----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I'd be grateful if you could circulate details of this years's Society of Cartographers Summer School as widely as possible. Details are appended below Graham ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - The Society of Cartographers 31st Annual Summer School University of Sheffield, UK, 11 - 14 September 1995 OUTLINE PROGRAMME Sunday 10th September Evening: Barbecue Evening: Committee Meeting Monday 11th September Welcome and Introduction Session 1 Mapping the changes - the regeneration of Sheffield The History of Sheffield Arthur Hunt, formerly Department of Geography, University of Sheffield Meadowhall and its effect on Sheffield city centre Gwyn Rowley, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield GIS in Local Authorities Nigel Mason, Chesterfield Borough Council Session 2 Historical Cartography The Hydrographic Office - Archives and 200 years of Admiralty Charts Ken Atherton, Curator, The Hydrographic Office, Taunton Maps: Conservation and Storage Fiona Butterfield, Freelance Paper Conservator Cartography at the Public Record Office - maps for family and local historians William Foot, Public Record Office/University of Sussex Session 3 Cartographic Miscellany Dyscover - special maps for special people Rose Birley and Nick Tasker, Dyscover Footprints in the sand David Barbour, Stirling Surveys 3D city centre mapping James Brown, James Brown Designs Session 4 Members session An opportunity to discuss some of the issues and developments raised at this year's Summer School. Amongst possible topics to be addressed are: The future of the map library; Computer drawing packages used for cartography and undergraduate teaching; Society developments: The Society WWW site & CARTO-SoC, the Society Email List; Using the Internet. Members are free to raise other issues they wish to discuss Evening: Society AGM (Junior Common Room) Tuesday 12th September Cartographic visits Visit 1 Chatsworth House A chance to view the Duke of Devonshire's collection of estate maps, built up over 200 years, together with a chance to views the House and Gardens. This collection is not normally accessible to the public. Visit 2 am Modern printing techniques A site visit to J W Northend - one of the regions leading print companies, and a chance to view Macintosh digital pre-press work Visit 2 pm Paper Mill/Urban retailing Alternative visits to either Jamont UK's Oughtibridge paper mill, or a behind-the-scenes look at Meadowhall Shopping & Leisure - the UK's leading shopping mall Visit 3 The Peak District A walking geomorphological excursion into the Peak District (between 8 and 10 miles) Evening: Quiz Wednesday 13th September Session 5 GIS and Cartography in teaching Interactive maps on the Internet John Castleford, CTI Centre for Geography, Geology Planning & Meteorology, University of Leicester Choosing the tools for the task Ron Beard, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Luton Plotting the second GIS revolution - GIS into the mainstream curriculum Ifan Shepherd, School of Geography & Environmental Management, Middlesex University Session 6 Digital atlas production Map source to floppy disc! What is inbetween ? Stuart Miller, George Philip The Times Concise Atlas of the World from ARC/Info to Apple Macintosh Alex Elder, Bartholomew The virtually real landscape Simon Lewis, Dorling Kindersley What next ? David Stephens, Lovell Johns Session 7 Where is this Cyberspace place anyway ? A workshop session enabling users to gain experience of CD-ROMs and the Internet - Email (Pegasus Mail & Eudora); FTP; World Wide Web (WWW); ListServs; Football - another informal game of football where age, skill and numbers per side are irrelevant. Training shoes must be worn. Goodwin Synthetic Turf Pitches Evening: Reception Evening: Society Annual Dinner Evening: Ceilidh Thursday 14th September Session 8 Mapping the environment The need for maps of the environment Professor David Kay, The Environment Centre, University of Leeds Mapping Cheshire ponds John Boothby, The Ponds Research Unit, Liverpool John Moores University The use of remote sensing techniques for mapping land use in Crete Gabriel Amable, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge Session 9 The digital world Alternative Mapping Skills for Cartographers William Cartwright, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia Digital compiling - the transition for technical pen owners Nick Tasker, The Hydrographic Office COSTINGS REGISTRATION FEE (payable by all participants) UKP25 TOTAL PACKAGE (includes Accommodation, Cartographic visits and Annual Dinner & Ceilidh; excludes registration fee) Sunday barbecue to Thursday lunch UKP155 Sunday barbecue to Thursday lunch with members discount* UKP145 Monday morning to Thursday lunch UKP140 Monday morning to Thursday lunch with members discount* UKP135 * Only available to full members of the Society booking one of the above Total Packages DAILY ATTENDANCE AND ACCOMMODATION RATES (excludes registration fee; single room only) Barbecue, B & B Sunday night UKP32.50 Monday sessions (including lunch and tea & coffee) UKP10.00 Dinner, B & B Monday night UKP32.50 Tuesday sessions (Cartographic visit including lunch) UKP15.00 Dinner, B & B Tuesday night UKP32.50 Wednesday sessions (including lunch and tea & coffee) UKP10.00 Annual Dinner and Ceilidh (non-residents) UKP27.50 Annual Dinner, Ceilidh, B & B Wednesday night UKP47.50 Thursday sessions (including lunch and tea & coffee) UKP10.00 All members of the Society of Cartographers will be sent full details and a booking form. If you would like more details, further information is available: on our WWW site: (http://www.shef.ac.uk/~sc-web/sheffield.html) by Email: ([log in to unmask]) by post: (Graham Allsopp, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Winter Street, SHEFFIELD, S10 2TN United Kingdom)