Developing a Language for 3D CartographyKen Field, ESRI Inc / ICAThere's always existed a strained relationship between cartography and the portrayal of maps in 3D. Occlusions, changing scale, a static portrayal and fixed viewing position cause problems for map use and interpretation. This talk acknowledges these limitations using examples to illustrate and then asserts that its possible we've reached a point where 3D genuinely brings something useful to the cartographic canon. I'll present a range of examples of 3D cartography where the design of the content and user experience counter previous problems. Technology is now beginning to support useful 3D cartography and I'll assert it may be time to explore the opportunities with a fresh perspective...literally.
https://speakerdeck.com/nvkelso/developing-a-language-for-3d-cartographyBig History, Little History: Cartography in the Twentieth CenturyMark Monmonier, Department of Geography, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse UniversityCartography in the Twentieth Century, a million-word encyclopedia recently issued as Volume Six of the
History of Cartography, took over two decades to produce. This overview of its development examines briefly its relation to the series started by David Woodward and J. B. Harley, the conceptual basis of its table of contents, the roles of a prospectus and three NSF proposals in vetting the concept and securing financial support, the role of our Board of Advisors in fleshing out the contents and recruiting contributors, the role of the Madison office of the History Project, and various problems encountered as editor of a reference work with 529 entries, written by over three hundred contributors and co-contributors, and including 1,153 illustrations, 5,115 bibliographic references, and 61 tables. I also discuss briefly my preparation of
Adventures in Academic Cartography, a personal sampling of five decades of change in mapping technology and cartographic institutions.
https://speakerdeck.com/nvkelso/big-history-little-history-cartography-in-the-twentieth-centuryOf Crocodiles and Tea Garden Managers: Mapping Interactions of an Earlier EraLeo Dillon, U.S. Department of StateBetween the cartographic eras of “here be dragons” and “download the shapefile” was a time when mapmakers did whatever came to mind to mark the observations, uncertainties, or oddities of the geography they were trying to portray. Like commenting to a friend on the landscape, cartographers would add personal or observational touches in the body, the legends, or the margins of their maps. Sometimes informative, sometimes whimsical, but always revealing and interesting, this presentation looks at the fading use of textual description in cartography.
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