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 David Fraser, editor of eCARTO News.
3D Mapping & 3D Modelling
- 3D Mapping and 3D Modeling Market by Application in 3D Mapping, by Vertical, and by Geography – Forecast to 2020 – prnewswire.com
- Build a 3-D Virtual World with This Crowdsourced Map of the Real World – technologyreview.com
- Mapping 100 Years of Earthquakes, in 3-D – citylab.com
Participatory 3D Mapping
- First P3DM Exercise Completed in Tonga – twitter.com
- Hands on Culture – Participatory 3D Modelling with Mandingalbay Yidinji People (Australia):videmo.com
- Modeling the Future in Boe Boe Community, Solomon Islands – youtube.com
- Participatory 3D Modelling (P3DM) – iapadorg
- Largest online library on participatory mapping practice – iapad.org/library
- Participatory 3-Dimensional Modelling: Guiding Principles and Applications; 2010 edition – iapad.org
- Locations where P3DM has been implemented – non exhaustive list – p3dm.org
- Video on P3DM – iapad.org
- PGIS Ethics in the practice (12 language version) – ppgis.net
- PGSI/PPGIS video collection on YouTube – youtube.com
Country Specific Cartography
- Cartography in Switzerland 2011–2015 – kartografie.ch
- Women in Cartography: Five Centuries of Accomplishments – bpl.org
- Student-Faculty Project Maps History of Dutch Immigration – calvin.edu
- Crowd-Mapping Jakarta’s Flood Problem Via Twitter – fastcoexist.com
- Melbourne council releases mapping tool to reveal huge potential of solar PV – onestepoffthegrid.com.au
- Chinese rocket deploys third Tianhui mapping satellite – spaceflightnow.com
GIScience in the Pacific Island Countries
- USP Geospatial Science – usp.ac.fj
- GIS & Remote Sensing Unit SPC – spc.int
- Pacific Geospatial and Surveying Council – spc.int
- UN – Oceans and law of the sea – un.org
- Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) – govt.nz
- Oceania’s Birthright – fao.org
- Whales in the South Pacific – wwfpacific.org
- Fiji – abc.net.au
- Enhancing Pacific Ocean Governance – csiro.au
- Marine Regions – marineregions.org
- Will Pacific Island Nations Disappear as Seas Rise? Maybe Not – nationalgeographic.com
UAVs
- Crisis Mapping in Nepal – youtube.com
- Mapping the World in 3D — with Drones? – engineering.com
- A Drone with a Sense of Direction – technologyreview.com
- GAIL to use drones, satellite mapping to bolster security – indiatimes.com
- The Startup That’s Mapping the Skies for Drone Pilots – bloomberg.com
- Topcon debuts the Falcon 8, a rotary wing drone for mass data collection – aggman.com
- Drones offer cheap mapping from the sky – bb.com
Scientific Applications of Cartography
- Scientists Are Mapping the World’s Largest Volcano – nationalgeographic.com
- Maps Made ‘From the Mind,’ Not From GPS – citylab.com
- New Interactive Mapping Tool Shows Effects of VW Diesel Scandal – businesswire.com
- Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) – noaa.gov
Industry News
- MMT 2015: The 9th International Symposium on Mobile Mapping Technology – insidegnss.com
- what3words Delivers 3 Word Addresses to Esri ArcGIS Platform – directionsmag.com
- Uber Signs a Mapping Deal With TomTom – fortune.com
- Startup Mapbox Makes Big Satellite Imagery Buy to Take On Google, Here Maps – recode.net
- Google Maps is adding offline navigation and search starting today – theverge.com
- Access offline maps while abroad with Maps.me for Android – ghacks.net
- DigitalGlobe – digitalglobe.com
Mapping Applications
- Mapping the World’s Territorial Disputes – huffingtonpost.com
- CMS Online Mapping Tool Details Opioid Prescribing Patterns – aafp.org
- Mapping the Frenzy of Europe’s Migrant Crisis – citylab.com
- “Maps that fight the mafia”: How Italy is leading the way in collaborative mapping initiatives – citymetric.com
