The Map Designers moving on to
The
eager response to The British Cartographic Society 'once in a lifetime event', The Map Designers seminar in
Not
only did those who came enjoy the day as a forum for shared ideas about map
design, but they also expressed the feeling that this event could be the start
of a whole new focus on the interface between cartography, map-graphics and map
art. It seems that once is not enough. Even just taking into account the
short papers presented by our three guest speakers, the breadth and depth of
cartographic activity from outside the profession is staggering.
Cartography is blossoming in areas we never imagined and in its contact with
the arts has fashioned new ground for discussion and experience. Where
cartography is concerned 'tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur in illis' - times change and we change with them. If
you missed details of our
In
this respect two further 'once in a lifetime events' are now being considered
as joint ventures between the British Cartographic Society (BCS) and the
Society of Cartographers (SoC). The first will take advantage of an offer from
Futuresonic, the Manchester-based
arts and music festival www.futuresonic.com
to create a new style event to delve further into the map-graphics and map-art
aspects of map making. This will take place at the Futuresonic Social-Technologies Summit around the 9th to
12th May. Our event will be an opportunity for cartographers, artists,
designers, map hackers, DIY technologists, architects, games programmers,
bloggers and semantic web philosophers to meet and share their experiences.
So, as the saying goes, 'don't dream it, be there'. Fuller details of the
To
ensure that we have as wide a range of contributors as possible, we would like
to invite suggestions and papers on any of the above subjects for consideration..
Please email details of suggested papers or any suggestions for contributions
to me at [log in to unmask].
Best Wishes,
Lynda Bailey
On behalf of the Map Designers Group of the British
Cartographic Society, and the Society of Cartographers.