Dear Colleagues,
Map Curators' Group Workshop and British Cartographic Society
Symposium 9 - 12 September 1999 at the University of Glasgow.
Further to my email yesterday when I gave you details of the MCG
Workshop on 9 September I now append the bare bone details of the
British Cartographic Society Symposiium which follows on from the MCG
workshop.
Friday 10th September at 14.05
Symposium Session I.
The Helen Wallis Memorial Lecture given this year by Sarah Tyacke,
CB, Keeper of Public Records. "The English World Picture in the
16th and 17th centuries"
At 15.30 - 17.15 Symposium Session II. Recreational mapping.
Speakers
Bill Wright, Outdoor writer and environmental campaigner. "Issues
facing users of maps for recreation"
Robin Harvey Map Services, Doune. "Methods and challenges in
creatingt walking maps"
Dave Edwards, freelance cartographer. "Mapping for anglers"
David Barbour, Stirling Surveys."Mapping for specific recreational
activities"
Philip Insall, SUSTRANS, Bristol "The impact of current cycle
transport policy on mapping activity"
Saturday 11 September
9.15 - 10.30 Symposium Session III. The development of African
mapping.
Speakers
Christopher Board, LSE."The development of official topographic
mapping in South Africa"
Matthew Seligmann, School of Social Sciences, University College,
Northampton. " Maps as the expression of German colonial ambitions:
South African examples and British reactions"
Francis Herbert, Curator of Maps, Royal Geographical Society (with
the IBG). "English and German "spheres of influence" in East Africa:
censorship and anonymity in the 1880's"
11.00 - 12.30. Symposium Session IV. The Times Comprehensive Atlas
of the World
Speakers
John Bartholomew, previously Managing Director, John Bartholomew &
Son Ltd. "History of the Times Atlas"
Mick Ashworth, Senior Publishing Editor, Harper Collins
Cartographic>"Editorial view of the Millennium Edition"
Alex Elder, Cartographic Director, Harper Collins Cartographic and
Sheena Barclay, Cartographic Team Leader, Harper Collins
Cartographic."Cartographic production of the Millennium Edition"
14.00 - 15.45. Symposium Session V. Contemporary architectural
and urban representation
Speakers
Tim Rideout, XYZ Digital Map Company "MAPublisher in action: how to
create a full street map in 20 minutes"
Kate Moore , University of Leicester. "Urban mapping with virtual
environments"
Gareth Ennis, ABACUS, Strathclyde University. "The Glasgow mo0del"
Roy Middleton, University of Edinburgh "The Edinburgh approach to
urban visualisation"
16.15 -17.15. Symposium Session VI Ordnance Survey at the
millennium.
Speakers
David Willey. Ordnance Survey "Ordnance Survey: 10 years of change"
Sunday 12 September
10.00-11.30. Symposium Session VII Mapping Scottish land
Speakers
Stevie Simpson, Registers of Scotland, Edinburgh. "Registering the
changes"
Jane Drummond, University of Glasgow"The role of mapping in promoting
'smart communities' in rural Scotland
Iaian Turnbull, National Trust for Scotland ."Highland estate
management: the impact of mapping and GIS"
11.45 - 12.45. Symposium Session VIII Environmental impact
Speakers
Kevin Wolley, Geomantics Ltd, Balquhidder. "Photo realistic
landscapes"
David Miller, Macaulay Land Use Reserach Institute, Aberdeen.
"Modelling and measuring changes in Scottish landscapes"
Michael Wood, University of Aberdeen, past President of ICA "Land
matters - to indigenous peoples"
I apologise for any typing errors. I thought it best to avoid
attached files.
Ann Sutherland
Convener, Map Curators' Group, British Cartographic Society
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