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Invitation to the Barbara Petchenik Competition 2025

Dear friends and colleagues,

It’s a great pleasure and honor to announce the Official Call for the Barbara Petchenik Children’s Map Competition 2025.

This year we have a new theme of the competition: Maps in everyday life (as selected by our colleagues from 11 countries).

All documents related to the organization of the next competition can be found here:

This year the most significant change for the member states and/or affiliate members planning to participate in the competition is that we have a new international coordinator starting from 2025: Our colleague Monika Kopecká from the Institute of Geography at the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. We would like to reiterate our deepest thanks to Monika for accepting this key task in the running of the competition. Peter van der Krogt (The Netherlands), who has been the international coordinator since 2000, retired in 2022, but nevertheless continued to coordinate the competition in 2023. By means of this letter we would like to thank him again on behalf of the ICA for his very valuable contribution together with his brother René to the success of the competition in the last 24 years.

As became usual in the last years, national coordinators will be invited to participate in an e-mail-based voting process to select the winner works, which is planned for June 2025. By this reason it is very important to send names and e-mails of national coordinators by e-mail for the Chair and Vice-Chair of ICA Commission on Cartography and Children, otherwise we cannot ensure our direct contact for the invitation.

For more detailed information about the competition, please visit the Petchenik section on the ICA website, the website of the Commission on Cartography and Children or their Facebook page.

Feel you free to forward the call to other colleagues and anyone else potentially interested in participating in the competition. If you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Best regards

Silvia Marinova
Chair, ICA Commission on Cartography and Children

Jose Jesus Reyes Nunez
Vice-Chair, ICA Commission on Cartography and Children

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eCARTO News October 2024

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

Gatherings

Education & Training

Publications

Opinion

  • In the age of Google Maps, the humble paper chart still has a vital role – abc.net.au
  • The accuracy of Piri Reis’s maps of Africa – iol.co.za
  • How maps are used and abused in times of conflict – phys.org
  • The importance of maps with Alastair Bonnett – geographical.co.uk
  • Cartography: Africa and revisiting the world map – modernghana.com
  • Rob Ferrett is all over the map with Wisconsin’s state cartographer – wpr.org

Risk Mapping

  • Official maps to show where homes are most at risk of climate damage in France – connexionfrance.com
  • Scientists are mapping landslide risk in Alaska. Some homeowners don’t want to know. – juneauempire.com
  • Map Reveals America’s Safest Cities – newsweek.com
  • In hopes of predicting future disasters, geologists map hundreds of landslides triggered by Helene – cbsnews.com
  • IIT Delhi unveils app to map India’s landslide-prone zones – indiatoday.in

Applications of Mapping

  • Continental mapping uncovers Australia’s hidden geology – ga.gov.au
  • ‘8,000 wrecks missing in the Great Lakes’: Non-profit science agency aims to map the entire Great Lakes by 2030 – toronto.com
  • New mapping techniques empower bird conservation in Colombia – news.ucsc.edu
  • Reporter’s Geo-Apps: Easily Pin your News on Map – geoawesome.com

Maps, Atlases and Globes

Industry

Out of this World

Future looking?

  • Mapping the universe may reveal secrets of dark energy – earth.com
  • Creating a spatial map of the sea – wellesley.edu

Really?

  • Kiwi mapping digital art by running across Melbourne – RNZ News
  • The country in Africa with 117m people that’s way bigger than it looks on world map – express.co.uk
  • Mapping an entire (fly) brain – princeton.edu
  • New Zealand Cricket Faces Backlash for Incorrect Map of India – bizzbuzz.news
  • London Tube map creator’s story told in new play – bbc.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

32nd International Cartographic Conference (ICC 2025): Call for Abstracts & Papers

The International Cartographic Association (ICA) invites you to share your research, practice and experiences in cartography and GIScience at the 32nd International Cartographic Conference (ICC 2025) to be held from 16 to 22 August 2025 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Submissions of abstracts (1-2 pages) and full papers (8 pages) in English are accepted, following the respective ICA templates. Abstracts and full papers will be peer reviewed by a minimum of two experts in the field against the following criteria: scientific originality, potential interest to the community, proper documentation of prior work, clarity of presentation, technical correctness, and correct use of language.

Authors of accepted abstracts and papers will be invited to present their work in English at the ICC 2025, either as oral presentation or as poster. The presenting author must register for the conference.

