Editorial · 2017. 6. 30. · Visit the BCS website at Maplines / April 2005 • 1 Fellows’ Evening 2005 The Newsletter of the British Cartographic Society • Volume 11, 1st Issue

Once again the Royal GeographicalSociety was the venue for the annualFellowship Evening of the British

Cartographic Society. This, the 9th event, washeld on February 10th, during the eveningprior to the IMTA (EAME) conference (seepage 8).

Over forty BCS Fellows and guests were inattendance for a very enjoyable evening. Thelecture, The Stanfords Story: over 150 years ofexploration, discovery and inspiration, wasgiven by Frank Watson, Retail Director ofStanfords, who very kindly stepped in at latenotice, when Nicholas Crane had to withdrawdue to filming commitments. Frank took uson an exploration of Stanfords history: thebeginnings of Stanfords, the key people who had created and shaped the business, the important maps published, as well as an informative overview of where Stanfords is today.

Stanfords has a long and colourful history,from its beginnings in 1853 with TrelawneySaunders and the first Edward Stanford,through the development of the business during the 19th century, including the publishing of their own maps. For example,Stanford’s Library Maps, which were intendedto be huge, spectacular and definitive workscovering the world and the then six,continents, assembled into one large map,over 25 square feet in size. The London Atlasof Universal Geography, which in 1874, whenthe plates were bought from the estate of therecently deceased John Arrowsmith, wasregarded as the only complete internationalatlas in the English language. By the early20th century, Stanfords had grown rapidly,moving premises a number of times, asdictated by retail requirements and also compulsory purchases; they had also acquiredtheir very first phone and typewriter.

Unfortunately, the business began toencounter problems. Stanfords managed to stagger through the First World War, taking

benefit from the pent up demand that wasreleased by peace. For example, during theinterwar years they introduced concertina folded linear maps that could be easily handled in aircraft cockpits. Amy Johnsonused a set of these on her famous solo flightto Australia in 1930. Stanfords also undertookmuch war related mapping during the SecondWorld War, but, for various reasons, by 1946they were in negotiations with Philip’s to sellthe business. At that time Philip’s was a longestablished map publisher, who had weatheredthe times much better than Stanfords, andwhose board understood the need for innovation. Fortunately, Philip’s invested inboth the property and the retail business andStanfords once again began to develop.

In the 1970s they refocused on the core specialisation of maps and travel books. The1980s saw the opening of concession shopswithin a number of related businesses such asCampus Travel in Victoria. In 1997, the firststand-alone shop was opened in Bristol, with theManchester store opening 6 years later in 2003.This year also saw the closure of the concessionshops and the celebration of 150 years ofStanfords. During this time they were appointedbooksellers at the RGS and established a series ofTravel Lectures at the Society.

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In this issue...

Get GeoGraphing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

A CharteredGeographer? . . . . .6

IMTA London . . . . .8

Awards . . . . . . . . .11Maps for Chaps . .11

Calendar . . . . . . . 19

QuizSponsored by Imray,Laurie, Norie &Wilson . . . . . . . . . 16

Plus lots more newsand views inside

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Fellows’ Evening 2005

The Newsletter of the British Cartographic Society • Volume 11, 1st Issue – April 2005 Registered Charity No. 240034

Frank Watson

BCS HISTORICALMILITARY

MAPPING GROUPMEETING

20 APRIL 2005

See page 2

Welcome to April Maplines for the firstissue of what looks like being a veryactive and exciting year for BCS. Even

in these first few months of 2005, BCS membershave been heavily participating in or planning fora range of activities aimed at promoting andstrengthening cartography in the UK. IMTA,where BCS was strongly represented, was inLondon and BCS has recently celebrated itsAnnual Fellows’ Evening. Reports and photos ofboth events can be found in this issue.

Looking ahead we turn our attention to both theforthcoming Annual Symposium & MapCurators Workshop in Plymouth. We take a peekat beautiful Plymouth, with a run-down of thesessions and activities that are on offer (page 10).Page 12, our new Corporate Members’ page

offers a preview of the exhibition space that will be on offer at Plymouth. The HistoricalMilitary Mapping Group hope to meet atPlymouth but they also have an earlier meeting(details below) which they are keen to bring toeveryone’s attention.

As usual Maplines is here to support and reporton the your cartographic activities so if you haveanything you would to publicise please let usknow. You may have noticed one or two designchanges in this and our December 2004 issue.Please let us know what your opinion is on thisor any other BCS/cartography subject by dropping us a line.

Have a great summer and see you in August

Lynda, Sheena & Martin

Contact details:Lynda Baileylynda.bailey@

fco.gov.uk

Sheena Shanks, sheena.shanks@

harpercollins.co.uktel: 0141 306 3726

Martin Lubikowski,[email protected]

tel: 020 8778 4429

Deadline for copyfor the August 2005

edition isTuesday 14 June

The comments

in Maplines are those

of the Editors and

Contributors and not

necessarily those

of the BCS.

