50 Best Cartography Blogs and Websites
Cartography Blogs
Here are 50 Best Cartography Blogs you should follow in 2023
1. 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 DA 28 Get Email Contact
2. The Map Room
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.
maproomblog.com
3.7K 8.9K 1 post / day Aug 2011 DA 51 Get Email Contact
3. 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.more
somethingaboutmaps..
11.2K 1 post / quarter Jan 2011 DA 44 Get Email Contact
4. 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.more
icaci.org
6.7K 1.7K 4 posts / month DA 52 Get Email Contact
5. Avenza Systems Inc. Blog
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.more
avenza.com/resourc..
908 1.5K 2 posts / month Mar 2010 DA 47 Get Email Contact
6. 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 Bra...zilian Amazon region through maps and graphics as well as inspire cartographers of the future to create amazing maps.more
geocartografiadigi..
2 posts / month May 2013 DA 16 Get Email Contact
7. OCAD Blog
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.more
ocad.com/blog
25.3K 2 posts / month Apr 2013 DA 34 Get Email Contact
8. Big Think » Strange Maps
New York, US
In an increasingly remote world, it's more important than ever that you have a scalable, digital resource to build culture and enable transformati...on. Unlock potential across your organization by building the capabilities that are relevant today and will continue to be relevant in the future with Big Think .They have a section that focuses on Strange Maps, their cartography, geography, political division and feature stories with other related topics.more
bigthink.com/stran..
3.8M 185.5K 274.6K 1 post / day DA 87 Get Email Contact
9. Mapbox Blog » Cartography
Find all Mapbox blog posts tagged with the Cartography tag here. Discover an array of uniquely informative maps and map-making tools. Mapbox is a glob...al location platform that enables innovators to keep up with a changing world by using real-time data and map rendering technologies that make it look easy.more
mapbox.com/blog-ta..
30.7K 76.7K 17.3K 9 posts / day DA 85 Get Email Contact
10. World Anvil Blog » Mapmaking
England, UK
Explore the Mapmaking segment by World Anvil and access a treasure trove of map-making tips and insights tailored to help you create breath-taking wor...lds. World Anvil is an online toolset specifically designed for worldbuilding, perfect for authors, writers, game developers, and tabletop gamers.more
blog.worldanvil.co..
4.2K 13.5K 5K 2 posts / week DA 55 Get Email Contact
11. Esri UK
UK
Esri UK is the world's leading provider of geographic information systems (GIS), creating technology that gives you access to maps, apps, and anal...ytics. The people of Esri UK, share more about their work, inspiration, and how to get the most out of Esri UK technology on their blog.more
resource.esriuk.co..
4.9K 10.1K 1 post / week Feb 2011 DA 59 Get Email Contact
12. Adventures In Mapping
Lansing, Michigan, US
Adventures In Mapping illuminates the art and science of Cartoprahy further by sharing thoughtful ideas and stories from the history of Map-making. Th...e author also shares strategies, recreations, guides on what tools to use, and their personal favorite reimagined maps for readers to enjoy.more
adventuresinmappin..
22.3K 3 posts / quarter Oct 2015 DA 43 Get Email Contact
13. 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!
detroitography.com
2.3K 4K 1 post / week DA 39 Get Email Contact
14. Cartoblography
Kenneth Field is an academic cartographer and geographer from the UK where he taught in UK Universities for 20 years. In his blog, Cartoblography, he ...intends to share musings on matters of mapping, share his recent work, and focus a spotlight on maps that interest him.more
cartoblography.com
22.4K 9 posts / year DA 22 Get Email Contact
15. David Rumsey Blog
David Rumsey's Blog features his collection which includes 18th and 19th-century historical North and South American atlases, globes, school geogr...aphies, maritime charts, and separate maps including wall, pocket, and manuscripts. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia, and Africa are also represented.more
davidrumsey.com/blog
6.7K 1 post / month DA 74 Get Email Contact
16. Mappenstance
Mappenstance compiles thoughts and observations on the rhetoric of cartography from students in the Department of Rhetoric & Communication Studies at ...the University of Richmond. Browse a well-curated collection of Vintage maps, Informative sources, and some amazing stories.more
blog.richmond.edu/..
1 post / day DA 75 Get Email Contact
17. Atlas of Design
Follow the latest news and updates covering Atlas of Design. The Atlas of Design is a book dedicated to showing off some of the world's most beaut...iful and intriguing cartographic designs. Every two years, a new volume is published filled with full-color maps, selected from a worldwide competition, and judged by an expert panel.more
atlasofdesign.org/..
512 5.7K 1 post / quarter DA 37 Get Email Contact
18. British Library | Maps and views blog
Written by the curatorial staff of the Department of Cartographic and Topographical Materials at the British Library, the Maps and Views blog aims to ...communicate the work of the department, provide insight into the national map collection of Great Britain, and engage with wider discussions of maps in popular culture.more
blogs.bl.uk/magnif..