Conference Publications

ICC 2025 publications follow the ICA publication regulations. Accepted abstracts and papers that have been revised to address reviewer comments will be published in one of the ICA publications:

Authors of accepted abstracts have the option to expand their abstract into a full paper of 8 pages for publication in the Proceedings of the ICA. If they opt not to do this, their abstract will be published in the Abstracts of the ICA.

Full papers are accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the ICA or in the Advances of the ICA. Selected papers accepted for the Advances will be invited to submit their papers to the International Journal of Cartography, for inclusion in a special issue.

Affiliated Journals Publications

On submission, authors will be able to indicate whether they would like their abstracts and papers to be considered for a special issue in one of the ICAs three affiliated journals. Following the submission of revisions, editors of the affiliated journals will invite authors of selected abstracts and papers with the potential to be developed into a full journal paper to submit a substantially revised and/or expanded paper to a special issue in their journal, to be published in 2026:

Important dates

  • 8 December 2024 – Submission of full papers closes
  • 15 December 2024 – Submission of abstracts closes
  • 28 February 2025 – Conference registration opens
  • 28 February 2023 – Notification of acceptance
  • 30 April 2025
    • Submission of revised abstracts and papers
    • Registration deadline for presenters of abstracts, papers and posters
    • Early Bird registration

The link to the submission site and further details about the ICC 2025 will soon be available on the conference website at https://icc2025.com/abstracts/

For any queries or more information, please contact info@icc2025.com.

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President’s Blog: Report on EuroCarto 2024

From the 9th to the 11th of September 2024, the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) hosted the 4th European Cartographic Conference, EuroCarto 2024. The conference was endorsed by the International Cartographic Association (ICA) as Regional Cartographic Conference and jointly organized by the Research Unit Cartography at TU Wien, the German (DGfK), Austrian (ÖKK), Swiss (SGK), British (BCS) and Czech (ČKS) Cartographic Societies. Sponsored by the Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri), the Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying (BEV), the browser-based GIS platform Atlas and the digital map data supplier Collins Bartholomew, the conference provided a forum for discussion, exchange, and research collaboration for cartographers and professionals in related disciplines.

Eleven pre-conference workshops, meetings, and a reception ceremony kicked off Eurocarto 2024 on Sunday, prior to the main conference days. The reception was officially opened by ICA President Prof. Georg Gartner, who delivered a welcome address followed by:

  • A keynote speech by Prof. Lorenz Hurni from ETH Zürich
  • A statement session from the presidents of the Cartographic Societies: Jochen Schiewe (DGfK), Mark Wigley (SGK), Alex Kent (BCS), and Václav Talhofer (ČKS)
  • Greetings from the EuroSDR President Wolfgang Gold
  • An insight session with Ester Scheck, during which early-career cartographers Lily Houtman, Luka Laval, Danai-Maria Kontou, Markéta Beitlová, Eliezer Fajardo Figueroa, and Merve Keskin shared their perspectives and experiences.

Over the following three days, 322 participants from 48 countries attended the conference in person. EuroCarto 2024 featured 187 oral presentations organized in triple-stream sessions and 33 poster presentations showcasing the latest research in cartography. Topics included Atlas Cartography, Cartographic Education, Perception and Cognition, Visualization and Design, and Collaborative Mapping, among others. The proceedings are available in the open-access Abstracts of the International Cartographic Association Series (Volume 7).

Besides the technical and scientific program, the conference offered social networking opportunities, including an ice-breaker reception at the opening ceremony, a conference dinner at Badeschiff Wien with “Food without Borders” and a farewell event. Additionally, participants could engage in side activities such as the “Vienna Mapped Out – a collective mapping experience” installation by the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, the “Vienna 360° / Wien 360°” map installation by Juliette Bricker, the Next Generation Cartographers Meetup, a startup meeting of the ICA working group on “Standards in Cartography,” and a guided city tour of Vienna.

At the closing ceremony, Thomas Schulz, Secretary-General and Treasurer of the ICA, recognized 11 early-career scientists and professionals in cartography and GIScience, presenting them with awards and scholarship certificates. Georg Gartner presented the EuroCarto 2024 Inspiring Presentation Awards, honouring Mihir Desai (1st place), Jakob Listabarth and Dirk Burghardt (2nd place), and Ken Field (3rd place). With these final recognitions, Georg Gartner officially closed the event, expressing his gratitude to all participants and organizers for making EuroCarto 2024 a memorable and successful conference.

