#1921: ocean, design, gnss, oldmaps
, last check: Wed, 26 Aug 2026. Post history
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ocean
Working on a proposal and made this, it turned out nicely! It is the Spilhaus projection of the global ocean with @oceans_and_ice's global currents overlaid onto Niklas Röber's sea surface temperature & velocity!...
https://twitter.com/griffiths_huw/status/1580494845449162752 | archive.org -
design
All the concepts behind map design (scale, projection, symbols, generalization, etc) can be manipulated to make maps lie as shown in this hands-on interactive exercise
[FR]
https://www.humanite.fr/en-debat/regard-de-cartographe/mobilisations-du-29-septembre-ou-lart-de-faire-mentir-les-cartes -
gnss
The UNION (Undifferentiated and Uncombined Positioning Engine) project wants to turn our smartphones into a real precision surveying tool with GNSS
https://www.xyht.com/gnsslocation-tech/is-high-precision-gnss-coming-to-your-smartphone/ -
oldmaps
Geographer Francisco Coello, born 200 years ago, pioneer of modern cartography who produced the first scientific map of Spain, has an exhibition at IGN in Madrid from September 14 to October 14
[ES]
https://elpais.com/ciencia/2022-09-24/el-hombre-que-dibujo-bien-espana-por-primera-vez.html?ssm=LK_CM
Raf