National Geographic Magazine will
be running a regular feature called "Cartographic"
In a recent email from Mr Allen Carroll, director and chief
cartographer for the National Geographic Society, he has described what we can expect:
The column launches with the October
1999 issue. It will be a single page of the magazine--which raises some
challenges, since so many maps look compelling when viewed full-size but
are unintelligible when shrunk to National Geographic Magazine size.
The goal of the column is to give
readers a series of glimpses into the vast universe of maps and mapping.
"Maps" will be broadly defined to include everything from traditional cartography
to satellite imagery to medical imaging and so on. We'll feature maps of
many kinds from all sorts of sources from all around the world. The subjects
chosen must combine an intellectually interesting topic with a visually
compelling presentation.
Themes for the first few columns include
the Antarctic ozone hole, nineteenth-century panoramic maps of U.S. cities,
and the World Wildlife Fund's ambitious global ecoregions mapping efforts.
He welcomes welcome ideas from the GeoCommunity.
