NEWSLETTER April 2008
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CONTENTS Chair’s message 1 FROM THE CHAIR 2008 Summer School 4 Reports 6 I usually like to detail for you the activities that I have undertaken on Obituary 12 your behalf as SoC Chair since the last Newsletter. As you will see News 14 from the next three items I have failed spectacularly in this matter Events 16 - predominantly because of my op and rehab time. End Note 19 I received a request to be on the AGI Conference Organising Team Application forms - for this year, as they wanted “someone who is familiar and active Wallis Award 20 in the neo-geo arena actively engaged in the working group that Summer School Bursary 21 shapes it.” Unfortunately, I had to turn it down as I couldn’t make the first meeting in November as I was in hospital. I see from the Illustrator Workshop 22 website (http://www.agi.org.uk/) that Sean Phelan is the keynote speaker. The pitch of the conference - AGI GeoCommunity ‘08 “Shaping a Changing World” - is certainly changing, and it would NEWSLETTER be interesting to hear his presentation. Sean is the founder of Mul- CONTRIBUTIONS timap, which was purchased by Microsoft in December 2007. Welcome to the April There was also an offer to represent SoC on the UKGeoForum issue of the SoC Newsletter. - which is “a group of societies and associations that represent the The Newsletter is core interests that encompass geography, mapping and the ge- published three times a ospatial information handling industry” - http://www.ukgeoforum. year and designed for dig- org.uk/. I accepted, as it is something we as a society have been ital distribution via the So- asking about for a while now. I couldn’t make my first meeting due ciety’s website. Hard copy to a hospital consultant’s appointment, but hope to do better next versions of the Newsletter time. are available on request.
The third thing was an invitation to speak at the HEA/GEES “Sup- Contributions to the Newslet- porting the Supporters II” conference at Cheltenham. I was in- ter are welcomed from all volved in the conference planning - a long tele-conference call. our readers. Please email all copy and photographs to: The actual conference clashed with something - but David Sherren attended, ran a workshop and publicised SoC there. [email protected]
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I fielded a request from Tom Steinberg (of mysociety.org) for suppli- Finally, it is all change on the work front. I am just now supervising ers of base-mapping for their time-travel mapping work. I provided the final dispersal of the remaining contents of the Middlesex Uni- contacts for four mainstream commercial data suppliers, and also versity map library; a sad end to a once notable map collection. It some “open” data sources. They ended up using OpenStreetMap was forced on us as Geography is no longer taught at undergradu- data and produced a great series of interactive maps. See: http:// ate level, and because we are about to move to another campus www.mysociety.org/2007/more-travel-maps/, within the university, where space is at even more of a premium. I just love looking at maps, and could have given a home to much An approach was received from UKHO for them to use some of this material. I had to make do with a complete set of 7th Series comments of mine in one of their publications. I agreed to my OS maps - which I intend to offer in due course (when they have all comments on CARTO-SOC on “cartographic specialisations and gone out of copyright in the next couple of years) as a web serv- moving jobs” being used in an Admiralty publication ECDIS Today ice, similar to the New Popular Edition that Richard Fairhurst and - provided credit is given to SoC. I have not seen the result yet, but colleagues provide at: http://www.npemap.org.uk/. Anyone who Contact Steve was told that a copy would be sent. wants to cooperate with me on this venture is welcome to contact by email at:- me. The university library is also disposing of large amounts of [email protected] I spent some time helping Alex Kent with the pulling together of book stock. I couldn’t let some of these go either. So, I am now his first SoC Bulletin. It has been a while coming off the press - the proud