Cartography

• March 21, 2006Cartography, general, GIS_Software

  BBC NEWS | Pipe network to be mapped in 3D

  BBC News provided an article on a project led be University of Leeds and University of Nottingham and 19 other organizations that seeks to map underground utilities in the UK. […]

• March 17, 2006Cartography

  Nanotech Map of the Americas

  OK, there are some really cool maps out there, but I don’t know how many could beat this: a nanoscale ‘map’ of the Americas, done by Paul Rothemund from the […]

• March 16, 2006Cartography, Education

  Maps and Graphics at UNEP/GRID-Arendal

  Hugo at UNEP/GRID-Arendal was kind enough to share a press release on a project he is working with us. The focus of their center is to provide generally understandable representations […]

• February 22, 2006Cartography, General, WebMapping

  Geographic Center of Google Maps is….

  …Kristine Crispel’s horse farm outside Coffeyville, Kansas! Ok, it’s a fluff piece, but it’s a cute fluff piece. Via Wired.

• January 25, 2006Cartography, Human Geography

  Maps for illegal immigration

  A Mexican government funded commission is moving to distribute 70,000 maps to aid people trying to cross into the US. They will feature water cache locations, show transportation routes, and […]

• January 16, 2006Cartography, GeographyBlogs

  Usted habla espanol?

  If so you may be interested in the spanish speaking blog La Cartoteca. From the entries that I have ‘read’ (my spanish teacher would be sad) so far La Cartoteca […]

• January 6, 2006Cartography, Reviews

  Book Review – Making Maps (Krygier and Wood, 2005)

  One of the main issues in geospatial technologies today is the quality of the output whether it be for a presentation, map in a document or a poster. The underlying […]

• December 13, 2005Cartography

  ColorBrewer Intro – Selecting Good Color Schemes for Maps

  One of our listeners, Jody, emailed us a link to ColorBrewer, an online tool to help people select color schemes for maps. It uses a flash-based map to demonstrate how […]

• December 12, 2005Cartography

  World Population Cartogram

  A cartogram is a map that distorts geographic boundaries based on different values of a variable. So, if smaller areas have higher values, they will be deliberately distorted to look […]

• December 2, 2005Cartography

  Mapping the London Underground based on time, not distance

  A student in the UK has mapped the London Tube system using time as his base of measure, not distance. While his approach isn’t exactly novel, it is interesting, especially […]