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Call for Map Submissions for Water Themed Atlas

September 29, 2016By Caitlin DempseyMaps and Cartography

Guerrilla Cartography is seeking maps for its upcoming Water: An Atlas project. Submission deadline is October 31, 2016.

Google Fusion Tables to Shut Down Next Year

Google has announced that Google Fusion Tables, the map and data visualization tool, will be shuttered by December 2019.

Using Satellite Imagery to Track Volcanic Ash Clouds

Researchers have developed an algorithm that can distinguish between volcanic and non-volcanic clouds using high-resolution satellite imagery.

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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