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• in Social Media
  Is Google Crowdsourcing Maps in the UK?
  Google release Map Maker in the UK, allowing users to update and alter maps with new information.
  by cmimanagers / on Apr 11, 2013

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “cartography”

 

• Future Mapping Company: Londons niche cartographer Marcus Kirby fuses data with design in a brilliant NYC map

  
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  In the contemporary age of GPS and smartphones, mapmaking is quickly becoming a craft of the past. But Marcus Kirby, founder of East Londons Future Mapping Company, is determined to make us think otherwise with his... Continue Reading...
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• Elsewhere

  
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  Cincinnati’s Radioactive Subway Tunnels : okay, they’re not radioactive, but do check them out. Heidelberg Project House Burns, Arson Suspected in Fire of Detroit Art Installation of Tyree Guyton : tragic news about the Heidelberg Project in Detroit. Fire at the Heidelberg Project Is a Snapshot of ...
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• Creative Cartography Meets Music in The Song Map

  
  AnyGeo - A GISuser Blog about GIS and Location Technologies — Authority: 139
  Oh yes, I love art… I also love music too, heck, who doesn’t right? Well, I know you GeoGeeks and music lovers will really dig this one as we stumble onto yet another amazing cartographic product that quite simply will … Continue reading →
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• The Map Myth of Sandy Island

  
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  Sandy Island has long appeared on maps and in GIS data. A research vessel in 2012 visit the supposed site of Sandy Island and discovered wide open ocean. How did this map myth originate? The post The Map Myth of Sandy Island appeared first on GIS Lounge .
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• Presqu’ile de Malacca. Oceanique no. 12, Vandermaelen,...

  
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  Presqu’ile de Malacca. Oceanique no. 12 , Vandermaelen, Philippe, 1795-1869 (via the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection , and Old Maps Online )
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• Propaganda Maps: the Big Lie and the Surrounding Threat to Germany, 1927

  
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  JF Ptak Science Books   These two displays come at different ends of the beginning of WWII and, in a way, couldnt be further away from themselves in the stories they were trying to tell(some truth, some fiction), and were separated in time by  11 years or so.   The first "Der eiserne Ring um ...
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• Largest Atlas in the World Created using ArcGIS

  
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  Earth Platinum, the largest atlas ever printed, was released in February 2012 by Millennium House, Australia. Only 31 copies of the 330 pound, leather-bound book exist and each are priced at $100,000. The atlas was created by the work of 88 cartographer and used ArcGIS. The post Largest Atlas in the World Created ...
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• Map design: a list of helpful online resources

  
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  Tweet Whether they’ve been making maps for 20 years or two weeks, just like any designer, cartographers need inspiration when starting their latest project.  Inspiration can come from many places and take many forms.  Here at Ordnance Survey we use a range of resources and we want to share some of them with ...
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• A History of Antiquarian Water: Line Segments

  
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  JF Ptak Science Books   Post 2022 Images of rivers and oceans in 16th century maps can be beautifully-rendered objects.  Water can appear as lines thick and languid, curling and wavy, sparse, tentative, adventurous, willing, dashed, timid.  Cold. Mostly cold, and full of loneliness and foreboding.  And ...
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• Stuff for your walls

  
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  Just a few high-def old maps I pilfered from around the web. Download the whole pack here (caution, it’s 122 MB):  http://www.torontocitylife.com/downloads/Toronto_Historic_Maps_HD.zip   
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• Elsewhere

  
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  New Bookstore to Open in Downtown Cincinnati : exciting news. Stepping Up to Restore Cincinnati’s Neglected Pedestrian Stairways : great write-up on Spring in Our Steps . Best of Eco Chic Design : our Backyard Habitat Seed Bomb Kit gets some love from The Barn Light . Synergicity: Reinventing the ...
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• A Profile of MapBox: The Wikipedia of Cartography

  
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  The open-source mapping movement is bigger than you might think, burgeoning with underground tenacity and drive that feeds the user-generated machine. Digital map publishers, like Washington, D.C.-based startup MapBox, offer a more customizable alternative to mainstays like Google or... Continue reading
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• City. Text. Laboratory

  
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  A small sample from my research on graffiti for social analysis in conflict zones. Sutika Sipus 2013. Any casual reader of this blog is familiar with my obsession over social research methods.  Not only am I fascinated by the idea of measuring and quantifying the intangible, but I also question the general ...
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• Atlas of Design

  
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  Do you love beautiful maps? The Atlas of Design has been reprinted and is now available for purchase from the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS). The post Atlas of Design appeared first on GIS Lounge .
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• Cartographer/GIS Mapping Road Warrior | Western US

  
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  Deer Creek GIS is looking for a Cartographer/GIS Mapping Road Warrior. Applicants must reside in California, Oregon, , or Utah. Deer Creek GIS mapping specialists provide onsite cartography, data management, networking, and systems support during major wildland fires and other emergency incidents across the American ...
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• 2013 Year of Piri Reis & Navigating the world of nursing care - in Jordan

  
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  The conference in Jordan is over it has been an intense and excellent two days, with a free day tomorrow. It has been a brilliant opportunity to share and learn not just about nursing, but travel, culture and some of the people that make up the global nursing community. I am truly grateful to the Jordanian Nursing ...
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• Happy Shakespeare Day!

  
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  Today is 449th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birthday and also according to History.com , the anniversary of his death day. There are may Talk Like Shakespeare activities to choose from worldwide including Talk Like Shakespeare  by the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare Uncovered on PBS  with maps of the ...
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• Fine for National Map Violations in Vietnam: $2400

  
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  According to the draft decree of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, violations related to national maps may be given a pecuniary fine of up to VND50 million (US$2,400). That is the largest fee noted in the document and is triggered by " administrative violations in... Continue reading
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