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
- Maps tell the stories your GPS never could – tampabay.com
- Russell Crowe in Canberra for National Library map exhibition – smh.com.au
- Mapping the mapmakers – indianexpress.com
- Library to feature New Holland map – psnews.com.au
- The Missing Colorado River Delta: Rivers, Borders, and Maps – nationalgeographic.com
Applications
- Mapping Out The Unknown With Cyborg Bug Swarms – redorbit.com
- Mapping the ‘Time Boundaries’ of a City – theatlanticcities.com
- Roads Kill: Mapping the Automobile’s Global Body Count – streetsblog.org
- Climate change – Mapping the world’s most and least vulnerable areas – universityworldnews.com
- UP team about to complete mapping of flood-prone areas – inquirer.net
- ESA’s Earth’s gravity mapping mission ends after running out of fuel – india.com
- Mapping the World’s Deadliest Roads – theatlanticcities.com
- In a first, GIS mapping in polls – ekantipur.com
- Masked Starbirth Mapped In New Milky Way Survey – universetoday.com
- ESA’s Gaia Star-Mapping Mission Set For November Launch – redorbit.com
- Deb Roy is mapping the TV Genome by tracking your tweets – wired.co.uk
- Mapping aquifers: Aerial technology used to find drinking water – indiatimes.com
- John Kitzhaber requests mapping of GMO crops, pledges to bring legislation in 2015 – oregonlive.com
- Mapping a true icon – registerguard.com
- Secret Cold War Sonar Tech Is Being Used to Map Underwater America – gizmodo.com
- Mapping climate change in Google Earth – gearthblog.com
- Mapping technique helps assess impact of urbanization on aquatic ecosystems – waterworld.com
- Long-Sought Pattern of Ancient Light Detected – jpl.nasa.gov
- Europe’s Gravity-Mapping GOCE Satellite Faces Big Fall from Space – space.com
Industry News
- Global 3D Mapping and 3D Modeling Market – Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 – 2019 – sbwire.com
- HERE Maps begins community mapping in India – overdrive.in
- 1 Hidden Leader in the Mobile Mapping Revolution – fool.com
- Bluesky Completes National Tree Map for England and Wales – geocomm.com
- DeLorme lays off 10 in Yarmouth as focus shifts away from mapping – theforecaster.net
- AAM upgrades to A3 Edge camera – spatialsource.com.au
- XPRIZE dives into Earth’s final frontier – our oceans and their future health – theguardian.com
Archaeological and Cultural Mapping
- Drone Mapping Lost Pyramids in the Andes – gizmodo.com
- Mapping human activity in the last glacial maximum – sciencewa.net.au
- New ISAW Exhibition Examines Geographic Knowledge in Ancient Greek and Roman Societies – greekreporter.com
- Talks begin on restoration and mapping of Berkhamsted’s First World War training trenches – hemeltoday.co.uk
- Google cameras map a walk through of Arlington National Cemetery – thereporteronline.com
- Mapping Vietnamese sidewalk life and street vending – tech.mit.edu
3D Mapping
- Matterhorn mapped by fleet of drones in just 6 hours – newscientist.com
- Mapping the small-arms trade – ncronline.org
- Into the void: Mapping abandoned mines in 3D – thetimes-tribune.com
- Spring-mounted Zebedee maps Pisa tower in 3D – eandt.theiet.org
- First a blimp, mapping. Now a drone, filming – baltimorebrew.com
- 3-D mapping company CyArk makes digital copies of top landmarks – scmp.com
Education and Resources
- The Best Free Data Mapping Tools – mediarundigital.co.uk
- Top 10 satnavs – telegraph.co.uk
- What’s next for GIS: The fourth dimension – gcn.com
- From mapping to the weather – five apps to make life easier – independent.ie
- New ‘Google Maps’ app for iPhone, iPad brings tricks, treats – examiner.com
- Google Maps Engine Gets Free Tier And A Public Data Program To Help Governments, Other Orgs Surface Maps – techcrunch.com
