Cartonama Conference
Making the most of geospatial data, community mapping, and location-based services.
Sep 2012
17 Mon
18 Tue
19 Wed
20 Thu
21 Fri
22 Sat 10:00 AM – 04:30 PM IST
23 Sun
SC
Sumandro C
@sumandro
The Classic, the Radical and the Weird - A Brief History of Making Maps
Submitted Aug 16, 2012
Section:
Technology
Technical level:
Intermediate
Session type:
Lecture
To take a run through the long history of cartography and pause briefly to look at various fabulous maps -- the classic ones, the radical ones and the weird ones. To explore the technological and political issues underlying these cartographic milestones.
Outline
We will take selected examples from the long history of cartography to see how concerns and technologies of map making have changed with the times -- from Catal Hoyuk village map, to Imago Mundi to the first operational GIS in Ottawa, to Christian Nold’s emotion mapping.
Requirements
Curiosity about the long history of map making.
Speaker bio
Sumandro is a consulting researcher interested in information governance, urban development and data visualisation. He tweets as @ajantriks, contributes to The Pop Up City blog, and makes long presentations on NSSO data.
Links
Slides
http://www.slideshare.net/sumandro/sumandromapping-thecity27032012-12203410
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