30 Best Cartography Blogs and Websites
Cartography Blogs
Here are 30 Best Cartography Blogs you should follow in 2023
1. Cartographers' Guild
US
The Cartographers' Guild is a forum created by and for map makers and aficionados, a place where every aspect of cartography can be admired, examined, learned, and discussed. We love to share our maps, to help one another improve our maps, and to pool our mapping resources.
cartographersguild..
4.1K⋅ 11.2K ⋅1 post / month Get Email Contact
2. Map of the Week
Arlington, Massachusetts, US
Map of the Week is a Cartographer/GIS/map nut by trade originally from Philadelphia now living in exile outside of Boston, Mass.
mapoftheweek.blogs..
1.5K ⋅1 post / week ⋅ Oct 2005 Get Email Contact
3. The Map Room | A weblog about maps
Shawville, Quebec, Canada
The Map Room is a blog about maps by Jonathan Crowe that covers everything from antique map collecting to the latest in geospatial technology.
Also in Geography Blogs
maproomblog.com
3.7K⋅ 9K ⋅5 posts / month ⋅ Aug 2011 Get Email Contact
4. SomethingAboutMaps
Madison, Wisconsin, US
Hi I'm Daniel Huffman, and I am a cartographer. I have always loved maps, and would sometimes go to the library and browse atlases for fun. I make maps, and occasionally teach about cartography, in Madison, WI.
somethingaboutmaps..
10.8K ⋅1 post / month ⋅ Jan 2011 Get Email Contact
5. International Cartographic Association
New Zealand
The International Cartographic Association (ICA) promotes the discipline and profession of Cartography and GIScience in an international context. Find posts and updates on GIScience and Cartography.
icaci.org
6.7K⋅ 1.7K ⋅4 posts / month Get Email Contact
6. Avenza Systems Inc.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Avenza is the producer of the popular MAPublisher and Geographic Imager mapping and spatial imaging solutions for Adobe Creative Cloud as well as the new and innovative Avenza Maps app and digital map store solution for iOS, Android, and Windows devices. MAPublisher provides over 50 precision cartographic and GIS tools that map-makers need.
avenza.com/resourc..
882⋅ 1.5K ⋅2 posts / quarter ⋅ Mar 2010 Get Email Contact
7. Geography and Digital Cartography
Portugal
The Geography and Cartography Blog' is a page about maps and spatial analysis. Moreover, our goal is to show relevant matters about World, notably Brazilian Amazon region through maps and graphics as well as inspire cartographers of the future to create amazing maps.
geocartografiadigi..
1 post / month ⋅ May 2013 Get Email Contact
8. OCAD | Smart Software for Cartography
Canada
OCAD is a drawing program created for the needs of the cartographer. This focus in cartography makes it extremely easy and convenient to use. OCAD has all the capabilities to create any kind of maps.
ocad.com/blog
25.5K ⋅1 post / month ⋅ Apr 2013 Get Email Contact
9. DETROITography
Detroit, Michigan, US
Featuring and creating great maps of Detroit! We encourage others to make their own maps of Detroit too. Share yours with us and get featured!
Also in Detroit Blogs
detroitography.com
2.3K⋅ 3.8K ⋅1 post / week Get Email Contact
10. Lovell Johns Blog
UK
Lovell Johns is a cartographic and GIS company founded in 1965. Lovell Johns is a leading UK mapping company providing GIS and other map services to the public sector, publishers and all sizes of business.Keep up to date with the Lovell Johns blog to find out the latest news from the mapping Industry.
Also in UK GIS Blogs
lovelljohns.com/blog
4 ⋅1 post / quarter ⋅ Jul 2011 Get Email Contact
11. Guerrilla Cartography
Oakland, California, US
Guerrilla Cartography is a loose band of cartographers, researchers, and designers intent on widely promoting the cartographic arts and facilitating an expansion of the art, methods, and thematic scope of cartography.
guerrillacartograp..