A large number of overwhelmingly positive feedback and reactions demonstrated that the conference was successfully used for exchanging ideas, networking, gaining positive momentum and energy and simply to be part of the great family of cartography! It was especially remarkable, that so many young and early career scholars participated pro-actively in all conference elements!

For more insights and pictures of the event, visit www.eurocarto2024.org.

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Invitation to the 19th International Conference on Location Based Services (LBS 2025)

Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (National Land Survey of Finland) and Aalto University are pleased to invite you to the 19th International Conference on Location Based Services (LBS2025), which will take place in Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland on 7-9 May 2025. The conference is a joint effort of the ICA Commission on Location Based Services, the Commission on Digital Transformation of National Mapping Agencies, and the Commission on Cognitive Issues in Geographic Information Visualization.

Built on the success of previous conferences in this series, LBS 2025 is addressed to scholars and researchers, digital industry / market operators, and students of different backgrounds (scientific, engineering and humanistic) whose work is either focused on or relevant to location-based services (LBS). The conference will offer a common ground to colleagues from various disciplines and practices where they can meet, interact and exchange knowledge, experience, plans and ideas on how LBS can and could be improved and on how it will influence both science and society.

Call for Papers

The Call for Papers is currently open. We call for full papers, work in progress, and showcases.

Important Dates

  • Deadline for full papers: 1.11.2024
  • Deadline for work in progress/abstracts: 1.2.2025
  • Deadline for showcases: 15.2.2024
  • Registration:
    • Early bird: 31.3.2025
    • Regular: 1.4.2025
  • LBS 2025 Conference, Otaniemi, Espoo: 7.–9.5.2025

Topics

We invite contributions in the following areas (but not limited to):

Geospatial Artificial intelligence (GeoAI) and LBS

  • Geography/GIScience-guided AI
  • Explainable GeoAI
  • GeoAI-enabled LBS

Context modelling and context-awareness

  • Smart environments and ambient spatial intelligence
  • Indoor spatial data modelling and mapping
  • Place modelling and understanding
  • Context modelling, personalisation, and context-aware adaptation

Mobile user interface and interaction

  • Visualisation techniques for LBS
  • Mobile human-computer interaction
  • Augmented reality and mixed reality

User studies and evaluation

  • Evaluation methodologies for LBS
  • User experiences of LBS
  • Mobile spatial cognition
  • Landmarks in LBS
  • Human wayfinding and navigation

Analysis, acquisition, management of location big data

  • Crowdsourcing and internet of things
  • Spatial data science and big data analytics
  • Computational mobility and activity analytics
  • Descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics
  • Ubiquitous Positioning

Outdoor and indoor positioning

  • Multi-sensor system and sensor fusion
  • Social and behavioural implications of LBS

Location privacy

  • Legal, ethical, and business aspects of LBS
  • Biases in location data analytics and GeoAI
  • Innovative LBS and applications

LBS and security

  • Disruptive technologies and LBS
  • Intelligent navigation systems
  • Smart cities and sustainable mobility
  • Autonomous and connected vehicles
  • Public health
  • Location based social networks and games
  • Digital humanities

More information regarding LBS 2025 can be found at lbsconference.org.

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eCARTO News September 2024

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

Publications

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

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

 

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

President’s Blog: Preparing for ICC 2025

Preparations for the International Cartographic Conference 2025 in Vancouver, Canada are under way!

The Local Organizing Committee, chaired by Emmanuel Stefanakis, met with the Executive Committee of ICA (here at the stunning Museum of Anthropology, a possible social event site) just recently to discuss plans and issues of what promises to be a great International Cartographic Conference, scheduled from August 16 to August 22, 2025!

The Local Organizing Committee with the ICA Executive Committee at the Museum of Anthropology

The Local Organizing Committee of ICC2025 with the ICA Executive Committee at the Museum of Anthropology

The Conference Venue, the Vancouver Convention Centre, can’t be more central. It is located right at the stunning downtown waterfront of Vancouver, close to Stanley Park and the famous Seawall. Several conference rooms of various sizes will allow to host several technical sessions as well as the Map- and Barbara-Petchenik-Children-Map Competition. Hotels of various price classes are basically around the corner. And, Vancouver seems to be a most promising city for social and side events and it can be expected, that visiting the ICC 2025 will lead to rich cartographic as well as touristic experiences!

