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Do you #lovemaps? The North American Cartographic Information Society has been the home for map enthusiasts since 1980. Use #nacis to be featured. Learn more at nacis.org
New in Cartographic Perspectives: Evangeline McGlynn and Will B. Payne discuss their Relational Reprojection Platform, used to create custom azimuthal reprojections of spatial datasets with non-linear distance transformations. Read their article below 👇️ buff.ly/4rWG6na
It’s finally here! The NACIS Shop is excited to reveal the OFFICIAL design for the #nacis2026 conference t-shirt. These shirts are 100% cotton, printed locally in Milwaukee, and run in sizes S-3XL. Pre-order when registering for the conference to secure yours!
Submissions for the Map Gallery and Student Map Competitions for the 2026 Annual Meeting in Milwaukee are still open! Submit your map(s) by August 31 🗺️ #maps #cartography #nacis #milwaukee #map
The Osher Map Library is home to half a million rare maps, globes and atlases, dating as far back as the 15th century. Correspondent Martha Teichner explores the world as depicted by cartographers and examines why – in an age of GPS – maps are definitely not outdated. 👏
Understanding the world through old maps
The Osher Map Library, at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, is home to half a million rare maps, globes and atlases, dating as far back as the 15th century. Correspondent Martha Teichner…
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From the latest issue of Cartographic Perspectives: "The Map Making Game," in which Mark Denil proposes using psychedelic analysis to explore the nature of maps and cartographic practice. #cartographicperspectives #nacis #maps #cartography
From the latest issue of Cartographic Perspectives: David O'Sullivan and Luke Bergmann walk readers through MapWeaver, a versatile tool for making tiled and woven maps of multivariate data (🔗 in 🧵)
🎉 NACIS 2025 Registration is Open! 🎉 Head over to nacis.org/annual-meeting/current-meeting to register at the member or student rate. Not a member yet? You can join or register as a non-member too! 🕓Early-bird deadline: October 4 🏨Don’t forget to book your hotel too. Our room block fills up fast.
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The North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) is an enjoyable society of map enthusiasts. We have yearly meetings, an online discussion forum, and we work on a variety of projects and pu...
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📢 #NACIS2025 deadline extended to May 31! We're still accepting proposals for the Main Conference, Practical Cartography Day, specialty-themed sessions, discussion panels, workshops, field trips and more. Members, find this and other news in your NACIS News email.
📣 Calling all map enthusiasts! NACIS 2025 regular abstract submissions are due May 15. We encourage everyone to submit by the deadline. Watch for an extension, but don’t wait — get yours in now! Visit nacis.org/annual-meeti... to submit
The 2025 NACIS Annual Meeting will be in Louisville, KY, Oct 15-18! We invite you to submit abstract proposals for presentations in the Main Conference or Practical Cartography Day or to organize specialty themed sessions, discussion panels, workshops and field trips. Submissions due May 15, 2025.
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American Association of Geographers@geographers.bsky.social · 2y agoMappy #GISDay! Location intelligence can help build a more equitable, just world where a person's race or ethnicity does not impact their outcomes. GIS can provide insight into patterns of inequality and bring communities together to drive change: www.esri.com/en-us/racial... #GISChat #GeoSky
