Cartography
March 12, 2012 Ultima IV Map Exhibition Preparation – GIS in Imagery SeriesMapsThe Smithsonian American Art Museum is featuring an exhibition entitled The Art of Video Games which is set to run from March 16, 2012 through September 30, 2012. The exhibit takes a look at the 40‐year evolution of video games from an artistic standpoint and focuses on the use of visual effects, the creative use of ... read more March 9, 2012 Ponderosa Map Maker DiesMapsPart of my childhood memories include watching many episodes of Bonanza. My stepfather was a cowboy fanatic and many evenings in Austria were spent watching dubbed versions of the hit western show in German. I always remember the opening credits that showed an antiqued map showing the fictitious place of Ponderosa ranch erupting in flames. ... read more March 2, 2012 Find a Geospatial ProgramEducation, MapsFunded partially by a National Science Foundation grant, the Geospatial Education Program Finder is a interactive map based listing of two year and four college higher education programs that offer some sort of GIS based or geospatial education. Hosted at San Diego State University, the online inventory of geospatial programs within the United States, is ... read more March 1, 2012 What is Ethno Mapping?MapsMaps aren’t just intended for navigation. Though most people think of maps in terms of what kind of physical land features they display, maps can have a much deeper significance to historians and anthropologists. Through the practice of subjective mapping, cartography can be married to anthropology and sociology to create ethno mapping, a practice by ... read more February 29, 2012 Aerial Floor Maps as a Sales ToolFun, MapsHere’s an interesting and probably effective use of aerial imagery to sell a product. The floor of the marketing suite of Bellway Homes’ Equinox development in London, England has been covered in aerial imagery from British firm Bluesky to help sell apartments. In addition to being a stunning visual display, the aerial as flooring shows ... read more February 28, 2012 Searching for Old Maps OnlineMapsFinding scanned historical maps can be a bit cumbersome. Now, the site Old Maps Online, has made finding those maps a whole lot easier. Old Maps Online is a portal that allows the user to search geographically for historical maps housed via some of the largest online map collections. Current collections include the David Ramsey ... read more February 24, 2012 Google Ancient Places: Exploring the Geography of Ancient Places in TextMapsGapVis (Google Ancient Places Visualization) allows readers the ability to geographically explore text covering ancient places. The endeavor is backed by $50,000 in funding from Google’s Digital Humanities Awards Program. The project is led by a team of academics and is based out of the University of Southampton. The Edinburgh Geoparser has been modified for the purposes of ... read more February 20, 2012 British Library Launches Crowdsourcing Map Georeferencing ProgramCommunity, MapsThe British Library has launched a pilot project to engage the public’s help in geoferencing historical maps. A sample of 725 maps of England and Wales from the 18th and 19th century (from the Ordnance Survey Drawings, 1780-1840) along with with large-scale street plans of London from 1560 to 1860 (from the the Crace Collection) have been selected for this ... read more January 28, 2012 Analysis Finds Three Times More Farmers’ Markets in Areas with the Lowest Obesity RatesData, MapsAn independent analysis conducted by mapping analytics firm PetersonGIS shows that locations with the highest obesity rates contain the fewest farmers’ markets. To produce the analysis, March 2011 data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on market locations throughout the United States were mapped and correlated with county-aggregated obesity statistics* from the Center for Disease ... read more  Where to Look for Historical MapsMapsThe use of extracting data from old paper maps is growing in popularity as a method to understanding historical geography. David Ramsey popularized the method of georectifying historical maps and draping those maps over a DEM to create a 3D view. Pastmapper is a project that digitizes historical maps in order to recreate the state ... read more |