- 50 First Dates of Snow – citylab.com
- Satellite data mapping project led by Ecometrica gets $1M from GEF to Conserve Biodiversity Hotspot – directionsmag.com
- Homes belonging to half a billion people ‘could be submerged by rising sea levels’ – independent.co.uk
- GIS software gives 911 emergency dispatchers enhanced mapping system – chicagotribune.com
Technical
- Now You Can Work with CartoDB in QGIS – cartodb.com
- 3 open source alternatives to Google Maps API – opensource.com
- Google has gotten incredibly good at predicting traffic — here’s how – techinsider.io
- Mapping with Bluetooth – gpsworld.com
- Dassault Introduces Combined Vision System (CVS) – prnewswire.com
- SiteMonitor 4D Predicts Rock Face Failures – sparpointgroup.com
Neat Ideas
- Escape from Mercator – mapzen.com
- Bird migration patterns – atlasobscura.com
- Apple’s survey app helps venues easily create indoor maps – theverge.com
- Mapping 16th Century Social Networks with Six Degrees of Francis Bacon – gizmodo.com
- Swarms of pumpkin-shaped drones might soon map the world’s seabeds – qz.com
Cartographic Resources & Education
- Free and Open Source Geographic Information System – qgis.org
- MapAction – mapaction.org
- Map Projections – osu.edu
- A Gallery of Map projections – galleryofmapprojections.com
- Principles of Cartography – umass.edu
- Cartographic Design Principles – ordnancesurvey.co.uk
- Map reading skills: Understanding map symbols – ordnancesurvey.co.uk
- Welcome To The GeoCommunity – geocomm.com
Large Scale Mapping
- Microsoft’s Bing Maps now shows you real-time stills from traffic cameras – citymetric.com
- Bing Maps Brings Traffic Camera Views Across 11 Countries – ubergizmo.com
- How Komoot Built The Best Bike-Route Mapping App – fastcoexist.com
- Mapping Startup Leverages Machine Vision – datanami.com
- Entrepreneur developing accessibility mapping app – phys.org
- I went blind for a day to try Microsoft’s headset for the visually impaired – telegraph.co.uk
- Never Stop Exploring – esri.com
Extraterrestrial Cartography
- Astronomers are mapping the center of our galaxy, and they just discovered a phenomenon they never expected – businessinsider.com.au
- Why mapping the galaxy will be child’s play – theguardian.com
- Mapping winds on alien worlds – astronomy.com
- Find Your House On This Map And Watch The Satellites Passing Above You – gizmodo.com.au
- Mapping Mars’ Ripples Unveils Dune Mysteries – discovery.com
- Mapping the future of planetary data – gcn.com
- A new, beautifully detailed geological map of Mars – zmescience.com
- These Tiny Antennas Will Help Map Big Bang’s Afterglow – gizmodo.com
Opinion
- Awakening the World to the Power of Geography – esri.com
- Future of LiDAR in Transportation Sector – sparpointgroup.com
- Why the indoors could be the next frontier for map-makers – citymetric.com
- Can a New Mapping Tool Protect Indigenous Land Rights? – foreignpolicy.com
- Move aside Google Maps, the future of navigation is just three words – theinquirer.net
- Fresh fears Ordnance Survey could be sold off – dailyecho.co.uk
- The 2 simple reasons why Google Maps is better than everything else – businessinsider.com.au
- The truth about politics and cartography: mapping claims to the Arctic seabed – theconversation.com
- Show, don’t just tell – canadianlawyermag.com
Crowdsourced Mapping
- Making smart cities work for people. No. 5. Böblingen’s crowdsourced accessibility maps – citymetric.com
- students help victims of disasters by mapping stricken areas – kutv.com
The Brave New World of Mapping
- How MappingExperts Keep Driverless Cars on the Road – pcmag.com
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