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.
Storytelling
- How a Secret Map Brought Down a Pirate Alliance on the Irish Coast – atlasobscura.com
- Mapping Tools Open up New Possibilities in Property Storytelling – propmodo.com
- The power behind the map in the 21st Century – arcgis.com
- Fifty Maps and the Stories they Tell – bodleianshop.co.uk
- The maps that show life is slowly getting better – theguardian.com
- Copperplate of Treasure Island map – twitter.com
Cartographers
- Cartographers share maps that offer new perspectives – dailymail.co.uk
- Young drone cartographer puts record-breaking on the map – guinnessworldrecords.com
- The Yorkshire cartographer making hand-drawn maps of the region’s walking spots – yorkshirepost.co.uk
- Pakistani cartographer creates first 3D traditional food map – globalvillagespace.com
- The Cartographic Arts: vintage map maker puts Stroud on map – stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk
- Lockdown no bar, over 1,000 students honing skills in cartography – newindianexpress.com
- Not Google, This Woman Introduced India To Digital Maps – femina.in
Borders and Barriers
- When Rivers are Borders – earthobservatory.nasa.gov
- Data collection: Volunteer armies map ‘invisible’ communities hit by coronavirus – sightmagazine.com.au
- Mapping Shallow Seafloors – earthobservatory.nasa.gov
- European Borders In 1914 vs Borders Today – brilliantmaps.com
Cartographic Research & Development
- The unlit light of the deepest dark – odt.co.nz
- Satellites could soon map every tree on Earth – nature.com
- Study maps global regrowth carbon capture potential – spatialsource.com.au
- Deep Science: Alzheimer’s screening, forest-mapping drones, machine learning in space, more – techcrunch.com
In Case You Missed It
- 13 amazing maps to celebrate 13 years of OpenStreetMap – opensource.com
- Amazing Maps of the World – laughingsquid.com
- Atlas of Oblique Maps – pubs.usgs.gov
- Communicating with maps – The art of cartography – plnk.to
- The End of History and the Last Map – foreignpolicy.com
Cartographic Industry News
- What3words embedded into Here mapping for even better destination navigation – pocket-lint.com
- Aquatic Mapping Service Market to Witness Huge Growth By 2025 – prnewsleader.com
- Esri Ireland partners with Bluesky to enhance its digital mapping offering in Ireland – directionsmag.com
Map Societies and Agencies
- Washington Map Society washmapsociety.org
- National Geospatial Agency of the Year: Norwegian Mapping Authority – geospatialworld.net
Cartography Books & Resources
- New map book is for adventurers – cyprus-mail.com
- How to choose a bivariate color palette? – nowosad.github.io
- Cartography Font Collection – typography.com
- What Are Contour Lines on Topographic Maps? – gisgeography.com
- Curating Generations of Cartography – directionsmag.com
Maps & Mapping Applications
- A trawler’s chart – i.redd.it
- National Library of Scotland – recent editions – maps.nls.uk
- Norway funds satellite map of world’s tropical forests – bbc.com
- Satellites put the world’s biggest methane emitters on the map – afr.com
- Mapping ‘fossil water’ helps achieve sustainable groundwater management in California – miragenews.com
Cartography – 3D, Animated and Interactive
- 3D NLS maps – maps.nls.uk
- Google Earth time lapse – earthengine.google.com
- Covid-19’s spread across the world – worldmapper.org
- Koori Culture Map – deepmaps.sharingstoriesfoundation.org
- Explore the World’s Coral Reefs – allencoralatlas.org
- 3D mapping the Christ the Redeemer statue – bbc.com
Cartography and Tourism
- Sales of camping, hiking guides rise as Americans take to the outdoors – washingtonpost.com
- Slow map: Mapping Britain’s intercity footpaths – bbc.com
Mapping and Measuring
- School temperature mapping provides first guidelines for cooler schools – miragenews.com
- Low-flying helicopter spotted over D.C. area is mapping natural nuclear radiation – washingtonpost.com
- Rebounding in Hudson Bay – earthobservatory.nasa.gov
Thinking Outside the Quadrilateral
- ‘Pinhole selfie’ camera unveiled – bbc.com
- Road curvature – roadcurvature.com
Category: eCARTO News, General News