Below is a CFP for the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) in February 2012, New York. Do get in touch if you’ve got any thoughts or ideas on this session. For Félix: Transversal Geographies Convenors: JD Dewsbury … Continue reading
With only a few days until we depart for Lima, preparations for the mapping party are coming together not too badly, and there has been more interest in the event than first anticipated. This reflects more ignorance and naivety on … Continue reading
It’s not exactly viral, but the Lima mapping party is becoming contagious and its co-ordination rapidly out of my hands. It seems that there is already a vibrant open-source community in Peru, albeit a virtual one which as yet remains … Continue reading
A brief report back from the 2010 State of the Map Conference in sunny, hot Girona. It’s been an interesting and hectic day, with the conference opening on a business theme (as is usual for the Fridays of an OSM … Continue reading
Currently organising the Lima Mapping Weekend for OpenStreetMap in August 2010. I think it will be Latin America’s first OSM mapping event, but that could be sheer hubris. If you find yourself in the vicinity of Lima or Peru, please … Continue reading
OpenStreetMap’s State of the Map 2010 conference is fast approaching, and my paper “Vernacular mapping and the ethics of what comes next” has been accepted for the Sunday morning. Not sure what to make of this as my title sits … Continue reading
3cs this side of the pond. Read more here.
Further information, and a very detailed website, on the upcoming BL exhibition here.
Suddenly, maps find themselves in the spotlight again. Whilst maps often simmer away on people’s minds without provoking much conscious thought about them, a forthcoming exhibition at the British Library and accompanying television series on the BBC follow what seems … Continue reading
On 28.01.10 I attended the UK’s Geoforum’s annual lecture, delivered this year by Ordnance Survey’s chief executive Vanessa Lawrence, entitled “The Future of Mapping”. Held in a packed lecture theatre on Parliament Square, Vanessa gave a sweeping review of the changes in … Continue reading