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David Imus of Imus Geographics produced the Cartography and Geographic Information Society’s “Best of Show” award for the best map of the year. This independent cartographer obsessed over this map to the tune of two years of work, seven days a week, for a total of nearly 6,000 hours of effort. The quality of his [...]
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Today, National Geographic and Esri reveal a new multi-scale general reference map of the world for use by the public and for education purposes. The map uses the familiar cartographic styling that National Geographic developed over more than 100 years of map making, and offers multiple scales of viewing from global all the way down [...]
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Boston Rare Maps, a specialist dealer in rare and unusual antique maps, has launched AmericanMapmaking.com, an online exhibit of maps of America from 1782-1800. The exhibit was originally hosted at the Harvard Map Collection, and illustrates an evolution in the country and its mapmaking ability. Among the highlights of the online exhibit are: Andrew Ellicott’s [...]
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‘“What is a Map?” is More Relevant than Ever’ was the title and topic of The National Map Conference keynoter Frederick Reuss, author of five novels, including his recent “A Geography of Secrets” that addresses secrecy in public and private life in present-day Washington. Reuss provided a layman’s perspective as a user of maps, a [...]
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Esri and the Society for Conservation GIS (SCGIS) have teamed to hold the first International Conservation Mapping Competition. The contest is open to nonprofit conservation groups and individuals that support these groups with $10,000 in prize money for the best maps that address conservation issues. Following are prize categories and associated prize money: Grand Prize [...]
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A new web mapping resource launched today that is designed to provide free vector and raster map data specifically for the use of cartographers. Natural Earth is an effort of volunteers that are supported by the North American Cartographic Information Society, with assistance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison cartography lab, Florida State University and others. [...]
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Before there was Man vs. Wild, there was a more cerebral survival show on BBC featuring Ray Mears that delved into survival skills and experiences that also channeled lessons learned from indigenous cultures. I had the great pleasure of hosting Mears as a keynote speaker at the 2002 GIS Conference in Canada, and I was [...]
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The University of Southern Maine in Portland just reopened their map library after reconstruction and expansion. The Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education opened yesterday, featuring 300,000 maps, atlases, books and rare globes. Read more about the collection here. It’s heartening to hear about this considerable cartographic resource that first opened in [...]
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A new cartographic design tool called Ortelius was launched last week by Mapdiva. This tool addresses a lack of mapmaking software for the Mac OS X environment, and aims to make map design easier to learn and implement. The two principals of Mapdiva are the lead developer Graham Cox of Australia, and Jill Saligoe-Simmel, a [...]
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