possessor of : MacEachren and Taylor’s “Visualization in partly due to the intricacies of threeway communication between modern cartography”, and the OS book “History of the Re-triangu- Alex, Gary Haley (production editor supreme) and myself. Today lation of GB 1935-1962”, among several others. Obviously it was the copy arrived in the post and mighty fine it looks too, with many remiss of me not to have had the first tome, and I have to say that colour illustrations, and some interesting articles - including an ex- the 395 pages of the latter looks like a truly riveting read. They are cellent one on “Maps for the colour-vision impaired” by Bernhard currently on the floor in the office, as I can’t yet face explaining this Jenny and Nathaniel Vaughn Kelso. By coincidence today I saw one to Moira if I take them all home. a blog reference to Nathaniel Vaughn Kelso’s work, which I feel is an outstanding example of how newspapers (in this case the Middlesex University is going through yet another re-structuring, to Washington Post) CAN use cartography to effectively complement coincide with bringing departments together. Someone has decid- their news and articles. Take a look at: http://vector1media.com/ ed that centralised services are the only way. So I am being forced vectorone/?p=365. Incidentally, one thing I have enjoyed is the (with a proverbial kick and a scream) into a manager’s job in the freedom to write stuff for publication now that I am NOT the editor. Centre for Learning and Quality Enhancement. This means even less chance to do any cartography as it will involve supporting the The Society is always mindful of a need to cooperate with oth- Virtual Learning Environment (Blackboard - if you are interested). ers in our realm. This applies across the board (being involved in However, I am negotiating at present to try to keep cartography UKGeoForum) and in particular with cooperation with our sister in my job description, so that hopefully I can offer an on-demand society - The British Cartographic Society. To this end I met with service to the research groupings that have a latent demand. In Mary Spence (BCS President) recently to discuss inter-society co- light of this it was quite pleasing that one of the last real map- operation, particularly with regard to future conferences. This has ping jobs I completed was to submit a geomorphological map of resulted in a meeting being set up for later this month between a small region in Southern Spain to the Journal of Maps. This had myself, Mike Shand and Heather Browning (all from SoC), and been bubbling under with a research colleague for a while and was Mary Spence, Peter Jones and Fiona Cocks(representing BCS), nice to see come to fruition, and was an interesting insight into how to try to coordinate our dates and venues, and to investigate joint this “reverse publishing” model works. conference ideas. On the same day as this meeting I was invited to attend the launch of Nick Millea’s book on the Gough Map at Finally, thanks to Rosie Duncan for superbly bringing this newslet- Quaritch Rare Books, Piccadilly. There is a short report on that oc- ter together on your behalf. casion elsewhere in this Newsletter. Steve Chilton SoC Chair Steve Chilton
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ABERDEEN 2008 have great variety, in- Summer School cluding mapping and 2008 Society of Cartographers 1 – 4 September, 2008 map-related subjects 44th Annual Summer School such as “Aberdeen, University of Aberdeen past, present and fu- ture”, the beaches and Aberdeen The 44th Annual Summer School of the Society of Cartographers coastlines, 3D mapping, will take place on 1 - 4 September, in the ancient University of Ab- new panoramas of the erdeen. The city (oil capital of Europe), its harbour, coastline and Cairngorms, history and surrounding region, have much to offer to those who may wish to archaeology, geovisualisation in geology, the environment, ses- linger after the event. College Tower sions including exciting new ventures in cartography and GIS, as well as Members’ Session, Demonstrations and Workshops and Map exhibition. Excursions are also being arranged, to include an oil company, The Macaulay Institute for Land Use Research, and a guided local walk.