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Letters to the EditorsI was searching your site to find a contactaddress for Barbara Petchenik Children’s Mapcompetition when I came across the article inMaplines about Sam the little American boy.

I thought I would write to you about my sonPaul, who is just 6.

I have attached one of the drawings, which hedid in 5 minutes from memory, while watchingTV a few days after his 6th birthday!

I know he has a photographic memory - herecognises about 200 flags (and tells me if Ihave them upside down!) - he can name thecountry, the capital city and describe where eachis. He can spell each place virtually perfectly. Heis very interested in small islands and knows alot of them, even many I haven't heard of. Heknows a lot about the the UK too, havingdrawn maps of southern England with countiesand towns. All of which is quite amazing whenmany in his class don't know which county theylive in.

Regards, Caroline Harrison

BCS HISTORICAL MILITARYMAPPING GROUP MEETING

20 APRIL 2005

Details of this meeting were circulated inFebruary to all BCS members who hadregistered an interest in this Group.

Twenty three members have registeredfor the meeting which will be held at the British Library. Anyone who wishes to attend but have not yet registeredshould contact Mike NolanTel: (01635) 253167, Email: [email protected] soon as possible.

In addition to the items on the agendaalready circulated to those interested inthe HMMG, we will also be discussingthe possibility of holding a meeting orother involvement at the BCSSymposium 2005 at Plymouth on 1-4 September 2005.

Any further suggestions for agenda itemsshould be communicated to Mike Nolanas soon as possible. A revised agendawill be issued at themeeting.

‘A long and proud tradition...’ or words tothat effect, is a phrase I’ve heard several timesover the last few months. I was at the recentFellows’ Evening when Frank Watson took overat the last minute with an excellent talk on thehistory of Stanfords. It wasgood to see so many peopleattending, not only BCSFellows but also people fromaround the world who were inthe UK for the IMTA meeting;Japan, Ukraine, and USArepresents a real global spread.It was a great evening, goodcompany and a very goodmeal, for which thanks go tothe RGS. We were all there asacknowledgement of thattradition within UKcartography. It is a traditionthat we must preserve and useas the foundation for thefuture of cartography in the UK.

Each time I put on the President’s chain, I amacutely aware of the long and illustrious line thatI follow. A heritage that is also recognised by therecent award of the OBE to Chris Board forall his efforts in respect of the UK’s role ininternational cartography. Well done indeed!Within the geo spatial industries there have beenfour honours that I am aware of, (although thereare probably more); all awarded to members ofthe BCS.

This tradition and strong interest in ourcartographic legacy is further emphasised by thestrength of the Map Curators Group, their activeprogramme and commitment from their members. We also have the military mappingSIG, which is now an integral part of the BCS,stimulating interest from so many. This vitallyimportant tradition must be protected andpromoted for the better understanding of theimportance of cartography.

We must also be very active looking forward.The BCS is a strong, healthy organisation thatrepresents a thread that can support and promotethe continuing interest and use of maps andcharts within the UK, not least the GIS packagesthat populate so many work environments. TheBCS has a duty, as part of its charitable aims, topromote cartography and the greater use of mapswithin the UK. This is a duty we need to takevery seriously. A very important part of the

looking forward is the role the CartographicJournal plays in helping to develop the subject atall levels. The Journal has in recent yearsenhanced its reputation as an academic journal aswell as a broader based reference source. For this,

the BCS is very indebted toPeter Vujakovic and his teamof editors. Peter, as many ofyou will be aware, is now moving on due to a change injob, although he hopes to stayinvolved at some level. Heleaves behind a publicationthat is internationally respectedas not only the journal of ourSociety but also one of theofficial journals of theInternational CartographicAssociation.

The role of the Editor is key.We are very lucky to have Ken

Field from Kingston University take over Peter’smantle. Ken is working with Maneys, who dosuch an excellent job on the publication, toensure the continued success of the publication.I am sure we will give him all our support.

As part of the Strategic Plan we launched twoyears ago, the promotion of the Society and ofcartography was a key goal. We are beginning tosee the first results of that initiative. Giles Darkeshas been collecting views and coalescing theseinto ideas for ways forward. We intend to publisha short series on the basics of cartography in oneof the GIS magazines and to have an active pressrelease programme to make announcements tothe wider community.

Another plank is the UK GeoForum. BCS iscollaborating with associated societies includingthe RGS, GA, AGI, RICS and RSPSoc to promote the geo spatial community. A numberof people are taking a lead role in all this, andmuch will depend on their efforts. But theyneed your support, so if you have any ideas orcomments pass them on to Mary Spence orSusie Jones.

Let’s all work to build on and develop our proudtradition, creating a new and exciting future forcartography in the UK.

