On the Map

by Ed Parsonscartography, Ordnance SurveyPosted on One Comment

I have really enjoyed listening to the BBC Radio 4 series “On the Map” a series on mapping presented by Mike Parker a self-confessed OS Map fan, and author of Map Addict a recommended read. Now Mike is very much a OS paper maps man, so in today’s programme I attempt to defend digital mapping …

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Cartography is dead, long live the map makers

by Ed Parsonscartography, Google Maps, ThoughtsPosted on 25 Comments

Seems like only last year, ah yes it was last year, that the bored press hits upon it annual “shock horror – nobody can read maps” story. This year there is a slightly different spin, due to the input of the British Cartographic Society (BCS) complaining that nobody is creating maps like they used to..  Modern online maps and satnavs …

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