eCARTO News November 2013 International Cartographic Association

eCARTO News capture the latest cartographic news and developments from around the world. If you have any general cartography items of interest then please email them to the editor of eCARTO News.

General News

Nat Geo Maps Show Big Changes Since First Atlas – news.nationalgeographic.com
Esri Story Map Retraces Major Locations and Events in the Life of John F. Kennedy – gisuser.com
A treasure trove of relief maps in UW Science Hall – isthmus.com
Mapping the many different Americas that make up the United States – irishtimes.com
Trendspotting: 6 mapping trends that are good for business – itworld.com
National Library of Australia’s Mapping Our World exhibition reveals much about our past – canberratimes.com.au

Applications

Já.is Launches 360° Street Maps In Iceland – grapevine.is
Mapping America’s Restless Interstate Migration Without a Map – wired.com
Underwater mapping gets a new dimension in Brevard – floridatoday.com
Geospatial data project will let almost anyone put almost anything on map – phys.org

Industry News

The holy trail: using Trekker, Google’s edge in the next mapping war – theverge.com
We go joyriding in the Google Maps-killer’s ROBO-CAR – theregister.co.uk
Big tech scrambles for Israeli firms – ketknbc.com
Mission to Map Earth’s Magnetic Field Readies for Takeoff – scientificamerican.com
3D Laser Mapping Launches V-Mapper a New Mobile Mapping System – amerisurv.com
Saginaw-based Spicer Group buys $700,000 mobile mapping system for nationwide surveying – mlive.com
Google Plus iOS app updates design, adds hi-res media backups and mapping – slashgear.com
The Climate Mapping Tool You’ve Been Waiting For – theatlanticcities.com

Extraterrestrial Mapping

Martian Maps: the North Pole – planetary.org
Mapping storms beyond the solar system – azstarnet.com
India’s Mars Mission Can Alter Space Economics – OpEd – eurasiareview.com
Climate Change and Old Seawater: This Week at Interior – decodedscience.com
ISRO to launch German, French, British and Canadian satellites – indiatoday.intoday.in
Proteus—Presenting Solutions For Libyan Mapping (Imagery) – satnews.com

3D Mapping

Drone mapping the pyramids of Zuleta in Ecuador – pasthorizonspr.com
World’s first 3D map of the Great Barrier Reef – uk.news.yahoo.com

Education and Resources

Mapping the possibilities with GIS technology – jsonline.com
Armed with GPS units, Highlands Community College students are mapping campus trees – tricities.com
Mapping Open Access, or the lack thereof – mhpbooks.com
PhD Study in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University with Hong Kong PhD Fellowship – polyu.edu.hk

Political, Health and Social Cartography

Mapping Bitcoin – bits.blogs.nytimes.com
Mapping the soul of the city – smh.com.au
Geographic information systems and logistic regression for high-resolution malaria risk mapping in a rural settlement of the southern Brazilian Amazon – 7thspace.com
Entrepreneur says Lassy Project App can help prevent child abduction cases – turnto23.com
Nkandla: new hi-res aerial imagery revealed – techcentral.co.za
All-island interactive census map shows north, south differences – irishtimes.com
Mad Cartographers – aucegypt.edu
Military maps to focus on natural disasters, analysis – usatoday.com
In the Jungle – vanityfair.com
Police use ‘nose telescope’ for cannabis odour mapping – telegraph.co.uk

Personal Security and Safety Mapping

Creating safer zones with SafetiPin – business-standard.com
Putting women in driver’s seat – deccanchronicle.com
Analysis shows where more UTA crime occurs — buses or trains – sltrib.com
DNR app helps keep hunters safe – fdlreporter.com
DSWD installs online person finder – newsinfo.inquirer.net

On-line Mapping

Web mapping competition – 2013.foss4g.org
MapBox Enables Amazing Custom Maps for Sites and Apps – mashable.com

Opinion

How drivers still prefer a printed map to sat navs: 63 per cent reveal they have used traditional navigation aid in past six months – dailymail.co.uk
Apple maps: how Google lost when everyone thought it had won – theguardian.com
Mapping Modern Britain: How Roads and Maps Have Shaped the UK – breakingtravelnews.com
A World Without Maps – online.wsj.com
Climbers suggest records wrong on top Myanmar peak – lasvegassun.com

Environmental Mapping & Management

Google researchers create first detailed map of global forest change – gcn.com
Mapping rice in the Philippines – where – irri.org
Mapping tree losses globally, and in Louisville – blogs.courier-journal.com
Mapping earthquake faults sputters in California – scpr.org
Sierra Leone: EPA-SL On Coastal and Marine Sensitivity Mapping Workshop – allafrica.com
Leyte reconstruction: MGB maps ‘no build zones’ – rappler.com
Mapping Whole Communities and Their Homes with Thermal Images to Reduce Heat Loss – theenergycollective.com
Two Young Explorers Create First Map of the Future Patagonia National Park – newswatch.nationalgeographic.com
On the hunt for European frog-bit – ourmidland.com

CrowdSourcing and Social Media

Online volunteers map Philippines after typhoon Haiyan – theguardian.com
Public access mapping tool is open in November for citizen suggestions – maryland.newszap.com
How Online Mapmakers Are Helping the Red Cross Save Lives in the Philippines – motherjones.com
Public in the frontline, streaming disaster details – theaustralian.com.au

Technical

How-To: Start using Maps in OS X Mavericks – 9to5mac.com
Pinterest puts Pins on the map – bizreport.com
Don’t Wait for Self-Driving Cars – dailyfinance.com
New APIs: Bitcasa, National Geographic, and Elsevier – blog.programmableweb.com
From Static To Suggestive: Nokia’s Earthmine-Powered Vision For The Future Of Maps – techcrunch.com
Swarms of Drones Will Be Mapping the World All By Themselves in No Time – gizmodo.com