Maps and Cartography

Profiling interesting maps and geography items. Also listed in this category are articles relating to cartography (aka map making) and cartographic techniques.

Maps and Cartography

Online Accessibility Maps Should be Interactive

April 2, 2018By Olivia HarneMaps and Cartography

For a consistent experience across mobile devices, accessibility maps should be interactive instead of static images or PDFs.

Visualizing Climate Change With Maps

January 16, 2018By Mark AltaweelMaps and Cartography

The choice of labeling and color can have a pronounced influence in shaping opinions when visualizing climate change on maps.

Holiday Season Gift Ideas Created by the GIS Community

December 5, 2017By Caitlin DempseyMaps and Cartography

Looking for a holiday gift idea for the geographers in your life and want to support the GIS community? Listed here are some great gift ideas produced by geographers.

Preserving a Landscape Through Maps and Photography

October 21, 2017By Olivia HarneMaps and Cartography

Knowing how to preserve books, film and other information is common practice for libraries and museums. Maps, especially, can showcase that data for those who want to look back on the history of an area.

Working with the 3D extrusion in Photoshop.

QR Code Maps and Interactive Architecture

October 16, 2017By Olivia HarneMaps and Cartography

Olivia Harne writes about how to incorporate GIS content into public spaces using QR codes.

You Can Help the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team With Its Research on Crowdsourced Damage Assessment

July 19, 2017By Caitlin DempseyMaps and Cartography

The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team recently launched three formal research experiments on crowdsourced damage assessment and is seeking volunteers interested in participating.

A basic illustration showing schematics of a localized map. Source: O. Harne.

Using Localized Mapping to Accommodate Employee Diversity

May 30, 2017By Olivia HarneMaps and Cartography

Localized mapping is the process of developing navigational aids for a small area such as a building or college campus.

Participation in map galleries can serve to encourage the artistic exploration of cartography.

Using the Map Gallery to Encourage Cartography as Art

May 23, 2017By Olivia HarneMaps and Cartography

Olivia Harne discusses how both physical and digital map galleries can be used to foster artistic expression in cartography.

Using Geolocation to Connect Geography with Genealogy

May 1, 2017By Olivia HarneMaps and Cartography

The ability to create a potential geographic scrapbook could add a new dimension to the popularity of genealogical research.

Mapping Urban Trees Using Google Street View imagery

February 12, 2017By Elizabeth BornemanMaps and Cartography

A project by the MIT Senseable City Lab, dubbed Treepedia, has mapped the amount of trees that were growing in major urban areas.

Ready for Summer – Remote Sensing of Bathing Water Quality

Remote sensing is being used to help researchers monitor water quality in lakes and coastal areas.

The Modifiable Areal Unit Problem and GIS

For most GIS practitioners, modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP) is something to be aware of when different analytical techniques are applied.

Elements of a Map

Maps are the primary tools by which spatial relationships are visualized. Maps therefore become important documents. There are several key elements that should be included each time a map is created in order to aid the viewer in understanding the communications of that map and to document the source of […]

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