Seppe CassetariBCS President

...as

acknowledgement

of that tradition

with in UK

cartography. It is

a tradition that

we must preserve

and use as the

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President’s column

...continued from page 1In 1998 work began on the Stanfordswebsite, although it was not launched until2000. This is because the basic aim of the siteis to reflect the in-store shopping experience,making Stanfords expertise available to thecustomers in their own homes. Five full-timestaff worked for 18 months to assemble thedata. They wrote descriptors, categorising by destination and product type, scanned imagesand sample cartography and drew map grids.

In 2001, Stanfords de-merged from GeorgePhilip Properties, the rump of the old Philip’sfamiliy business. This freed the company toexpand and reinvest in the business. The retailworld has changed greatly in the last century;Covent Garden is unrecognisable from thearea that Stanfords moved into in 1901. LongAcre is now the street with the third highestretail rents in the country after Bond Streetand Oxford Street. This increasingly expensiveretail environment is also vastly competitive.

The Stanfords flagship London store in LongAcre, Covent Garden, the base of tradingsince 1901, was, after nearly one hundredyears with only one major refit, desperately in need of either complete redevelopment orthe business had to consider relocation tomore appropriate premises. After much consideration the former approach wasdeemed the best option and expansion andrefitting of the existing premises began.

After 16 months of extremely difficult tradingconditions, the resulting new store is a hugecredit to Stanfords. It now extends over threefloors with an in-stock range of over 50,000products, and many more available to order.The shop has 144 plan chest drawers, over400 metres of map rows and more than 700metres of bookshelves.

Two of the three floors now have recordbreaking maps as their floor covering: thelargest political map of the world on theground floor; the largest London street mapin the British Department and the first floorhouses the world’s largest map of Everest inthe International Department

Peter Whitfield, a former Stanfords managerand cartographic historian was commissionedto write a comprehensive account of the history of Stanfords: The Mapmakers - A History of Stanfords published byCompendium. Peter managed to piecetogether the rich story of the people and thecompany through scattered remnants ofdiaries, ledgers and letters, many of which hadbeen given to local libraries when GeorgePhilip was broken up in the 1980s. It is something of a masterpiece of detective workas well as history.

Once again, the Fellows’ Evening was a greatsuccess. The BCS would like to thank FrankWatson for his informative and entertainingtalk. The Supper, held afterwards in the MainHall of the RGS, was a very enjoyable andsocial affair where all present had the oportunity to meet up with old friends andacquaintances, once again upholding a longand proud tradition of BCS promoting and celebrating the art and science of cartography.

We look forward with much anticipation tonext year’s event.

Susie JonesSheena Shanks

Lynda Bailey

...to reflect

the in-store

shopping

experience,

making

Stanfords

expertise

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the customers

in their

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Fellows’ Evening continued...

The Geograph British Isles project aimsto take representative digital photographs of every square kilometre

of the British Isles and make them freely available on the web. The project is based atwww.geocachingtoday.com/geograph.htm

Your ever-curious Editors were of courseintrigued by this information, which camefrom Gary Rogers the Web Master, and set offto find out more. As the project has just started this means there are plenty of localopportunities for anyone to contribute. If youare interested, registering is easy all you needis an e-mail address and your own password.

Geographing Guide A good Geograph presents images and information on the main human and physicalgeographical feature(s) present in any givenOrdnance Survey 1km grid square. To claim asquare at least one photograph must be takenfrom within the grid square. Photographsneed not be works of art, the important thingis the human and physical geographical information they contain. You can plan yourGeograph using a hardcopy map or by visiting the Ordnance Survey Get-a-Mapwebsite or for really high tech geographing,you could use a Pocket PC or GPS equippedwith mapping software, e.g.Memory Map.The Get-a-Map site also allows searching bygrid reference. Using this method you canselect a grid reference from the website thathasn’t yet been Geographed and look at itsmain features.

Images of any size can be uploaded, portraitor landscape, but they will be resized so theirlongest dimension is 640 pixels. Geograph donot keep your original print quality image,only the resized screen-quality version. Theydo preserve the EXIF headers from your original image, so it is best to upload youroriginal camera image if you want this information to be kept.

Putting everything together requires manypeople to donate their time or resources, andthe organisers wanted to be sure that they created a resource free from commercialexploitation in future. To that end, the sitesource code is available for re-use under theterms of the GNU Public Licence (GPL). Inaddition, they require all submitters to adopta Creative Commons licence on their photographic submissions. While the volunteer photographers keep copyright ontheir photos, they also grant the use of theirphotographs in return for attribution. We suggest you take a look on the site at a typicalsubmission for more details.

This project aims to build a true communityproject so the licence terms ensure that thesite and content can never be ‘taken away’. Soan interesting idea, and you can get fresh air,exercise and indulge in a little photography allat the same time.

