Crosswicks, NJ, July 20, 2008 --(PR.com)-- It has been suggested that with the popularity and ubiquity of online map service, the art and design of maps is waning. The Cartography Design Annual is a ...

This course is the first in a cartography sequence that refines mapping as both a technique of inquiry and a legacy of landscape-making. The objective of Cartography I: Mapmaking is to explore ...

The craft of making maps has become easier than ever due to digital programs and tools. Maps no longer have to be carved, woven, painted, or printed. In a matter of minutes, anyone with an internet ...

If you want to claim a territory, it’s good to have a map to show what’s yours. Defining Lines: Cartography in the Age of Empire at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University examines how maps were a ...

There’s nothing Matthew Edney enjoys talking about more than maps. And, as director of the History of Cartography Project at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, his passion for maps and proclivity ...

Mark Harrower recalls a raging debate in his field in the 1970s, when some geographers worried that commercial map-making software would trigger the demise of cartography. But rather than sully the ...

Map making is often approached with little understanding of effective cartographic techniques, which can lead to a map not meeting its intended purpose, or worse, completely misleading its reader. In ...

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Although women have always been part of the mapping landscape, their contributions to cartography have long been overlooked. Mapmaking has traditionally featured men, from Mercator's projection of the ...