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From: "Philip Guest, Map Project" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: British Cartographic Symposium 8-11 Sept 1994
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 1994 09:35:02 EDT
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THE BRITISH CARTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY'S 31ST ANNUAL TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM
AND WORKSHOPS FOR THE MAP CURATORS' AND TEACHERS' GROUPS
in association with the DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
Thursday 8th - Sunday 11th September 1994
OUTLINE PROGRAMME FOR THE SYMPOSIUM & WORKSHOPS (Message approx 290 lines)
MAP CURATORS' GROUP WORKSHOP
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THURSDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER
1400 - 1800 WORKSHOP SESSION 1 in Syndicate Room
Chair - Anne Sutherland, Edinburgh Univ Library, Group Convener.
The session will identify how digital mapping packages and
techniques are used in varied map library environments. It is hoped
to show those still contemplating going digital some of the pitfalls
of doing so. Discussion will provide those proposing to start, if
not with a digital first aid kit, then with useful advice on how to
progress.
1) Introduction to the implications of digital mapping for libraries
Tony Campbell, Map Curator, British Library.
2) Making electronic map packages work for the user
Bob Parry, Department of Geography, Reading University.
3) Maps on screens in the local authority environment
Roger Monk, Principal Land Surveyor, Birmingham City Council,
Economic Development Department.
4) Maps on CD Rom - The role of the copyright library
Nick Millea, Map Curator, Bodleian Library.
2000 - MCG ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
The meeting will discuss a variety of issues including land use
contamination, mapping and farmers' subsidies and future events.
LIBER meetings, LIS-MAPS (the map enquiry/event/information system)
and BRICMICS will also figure as will Union Map Listings and
progress with the UK Directory of Map Collections.
FRIDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER
0830 - 1330 Visit to CHATSWORTH HOUSE Archive, Map
Collection and House. (All costs included.) A packed lunch will be
provided to allow the maximum length of stay at Chatsworth.
TEACHERS' GROUP WORKSHOP
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THURSDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER
2000 - 2130 Teachers' Group Informal Meeting in Hulme Hall Library
FRIDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER
0930 - 1230 Teachers' Group Workshop in Syndicate Room
Title: TEACHING GENERALISATION
The Group will explore practical exercises in generalisation,
exchanging experiences and views resulting from teaching in this
area. The accent will be on informal discussion of ways to
introduce concepts, with all participants encouraged to bring ideas
and exercises to the notice of others. Those wishing to come with
material to be shared and worked on in the meeting are requested to
contact David Forrest beforehand if possible to allow copying of
sheets for distribution.
BCS SYMPOSIUM
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1994 is the 400th anniversary of the death of Gerhard Kremer,
usually known by his latinised name, Mercator. His great fame rests
principally upon the construction of the projection which bears his
name and which he first used in his famous world map of 1569. To
celebrate this, the theme of the Symposium's first session will be
Mercator and his period. This will be preceded by an invited
address given by Professor F J Ormeling. In addition, the fourth
session will examine aspects of modern European mapping at the
leading edge of cartography.
TECHNICAL PROGRAMME - SYMPOSIUM
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FRIDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER
1405 - 1630 TECHNICAL SESSION 1: "MERCATOR 400 YEARS AND BEYOND"
As the theme setting session of the Symposium, the organisers have
attempted to bring together a number of speakers able to reflect
through their works and interests, the debt we owe both to Mercator
himself and to the other scene-setting cartographers of the first
Elizabethan age.
Chair - Eila Campbell, formerly Professor, Birkbeck College, Univ of London
1) Mercator Astrolabes
Gerard Turner, formerly Professor, Imperial College London.
2) Mercator mapping of Britain
Peter Barber, British Library.
3) The Welsh National Atlas - conception to fruition
Harold Carter, formerly Professor, University College
Aberystwyth, Wales.
4) Damning Mercator - the Mercator Projection and the struggle for
the new cartography
Dr Peter Vujakovic, Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge.
1730 - 1900 UNIVERSITY and DEPARTMENTAL WELCOME & EXHIBITION OPENING
by Head of Department, Professor Peter Dicken.
2015 - 2100 PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
SATURDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER
0900 - 0945 INVITED ADDRESS - Professor F J Ormeling
0945 - 1215 TECHNICAL SESSION 2: "DIGITAL - PRESENT AND FUTURE"
Beginning work with digital systems can strike terror into those who
have worked on the bench. But help is on hand! We hope to open the
door on this sometimes confusing, disorienting and complicated work.
The accent here is on practical help.
Chair - Frank Blakeway, formerly of Ordnance Survey.
1) Archiving and storage of Digital Databases
Peter Burnhill, Edinburgh University Computer Service.
2) Easing the Transition for Technical Pen Users
Nick Tasker, Hydrographic Office, Taunton.
3) MGE Map Generaliser
Katherine Mac, Intergraph Corporation.
4) The Admiralty Raster Chart Service
Martin Wakefield, Hydrographic Office, Taunton.
1000 - 1200 TECHNICAL SESSION 3:
1400 - 1600 "CD ROM - ATLAS"
This session offers symposium participants the opportunity for
hands-on use of a wide variety of different CD-based cartographic
products. They will be accessible on networked or stand-alone
machines. Amongst those available will be Global Explorer, Digital
Chart of the World, SCAMP(Map 91), the World Climate Atlas, OS Mapvision,
GEBCO Digital Atlas together with 4 or 5 others.
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