4.4K⋅ 1.5K ⋅1 post / quarter Get Email Contact
12. The Map Kiwi
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Hi I'm Andrew Douglas-Clifford, and until recently I was a Masters in Geographic Information Science (MGIS) student at the University of Canterbury. I am passionate about maps, cartography and GIS, and enjoy creating maps as a hobby. Find posts and updates on maps and cartography.
andrewdc.co.nz/blog
1K ⋅1 post / quarter ⋅ Mar 2016 Get Email Contact
13. Mapa Jeff Cartography | A new generation of panoramic maps
US
I came to mapping in my 30s after earlier jobs in travel publishing, technical editing, and journalism. I built my map technique from scratch over a dozen years - starting with pen drawings at a seaside café, and culminating in terabytes of computer files and an office full of gear. Find posts and updates on maps and cartography.
mapajeff.blogspot.com
502 ⋅1 post / quarter ⋅ Feb 2012 Get Email Contact
14. Ordnance Survey Blog » Cartography
Southampton, England, UK
This is the official blog site of Great Britain's national mapping authority. We are a digital business, our highly accurate maps help governments, companies and individuals to be more effective, both in Britain and overseas. Find posts and updates on Cartography.
ordnancesurvey.co...
71.7K⋅ 64.7K⋅ 84.5K ⋅ Mar 2010 Get Email Contact
15. Afternoon Map
The Afternoon Map is a member of MENAlab, a constellation of independent internet destinations focused on the history, society, and culture. Find cartography blogs dedicated to presenting quality maps with a maximum pixel-to-word ratio, brought to you by Ottoman History Podcast
midafternoonmap.com
3.2K⋅ 34.1K ⋅1 post / year ⋅ Jan 2013 Get Email Contact
16. A Cartographer's Toolkit | Map Making Tips, Tricks, and Inspiration
Colorado, US
Cartographer's Toolkit is like a big cheat-sheet for cartography. Follow the blog, in which ideas ranging from best practices to design to the profession of cartography are explored. Authored by Gretchen Peterson whose first book, GIS Cartography, is a guidebook for the GIS professional, distilled from 10 years of experience as a GIS professional.
gretchenpeterson.com
15.9K ⋅ May 2010 Get Email Contact
17. CartoTalk | A Public Forum for Cartography and Design
Latest Posts from CartoTalk.com, the online community for cartographers and map lovers.
cartotalk.com
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18. Geomaticblog
US
Find information on Geomatics, Cartography, Location and everything else.
geomaticblog.net
1.3K ⋅ Jul 2007 Get Email Contact
19. Maps and the City
Hi I'm Marleen Smit, a Amsterdam based map historian. I am an editor for the magazine Caert-Thresoor, publish articles and do lectures on the history of cartography. Besides that I go crazy about map inspired design, fashion, art, gadgets. This blog is all about Maps (love) and the City (life): maps, art, photography, architecture, city vibes, expositions, urban planning, cartography, the works.
mapsandthecity.com
1.2K⋅ 549 ⋅ Jan 2011 Get Email Contact
20. 3Develop » Cartography
Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
3Develop is an enterprise in visualisation and design, based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. I always liked browsing through atlases, studying street plans and dreaming away over maps. I practice the noble craft of cartography myself. Find posts and updates on cartography.
3develop.nl/blog/c..
179⋅ 748 ⋅2 posts / year Get Email Contact
21. The Marauding Carto-nerd
Redlands, California, US
Hi I'm Kenneth Field. Maps are my passion and my profession. This is my personal cartonerd blog where I offer opinions and critique maps. Find blogs about maps.
cartonerd.blogspot..
Sep 2011 Get Email Contact
22. ICA Commission on Planetary Cartography
US
The International Cartographic Association (ICA) Commission on Planetary Cartography was officially established as a continuation of the ICA Planetary Cartography Working Group at the ICA Congress in Ottawa in August 1999. We promote and document planetary cartographic products. We encourage cartographers, researchers, graphic artists, and students to join the planetary cartographic community.
planetcarto.wordpr..