...digital

photographs of

every square

kilometre of the

British Isles and

make them freely

available on

the web


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Get Geographing

A basic course, hosted by The Map Curators’Group on electronic cartographic materialsfor map curators, librarians and archivists, on 1st and 2nd June 2005 at the NationalLibrary of Scotland, Edinburgh. The completecourse is two consecutive half days on the digitisation, organisation and acquisition ofdigital data.

First day registration is at 1400-1430.Sessions will include - Seeing the world inpixels: Practical essentials for successfulmap digitisation projects; Managing the journey from vision to implementation formap digitisation; Digital Curation/preservation; Basic introduction to GIS techniques; Metadata in the context of

spatial data; Ordnance Survey digital options;Where on the Web is that?: A brief guide to internet-based resources. Speakers are fromvarious organisations including the BritishLibrary, Kings College London, NationalLibrary of Scotland and EDINA. There willalso be a hands-on session looking at available mapping on the web and tours ofthe scanning equipment at the NationalLibrary of Scotland have been offered.

Cost for the two half-days will be £55. Spacesmay be limited so book early to avoid disappointment.

Contact: April CarlucciE-mail: [email protected] 020 7412 7062

WIRED FOR MAPS 1st & 2nd JUNE

Chartered Geographer (CGeog) is theprofessional accreditation offered bythe Royal Geographical Society

with IBG (RGS-IBG) to those who candemonstrate competence, experience andprofessionalism in geography. CharteredGeographer, which has Privy Councilapproval, was established in 2002, operatingunder Grandfather Rights. Already 130Fellows from a variety of disciplines,including planning, surveying, academia,teaching and the military as well as cartographers, have been awarded the accreditation. CGeog exists to recognise thework of those using geographical knowledgeand skills in the workplace and therefore isparticularly suited to those working in the cartographic industry.

It was established CGeog, is the only internationally-recognised qualification forprofessional geographers. Established toencourage geographers to participate in anannual ongoing programme of ContinuingProfessional Development (CPD), in order toprove that Chartered Geographers are main-taining a high standard of professionalism.Participants in the scheme are asked to under-take 35 hours per year of CPD related activi-ties, of which 20 hours should be external and15 should be internal. CPD can include atten-dance or presentation at a conference, trainingcourses, the production of published material,or website development. CharteredGeographers are asked to devise their ownprogramme of CPD to suit the needs of theirown professional development. The RGS-IBGcan assist in developing the programme andwill monitor it annually. However, while thescheme remains voluntary, the RGS-IBG willnot impose sanctions against those who donot undertake the programme.

Becoming a Chartered Geographer not onlyrecognises commitment to the subjectthrough your work, but demonstrates that thework you have undertaken has been acceptedby the vetting committee appointed by the RGS-IBG. Receipt of the accreditation and completion of the annual CPD programmecan enhance your career portfolio, by demonstrating that you are a practising geographer. The self-directed learning, shows you are committed to maintaininghigh standards in your work.

A mentoring scheme allows CharteredGeographers to develop and encourage geographers in the early stage of their careerto become Chartered Geographers.Mentoring is of particular benefit to thosewho have been working in a geographically-related job, but without any formalqualification in geography.

Applicants are required to be Fellows of theRGS-IBG and must have a Geography degreeplus 6 years relevant work experience, or, if nodegree is held, a minimum of 15 years workexperience is required. Applicants need to submit an application form which cites tworeferees, one of which should be a geographeror FRGS, a detailed CV and a 1000-wordprofessional report. The professional reportprovides the applicant with the opportunity topromote the work that they have done, clearlysummarising how they meet the criteria.Applications take 10-12 weeks to process,with the accreditation being awardedquarterly at the Society’s Council meeting.Further details are online at www.rgs.org/charteredstatus

Sarah Jones RGS-IBG

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we will have a

follow up piece by

Dave Watt, BCS’

first CGeog.

The Editors

would like to

congratulate BCS

Vice-President

Mary Spence who

has also recently

joined the ranks

of CGeogs.

Very well done

Mary!


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A Chartered Geographer?

Plymouth Hoe

CONGRATULATIONS to Dr Chris Board,a past President of the BritishCartographic Society and lately Chair,UK Committee for Cartography, whowas made an OBE in the New Year’s

Honours List 2005 for his services to cartography. His investiture ceremony took place in February. This illustrious honour followed quickly after Chris being conferred with

the BCS Society Medal at ourSymposium in Durham last September.

His citation for the Medal read: ‘Chris Board has selflessly served the geographic and cartographic communities for over four decades. As a tireless leader at national andinternational levels, his academic,organisational and unique personalabilities have combined to help transform ideas in cartographic thinking and to focus the many diversecartographic groupings in the UKtowards important global goals’.

‘For his many outstanding contributions (as trustworthy background worker, perceptive andinfluential committee leader,experienced editor, policy-maker, and simply as someone who ‘got thingsdone’!) he is both liked and greatlyadmired by friends and professional peers in cartographythroughout the world. His influence on the British Cartographic Society andon individual cartographers in the UKand abroad, his enthusiasm for anddedication to the Society and its aimsas well as to cartography itself, and hisdevoted service to the subject makehim an ideal recipient of the BritishCartographic Society Medal’.

