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.
Opportunities
- Industry Solutions Manager, National Mapping & Charting USA – esri.com
- Industry Solutions Specialist, National Mapping & Charting USA – esri.com
- J.B. Harley Research Fellowships – maphistory.info
- Curator of Maps Librarian – myworkdayjobs.com
- ‘It deserves to be called iconic’: London tube map creator’s archive goes up for sale – theguardian.com
- Libraries to offer fall workshops on maps and GIS topics – psu.edu
Gatherings
- Ethnolinguistic cartography (18th–21st centuries) in comparative perspective: genre, political conflicts, memory – cas.cz
- Maps are too exciting – ox.ac.uk
Education & Training
- Oxford Seminars in Cartography – bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Publications
- Atlas of Design Volume 7 – Atlas of Design
- Mapping New Zealand from Tasman to Cook – lutterworth.com
- Mapping the State – uolpress.co.uk
The Need For Maps
- European militaries rush to catch up on space traffic mapping – defensenews.com
- New school mapping technology improving law enforcement emergency response time – cbsnews.com
- Modern mapping at Mawson – antarctica.gov.au
- Maps reveal how climate change could redraw national borders – prnewswire.com
Applications of Mapping
- Continental mapping uncovers Australia’s hidden geology – ga.gov.au/
- Civic body begins GIS, GPS mapping of trees – ribuneindia.com
- Interactive map launched in bid to save the bittern – rnz.co.nz
- Back Issues: Putting mayors on the map – thepost.co.nz
- Researchers explore novel approach to map forest dieback in satellite images – phys.org
- Oceanography, seafloor mapping and satellite combine to map world’s strongest current – csiro.au
- Biodiversity tool maps ecosystem services – albertafarmexpress.ca
Maps, Atlases and Globes
- Complex, Hidden Landscape Mapped a Mile under Greenland Ice – Scientific American
- Giant interactive map of the Great Lakes – ottawa.ctvnews.ca
- Map shows Australia before humans arrived – news.com.au
Industry
- ‘Time travel’: Google Maps unveils exciting new features for Street View – thenews.com.pk
- Dynamic Map Platform Expands HD Map Coverage to 16 European Countries – businesswire.com
- Google and Harvard unveil most detailed ever map of human brain – tbsnews.net
Out of this World
- Astronomers unveil the most detailed map of the Milky Way – msn.com
- CSIRO 3D mapping tech blasts off for International Space Station – csiro.au
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