4 posts / day DA 82 Get Email Contact
19. Stamen Blog
Enjoy musings on data visualization, map making, and everything else from Stamen Design. Stay in the loop of the latest Cartographic events taking pla...ce across the world. Stamen is a data visualization and cartography studio that helps people create novel and sophisticated data products.more
stamen.com/blog
1.9K 1 post / week DA 60 Get Email Contact
20. Axis Maps Blog
Axis Maps is a creative team of Web designers and developers that specializes in building interactive maps and geospatial problem-solving tools. Their... blog is an invaluable source of digital map-making essentials and tips. Explore in-depth guides on how to accomplish and decorate your maps to convey intriguing information.more
axismaps.com/blog
8 posts / day DA 50 Get Email Contact
21. Profantasy's Map-Making Journal
Dive into the latest offerings by ProFantasy in their blog journal. Browse through some of the wonderful maps created by the Profantasy user community.... ProFantasy is an industry-standard map-making software for tabletop roleplaying and wargames.more
rpgmaps.profantasy..
7 posts / month DA 50 Get Email Contact
22. GeoCurrents Blog » Cartography
Learn about remarkable global shifts across political and social spectrums through Cartography. GeoCurrents Blog is dedicated to exploring the geograp...hical and historical patterns that underlie the world's current events and that structure global and regional relationships. Maps are used in all posts to show and illustrate the processes involved.more
geocurrents.info/b..
5.1K 1 post / month DA 53 Get Email Contact
23. British Cartographic Society Blog
Find all the latest news and information resources from the BCS via their blog. Stay up-to-date on what's happening in International Cartography c...ircles. The British Cartographic Society is a charity registered in England and Wales that offers a unique forum for exchanging ideas and sharing knowledge on all aspects of maps and mapmaking.more
cartography.org.uk..
1.5K 553 2 posts / month DA 46 Get Email Contact
24. Guerrilla Cartography Blog
Oakland, California, US
Guerrilla Cartography is a loose band of cartographers, researchers, and designers intent on widely promoting the cartographic arts and facilitating a...n expansion of the art, methods, and thematic scope of cartography.more
guerrillacartograp..
4.4K 1.5K 489 1 post / month DA 36 Get Email Contact
25. The Map Shop » Cartography
Enjoy Cartography articles that delve into the art and science of map creation, providing users with a plethora of tools and resources to bring their ...geographical visions to life. The Map Shop is a passionate group of geographers, cartographers, designers, and travelers that provides Map-making resources to customers online.more
mapshop.com/maps/c..
4K DA 43 Get Email Contact
26. Mapping as Process
Dive into Cartopgraphy insights in Mapping as Process - a blog on the study of mapping processes, on the production, circulation, and consumption of m...aps, to delineate mapping discourses and modes. Explore a myriad of musings and discerning patterns in historical data that can be used to reveal insights into mapping processes.more
mappingasprocess.net
1.3K 4 posts / quarter Dec 2017 DA 20 Get Email Contact
27. MapChart Blog
MapChart's Blog shares new features, updates, behind-the-scenes, and tips on creating your custom maps. Established in 2014, Mapchart is an online... platform providing users and map enthusiasts with all the tools and resources they require to build awesome maps.more
blog.mapchart.net
1 post / month DA 51 Get Email Contact
28. Hivemapper Blog
Follow the latest news and info as the Hivemapper community builds the world's freshest map. Hivemapper is a decentralized global mapping network ...that utilizes dashcams and artificial intelligence (AI) to collect and analyze street-level imagery.more
hivemapper.com/blog
8 posts / day DA 41 Get Email Contact
29. Map Effects
Discover fantastic Fantasy Map-making ideas and guides from Map Effects in their blog. From simple Drawing tips to Complete Photoshop guides, you will... find every Map-making essential here. Map Effects is a one-stop solution for fantasy map-making and provides all kinds of Map-building resources online.more
mapeffects.co/blog
3 posts / year DA 35 Get Email Contact
30. 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 t...he 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.more
lovelljohns.com/blog
4 1 post / quarter Jul 2011 DA 31 Get Email Contact
31. Old Maps Library Blog
Twickenham, England, UK
Old Maps Library, founded in 2015, sells beautiful reproductions of Maps and Illustrations from the 17th to early 19th centuries at London & Edinburgh... Street Markets. Their blog takes readers on a journey through the eyes of historians and cartographers, and highlights how they've imprinted their dreams and drawn their ideas.more
oldmapslibrary.com..
565 2.8K 1 post / year DA 9 Get Email Contact
32. Cartography Room Blog
Embark on a worldwide mapping journey as the Author travels and explores a series of hidden, forgotten cities that once were places of importance. The... Cartography Room Blog shares maps and images of postage stamps of lost places, history tidbits, and the author's thoughts and observations about why these places were lost.more
cartographyroom.co..
1 post / month DA 1 Get Email Contact
33. Fantasy Cartography » Youtube
Find videos on Cartography.
youtube.com/cha..