This annual, named fellowship offers a convenient and unusually privileged working environment in the British Library. The Fellow will be treated like a member of staff (i.e. not restricted to reading roomhours) and provided with their ownwork-station, an e-mail account andaccess to the Internet. In addition,they will be entitled to £300 to spendon Library services.

The award honours the memory of theformer Map Librarian at the BritishMuseum and then British Library, DrHelen Wallis, O.B.E. (1967-1986) andconfers recognition by the Library on a

scholar, from any field, whose workwill help promote the extended andcomplementary use of the BritishLibrary’s book and cartographic collections in historical investigation.

Proposals are currently being invitedfor this fellowship with a closing dateof the first of May 2005. Preferencewill be given to proposals that relate tothe Library’s collections and have aninternational dimension. The fellowship may be held as a full orpart-time appointment, and would normally be for 6-12 months.

For the full terms of reference please

contact Peter Barber. Please note thatit would be most helpful if you informhim where you saw this notice.

Peter Barber MA, FSA, FRHistS Head of Map Collections

Map Library British Library

96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB

tel.(020) 7412 7701 fax (020) 7412 7780

www.bl.uk


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Chris Board OBE

The Helen Wallis Fellowship

Chris receiving his award from HM Queen Elizabeth II

The IMTA (International Map TradeAssociation) EAME (Europe, Africaand the Middle East) Annual

Conference and Trade Show took place thisyear in London. The Business Design Centre,Islington, offered an beautiful, architcturallyreknowned venue for the exhibition, withimpressive facilities and trade showorganisation.

As usual, a large number of BCS CorporateMembers exhibited and many more were inattendance. The Trade Show offered a largevariety of stands; it was a delight to see therange of international map-related organisations who had travelled to London to participate in the conference.

The exhibition set-up began on Thursdaywith loose ends being tidied up on the Friday morning, prior to the conference opening. A packed BCS stand, designed by Mary andSusie, displayed a wide range of mapsdesigned and/or produced by many of ourCorporate Members. Those not attending theFellows Evening at the RGS, spent theevening catching up with old friends and business contacts at the conference hotel.

Friday morning saw the official programmebegin with the trade show officially opened byColin Marshall, President of the BooksellersAssociation of the United Kingdom andIreland Limited. Karen McGrath, President ofthe IMTA (EAME) then extended a warm welcome to the conference. Over the twodays of the conference programme we saw a number of presentations and seminars given involving a wide range of speakers, from presentations on using spatial information inthe emergency services to new developmentsat the Institut Géographique National,France. We were also introduced to How yourbusiness can benefit from the financial supportof the UK Trade and Investment, RichardParry, UK Trade and Investment and Secrets ofselling more maps and guidebooks, JeffreyMcNair Clark, sponsored by OrdnanceSurvey. Away from the Business Centre, ESRIalso ran a workshop An introduction toArcGIS at Prebendal House, their Aylesburyoffice. Meanwhile the delegates maximised theavailable opportunities to discuss their map-related business with the steady flow ofvisitors and fellow exhibitors.

At the BCS stand, a team of BCS volunteerswere on hand throughout the conference toaid with enquiries from potential membersand to support existing ones. Thanks go toMary Spence, Lynda Bailey, David Forest,Dave Watt, Susie Jones and Francis Herbertfor their dedicated manning of the stand.

The AGM on Saturday afternoon saw theAward Ceremony (for winners see inset box).

The business of Friday finished – time forparty and more maps! Everyone decamped to Covent Garden, where courtesy of the hospitality of Stanfords, the world-famoustravel bookshop, we spent a delightful eveningbrowsing through the wonderful array ofmaps and books, admiring the bronze modelof Everest exhibited on the first floor, meeting new friends and catching up with old at the Delegates Reception.

Saturday evening’s treat was very different. Catching a ride on one of two traditionalLondon red buses and following a ratherstrange route to Pall Mall (which involved passing the conference hotel twice enroute),we were welcomed to the historic surroundings of the Royal Automobile Club for the evening’s Reception and GalaBanquet, in the middle of much conversation,laughter and the playing of bagpipes. Theentertainment was first class with many takingto the dance floor to enjoy the music and discover new dancing skills from the electrifying, captivating King Masco, King ofthe African Dance.

This IMTA conference gave the perfect opportunity to socialise and indulge in mapping with like-minded cartographic people. From the generosity of the Russianswith their chilli vodka and the plum spirit (at a frightening 51%) from the Czechs to the surfing demonstrations and light juggling acrobatics from those closer to home.

The BCS would like to thank IMTA for theirkind invitation to exhibit at the trade show.We would also like to thank CorporateMembers Victoria Litho Ltd, HayesMiddlesex, and future members GlobalMapping, Northamptonshire, for their continued support and sponsoring of the BCSdelegates.