The Local Organizing Committee consists of dedicated collegues from Academia, Governmental Agencies and Industry, including Emmanuel Stefanakis, Jonathan Li, Julia Siemer, Abolfazi Mostafavi, Saied Pirasteh, Suzana Dragicevic and Steve Westley. Canada has hosted International Cartographic Conferences before, and especially the ICC 1999 in Ottawa is still seen of many as eventually “one of the most successful conferences ever” and it seems as if Canada is accepting the challenge to try to beat this!

It is of particular interest, that the role of cartography in the context of the rich indigenous heritage and culture will play an important role at the conference as well as a focus on “mapping the arctic”, which perfectly underpins the theme of the conference as “Mapping the Future: Innovation, Inclusion, and Sustainability”.

So, it is now time to think about planning your participation! The Call for Papers will be released soon. You might want to make sure, that the Barbara-Petchenik-Children-Map Competition is processed in your country accordingly, and that “your” maps make it all the way to be part of the International Map Exhibition at Vancouver next year. And finally, you might want to consider becoming explicitly seen through becoming a sponsor of the ICC 2025.

Check out https://icc2025.com!

Check out https://icc2025.com

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Winners of the 2024 ICA-IMIA Recognition of Excellence in Cartography

Every year, two exemplary maps are chosen from the hundreds of entries in the Map Gallery of the Esri User Conference to receive the prestigious ICA-IMIA Recognition of Excellence in Cartography award. This award is jointly sponsored by the International Cartographic Association and the International Map Industry Association. Presented annually since 2016, this award promotes and recognizes excellence in map design and advancement in cartography. Judges select from all registered submissions in the Map Gallery the two maps that they have determined best exhibit excellence in all aspects of cartographic design and production.

This year’s winners are:

Redlining Makes Us Sick, authored by Melissa Alexander and Gena Falzon of Blue Cottage of CannonDesign. Here’s what the judges said about this winner: “A very powerful and effective map that delivers analysis and cartographic information by illustrating the different aspects of redlining.” See this StoryMap online at https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/uc/agenda/virtual-map-gallery#/submission-detail/34922.

Arctic Carbon Monitoring Network, authored by Christina Shintani of Woodwell Climate Research Center. Here’s what the judges said about this winner: “A great example of cartographic excellence: it’s a beautiful map that displays a complex environmental issue in an easy-to-interpret and well-thought-out design.” See a PDF of this map at https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/uc/agenda/virtual-map-gallery#/submission-detail/34949.

To see all the winners of the ICA-IMIA award, visit https://imiamaps.org/the-ica-imia-awards/. To see all of the maps in the 2024 Esri Map Gallery, visit https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/uc/agenda/virtual-map-gallery#/. And to see all of the map in all Esri Map Galleries, visit https://mapgallery.esri.com/.

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eCARTO News August 2024

eCARTO News captures the latest Cartographic and Geosciences’ news and developments from around the world.

With the eCARTO News editor being unavailable for all of August the following news links for ICA member countries have been extracted from the Internet. For some ICA member countries appropriate news links could not be discovered. If you have news links to share from your country please forward them to David Fraser, editor-eCARTO news, and they will be published in the September issue.