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Dates for your diary Our host is the School of Geoscience and the main venue is St Mary’s Building, which houses Geography, Planning and Archae- 2008 ology. Lunches will be provided in the Hub Centre, just opposite, Aberdeen and accommoda- 1- 4 September tion in new facilities The website (http://www.abdn.ac.uk/cartographers08/) will soon be at Hillhead Halls, a expanded to include more details of the programme, venue, etc. 2009 short walk through If you would like to offer a presentation (in the main programme Venue to be or Members’ Session), provide exhibits or give demonstrations of decided software, etc., please contact Mike Wood ([email protected]). 2010 Manchester
Seaton Park and close to the River Don gorge Would you like to and the 17th century Brig o’ Balgownie. The host a conference? Annual Dinner and Ceilidh will be held at the If so, please contact East Aberdeenshire Golf Centre, just north of Steve Chilton: the city, with its wide views of the North Sea. The programme, while not yet finalised, will [email protected]
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up to c.2011, and said that the greatest potential for growth would SUPPORTING THE SUPPORTERS II be with international postgraduate students. Also, sustainability and employer engagement were the two key Higher Education Francis Close Hall Campus, University of Gloucestershire, Funding Council drivers over the next five years. 21 January 2008 The morning session ended with a report on GEES CPD grants The Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Geography, for support staff, presented by Dr Yolande Knight, GEES Subject Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES) hosted its first, and Centre Manager. After lunch, Professor Carolyn Roberts, Co-Direc- exceptionally well-attended, “Supporting the Supporters” event tor of CeAL, made effective use of an audience response system back in June 2004, with the aim of providing GEES support staff during her interactive presentation on career paths and CPD for a unique opportunity to network and collaborate with colleagues GEES support staff. in similar roles. It also provided an opportunity for their continuing professional development. “Supporting the Supporters II” had sim- The rest of the afternoon was devoted to specialist support staff ilar aims and attracted a smaller, but nevertheless good number of discussion groups, including departmental administrators, labo- delegates. This was despite the closure of the West Coast main ratory technicians and librarians. I chaired a group of eight car- line between Lancaster and Preston and other transport problems tographers, which included some well-known faces, plus a couple related to the 15 severe flood warnings and 124 flood warnings who were new to the SoC. Our discussion time was somewhat cur- that were in place across England and Wales that day! tailed because we couldn’t get into our allocated breakout room. It was decided that we should return to the main lecture theatre, What is GEES? Higher Education Acad- The event was hosted by the Centre for Active Learning (CeAL) in only to find that it had been locked! Anyway, we eventually got un- emy Subject Centre for Geography, Environment and Related Disciplines, whose attractive derway and the diversity of the group quickly became clear when Geography, Earth and and award-winning new CeAL Building was opened on 19 October it emerged that, as well as cartography, individual roles included Environmental Sciences 2006 and was visited by many of the delegates during the break graphic illustration, web design, photography, and map librarian- for lunch. ship. One of the key issues to emerge from the discussion was the importance of an effective appraisal process, from which a useful The aim of the Subject programme of staff development could emerge. A couple of the Centre is to support and delegates had received no appraisal at all. Also, as was identified enhance learning and at the 2004 event, there was still a need for specialist, relevant and teaching in these three affordable GIS/map production training. disciplines in UK HE.
So, the conclusions were much the same as they had been four www.gees.ac.uk years ago. However, it was an interesting day and a useful op- portunity to make contact with others involved in cartographic The web pages provide support within HE. The supporting material from this event will be information on all their made available at http://www.gees.ac.uk/events/2008/supp08/su- activities and services pevent2.htm. plus a Resource Data- base with access to high David Sherren quality materials of use University of Portsmouth to those who teach and support learning in high- er education. For more The keynote presentation was given by Professor Mark Cleary, Vice information please con- Chancellor at the University of Bradford. He provided a useful over- tact GEES at :- view of the current issues that are shaping UK Higher Education and the future of GEES disciplines. He described the demographic [email protected]. downturn, which would be dramatic for the 18-20 year old group