Aug 2017 Get Email Contact
34. 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, exami...ned, learned, and discussed. We love to share our maps, to help one another improve our maps, and to pool our mapping resources.more
cartographersguild..
4.1K 11.2K 4 posts / year DA 49 Get Email Contact
35. Gretchen N. Peterson
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 pr...ofession 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.more
gretchenpeterson.com
15.8K May 2010 DA 35 Get Email Contact
36. CartoTalk
Jacksonville, Florida, US
Latest Posts from CartoTalk.com, the online community for cartographers and map lovers.
cartotalk.com
DA 38 Get Email Contact
37. Afternoon Map
The Afternoon Map is a member of MENAlab, a constellation of independent internet destinations focused on the history, society, and culture. Find cart...ography blogs dedicated to presenting quality maps with a maximum pixel-to-word ratio, brought to you by Ottoman History Podcastmore
midafternoonmap.com
3.2K 34.8K 1 post / year Jan 2013 DA 40 Get Email Contact
38. 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 blo...gs about maps.more
cartonerd.blogspot..
22.4K Sep 2011 DA 45 Get Email Contact
39. Geomaticblog
US
Find information on Geomatics, Cartography, Location and everything else.
geomaticblog.net
1.2K 1 post / year Jul 2007 DA 24 Get Email Contact
40. Maps and the City
Athens, Attiki, Greece
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 his...tory 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.more
mapsandthecity.com
1.2K 542 Jan 2011 DA 20 Get Email Contact
41. 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 Canterbur...y. I am passionate about maps, cartography and GIS, and enjoy creating maps as a hobby. Find posts and updates on maps and cartography.more
andrewdc.co.nz/blog
1.1K 1 post / year Mar 2016 DA 22 Get Email Contact
42. 3Develop Blog » 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.more
3develop.nl/blog/c..
179 765 510 1 post / year DA 26 Get Email Contact
43. 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.more
planetcarto.wordpr..
745 33 2 posts / year Nov 2011 DA 27 Get Email Contact
44. 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.more
artcarto.wordpress..
3 posts / year Mar 2008 DA 29 Get Email Contact
45. Sound Cartography
Sound Cartography is a selection of sound maps over the world. Cartography of sound, Noise maps, Soundscapes, Sound recordings, etc.
soundcartography.w..
42 Nov 2015 DA 12 Get Email Contact
46. 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.more
wanderingcartograp..
Aug 2014 DA 19 Get Email Contact
47. 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.more
psychocartography...
491 291 292 Jan 2008 DA 7 Get Email Contact
48. Mapa Jeff Cartography
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 d...ozen 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.more
mapajeff.blogspot.com
527 2 posts / year Feb 2012 DA 13 Get Email Contact
49. Radical Cartography
New Haven, Connecticut, US
Find posts and updates on Cartography.
radicalcartography..
Apr 2008 DA 12 Get Email Contact
50. A Cartographic View
Find posts and updates on Cartography.
cartoview.blogspot..
1 post / year DA 12 Get Email Contact
Cartography Bloggers
Blogger Name | Blog Link | Total Blog Posts | |
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Jonathan Crowe | maproomblog.com | 36 | |
Alex B. Hill | detroitography.com | 22 | |
Roc Humet | blog.worldanvil.com | 11 | |
Erik Oosterbaan | avenza.com | 8 | |
Chelsey Harasym | avenza.com | 3 | |
David Fraser | icaci.org | 3 | |
Janet Forbes | blog.worldanvil.com | 3 | |
Stephanie May | stamen.com | 3 | |
Daniel Huffman | somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com | 2 | |
Sharron Mirsky | artcarto.wordpress.com | 2 | |
Olivia Mitchell | resource.esriuk.com | 2 | |
Eric Rodenbeck | stamen.com | 2 | |
John | adventuresinmapping.com | 2 | |
Eve Selbie | resource.esriuk.com | 2 | |
Phoebe Baxter | resource.esriuk.com | 1 | |
Rowan Tolfts | resource.esriuk.com | 1 | |
Matthew Edney | mappingasprocess.net | 1 | |
Kat French | blog.worldanvil.com | 1 | |
mdj313 | detroitography.com | 1 | |
Susan Powell | guerrillacartography.org | 1 | |
Verónica Hendel | guerrillacartography.org | 1 | |
Matthew Akerman | resource.esriuk.com | 1 | |
Marina Rupp | resource.esriuk.com | 1 | |
Issy Amis | resource.esriuk.com | 1 | |
Claudia Hodgson | resource.esriuk.com | 1 | |
Erik | avenza.com | 1 | |
Nicolette Hayes | stamen.com | 1 | |
Kelsey Taylor | stamen.com | 1 | |
Alejandro Villarreal | stamen.com | 1 | |
Tim Trainor | icaci.org | 1 | |
Manuela Schmidt | icaci.org | 1 | |
Igor Drecki | icaci.org | 1 | |
Haosheng Huang | icaci.org | 1 | |
Aileen Buckley, Anthony Moore, Dusan Petrovic and | icaci.org | 1 |