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.
People in Cartography
- The Pioneering Maps of Alexander von Humboldt – smithsonianmag.com
Issues Associated with Cartography
- Mayor of Sardinian village blames Google Maps for lost tourists – theguardian.com
- ‘The perfect combination of art and science’: mourning the end of paper maps – theguardian.com
Cartography projects
- Phase One generates stunning results for colonial cartography maps – micrographics.co.nz
- Mapping back to a lost childhood – unimelb.edu.au
- Mapping global biodiversity change – sciencedaily.com
- Mapping international drug use through the world’s largest wastewater study – sciencedaily.com
- NASA Releases 3D Mapping Data From the Moon – extremetech.com
- Scientists start mapping the hidden web that scaffolds the universe – theconversation.com
- ‘Ultimate gift to future generations’: plan to laser map all land on Earth – heguardian.com
- Urban Development: Mapping the Unique Challenges That Face Beijing – thebeijinger.com
Just Maps
- Is this the world map of the future? – bigthink.com
From Around the World
- After Hurricane Dorian, The ‘Wikipedia Of Maps’ Came To The Rescue – npr.org
- Pacific Geographies – pacific-geographies.org
- The Navajo Nation is getting addresses, thanks to an open-source mapping program used in urban India – sltrib.com
- Mapping Mumbai’s Marvels – indiatoday.in
- Interactive map of California wildfires – sandiegouniontribune.com
- Drones for Good: Mapping for the Kenyan Red Cross with Altohelix – dronelife.com
Opinion
- Mapping route through research pathway – miragenews.com
- Can We Make a 3-D Map of the Whole World? – atlasobscura.com
- What’s driving tropical deforestation? Scientists map 45 years of satellite images – phys.org
- 5 Key Benefits of Drones in Surveying and Mapping – geospatialworld.net
Industry News
- Map your world! – HERE Mapathon – agorize.com
- Avoiding speed traps: Google Maps on iPhone finally gets Waze’s most controversial feature – cnet.com
- This Apple Maps update might be what finally pulls people away from Google Maps – cnet.com
- 3D Mapping and 3D Modelling Market 2019 – newsflashed.com
Cartographic Resources, Education & Employment
- Postage stamps and cartosemiotic models – urz.tu-dresden.de
- “Why north is up: map conventions and where they came from” – uchicago.edu
- Fellowships – bibsocamer.org
- First International Workshop On the Origin and Evolution of Portolan Charts – h-net.org
- Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography – cam.ac.uk
- Book Review | Charles Booth’s London Poverty Maps – lse.ac.uk
Digging up the past
- Mapping Technology Reveals ‘Lost Cities’ on National Geographic – mentalfloss.com
- ‘It’s a bit Pompeii-like’: The unexpected ‘buried blocks’ of Melbourne – theage.com.au
- Online Map Leads Archaeologist to Maya Discovery – nytimes.com
Quirky Mapping
- Map of Scots women accused of witchcraft published for first time – scotsman.com
Animations and Videos
- The Miller Atlas – youtube.com
Category: eCARTO News, General News