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He also told a story about a trip in the Gobi Desert by bike with GOUGH BOOK LAUNCH his brother where no maps were allowed. They sewed a US Air Defence map into the seat of a pair of trousers. Then they swapped I was invited to the launch of Nick Millea’s book on the Gough trousers each day so that each had a 50% chance of being caught. map, held at Quaritch Rare Books in Lower John Street, Piccadilly, He also reckoned they had cycled past underground settlements London. I managed to combine it with a meeting with the BCS not shown on maps or satellite photos. His Two Degrees West walk President to discuss inter-society cooperation. We had a fine was a narrative journey derived from maps. This followed Britain’s afternoon tea together in the “café” in Liberty’s. It was nice to central meridian from Berwick to Purbeck. He allowed himself have a chat with Nick, and with Bob Parry and Roger Anson at 1,000 m dog legs to get round obstacles (like Rutland Water). He the launch. The guest of honour was Nick Crane – of Mapman/ reckoned he saw a good cross-section of Britain’s territory and Coast fame on TV – and of course a former presenter at SoC its people doing this. The reviews (of the subsequent book) were Liverpool on his own Mercator book. Nick was introduced as an mixed. The Daily Mail called him a “prat”, and The Daily Telegraph a “genius”. He happened to be working for the Telegraph at the author and journalist, and scored bigtime in my book by cycling The Gough Map time. to the event, and looking well-turned out to boot. Credit was given The Earliest Road Map to DigiData Ltd for imagery in the book and to collaborators at He then gave a bit of background to the Mapman programme. He of Great Britain Queens University Belfast. had to produce a 4 minute long taster, with £200 available to finance by Nick Millea Nick had a good line in banter, commenting on his nervousness it. He sought a cooperative library with space to offer. He stumbled across the Bodleian, and used a room that is now the BodShop. The Bodleian Library at being amongst so many map scholars – or as he put it “the (United Kingdom), 2007 mapiosi”! He told a few anecdotes about his use of maps in his He reckoned that the Gough map was the most important map in the series, and that it was a Great British invention. Partly because Hardback, 112 pages travels. On one particular occasion in the Hindu Kush he had his Size: 267x194 mm passport, ID etc taken from him, but was most annoyed at them it had no boundaries on the map it showed a unified version of Britain. Some filming was done in Hereford, where the famous ISBN: 9781851240227 taking his maps. He then proceeded on a 1,000 km exploration ISBN-10: 1851240225 with no map. Navigation was done by either asking someone or Mappa Mundi has pride of place. He proposed the same level of employing a local guide. Using this method you could advance credit be given to the Gough map, with a building to be set aside stepwise from place to place, always knowing a little bit about in Oxford for it. where you were. Steve Chilton
SURVEYING UNDERGROUND TUNNELS - an afterthought
I mused in the April 2007 SoC Newsletter on how various web mapping sites show the Limehouse Link tunnel. But how could one get an accurate alignment for tunnels such as this? How would one survey its curving underground alignment? I suspect even the best GPS handheld devices wouldn’t get a signal. So, how would a project like OpenStreetMap - dedicated to using un-copyrighted source material go about capturing this data for its map? I posed that very question on their mailing list, and these are some of the (sometimes left-field) responses that came up:-
“Half in jest, a couple of us were talking a while back about using a motion sensor for underground surveying ... such as the one
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on the Nintendo Wii.” twin video cameras (stereo vision) with the same focal length will get you a distance of point on edge of tunnel from point of view. “Or the one in a MacBook, or in the TomTom devices. I think they Couple with a distance measurement from wheel counter and are nothing like accurate enough, based on how my TomTom you have a quite clever system. This is partly what those geospa- failed to tell me to take the turn in time inside that very tunnel. tialvision and the Amazon mechanical turk slaves do.” The other method for surveying would be to hook into a car’s speed/trip meter, and combine that with a compass for direction. “Just noticed a selection of motion detecting phones that could You can probably connect to the OBD-II connection on modern prove useful if we could get hold of one.” vehicles. There are nice OBD-II bluetooth connectors that would be great for integration with things like TomToms. On the other “Wire-guided missiles, with a record of time vs control inputs. The hand, who cares where the tunnel is. If we have the start and end first missile to make it out the other end is the control input log points, with the correct topology, and roughly the right length, we’re most interested in.” surely that is good enough. If we can’t tell it’s wrong by any rea- sonable method of surveying, then it is right as far as I am con- In the end it was put in via a combination of: Yahoo! imagery* to cerned.” locate the tunnel start and end points, local knowledge (the build- ings to the north of the actual basin are shaped to the curve of “I guess the options are persuade the designers/contractor to the tunnel - which was done as cut-and fill), other evidence on the provide a drawing or other data, that can be used, or getting out ground of where un-built-on areas are on top of the tunnel, and a the theodolite. For a slightly less accurate approach (after all, I certain amount of interpolation. hope nobody is going to try and do any groundworks based on * an agreement struck with Yahoo! allows OSM to derive vector