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IMTA Londonit was a delight to

see the range of

international

map-related

organisations who

had travelled

to London

to participate in

the conference.

Friday morning

saw the official

programme begin

with the trade

show officially

opened by Colin

Marshall,

President of the

Booksellers

Association of the

United Kingdom

There were

delegates from

all over the world

and a vast

selection of

sessions...

...a delightful

evening browsing

through the won-

derful array of

maps and books...


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IGU GlasgowIMTA(EAME) has secured £22 000 from UKTI to assist small and moderate sized members to attend the FrankfurtBookfair and IMTA regional trade shows in2005-2006.

This was a very successful conference for theBCS, with several new members being

welcomed into the Society. Many contactswere made and queries answered, from both commercial and academic organisations,enabling us to continue in our role of supporting UK cartographic activities.

Susie Jones, BCS Publicity Officer and Lynda Bailey

CHK CUP AND BEST MAP WINNER 20041. Institute of Advance Technologies

Ukraine Educational Atlas:Continents and Oceans

FOLDED MAPS1. Harvey maps (UK)

Pennine Bridleway South

2. Goldeneye (UK)Exmoor Mountain Bike Routes

FLAT MAPS1. AGT GeoCenter (Russia)

Moscow Region Map

2. Stiefel Eurocart (Hungary)Romania Administrative Map

ATLASES1. GeoCenter International (UK)

Insight World Travel Atlas

2. AGT Geocenter RussiaAuto Atlas of St Petersburg

DIGITAL CARTOGRAPHIC PRODUCT1. Institute of Advance Technologies

(Ukraine) Educational Atlas: Continents and Oceans

2. AGT Geocenter (Russia)Geoinformation Data Set of Moscow

IMTA (EAME) BEST MAP COMPETITION

1st to 4th SeptemberThe purported sighting of the Armada,the sailing of the Pilgrim Fathers, andnow the 42nd Annual Symposium andMap Curaror’s Workshop of the BritishCartographic Society.

Appropriately, as the countrycelebrates SeaBritain 2005, ourannual long weekend of lecture roomand social activities will be hosted bythe University of Plymouth. TheUniversity offers excellent conferencefacilities and has the added advantage of being situated in the citycentre with just a short walk to thefamous Hoe, offering plenty to seeand do.

The Map Curators’ Group Workshopwill take place on Thursday 1st andFriday 2nd September, to enjoy anintriguing range of papers touching onmapping above and below the groundas well as, befitting the location,something watery.

The watery theme will continue intothe Symposium, starting on Friday 2ndand ending on Sunday 4th September,with sessions on Historical NavalMapping and Contemporary MarineCharting. Other sessions will include areview of the recently formed UK GeoForum and the work of some of itsmembers, Tourist and Travel Mapping,and Design and Data Visualisation.To add to a wide array of fascinating presentations will be the usual excellent Exhibition, Quiz, AnnualDinner and Ceilidh which should allsum up to a terrific weekend so, if youhaven’t already done it, confirm thedates in your diary. BCS members willreceive a brochure and booking formby early May. Non-members are alsowelcome to attend; the latest information can be found on theSociety’s web pages.

We look forward to welcoming you allto the beautiful South West coast ofEngland for our 42nd AnnualSymposium, University of Plymouth,1st to 4th September 2005.


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BCS Symposium 2005 BCS Annual Awards

MMAAPPSS FFOORR CCHHAAPPSS

It’s that time again! Search out yourbest map products from the past yearand submit them for consideration inone of the annual awards made by the British Cartographic Society. This year there are six categories tochoose from:

BCS Design Award – for the most outstanding map produced by a member of the Society.

John Bartholomew Award – for originality and excellence in the fieldof thematic (non-topographic,1:100,000 and smaller) cartography.Open to non-members of the Society.

Ordnance Survey Award – for innovation in the design and presentation of spatial information

with an emphasis on creativity, originality and impact of the design.Open to all mapmakers.

National Geographic Society Award –for a student who has demonstratedan outstanding achievement in cartography and its applications.

Reader’s Digest Award – for excellentwork by students of cartography.

Henry Johns Award – awarded to theauthor of the most outstanding articlepublished in The Cartographic Journalduring the calendar year.

This year we have a new Awards Teamfor the commercial awards – TimRideout of The XYZ Digital MapCompany will be our Awards Officer.

He will be assisted by KateChristensen and Clare Neil, both ofPindar; Rose Birley of UKHO will continue to organize the StudentAwards.

For further information about all theawards, to review past winners and todownload an entry form visit the BCS website on www.cartography.org.uk.

Deadline for receipt of entries is 11thMay for the commercial awards and23rd July for the Student Awards.