745⋅ 35 ⋅1 post / year ⋅ Nov 2011 Get Email Contact
23. ART & CARTOGRAPHY
ART & CARTOGRAPHY is maintained by the Commission on Art & Cartography of the International Cartographic Association (ICA). We explore the increasing relations between art and cartography, and to stimulate new forms of interaction. The goal is to provide an environment in which artists, researchers, architects, cartographers and citizen in general can have access to different sources.
artcarto.wordpress..
2 posts / year ⋅ Mar 2008 Get Email Contact
24. Psychocartography
Viet Nam
Psychocartography is a interpretation and representation of landscape, architecture and the urban environment in graphics, sound, film and text. I am a landscape architect with an interest in the role space, place, city and landscape have to play in defining the human condition- and vice versa. Find posts and updates on maps.
psychocartography...
450⋅ 298⋅ 283 ⋅ Jan 2008 Get Email Contact
25. Sound Cartography
Sound Cartography is a selection of sound maps over the world. Cartography of sound, Noise maps, Soundscapes, Sound recordings, etc.
soundcartography.w..
40 ⋅ Nov 2015 Get Email Contact
26. The Wandering Cartographer
Before I became a cartographer, I spent ten years teaching wilderness travel at the National Outdoor Leadership School. I picked up GIS skills from a diamond exploration outfit in Canada's Northwest Territories As a cartographer I split his time between topographic trail maps and doing historical mapping.
wanderingcartograp..
3 posts / year ⋅ Aug 2014 Get Email Contact
27. Radical Cartography
New Haven, Connecticut, US
Find posts and updates on Cartography.
radicalcartography..
Apr 2008 Get Email Contact
28. A Cartographic View | Why don't we look at a map
Find posts and updates on Cartography.
cartoview.blogspot..
1 post / year Get Email Contact
29. Fantasy Cartography » Youtube
Find videos on Cartography.
youtube.com/cha..
Aug 2017 Get Email Contact
Cartography Bloggers
Blogger Name | Blog Link | Total Blog Posts | |
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Jonathan Crowe | maproomblog.com | 163 | |
Alex B. Hill | detroitography.com | 42 | |
spencere | avenza.com/resources/blog | 20 | |
OCAD Team | ocad.com/blog | 18 | |
David Fraser | icaci.org | 12 | |
Daniel Huffman | somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com | 10 | |
Tim Trainor | icaci.org | 9 | |
Manuela Schmidt | icaci.org | 9 | |
Erik | avenza.com/resources/blog | 7 | |
Michael Law | avenza.com/resources/blog | 4 | |
Thomas Schulz | icaci.org | 4 | |
Taien | artcarto.wordpress.com | 4 | |
Chelsey Harasym | avenza.com/resources/blog | 4 | |
Symon Porteous | lovelljohns.com/blog | 3 | |
Frans Blok | 3develop.nl/blog/category/cartography | 3 | |
Sarah Dorrance | guerrillacartography.org/blog | 3 | |
Morgan Hite | wanderingcartographer.wordpress.com | 3 | |
Xianghong Che | icaci.org | 2 | |
mappingdetroit | detroitography.com | 2 | |
Daniel Brownstein | guerrillacartography.org/blog | 2 | |
Chelsea Harasym | avenza.com/resources/blog | 2 | |
Brad Houk | guerrillacartography.org/blog | 2 | |
Aly Ollivierre | guerrillacartography.org/blog | 2 | |
Scott Schiller | guerrillacartography.org/blog | 1 | |
Serena Coetzee | icaci.org | 1 |
Cartography Blog Topics
Topic | Number of posts |
---|---|
Detroit | 31 |
Map | 30 |
Geography | 28 |
Cartography | 24 |
Data | 14 |
History | 13 |
Transit | 13 |
Antique Maps | 10 |
Mobile | 10 |
USA | 9 |
General News | 9 |
OCAD 2018 | 9 |
OCAD 12 | 9 |
0 | 9 |
OCAD 11 | 8 |
MAPublisher | 8 |
Our Maps | 8 |
Downtown | 8 |
Orienteering Map Making | 7 |
Ukraine | 6 |