based our data - so who cares), you could try taking bearings with a map data from the aerial photos owned by Yahoo! and release the de- compass at regular intervals. It might depend on how the tunnel rived data is lined whether the compass works.” Steve Chilton “We could use Inertial Measurement Units and some Kalmann Map data licensed CC-BY-SA. filtering.” IN THE NEWS OpenStreetMap (OpenStreetMap Foundation and “Or video surveying. Marking key points on video frames from contributors) Guardian 7 February 2008 MPs rap Ordnance Survey’s “complex and inflexible” licences It was reported that the House of Commons select committee on Communities and Local Government, chaired by Phyllis Starkey, is concerned about the lack of clarity in OS accounting procedures between its “governmental” and “commercial” roles. Although the OS said it was “already acting on many of the points raised in the recommendations” many other organisations e.g. Getmapping. com are expressing concern over the “public obligations” versus its “commercial activity”. Free Our Data: the blog The MOD has put forward the idea of separating the OS; so the government funded area for maintaining the national geographic www.freeourdata.org. database would be completely separate from the commercial uk/blog exploitation of the data. Free Our Data campaign thinks the MOD’s idea is workable. Watch this space! Rosie Duncan
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On one occasion, the future Duke of Edinburgh came down from Gordonstoun to join John for a weekend at the family home at OBITUARY Inveresk near Musselburgh. JOHN C. BARTHOLOMEW Bartholomew cut an imposing if slightly ascetic figure. He held Born 15th January 1923 - Died 16 January 2008 a fascination for natural sciences that lasted throughout his life. Astronomy, geology, meteorology and oceanography formed the wider bounds of his geography. Modest, he loved to converse, John Bartholomew, who has died aged 85, was one of three and ranged easily across social scales. As president of the Royal brothers who were the last of five generations to run the Edinburgh Scottish Geographical Society, like his father and grandfather cartographic business of John Bartholomew & Son. With Peter and before him, he shared the company of such as astronaut Neil Robert, John maintained the firm among leading map publishers Armstrong and Sir David Attenborough. of the world until their retirements in 1980 following a buy-out by Reader’s Digest. His personal exploration cut across lands, libraries and faith. He travelled widely, his final expedition being a rugged camping trek John Bartholomew & Son supplied maps and atlases to a global at the age of 68 to Patagonia in 1991. He failed only, in lifelong market. When eldest brother John took over as cartographic ambitions, to reach Antarctica. director, the responsibilities inherited from his father (also John) Extract from 1:100,000 included editing the Times World Atlas and a company output that Commissioned into the Royal Engineers at the outbreak of war, National Map Series included productions whose popularity never hid their scholarliness Bartholomew served in Palestine and Africa, mapping and surveying. Manchester and - Reader’s Digest Atlas, Bartholomews’ Concise Atlas, gazetteers On one occasion, driving his colonel, he unceremoniously halted, Merseyside and many school atlases. and to the astonishment of his companions, had the temerity to order his commanding officer out of the vehicle and some paces After graduating in geography from Edinburgh University in 1951, ahead. Warily, the officer moved out. “You are now standing, sir, his father insisted his son have experience in maps, so he served exactly on the equator,” said Bartholomew. a cartographic apprenticeship before taking on full responsibility for maps in 1959. His huge collection of books - mostly non-fiction and covering travel, earth and space sciences - was a source of constant Under Bartholomew’s direction, the firm maintained and expanded reference. He would sit on the balcony of his home in Edinburgh, a huge team of volunteer local “map revision officers” - cyclists and referring to a book while scanning the night sky. walkers who ranged across their patches submitting changes and alterations for the renowned Revised Half-Inch Contoured Map. His faith meant much. A spiritual man of the Kirk, he was knowledgeable of Christian science and for a period was active For nearly a century, “Bart’s Half-Inch” retained such a reputation in Moral Re-Armament before, in 1954, being accepted into for accuracy and detail that no touring cyclist would venture out Roman Catholicism. All his life, he remained motivated by matters without one. For years, it bore the insignia of the Cyclists’ Touring ecumenical. Club. Royal patronage was welcomed, and as late as 1963, half- inch sheets carried: By appointment to His Majesty King George He took active roles in a great many societies and organisations, V. and he retained interest in the John Bartholomew Award for Small- Scale Mapping. Now sponsored by Collins’ Bartholomew, he John Christopher Bartholomew was born in Edinburgh. His parents played an active role in the judging almost to the end of his life. included Christopher as his middle name to remember Columbus, Extract from 1:100,000 and the young Bartholomew grew up both an academic and He lectured and gave talks throughout his life, and was in demand National Map Series explorer. He was a contemporary of Prince Philip at Gordonstoun. North Wales on cartography issues.
