If you check out this website, this London Map Festival is a pretty big
deal, sponsored by some pretty big names. Very interesting ...

http://londonist.com/2011/04/coming-soon-london-mapping-festival.php

Angie

forwarded from MapHist


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [MapHist] London Mapping Festival
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 11:59:09 +0100
From: Tony Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: Discussion group for map history <[log in to unmask]>
To: *MapHist <[log in to unmask]>

This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to
the whole list)
o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o +



London Mapping Festival

Note the reference to the history of cartography below. I feel I should
have known about this already, but I have no idea what historical
elements are being planned.

The announcement below comes from Londonist:
http://londonist.com/2011/04/coming-soon-london-mapping-festival.php

"‘Festival’ sounds like an inadequate word for an initiative lasting a
year and a half. The London Mapping Festival, though, runs from June
this year through to the end of 2012, and celebrates all things
cartographic in the capital.

The full programme has yet to be announced, but will involve events
aimed at professional map-makers, amateur enthusiasts and the public at
large. Like the Story of London Festival, the initiative pulls together
events that are happening anyway and adds plenty of new ones. Themes
will include the history of mapping, modern cartography, geocaching, map
fairs, and digital mapping.

The 18-month cavalcade was sparked by the British Cartographic Society,
but several organisations are members of the steering committee. The
festival also draws on a number of supporting organisations, of which
Londonist is one."

http://www.londonmappingfestival.org/

Tony Campbell

[log in to unmask]



_______________________________________________
MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography
hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht.
The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of
the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of
Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for
the views of the author.
List Information: http://www.maphist.nl

Maphist mailing list
[log in to unmask]
http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist