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Welcome to the website of the International Cartographic AssociationGet to know the new ICA Executive Committee for the term 2023-2027
Welcome to the website of the International Cartographic Association
Get to know the new ICA Executive Committee for the term 2023-2027

eCARTO News October 2017

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.

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Maps – Specific Themes

Cartographic Resources

Opinion

  • Electronic Cartography Market to Witness Comprehensive Growth by 2026 – findmarketresearch.org
  • Cartographers, Rejoice! Rising Ocean Levels Are On Track To Turn Australia Into An Easy-To-Draw Rhombus – clickhole.com
  • Distance Decay: How Far Are You Willing to Travel? – gisgeography.com
  • Beyond the GPS, Mapping Every Place, Everywhere – nytimes.com
  • What is the difference between Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality? – geospatialworld.net
  • How Maps are Powering the Tech Revolution – bbc.com
  • Your Next Job: Map The Streets For Self-driving Cars – wired.com
  • What’s at stake in the most important Supreme Court case of the year – qz.com

Cartographic Miscellanea

Cartography and Society

  • When Cartography Meets Disaster Relief – citylab.com
  • Stanford senior wins international award for research on 19th-century cholera maps – news.stanford.edu
  • Group issues Jakarta’s integrated transit map – thejakartapost.com
  • The Crowdsourced Maps Guiding Puerto Rico’s Recovery – wired.com

People into Cartography

Fringe Thinking

  • Nearly every country on Earth is named after one of these four things – msn.com
  • Review: In ‘Lonely Planet,’ Mismatched Friends and an Unnamed Plague – nytimes.com
  • These Are the Cleverest, Weirdest Mapping Ideas Ever Patented – news.nationalgeographic.com

History through maps

Cartography Beyond The Land

  • Navigational Maps of the Five Arctic Seas will be Reissued, According to the Results of the OIS “Admiral Vladimirsky” Expedition – maritimeherald.com
  • Cartography of the Cosmos – sciencedaily.com

Opportunity

A n Eclectic Collection of Maps

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