- Rwandan teens learn mapping skills with smart phones and tablet PCs – phys.org
- Students learn digital mapping skills, target jobs – miamiherald.com
- Place of the Year: History of the Atlas – blog.oup.com
- Google Maps Engine Pro aids businesses in visualizing and sharing data – androidcommunity.com
Political and Social Cartography
- Mapping America’s personalities: Scientists chart the most friendly, conventional and relaxed regions of the U.S. – dailymail.co.uk
- Latino Population Maps Reveal Demographic Pattern Regardless Of Origin (GRAPHICS) – huffingtonpost.com
- Mapping Mediterranean migration – bbc.co.uk
- RTI International Web-Based Map Allows Users to See Intricate Patterns in U.S. Population – prweb.com
- Geo-Mapping Used in Smoking Cessation Research – pddnet.com
- Mapping the Glum Inequality of Happiness in the World – theatlanticcities.com
- Alert: Gun Battle Ahead. A Mapping App To Navigate The Obstacles In Lebanon – fastcoexist.com
- Suicide map reveals indigenous disaster – theaustralian.com.au
- Mapping Out Global Slavery in 2013 – internationalpoliticalforum.com
- Are visual crime maps necessary for campus? – dailyemerald.com
Vegetation Mapping
- World’s first mapping of rare plants in the Americas – earthsky.org
- A move to blend culture with maps to save vanishing forests – csmonitor.com
- New Mapping Technology: Nova Scotia’s Powerful Ally in Protecting Valuable Forests – directionsmag.com
- Google Street could help in the battle against invasive species – mnn.com
- Study: Amazon Basin is home to about 16,000 tree species – cbsnews.com
- Airborne lidar project creates national tree map for England, Wales – sparpointgroup.com
- Laser mapping uncovers secrets of the New Forest – itv.com
Opinion
- Apple Maps Better Than Google Maps? – societyandreligion.com
- Cartography in the digital age – macleans.ca
- Minds behind the Maps – nokia.com
Disaster Mapping & Management
- A swarm of cyborg insects used for mapping collapsed buildings – extremetech.com
- Nation puts geospatial data system on the map – news.xinhuanet.com
- Sonar Mapping Killed Whales–100 of Them–in 2008, Study Says – theepochtimes.com
- Social media, crisis mapping and the new frontier in disaster response – theguardian.com
- Mapping Australia’s bushfires – aljazeera.com
- Mapping Earthquake Reconstruction in Tohoku, Japan – globalvoicesonline.org
- Risk assessment maps given to LGUs – philstar.com
- How to Map a Lightning Strike – discovery.com
- Google launches Australian bushfire crisis map – cnet.com.au
- How Google Maps is helping clear landmines in war-torn countries – theguardian.com
CrowdSourcing and Social Media
- Google Imperialism: Mapping the World’s Most Popular Websites – foreignpolicy.com
- Mapping the Twitterverse – directionsmag.com
- The Most and Least Popular London Buildings on Twitter, Mapped in 3D – theatlanticcities.com
- Mapping the World’s Mapmakers, in 65,000 Hues – theatlanticcities.com
- Crowdfunding For Private Security in Oakland Ignores a Few Key Facts – policymic.com
Tourist Mapping
- Myanmar to introduce 3D mapping and lighting to museums – elevenmyanmar.coms
Art in Cartography
- Turtle shell world map – mappingsciences.org.au
- How 3D Mapping Transforms Old Architecture Into New, Virtual Forms – psfk.com
- Artist putting Delta on the map – delta-optimist.com
Cartography Lite
- They Love Twerking in Tunisia: Mapping the World’s Most Popular YouTube Videos – foreignpolicy.com
- Blocky Britain: how the country was mapped in Minecraft – pcpro.co.uk
- Mapping the Zombie Apocalypse – cablefax.com
- Google Maps Helps Man Reunite With Long-Lost Family in Heartwarming Ad – mashable.com
- Tire wear shown with digital mapping – nascar.com
- Apple Maps flaw results in drivers crossing airport runway bbc.co.uk
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