It used to be the case that football teams had a home kit, and an away kit. They usually had block colours, possibly stripes, and maybe even a collar. The away kit was used simply when there was a clash with the colours worn by the home team. Kits would change every few years with […]
Category: General posts
Rethinking GIS
GIS – what’s in a name? I’ve been involved in GIS all my professional life since graduating from a cartography degree just as GIS was killing cartography as a career. But what does GIS actually mean to me at this point in time? It’s something I’ve been pondering recently, and I think we’re missing a […]
Welcome to cartoblography
Every blog needs a reason, and every blog has a lifespan. When I first began writing and publishing through a blog at cartonerd.com it was because a map had piqued my interest, and the blog became a mechanism for teaching. Its focus was on identifying the good, and not-so-good, in map design and discussing the […]