Creating a map geared towards bike transportation is a challenging task, but a relevant one. With an urbanizing, mobile population and a growing need to find fast, efficient, and cheap alternatives to automobile transportation, effective communication of bicycle routes and associated bicycle-friendly infrastructure is becoming more important. The major problem is that most bike maps, Continue reading… »
A catalog of maps, large or small, is a treasure trove of information. A collection that when sitting static is still always growing and always changing. Everyday its value as a temporal benchmark of human growth and innovation increases. The map itself is a snapshot of place and data (or at least a window into Continue reading… »
Cartographers have long had a quirky, and sometimes strange, fascination with transit maps. Since the days of Harry Beck and the first London Tube maps, an entire cartographic subculture has grown around them. No longer just limited to metropolitan transit systems, authors and map creators now use them to represent everything from river systems to rock ‘n Continue reading… »
In an attempt to answer a somewhat random trivia question on National Parks the other day I found a book I received a few years ago. Flipping through, it’s a National Geographic coffee table book on America’s National Parks, and is chock full of amazing pictures and maps. My roommate and I were perusing and Continue reading… »
Somewhere between the Robinson and the Mercator lies the Pumpkin projection. This was only good enough for third in the pumpkin carving competition at work today, come on. Happy Halloween!
In recent weeks, a lot has been said about Apple Inc.’s leap into the mapping world. In an effort to free itself from a rocky reliance on a primary competitor, Apple decided to create its own mapping and navigation application. Smart move, one might think, integrate a proprietary mapping application to complement its robust operating Continue reading… »
Derived from the melding and mixing of graphics, art, and cartography, welcome to graphicarto! This is a blog that aims to discuss all the current events, cutting edge trends, and new technologies in the world of graphic design and cartography, not just from the perspective of a practicing modern day cartographer and GIS professional that Continue reading… »