----------------------------Original message---------------------------- 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 To: [log in to unmask] Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- 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 ============================ 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 ======================== 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 ============= 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 =============================== 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. ---