Mary Spence Corporate Liaison


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During the Second World War MI9 – the intelligence organisation set up to help British servicemen evade capture and escape from Prisoner of War camps – developed many ingenious methods of smuggling mapsinto the camps. The Royal Air Force Museum holds a small collection of papers relating to maps concealed within 78 rpm gramophone records.

John Wooler, Head of the Record Development Laboratoryat EMI, was approached by Captain Christopher ClaytonHutton of MI9, initially to enquire whether it might be possible to conceal compasses within discs. However, itwas realised that the process involved could also enablesheets of paper, such as maps and bank notes, to be concealed. He recalled in 1990 that some 920 separaterecords containing inserts were supplied between 1941and 1943; these were mixed with around 3400 normalrecords and made up into packages of five per box.

Wooler kept a few samples of the maps used: these arereduced versions of sheets from GSGS 3982, printed on

tissue. Despite the drastic reduction in size, the quality ofthe maps is remarkable, with pin-sharp contours. Lessclear, however, is whether these maps were actually sentto prisoners. Wooler’s papers (copied by the RAF Museum)include details of the parcels despatched. A typed list ofaddressees states that one disc in each box ‘containsFrontier map in two parts – Black and Red. Black – maponly: Red – route only’. These are probably the much simpler maps for which Bartholomew’s waived their copyright when approached by Hutton in 1940. To theuninitiated the discs were virtually indistinguishable from standard records, but apparently insignificantchanges to the record labels identified those containinghidden goods.

Hutton’s memoir Official Secret (Max Parrish, 1960) mentions that the records selected concentrated mainlyon Wagner and Beethoven, and avoided works by Jewishcomposers. The cover was eventually blown, but notbefore the popularity of the discs amongst the POWs hadled Hutton to christen the exercise Operation Smash-Hit!

NEWS FROM STIRLING SURVEYS,PUBLISHERS OF FOOTPRINT MAPS

In between polishing the silverwareand enduring the rigours of the 'festive' season we've been dividingour time between producing newmaps for our customers and reviewing our own publishing programme for 2005.

We have a number of new titles closeto publication, including a new stripmap of The Speyside Way, in the sameformat as our best-selling WestHighland Way title. This was a particularly arduous project, involvinga multi-day survey trip to Speyside bythe whole of Team Stirling Surveys.This involved walking briskly about inthe winter sunshine from sunrise tosunset. It sounds impressive, but bymid-December the days are prettyshort up there. Nevertheless, we wereconsoled, nay fortified, by the wonderful local produce both solidand liquid. So much so, that we couldhave been there for a week...

Another forthcoming distraction is anew map of the Cairngorm NationalPark. It'll be similar to the one we produced of the Loch Lomond andTrossachs National Park, but with a lotless water and a lot more pointymountain.

Also recently completed has been a travel map for a Scottish localauthority. The tender specified that the map should be printed on100% recycled paper with soya-basedvegetable oil inks; a bit more preciseand challenging than the usual publicsector brief, in our experience at least.However, the result was two-fold; avery happy customer (the importantbit) and (therefore) a small warm glowfor all of us. Ah, the joys of promptly paying customers.

As usual, there are several irons in the fire, warming up at varyingrates. Hopefully we've got our sumsright and we'll all be busy for the next year!

Stirling Surveys

GEO-INNOVATIONS WINSFCO CONTRACT

Geo-Innovations, the north Wales-based cartographers, aredelighted to have been awarded athree year contract to fulfil the cartography requirements for theForeign and Commonwealth OfficeLibrary Maps and GeographicalInformation Service.

A prime function of this service is theprovision of ministerial and officialbriefings to officials. The fact that thestaff at Geo-Innovations has over 40years experience in this field was amajor factor in the success of their bid.The company also proposes to introduce new terrain visualisation techniques to give a realistic view ofrelief in its quest for clearer and moreinformative briefings.The contract provides for creating briefing maps ofcountries and regions of the world, aswell as thematic and topographic mapsto support the FCO work, so there maybe one or two sleepless nights ahead.

Geo-Innovations was set up in 2002 to focus on the terrain visualisationaspects of Alan Collinson Design, atraditional cartographic companyfounded in Llandudno in 1987.

UK GEO FORUM

The UK Geo Forum was established inJuly 2004 to raise the profile of themember organizations through mutualco-operation and support. To date, this involves website links, a commoncalendar of events and shared standsat conferences, seminars and tradeshows. The 3rd meeting of the UK Geo Forum took place at the IMTAConference and Trade Show in Londonin February this year.

A number of the website links are nowin place and that same informationwill be used to produce a flyer forinclusion in future conference packsfor members of the UK Geo Forum touse. The events calendar is also developing well and includes lecturesand seminars which are of mutual interest and benefit to members of theForum. In particular, a one-day seminar on copyright which will be ofinterest to many is being planned inthe autumn.

The next meeting of the UK Geo Forum,to be hosted by the Royal Institute ofNavigation will take place at the RoyalGeographical Society on 6th June.

