This course is the first in a cartography sequence that refines mapping as both a technique of inquiry and a legacy of landscape-making. The objective of Cartography I: Mapmaking is to explore ...

Map making is often approached with little understanding of effective cartographic techniques, which can lead to a map not meeting its intended purpose, or worse, completely misleading its reader. In ...

Not all maps chart the Earth’s surface — and the David Rumsey Map Center’s newest exhibition in Green Library proves just that. The exhibit “Above & Below: Cartography Beyond Terrain” opened on Oct. 8 ...

Gilbert H. Grosvenor, National Geographic magazine’s founding editor, is credited with saying: A map is the greatest of all epic poems. Its lines and colors show the realization of great dreams. This ...

Alexander Murphy recalls visiting a Guatemala museum some years ago and gazing up at a huge relief map of the country. Something about the borders struck the University of Oregon geography professor ...

The Art of map-making : Dutch cartography from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution : an exhibition sponsored by the Consulate General of the Netherlands, the Newberry Library, Chicago, June ...

DURING a stay in Venice a few years ago, I spent time in the Correr Museum, soaking up the city’s history. Located in Saint Mark’s Square, the museum displays imposing statues, paintings of sea ...