Hacker News with Generative AI: Cartography

The British Airways position on various border disputes (drewdevault.com)
Given that British Airways is the proud flag carrier of the United Kingdom I assume that this is indeed the only off-the-shelf copyrighted material included in this display, and everything else was developed in-house without relying on any open source software that might require a disclosure of license and copyright details. For similar reasons I am going to assume that all of the borders shown in this map are reflective of the official opinion of British Airways on various international disputes.

British Airways, International Relations, Geopolitics, Cartography

6 points by surprisetalk 12 days ago | 5 comments

New Theoretical Research Trends in Cartography (2001) (researchgate.net)

Cartography, Theoretical Research, Trends

47 points by bryanrasmussen 49 days ago | 9 comments

The Oldest "Map of America" Is Mysteriously Accurate (thetravel.com)

History, Cartography, United States, Mystery

18 points by bryanrasmussen 81 days ago | 9 comments

Google Maps blocks Gulf of America reviews after rename criticism (bbc.com)
Google Maps has blocked reviews for the Gulf of Mexico, after criticism of its decision to label it "Gulf of America" for users in the US.

Google Maps, Geopolitics, Cartography, User Experience, Criticism

8 points by andsoitis 99 days ago | 9 comments

Stop using zip codes for geospatial analysis (2019) (carto.com)
Uncover deeper insights beyond ZIP codes with geospatial analysis. Explore the limitations of ZIP codes and discover alternatives for spatial understanding.

Geospatial Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Science, Cartography

184 points by voxadam 105 days ago | 129 comments

Virality in cartography: What makes a map go viral? (geoawesome.com)
When you think about viral content, maps are not the first thing that comes to mind. And yet, it is not uncommon to see maps of all shapes and sizes dominating social conversations about various issues – as well as non-issues.

Cartography, Viral Content, Social Media

67 points by bryanrasmussen 194 days ago | 15 comments

Tracing Colonial Mexico with Maps and Ink (2020) (magazine.tcu.edu)
Indigenous maps of colonial Mexico in the 16th to 18th centuries — and the materials used to create them — have captured Alex Hidalgo’s imagination for nearly a decade.

History, Cartography, Indigenous Cultures, Mexico, Colonialism

16 points by mooreds 201 days ago | 0 comments

The First Atlas (cosmographia.substack.com)
The fifty year period between 1550-1600 is often called the golden age of cartography.

Cartography, History, Golden Age, Geography

5 points by diodorus 205 days ago | 0 comments

Vanity of Vanities: Fool's Cap Map of the World (Ca. 1585) (publicdomainreview.org)
A geographer named Abraham Ortelius produced in 1570 a bound bundle of fifty-three maps. It was the first global atlas, and became a bestseller; Ortelius titled it Theater of the World. A few years later, Jean de Gourmont imposed an “Ortelius projection” — the globe flattened into an oval — onto the visage of a court jester: an imago mundi as feast of fools.

History, Cartography, Art

19 points by pepys 216 days ago | 1 comments

What a circle around Paris looks like, according to Mr. Mercator (reddit.com)
That's really cool actually. Shows how disproportionate our standard rectangular map of the earth is.

Cartography, Geography, Maps

4 points by jtc331 223 days ago | 0 comments

Avoidance Mapping: What It Is and Where It Fits in the Cartography Cube (geoawesome.com)
“… we all try to steer clear of certain places and people, whether we’re aware of it or not.” (Source)

Cartography, Data Visualization, Mapping, Spatial Analysis, Human Behavior

25 points by bryanrasmussen 243 days ago | 9 comments

All Maps Are Wrong (hereandthere.club)

Cartography, Maps, Geography, Perspective

14 points by todsacerdoti 259 days ago | 2 comments

Adventures in mapmaking: the search for grayscale tiles (pnote.eu)

Mapping, Cartography, Design, Open Source

35 points by przem8k 320 days ago | 7 comments

Wrong Map of Europe (phinjensen.com)