Teaching with Google Earth
Carlton College has several online resources for using Google Earth as a teaching aid for geoscience education. Their “Teaching with Google Earth” provides a comprehensive … Read more
Online Mapping is Not the Death Knell for Maps
Despite fretting by some, the rise of online mapping is not end of cartography and map making as we know it.
TypeBrewer – Font Tool for Cartography
TypeBrewer is a Flash application that “offers a quick and easy way to explore typographic alternatives and see the impact that various elements of type … Read more
As Dynamic as Paper Maps Get
Panamap is a physical map that uses layered plastic sheets to display three distinct map views on a single page.
Radiohead’s LiDAR Video Explored
If you’ve been intrigued by the making of Radiohead’s music video, which was developed entirely using LiDAR to render 3D imagery, then you might find … Read more
Crime Mapping – Step by Step
Here’s a step by step accounting of the manual process by which one local paper maps out their crime. What’s interesting is that the process … Read more
Origami Maps
Origami seems to be a theme of the moment. First Google made the odd statement that “Mapping has come a long way from the origami … Read more
Transit Maps of the World
Transit Maps of the World was recently published by Penguin Books and is, as the title suggests, a comprehensive collection of maps of transit systems from around the world.Â
New Geological Mapping Standards for the USGS
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Association of American State Geologists (AASG) have announced the creation of new geologic time scale and color schemes for … Read more
Creating Simple Maps with Microsoft Excel
Got MS Excel? Need a simple map? A little known tool in older versions of Microsoft’s Excel is the ability to create simple maps from tabular data. You can create simple chloropeth, chart and dot density maps using data organized by country, state or region.
New Atlas; New Coastlines
The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World is being updated after four years and cartographers responsible for the maps say that they are having to … Read more
