The Programme of the Joint International Workshop on Digital Approaches to Cartographic Heritage: The 2nd International Workshop on Digital Approaches to Cartographic Heritage "Digitization of and access to Map Collections: Problems, Solutions, Implementation" and "A Digital look at Righas Charta, 1796-97", organized by the International Cartographic Association Working Group on Digital Technologies in Cartographic Heritage, is now available in pdf [Click here].
Admission free
Info: E. Livieratos / G. Tolias
Friday, 20 April 2007
Thursday, 12 April 2007
A new gateway for historical GIS from Germany
A new gateway is available at your service: http://www.his-GIS.net. This gateway should become a Gateway for Historical Geographical-Information-Systems (GIS) in history, Historical Cartography and Historical Geography. At his-GIS.net you can publish the dates of events like exhibitions or conferences. Projects can be presented, like conference proceedings or reviews as well. Opportunities for jobs or fellowships can be added also. The forum is open for academic discussion. Contact: Joachim Laczny
Monday, 19 March 2007
Imago Mundi Prize to George Tolias
The Directors of Imago Mundi Ltd are delighted to announce that the second Imago Mundi Prize has been awarded to George Tolias for 'Nikolaos Sophianos's "Totius Graeciae Descriptio": the resources, diffusion, and function of a sixteenth-century antiquarian map of Greece,' which appeared in Imago Mundi 58, no. 2 (2006): 150-182. Dr Tolias is Research Director of the Institute for Neohellenic Re-search, The National Hellenic Research Foundation, in Athens.
The judges considered this article to be "a most accomplished work of historical and cartobibliographical scholarship. Dr Tolias has provided a coherent argument for the importance of this map of ancient and modern Greece, deftly placing it within the contemporary contexts of European humanism and the Reformation. In particular, he has elucidated the connection of the work to the era's ideological-religious crisis through his skilful examination of the reading of the map by contemporaries and demonstrated its influence in both Roman Catholic and Protestant Europe. The result is an essay that marshals an impressive array of evidence to give a well rounded and complete cartographic analysis, an analysis that significantly expands our understanding of the place of cartography in early modern culture."
The prize is offered every two years. This award covered Volumes 57 (2005)and 58(2006). The winning article is the one judged 'to have made the most significant contribution to the discipline'. Full length articles are eligible for the prize but not short articles, since it is only full length articles that are automatically subjected to the (anonymous) external refereeing process before acceptance for publication.
The winner […] qualifies for a J.B. Harley Travel Award to the next biennial Interna-tional Conference on the History of Cartography (Berne, 8-13 July 2007).
The judges considered this article to be "a most accomplished work of historical and cartobibliographical scholarship. Dr Tolias has provided a coherent argument for the importance of this map of ancient and modern Greece, deftly placing it within the contemporary contexts of European humanism and the Reformation. In particular, he has elucidated the connection of the work to the era's ideological-religious crisis through his skilful examination of the reading of the map by contemporaries and demonstrated its influence in both Roman Catholic and Protestant Europe. The result is an essay that marshals an impressive array of evidence to give a well rounded and complete cartographic analysis, an analysis that significantly expands our understanding of the place of cartography in early modern culture."
The prize is offered every two years. This award covered Volumes 57 (2005)and 58(2006). The winning article is the one judged 'to have made the most significant contribution to the discipline'. Full length articles are eligible for the prize but not short articles, since it is only full length articles that are automatically subjected to the (anonymous) external refereeing process before acceptance for publication.
The winner […] qualifies for a J.B. Harley Travel Award to the next biennial Interna-tional Conference on the History of Cartography (Berne, 8-13 July 2007).
Tuesday, 6 February 2007
International Workshop on Digital Approaches to Cartographic Heritage
Athens, Greece, 18-19 May 2007
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The 2nd International Workshop on Digital Approaches to Cartographic Heritage:
Digitization of and Digital Access to Map Collections: Problems, Solutions, Implementation
organized by the International Cartographic Association Working Group on Digital Technologies in Cartographic Heritage, jointly with the Meeting dedicated to the Righas Velestinlis Charta:
A Digital look at Righas 'Charta' 1796-97
More information: Workshop Web site
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The 2nd International Workshop on Digital Approaches to Cartographic Heritage:
Digitization of and Digital Access to Map Collections: Problems, Solutions, Implementation
organized by the International Cartographic Association Working Group on Digital Technologies in Cartographic Heritage, jointly with the Meeting dedicated to the Righas Velestinlis Charta:
A Digital look at Righas 'Charta' 1796-97
More information: Workshop Web site
Wednesday, 17 January 2007
The 'strange maps' blog!
A website called strange maps is a collection of web maps that its editor found weird, strange, and interesting. So far about 60 are listed. Worth to visit and comment.
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