  • Argentina: Jaguar Conservation: Smart Maps Guide Ecosystem Revitalization in Argentina – esri.com
  • Australia: Investments to map Australian resources that will power our future prosperity – ga.gov.au
  • Austria:Researchers map Austria’s pig trade network for the first time – eurekalert.org
  • Bangladesh: Collaboration, Innovation Address Food Security Needs in Bangladesh with New Rice Mapping Method – cnr.ncsu.edu
  • Belgium: UAVs Across Europe: Commercial Drone Applications in Belgium – commercialuavnews.com
  • Benin: Benin leaps into 21st century with new national map – phys.org
  • Botswana: Ancestral homeland of modern humans in Botswana, study finds – aljazeera.com
  • Brazil: Brazil places itself at the center of the new world map – agenzianova.com
  • Bulgaria: A map of Bulgaria made of flowers presented in Washington – bnr.bg
  • Canada: Five Canadian cities can now be seen virtually on Google Maps – toronto.ctvnews.ca
  • Chile: Four gigantic mountains discovered underwater near Chile – kidsnews.com.au
  • China: US, China gearing up with big missions to map Moon’s water ice – indiatoday.in
  • Columbia: Marcus G. Langseth Maps the World’s Oceans – news.columbia.edu
  • Craotia: The oldest map of Croatia yet has been found in Venice’s State Archives – timeout.com
  • Cuba: Tsunami map strengthens disaster risk reduction in Cuba – plenglish.com
  • Cyprus: Archaeologists uncover Roman roads from ancient Cyprus – sydney.edu.au
  • Czechia: Here’s why the Czech Republic has changed its name to Czechia – timeout.com
  • Denmark: Danish Geodata Agency and EOMAP unite to map Denmark’s shallows – hydro-international.com
  • Ecuador: Drone and geospatial team becomes first to map the Coca River in the Amazon basin – phys.org
  • Estonia: Estonia gains 95 islands, but loses 4 square kilometers with updated map – news.err.ee
  • Finland: Military exercise apparently disrupts weather images from Lapland – yle.fi
  • France: A 4,000-year-old treasure map of France’s – arkeonews.net
  • Georgia: Georgia joins online mapping tool to reduce bee-killing ‘pesticide drift’ – gpb.org
  • Germany: German campaign aims to get youngsters excited about mapping and surveying – gim-international.com
  • Greece: Lost Ancient Greek Sky Map Discovered at Sinai Monastery – greekreporter.com
  • Hungary: MAP shows where you should never build anything ever in Hungary
    dailynewshungary.com
  • India: ISRO scientists create the first undersea map of Ram Setu – timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  • Indonesia: Independent project steps in as government slow to map Indonesian ancestral lands – news.mongabay.com
  • Ireland: Irish peat soils are far more vast than previously known, suggests study – phys.org
  • Italy: A 2,500-year-old celestial map carved on the surface of a circular stone found in Italy – arkeonews.net
  • Japan: Intellias and ZENRIN to Deliver Japan Map Data at Global Scale – geospatialworld.net
  • Jordan: Jordan approves climate codes; maps 35 earthquake zones – jordannews.jo
  • Kenya: Site Maps For Slum Upgrade Ready – kenyanews.go.ke
  • Korea: On Korea’s streets, Naver beats Google – asianews.network
  • Latvia: Latvia Joins The MICHELIN Guide Collection! – guide.michelin.com
  • Lithuania: Apple Maps explores the streets of Lithuania, find out in which cities the Apple Maps car will appear – kaipkada.lt
  • Madagascar: Madatlas: digital cartography for Madagascar – univ-gustave-eiffel.fr
  • Malaysia: Study maps human uptake of microplastics across 109 countries – phys.org
  • Mexico: Researchers develop forest extent map for Mexico – phys.org
  • Mongolia: Finding Mongolia’s Glaciers – umt.edu
  • Montenegro: LabMA: Opening doors to diving Montenegro – divernet.com
  • Morocco: Ministry of Culture Launches Morocco’s First National Archaeological Map – moroccoworldnews.com
  • Mozambique: Mapping Research and Innovation in the Republic of Mozambique – unesco.org
  • Netherlands: Thousands of Citizen Scientists Studying LiDAR Maps Have Found 1,000 Prehistoric Burial Mounds Across the Netherlands – news.artnet.com
  • New Zealand: Scientists map Lake Wānaka to better understand natural disaster risks – rnz.co.nz
  • Nigeria: ‘Nigeria still using 1966 map for survey’ – vanguardngr.com
  • North Macedonia: New Digital Elevation Models in North Macedonia – gim-international.com
  • Norway: Nationwide mapping of green infrastructure in Norway – nina.no
  • Pakistan: ADB asks Pakistan to use spatial mapping to mitigate damages – dawn.com
  • Poland: Polish Map of Scotland at Barony Castle marks anniversary – bordertelegraph.com
  • Portugal: New interactive map of PV projects in Portugal – pv-magazine.com
  • Romania: Romania’s geeks are mapping earthquake risk in EU’s highest-risk capital – aljazeera.com
  • Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia Launches Project to Map Historical Sites of Renowned Arab Poets – dailynewsegypt.com
  • Slovenia: A new cycling trail leads 1250 miles through eight Balkan countries – lonelyplanet.com
  • South Africa: Mapping the Great African Seaforest – nature.com
  • Spain: Pretty Spanish town celebrates being wiped off Google Maps after overtourism chaos – express.co.uk
  • Sri Lanka: Adam’s Bridge: ISRO scientists create first undersea map of complete Ram Setu – deccanherald.com
  • Sweden: Mapping the mental border obstacles between Denmark and Sweden – nordiclabourjournal.org
  • Switzerland: Trekking Across Switzerland, Guided by Locals’ Hand-Drawn Maps – nytimes.com
  • Thailand: Man living in Thailand completes giant Isle of Wight map – countypress.co.uk
  • Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidad and Tobago’s Archaeological Heritage Mapped – miragenews.com
  • Türkiye: Türkiye to create digital maps of water bodies – hurriyetdailynews.com
  • United Kingdom: Explorer Matthew Flinders reburied at birthplace in United Kingdom after remains were lost for more than 160 years – abc.net.au
  • U.S.A.: Volcano Watch – usgs.gov
  • Uruguay: Presented the first map of offshore wind energy in Uruguay – evwind.es