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He leaves behind a wealth of newspaper cuttings, pamphlets, Edinburgh where it will be in the care of the Royal Commission photocopies, handwritten notes and hand-drawn maps. His papers on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) TARA website:- include details of one of his first projects: a map of Edinburgh which already holds Ordnance Survey and other RAF aerial im- www.evidenceincamera. Zoo that became part of the official guide to the Royal Zoological agery. co.uk/index.htm Society of Scotland. He also produced countless maps for private interest groups and organisations. The move is due to take place in the first six months of 2008. It is good news that the long-term preservation of, and future access He bequeathed three physical legacies: an indicator for the summit to, this important material has been ensured. of North Berwick’s 612ft Berwick Law; with retired solicitor George Russell, the initiation of a 360-degree hill indicator for the Braids, Claire Ivison a two-ton piece of local basalt topped by a full-colour guide; and a sundial in Hermitage of Braid, next door to his home below the Pentlands. SOCIETY NEWS Bartholomew died in Edinburgh the day after his 85th birthday, and is survived by his wife Ginette (née Achard-James); sons John Society of Cartographers/British Cartographic Society Eric, Philip, Christopher, Patrick and Ivon; and 11 grandchildren. COOPERATION
Gordon Casely Following the initial meeting I had with Mary Spence (as noted in Reproduced with the kind permission of the Herald Newspaper Chair’s piece), a further meeting was held in London on 27 March with myself, Mike Shand, Heather Browning representing the SOC; and Mary Spence (BCS President), Peter Jones (BCS conference NEWS programme convenor) and Fiona Cocks (BCS conference admin- istrator). We discussed the history of the societies, their flavours, THE AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE ARCHIVES and conferences past and future. The outcome of the meeting was a clearer understanding of how the societies will cooperate to en- Readers may remember that during the Summer School in 2006 a sure that as far as possible annual Summer Schools/ Symposia small group of us had a fascinating visit to the Aerial Reconnais- will be co-located, and on some occasions combined. We agreed sance Archive (TARA) at Keele University. It holds millions of air that there were still distinct differences in conference style, but that photographs taken by the RAF during World War II. collaboration should be increased.
At the time of our visit the future location of TARA was under con- The following is a summary of the decisions, which have yet to be sideration. It has now been decided that the archive will move to confirmed by either SoC Committee or BCS Council, but that I feel are worth identifying to members via this Newsletter:
• 2009: societies will hold separate annual conferences, butted up by dates, and possibly co-located at the same venue. There is a southern university location on offer, but not confirmed yet. No on-site presence from SoC, but with Heather Browning as “coordinator”. Separate programme committees organising in traditional way, but sharing info as they go. Steve Chilton to co- ordinate SoC programme committee, with co-opted colleagues as necessary. Awaiting costings on this before agreeing to it and announcing more specific details.
