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Peter Batty spoke about trends in the geospatial industry at last Friday’s Rocky Mountain GITA Luncheon at the U.S. Geological Survey in Denver. Peter’s talk touched on the Innovator’s Dilemma, and the rise of the new class of companies that are meeting consumer demand, such as Google, Microsoft and Open Source technologies. Peter’s recent trips [...]
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There’s an interesting feature in the Australian newspaper The Age that discusses the promising prospects of a bachelor of science degree in cartography and geovisualization at RMIT (rmit.edu.au/geospatial). While the feature discusses coursework and strong prospects, the item that jumped out at me is the fact that travel publisher Lonely Planet has snatched up 25 [...]
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The rise of new tools is leading to a cartography boom that offers new ways to see the world, states a feature this weekend in The Boston Globe. Thanks to satellites, surveying, and ever-increasing computing power, mapping has become geographically accurate beyond the dreams of a medieval mind. But many of those same technological advances [...]
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This column is sponsored by ESRI The art of cartography is always going to be of value, because it is the skill of effective map design for maximum and authoritative communication. Cartography is just as relevant as graphic design for the web or for the printed page, even though there may be less of both [...]
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The North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) will hold their annual meeting in Missoula, Montana from October 8-11. In addition to two full days of cartography-related workshops and presentations, this year’s event will feature a MapGiving event where talented cartographers will work together under deadline to produce a map for a deserving client. The high-energy [...]
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