Cartography
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From Hereford Mappa Mundi to Google Maps
The Observer Arts & Media section has an interesting review of several upcoming books and exhibits that discuss the continued power of maps and cartography. Vanessa Thorpe’s article, “From Shopping […]
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Maps, Mazes, and Cartography
Like a good maze, the connection between mazes and cartography might not be self-evident on first glance but from then on it seems obvious. A recent article in the Wall […]
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Wonderland Transit Map and other fictional places
Thinkgeek has a “Wonderland Transit Map” t-shirt, although they do add the caveat that static maps would probably be useless in the amorphous Wonderland. It got me searching for t-shirts […]
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Cartography, Contest, Education
Dude, Where’s Your Map? Map Contests
ESRI recently sent out reminders about submitting static paper or interactive maps for the 2012 ESRI UC Map competition. This year they have added a User Software Applications contest for […]
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Cartography, Education, ESRIUC, Human Geography, VirtualWorlds
Zombies and Geospatial Analysis
If you have met me, you know that I would love to teach a geography class using the book World War Z by Max Brooks, a journalist who uses a zombie […]
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King’s College [geography] quiz
In December, the Guardian UK website posted the questions for the notoriously difficult King William’s College quiz or General Knowledge Paper (GKP) given to students (and parents) at King William’s […]
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Cartography, Cool Stuff, general
What people do with maps in the era of GPS and Web Maps
In the era of GPS and Web Mapping you might think that paper(physical, concrete things you hold in your hands) maps are on their way out. I don’t necessarily agree, […]
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Holiday Gift Idea for Your Favorite Cartographer – Typographic Topography
Axis Maps presents a series of maps where all of the features, be they roads, rivers, rails, etc… are converted to text. At a distance it appears to be a […]
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Is Geography realism on greeting cards important?
A recent article in The Guardian, “Your Moons are Rubbish, Astronomer tells Christmas Card Artists“, by science Ian Sample was entertaining but also raised several serious scientific questions. Peter Barthel from […]
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Cartography, GeographyAwareness
The News and Geography Awareness
Matthew Erickson, deputy graphics director at The New York Times, has a great post about “When Maps Shouldn’t Be Maps” or how location can be represented by a broad range of […]
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