NACIS Calls for Entries for Atlas of Design Contest
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- Created on January 06, 2012
- Written by NACIS
The Atlas will feature a gallery of full-color maps showcasing cartography at its most beautiful, its cleverest, its sharpest, and its most intriguing. But it will be more than a museum of images; each map will be accompanied by thoughtful commentary that guides the reader toward a deeper understanding of the work: its inspiration and message, the ways it means to influence us. It is well to look upon something beautiful and good, but once we understand how it is beautiful and good, we can carry those lessons into our own work and advance the craft of mapmaking.
The Atlas aims to inspire readers both within the field of cartography and without toward new understandings of design, and of the power that a well-crafted map can have. In an age when more and more mapping tasks are being turned over to computers, the Atlas will provide one more answer to the question, what do cartographers do?
We hope that you will help us put together a volume that will sit on the shelf of everyone who loves maps. To submit your work, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. "> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . And please, pass this notice around the world to anyone who makes maps. We want to reach them all.
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