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• In parallel to this (and in case costings are prohibitive for the As numbers will be limited, early booking is strongly advised. above proposal) does anyone want to offer to host the 2009 Deadline Friday 23 May 2008. Summer School at their institution in September 2009. If so Workshop hosted by: please contact me immediately. As a Committee we can assist Stuart Gill, Senior Cartographer, Map Library, Local Organisers with all aspects of how to organise and run a Faculty of Business, Environment and Society successful Summer School. Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry, CV1 5FB Work: 02476 888914 Fax: 02476 888702 • 2010: joint conference at Manchester in the Reading/Oxford mould. Located at University of Manchester, with accommoda- For further information or queries please contact Stuart Gill tion at the university or externally. Local organiser Chris Perkins, Email: [email protected] to work with the BCS conference administrator. Programme committee to be agreed between SoC/BCS, with at least Chris Perkins and myself on that committee. Society of Cartographers • SoC to organise solo conferences in 2011, 2012 and 2013, and come back to a joint one for 2014. SoC to be mindful of Illustrator/Freehand Workshop trying to locate in geo-proximity to BCS in these years, bearing in mind how the offers to host come up randomly, and may not make this possible. SoC to try to fix the venues/dates for forth- Are you a Freehand user or just coming conferences earlier than is presently done. new to Adobe Illustrator?
These are the bare bones of the plan. If you have any comments don’t hesitate to contact me. Are you interested in learning Steve Chilton more about the software? SoC Chair
EVENTS This is a great opportunity to attend a one day workshop on Tuesday 10th June 2008 June 2008 at Coventry University. Illustrator Workshop
The second Adobe Illustrator/FreeHand Workshop The workshop will be ideal for anyone who is Society of Cartographers migrating to Illustrator from Freehand or just Venue: Coventry University, Coventry learning how to use the software in a cartographic environment This is another great opportunity for cartographers to attend a one- day workshop on Tuesday 10 June 2008 at Coventry University, UK. An application form can The workshop will be ideal for anyone who is proposing to migrate For more information go to be found at the end of to Adobe Illustrator from Macromedia FreeHand or just wishes to www.soc.org.uk/ or email this newsletter or learn how to use Adobe Illustrator in a cartographic environment. [email protected] downloaded from www.soc.org.uk/work- Adobe Illustrator CS3 will be used during the workshop. shop.htm Hosted by: The cost for this event will be:- Faculty of Business, Environment and Society £85 (SoC members) Coventry University £100 (non-members)
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June 2008 July 2008 XYZ MapInfo Training State of the Map Conference For more information Venue: New Horizons computer training centre, Old Street Central Venue: Limerick, Ireland visit :- London www.stateofthemap.org The 2nd International OpenStreetMap Conference is being held 12 The XYZ Digital Map Company are holding their next training event - 13 July 2008, two days of mapping fun. on the 9 - 11 June, 2008. The scheduled course, is designed to For further information:- give a comprehensive knowledge of MapInfo Professional. www.xyzmaps.com/map- For more information contact XYZ by calling 0131 454 0426 or by info_training.htm sending an email directly to:- Tim Rideout Email: [email protected] or Sergio Boggio Email: [email protected]
July 2008 History of Maps and Mapping (Course 1) Mapping Land and Sea before 1800 (Course 2) Venue: London Rare Books School, London
Following the successful trial course on “The History of Maps and Mapping” that was run under the aegis of the London Rare Books School (Institute of English Studies, University of London) in July 2007, the organisers have pleasure in announcing that the course will be offered again in 2008, together with a new course on “Mapping Land END NOTE and Sea before 1800”. The organisers and tutors for both courses are Dr Catherine Delano- Some 33 years ago I had a six week work placement with John Smith and Sarah Tyacke, CB. Additional lecturers are Peter Barber, Bartholomew in Edinburgh. One day I was summoned to meet P.D.A. Harvey, Roger J.P. Kain, Paul Laxton, Rose Mitchell, Sylvia Sumira with John Bartholomew. I seem to remember being very nervous and Laurence Worms. at meeting him since my colleagues held him in such awe. After a brief exchange about the work I was doing he presented me with The courses are open, for a fee, to all comers. Both the core course an envelope containing £20, sadly even in 1975 it did not cover half (Course 1) and the thematic course (Course 2) are validated by the of the cost of my lodgings in Morningside! Now, after reading his University of London, which means that participants engaged in obituary, I realise what a great and interesting life he led. postgraduate work may gain the appropriate credits. Thank you to all the contributors to this newsletter and especially Dates are as follows:- Claire for wielding her red pen over the Easter weekend. Please For more information:- Course 1 30 June to 4 July 2008 inclusive, and for the new send any contributions of cartographic note for the July Newsletter http://ies.sas.ac.uk/ Course 2 14 July to 18 July 2008 inclusive (note: the courses are to me at: [email protected] not in consecutive weeks). cmps/events/courses/ Ed LRBS/index.htm For details and an application form go to the website at:-
http://ies.sas.ac.uk/cmps/events/courses/LRBS/index.htm NEXT EDITION JULY 2008
18 19 Society of Cartographers Society of Cartographers WALLIS AWARD 2007-2008 SUMMER SCHOOL BURSARIES Entries are invited from members of the Society of Cartographers for this year's The Society of Cartographers offers TWO bursaries to allow half attendance at their Annual Summer Wallis Award School. (for cartographic work completed during the period September 2007 to September 2008).
