every Country’s Top Export and Import – BusinessFinancing.co.uk
- Fra Mauro’s World Map – mostre.museogalileo.it
Expose
- Descarga de datos de OpenStreetMap (OSM) con simbología en QGIS – cursosgis.com
- Immersive view coming soon to Maps – blog.google
- MapLab: The Historical Significance of Homemade Maps – Bloomberg
- Texas mom creates crowdsourcing map to help parents find baby formula during shortage – ksat.com
Opportunities
- Postdoctoral Fellow – yale-nus.edu.sg
- GeoCart’2022 – cartography.org.nz
- Land Surveying in Ireland, 1690–1830 – Four Courts Press
Tutorials
- Carl Sagan explains how Eratostenes knows the earth is curved – Bing video
Visual I.D.
- SS Lake Illawarra mapped in 3D as government prepares to upgrade Tasman Bridge – ABC News
Publications
- Allen Coral Atlas – Allen Coral Atlas
- Reawakened: Traditional Navigators of Te Moana Hui-A-Kiwa – UH Press (hawaii.edu)
Atlases & Maps
- Comprehensive Atlas of the VOC – Nationaal Archief
- Maps and concepts of proposed bicycle routes in Lafayette unveiled – katc.com
- Mapped: Global Happiness Levels in 2022 – visualcapitalist.com
Cartographers
- Tony Fankhauser – myportfolio.com
- Anton Thomas – Anton Thomas Art
- Melinda Clarke – The Melbourne Map
- Profesor D. R. Fraser Taylor – cartografo.cl
Industry
- GlobalMLBuildingFootprints – github.com
- BAS mapping data included in global collection – miragenews.com
- Geography nerds, rejoice! Google Maps is launching a spectacular new ‘immersive view’ – timeoutabudhabi.com
- Missing piece to faster, cheaper and more accurate 3D mapping – miragenews.com
Fringe
- Mapping Dante’s Inferno – atlasobscura.com
- Atlas of Fantastic Worlds – kickstarter.com
- Liminal cartography – exchange.art
- Google Maps: Watch the International Space Station – tech.hindustantimes.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.
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