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Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 12:41:14 -0400 (AST)
From: James Boxall <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: reply Re: what is cartography and CP#38....
Sender: James Boxall <[log in to unmask]>




Richard,
of course, you are right....but the digital realm has altered the playing
field a little...maybe too much one way, maybe not enough.....

for example, as a map librarian...have you ever had to alter a chunk of
geospatial data to "make" it work ? if yes, then...are you not moving into
the GIS technician area?

YEs, the "and others" you note are career cartographers (some of my old
profs too:-).....but Goodchild (in 1999 at ICA) also raised the questions
about how we can define people or roles or jobs...and how difficult it can
become when we cross boundaries in the digital realm (heck...i've been
knownm to make some paper maps the "old fashioned way" too :-)

this also relates to the issue/question i raised earlier....*some* of us
are libs, some labs, some libratories :-)

but i do agree...you are right...a clear distinction can and should be
made.....i just sent the list out because i personally found it
funny...how it happened just as i was thinking about the future and how we
define ourselves :-)....i'm not a geographer, i'm not a cartographer, i'm
not a map librarian, i'm not an archivist, i'm not a GIScientist.....
so...what am i??????


:-)
james



James Boxall
Curator/Head
Map and Geospatial Information Collection
Killam Library
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada   B3H 4H8
902-494-3757 (tel)
902-494-2062 (fax)
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magic.library.dal.ca

Immediate Past-President, Association of Canadian
Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA)     www.acmla.org

On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Richard Pinnell wrote:

> Hi James
> The questions that are appended relate to cartography not map
> lib*....I hope the "and
> others" are career or academic cartographers.  I see a major distinction
> between the work of cartographers and map lib'ns/carto archivists.
>   Richard
>
> On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, James Boxall wrote:
>
> > ok....this is funny...
> > just after i sent the message about CP #38...
> > i got the following sent to me...as i've been asked
> > to participate in a project that will videotape me (and others)
> > as we navigate our way through these questions :-)
> > interesting the types of things we do in map libs :-)
> >
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > James Boxall
> > Curator/Head
> > Map and Geospatial Information Collection
> > Killam Library
> > Dalhousie University
> > Halifax, Nova Scotia
> > Canada   B3H 4H8
> > 902-494-3757 (tel)
> > 902-494-2062 (fax)
> > [log in to unmask]
> > magic.library.dal.ca
> >
> > Immediate Past-President, Association of Canadian
> > Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA)     www.acmla.org
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Thank you very much for agreeing to be
> > interviewed on camera.
> >
> > Included in this note, at the bottom of the
> > page, are the questions we will be asking you
> > for the interview.  We will be cutting and
> > pasting to suit the content text in the
> > website module on academics and careers in
> > cartography.
> >
> > We also have a release that allows us to a)
> > film you, and b) further use your images on
> > the "All About Maps" website and potential
> > CD-ROM version of the website.  We will bring
> > it to the interview.
> >
> >
> > Interview Questions.
> >
> >
> > 1. What is cartography?
> >
> > 2. What kinds of cartography are there?
> >
> > 3. What kinds of people are cartographers?
> >
> > 4. What skills do cartographers have?
> >
> > 5. What kinds of subjects do cartographers
> > take in school? (What subjects did you take?)
> >
> > 6. Where do you go to become a cartographer?
> > (Where did you go?)
> >
> > 7. What kind of technologies do cartographers
> > use?
> >
> > 8. Why do we need cartographers?
> >
> > 9. Who employs cartographers?  What
> > industries? What kinds of jobs are they
> > employed for?
> >
> > 10. What do you think is the future of
> > cartography, where is it going?  How can
> > students today best prepare for it?
> >
> > 11. Are people born cartographers?
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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