Entries should be accompanied by either a descriptive display panel or a written The bursary offer is open to student and overseas members only. Each bursary will cover half the Summer commentary, giving background details and technical information relating to the method of School attendance package and registration costs. Travel costs to and from the SoC Summer School will production. NOT be covered by the bursary. Submitted entries must be comprised of cartographic design or production undertaken in full or as majority effort by a member of the Society of Cartographers. The aim of the bursary is to give financial assistance to members who would otherwise be unable to Entries can be produced by either digital or traditional technology, in monochrome or multicolour attend due to lack of other financial support. Submissions will be reviewed by the Bursary and may consist of a single map, a series of maps for a publication or an atlas. The Sub-committee and successful applicants will be notified by 15th August annually. criteria for judging will consider such factors as overall clarity; balanced layout and design; aesthetic appearance; content fit for purpose; and the appropriate selection and use of colours, Please print the following application form and complete in full or send the appropriate details to: type and symbology. Mike Shand, Hon. Secretary, CartoGraphics Unit, The basis for the award is "excellence in cartography". Department of Geographical & Earth Sciences, The current award, courtesy of Honorary Member Mr David Wallis, provides a sum of plus £100 University of Glasgow, a certificate for the successful entrant. Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K. Notification and details (particularily size and format) of the entries should be sent to the Hon. Secretary, together with a note of your membership number, as soon as possible and by 31 ------August 2008 at latest. The entry itself should either be forwarded to the Hon. Secretary or BURSARY APPLICATION FORM submitted at the beginning of the Summer School. CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS WILL BE FIRST POST ON 31st JULY ANNUALLY. Judging will take place during the week of the Cartography 2008 Summer School in Aberdeen where all entries will be exhibited. Name: Please print the following entry form and complete in full or send the appropriate ...... details to: Address: Mike Shand, Hon. Secretary, ...... CartoGraphics Unit, Dept. of Geographical & Earth Sciences, ...... University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK ......
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20 21 Form Print accept this cheque / Non member: £100 Map Library & Information Room/JSB01 Faculty of Business, Environment and Society, Coventry University, Priory Street, CV1 5FB Coventry. 024 7688 8914 Tel: Email: [email protected] invoice the company Booking Form Society of Cartographers Society member: £85 on Tuesday 10th June 2008 in the Tuesday on . William Morris building, Coventry University Illustrator/Freehand Workshop The above form constitutes a formal contract. Due to the limited number of spaces available all registered delegates will be invoiced regardless of attendance. Cancellations accepted in writing up until 5 working days before the day of the course. reserve the right to cancel workshop if it bookings being made. We subject to sufficient The workshop is offered is not viable. Please return this form as soon possible to: Stuart Gill Title: First Name: Surname: Institution/Organisation: Address for Full Postal correspondence: Telephone: Email: Please give details of any dietary requirements: Please give details of any other special requirements: Please tick the relevant box lunch and refreshments. Price includes buffet Invoicing details from above) (if different Note : Cheques are welcome and payable to 'Coventry University' Please book my place on the workshop and Signed ...... Date (Delete as appropriate) for the amount of £...... (as stated above). As numbers will be limited, early booking is strongly advised. Deadline 23rd May 2008. May 23rd Deadline advised. strongly is booking early limited, be will numbers As
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