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Cook and Banks: Charting the rumoured great Southern Land (Australian National Maritime Museum)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Apr 2016
(Source. Australian National Maritime Museum). This lithographed is based on the drawings by Louisa Mundy, the wife of Colonel Godfrey Mundy. It was published in Colonel Mundy's 'Our Antipodes' in 1852. This work depicts Government House, Sydney, sitting high on a hill overlooking Farm Cove and Sydney Harbour. Image. ANMM Collection 00000889 ... Cook and Banks ... Endeavour minus main top gallant. Image ... Cook's role as a cartographer and navigator....

Map quest: Old cartography a route to the past for Denver collector

Edit Denver Post 21 Apr 2016
Christopher Lane, proprietor of a Cherry Creek print shop, will lecture at Rocky Mountain Map Society event at the Denver Public Library ... (Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post) ... He also belongs to the Rocky Mountain Map Society, which is launching a month-long program called "Illusions, Delusions & Confusions," a look at cartographic chaos at Denver Central Library ... Parkway ... ....

This map shows every place in the US that has ever had a woman in Congress

Edit Vox 21 Apr 2016
Vermont, Delaware, and Mississippi have never elected a congresswoman. Nearly one hundred years after the first woman was elected to Congress, three states have never had either a woman senator or representative.. Vermont, Delaware, and Mississippi have never elected congresswomen ... Notes ... Results for House representatives are our best guesses based on cartographic records of congressional districts ... ....

Wynn Newhouse Awards Exhibition Now Open at Palitz Gallery (Syracuse University)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Apr 2016
(Source. Syracuse University). The ninth annual Wynn Newhouse Awards Exhibition runs through May 15 at Palitz Gallery, located in Syracuse University's Lubin House at 11 East 61 St., New York City ... to 4 p.m ... Culling observations for cartographic translation in the studio, Cooper creates maps based his observations built on pieces of 8.5'x11' repurposed paper, which he glues together, creating additional pictorial space as needed ... (noodl....

Mating madness when the toads come home

Edit The Guardian 19 Apr 2016
Lightwood, Derbyshire The females act like magnets for all that testosterone. A toad ball could number about a dozen. Compare the old and new maps of this area north of Buxton and you’ll notice how the valley’s wedge-shaped bloc of blue has morphed into a line threaded through several blue specks. Those cartographic changes reflect a heart-warming story of how toads can alter whole landscapes ... Twitter. This morning toads are everywhere ... ....

The 2017 Rand McNally Road Atlas is Here (Rand McNally & Company)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Apr 2016
With the new edition, our cartographers and editors have packed the atlas with more maps, points of interest and travel information than ever before." ... "The modern look and vibrant color palette of the 2017 Road Atlas highlights the beautiful mapping and extensive work of our cartographers," Fletcher continued ... New cartographic updates ......

Marine Cartography and Data Assessment Training Scheme (UKHO - The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Apr 2016
We hope that having the course here in Singapore would highlight the importance of a cartographers' work in ensuring navigational safety and protection of the marine environment ... Chart compilation and maintenance is a complex and time-consuming undertaking that requires practitioners, known as nautical cartographers, to undergo specialist training to equip them with the skills and knowledge to produce safe and useable products ... (noodl....

York hosts day for mapping enthusiasts (University of York)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Apr 2016
(Source. University of York). Posted on 18 April 2016. The University of York will host a public study day on Saturday 23 April to celebrate the publication of an illustrated atlas of York, charting the development of the city across two thousand years ... Nine experts will speak at the event, from the Cartographic Editor of the British Historic Towns Atlas to Professors from York's Department of History ... To book please visit ... (noodl....

@irishspy Thanks! The cartographer covered himself with glory on that one.

Edit The Escapist 16 Apr 2016
@irishspy Thanks! The cartographer covered himself with glory on that one. The Escapist. Archon's Profile . Send PM Twitter. archon . Reply ... ....

Plain talk from the lab

Edit Canada Dot Com 16 Apr 2016
"Through a conceptual distinction between concentrated urbanization (agglomeration) and extended urbanization (operational landscapes) … we aim to investigate the historical geographies of the capitalist urban-industrial fabric in ways that supersede inherited metageographical binarisms while opening up new sociological, cartographic and political ......

Stanford's map center devoted to the 'joyful exploration of all things cartographic' (Stanford University)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Apr 2016
It includes atlases, wall maps, globes, school geographies, pocket maps, books of exploration, maritime charts and a variety of cartographic materials, including children's and manuscript maps ... Cartographic Technology Specialist Deardra Fuzzell works with David Rumsey before the map center opening ... 'It is hard to imagine an institution being so well geared for a joyful exploration of all things cartographic,' Parker said....

Review: Two art forms can co-exist at Megalo's Bonsai/Print in Canberra

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 15 Apr 2016
Art – Sasha Grishin. Bonsai/Print. Megalo Print Gallery, 21 Wentworth Avenue, Kingston. Closes April 30, Tues – Sat 9.30am-5pm Advertisement ... Bonsai is an art of constant growth, change and development and in fact there is a Japanese saying ... There is a combination of the defined cartographic space and the organic growing shape, both in a way mapping the known and in a strange way opening the path to the unknown ... ....

These are the 30 least stressful jobs

Edit Austin American Statesman 13 Apr 2016
Nobody likes to feel stress. It is an unpleasant experience, and most job seekers would love to find a career that minimize the amount of time spent in high-stress situations. READ. Do you have one of the 28 most stressful jobs?. With this in mind, CareerTrends found the 30 least stressful occupations in the country using data from O*NET, an occupational database sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor ... Stress tolerance ... Cartographers ... 1....
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