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.
Technology
- HD Maps for Autonomous Vehicles – einnews.com
- Electric robots are mapping the seafloor, Earth’s last frontier – edition.cnn.com
- Drones to map 700 villages in Assam – timesofindia.indiatimes.com
- Inkonova is revolutionizing handheld mapping with Ouster Digital Lidar – marketscreener.com
- UC Berkeley scientists to lead NASA’s newest space telescope – miragenews.com
- It’s a digital world in today’s forests – bonnercountydailybee.com
Viewpoint – Cartography
- Paesaggi sonori. Il suono per mappare geografie invisibili – ilbolive.unipd.it
- Letter from Key West: Crimes against cartography – wlrn.org
- Indigenous Mapping Workshop Encourages Sovereignty through Cartography – nativenewsonline.net
- Opinion | Dana Kelley: Insightful cartography – nwaonline.com
- Paper towns – etftrends.com
- Kids wanna know: How are maps made and how long have they been around? – ksat.com
Interactive Mappin
- Multilingual, interactive mapping site to guide tourists on culture walk – Times of India
- This Interactive Map Lets Users Explore England’s Hidden Archaeological Landscape – Smithsonian Magazine
- The vaccination rate for every suburb in New Zealand on an interactive map – thespinoff.co.nz
Environmental Mapping
- Africa: New Tools to Map Flood Risk Will Help Bring Disaster Planning Up to Date – allafrica.com/stories
- Google Maps is getting better at mapping wildfires – eastidahonews.com
- MAPS volunteers celebrate 15 years of service – miragenews.com
- UN map tool shows every flood in the world since 1985 – independent.co.uk
- Environment Ministry embarks on elephant reserves, corridor mapping – business-standard.com
- Teen maps Thadagam valley to learn extent of damage caused – timesofindia.indiatimes.com
- Tsunami mapping provides clearer picture of devastation for NW Vancouver Island – cheknews.ca
- First map of its kind in Europe shows 30 percent of Poland has 5 billion tree crowns – thefirstnews.com
Deep Cartography
- Scientists create most detailed map of Uranus’ mysterious auroras to date – Space
- HawkEye 360 wins radiofrequency mapping contract with intelligence agency – defensenews.com
- Study demonstrates lunar composition mapping capabilities of spectrograph instrument – phys.org
- Divers on historic quest to map cave, spring – emissourian.co
- Astronomers get a 3D look at nearby stellar nurseries – astronomy.com
Historical
- Nebra Sky Disc: British Museum to display world’s ‘oldest map of stars’ – BBC News
- Mapping with the stars: Nuns instrumental in Vatican celestial survey – catholicnews.com
- mexican duo creates first cartography with all the architectural heritage of mexico city – designboom.com
Atlases and other publications
- Atlas Maps – Thinking Big – BBC Four
- ‘Momentous’ mapping project completed, helping to save world’s reefs – uq.edu.au
- Cartographica – Cartographica
- Epistemological thoughts on the success of maps and the role of cartography – tandfonline.com
- Drugs (Counter) Mapping – wordpress.com
Relief Maps
- Bartholomew Revised Half-Inch Map Skye and Wester Ross – View map
- 3D Design: Terrain and Sky Component in Mapbox Studio – 3D Design
Industry News
- The Ray and Esri partner to map solar energy hotspots – Traffic Technology Today
- Apple Maps introduces new ways to explore major cities in 3D – apple.com
- New global survey calls for greater coordination of seabed mapping activities – hellenicshippingnews.com
Related
- The Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins – booktopia.com
- Volcano Watch — The Canary Islands “mega-tsunami” hypothesis, and why it doesn’t carry water – usgs.gov
- How cartography helped the Grand Canyon become grand – news.asu.edu
- The Future Is Bleak. Pondering Pangaea Gives Me Hope – wired.com
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the weblink authors are their own and do not represent the official position of the ICA. The links are assembled for information and education purposes only.
Category: eCARTO News, General News