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

eCARTO News July 2024

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.

Mapping the Environment

  • Colorado’s released wolves move away from Rocky Mountain National Park – coloradoan.com
  • Council launches interactive bushfire hazard zones map – newsofthearea.com.au
  • Mapping the great outdoors – nationalobserver.com
  • Ecology upgrades Washington air quality map in time for wildfire smoke season – ecology.wa.gov
  • How much will the ground shake? Scientists creating first detailed maps of Metro Vancouver’s earthquake hazards – vancouversun.com
  • Map: Northern lights could shine in some states amid minor geomagnetic storm – thehill.com

Citizen Mapping

  • Minnesota drivers help map out the hottest neighborhoods across the United States – kstp.com/kstp-news
  • Looking for input on Dolores Canyon National Conservation Area map – kkco11news.com
  • Advocates hope digital map makes Toronto art more accessible – cbc.ca
  • Who Maps the World? – bloomberg.com

Applications of Mapping

  • Collaboration To Push Boundaries Of Cosmos Mapping – miragenews.com
  • Map Shows Which States Produce the Most Olympians – newsweek.com
  • PhilSA releases map of possible oil spill extent in Bataan – manilastandard.net
  • Shocking map shows UK’s shoplifting hotspots – check where you live – express.co.uk
  • Tunisia to Pilot GIS Mapping for Public Health – africacdc.org
  • Map project compiles, geolocates Jasper wildfire footage – fitzhugh.ca
  • Map Shows States With the Tallest Men in the U.S. – newsweek.com
  • Map Shows Which States Drink the Most Beer – newsweek.com
  • Map shows “ice cream trail” in Massachusetts with more than 100 destinations – cbsnews.com

Industry

  • Google Maps vs. Apple Maps: Which is the better app in 2024? – fastcompany.com
  • Microsoft, Meta, and others release free global map data for developers – neowin.net
  • Apple Maps on the web launches in beta – apple.com
  • Microsoft-backed foundation releases open map data sets to rival Google – newsbytesapp.com
  • Progress in high-resolution vegetation mapping: China’s leap toward advanced environmental monitoring – phys.org

Gatherings

Maps as a record of what was

  • First map of Earth’s lost continent has been published – msn.com
  • Scientists Discovered An Ancient Map That Proves Antarctica Was A JUNGLE – msn.com
  • Olympics Opening Ceremony 2024: Epic no-fly zone across Paris for hours – news.com.au
  • 15 Years On: Lunar Orbiter Starts Moon Mapping Mission – miragenews.com
  • Houstonians can track debris pickup progress on new interactive map – chron.com

Opinion

  • Climate Change Causing You Decision Fatigue? Try a Map | Opinion – newsweek.com
  • The Crunch: Paris then and now, an Extremely Detailed Election Map and your brain after mushrooms – theguardian.com
  • Photomaps of Jasper townsite not official incident maps: Jasper National Park – fitzhugh.ca
  • ‘Straight line’: Mind-boggling map goes viral – news.com.au
  • Fears Oxford University is ‘dominating map’ of the city – oxfordmail.co.uk

Maps, Atlases and Globes

  • NEW MAP: Muir Creek Fire in Glacier National Park measures 84 acres – nbcmontana.com
  • Map shows high-speed rail connecting major US cities across the nation: ‘Nationwide access remains our goal’ – yahoo.com

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