The membership of the UK Geo Forumconsists of representatives from:

Association for Geographic Information

British Association of Remote SensingCompanies

British Cartographic Society

British Geological Survey Geographical Association

Hydrographic Society

International Cartographic Association

International Map Trade Association

Royal Geographical Society

Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors

Royal Institute of Navigation

UK Cartographic Committee/CharlesClose Society

Mary Spence with help from Peter Jolly


Corporate Page

PAGE 12PAGE 12PAGE 12PAGE 12PAGE 12Welcome to the second appearance of Page 12. Corporate members areinvited to contribute to this pagewith snippets of information aboutwhat is happening in the corporateworld and any general map-relatednewsworthy items. Please can I askthat you send in anything you haveto share with the BCS membershipby way of news – if not we may haveto broaden the scope to includegossip, scandal or controversy. Wearen't looking for lengthy articles,just a paragraph or two. So getthinking please...

Mary Spence Corporate Liaison


Corporate Page

CORPORATE MEMBERS PLAQUE

We have decided to provide, free ofcharge, all Corporate Members andBCS Exhibitors with a stylish wallplaque for exhibition and displaypurposes.

Created by top graphic design studioPhil Barfoot, it will be typeset withcompany logo (as samples shown),laminated and mounted on 24 cmdiameter polyboard.

If you would like a plaque prepared foryou please send a digital copy of yourCompany logo to either myself [email protected] to Ken Atherton at [email protected] Corporate members andexhibitors are always welcome.

David IrvineSymposium Exhibition Officer

EXHIBITION SPACE IN PLYMOUTH

For those of you who have to makethe decision about taking exhibitionspace at the BCS Symposium inSeptember, help is at hand. Here arethe first photos of the exhibition spacethat will be on offer to Corporate

members exhibiting at Plymouth.

Book your stand, conference registration, hotel and trade showadvertising by contacting John Whitby on 01548 857310 [email protected]


Subscriptions for 2005, whichbecame due on 1 January 2005,remain unchanged from last year.Corporate Member £165.00Fellow £35.00Ordinary Member £25.00Associate Member £10.00Optional airmail supplementfor Overseas members £10.00Members have a choice of three methods of payment: Personal chequepayable to The British CartographicSociety, (Or for overseas members aSterling Draft payable in London.);Visa/Access credit card; StandingOrder.I am pleased to report that almosttwo-thirds of the membership havepaid their subscriptions but if you areone of the 228 members who havenot yet renewed please do so THISMONTH. Renewal forms were enclosed with theDecember 2004 edition of Maplinesand are available from theAdministration Office. Credit card andStanding Order payment forms arealso available, just ask. In Mayreminder letters will be sent to allthose members whose subscription isstill outstanding.

Receipts and Gift Aid: Receipts willbe sent out as usual but please notethat your membership card will only be replaced if it has been lost or damaged. Your receipt has a Gift AidDeclaration attached. Gift Aid bringsadded income to the Society at nocost to the individual member. Forevery £1.00 of your subscription theSociety can claim 28p in Gift Aid taxrelief. To date 265 members havesigned up for Gift Aid, this represents65% of our UK membership. You mustbe a UK taxpayer to qualify but if youhave any questions call the BCSAdministration Office. Can’t rememberif you have signed? If in doubt signagain and I will sort it out here in theoffice. Remember, Gift Aid doesn’tcost you a penny!

Membership: Members will be interested to know that at the end of

2004 our paid-up membership figuresstood at:Corporate Members 40 39Honorary Fellows 10 10Fellows (incl Overseas) 115 96UK Members 408 421Overseas Members 62 68Associate Members 33 44Making a total of 668 678(31 December 2003 figures in italic)

During 2004 60 new members joined the Society and we had 15 resignations and 2 deaths. At the endof the year 50 names were removedfrom our mailing list for non-paymentof subscriptions and we lost contactwith some members who changedaddresses.

New members: The Society haspleasure in welcoming the followingnew members who have joined sincepublication of the December 2004edition of Maplines.UK Members:Mr F A Achana, Mr M Cashin, Mr S W Hales, Ms B S Hodgson, Mr M Kirby, Mr J E Marshall, Mr D G Miller, Mr R C Plumb, Mr R R Puspuri, Mr C Strachan, Miss A M Taylor.Overseas Members:Mr K O Eke (Nigeria), Ms M Tohver(Estonia).UK Associate Members:Mr F J Prest, Miss E A U Sahlin.

Fellows:As reported elsewhere, a very successful Fellows’ Evening was heldat the Royal Geographical Society onThursday 10 February. Forty-sixFellows and guests enjoyed convivialcompany and a superb supper. We aregrateful to Frank Watson, RetailDirector of Stanfords for stepping in asour speaker when Nicholas Crane wasforced to cancel at the eleventh hour.Have you considered applying tobecome a Fellow of the BritishCartographic Society? Contact the BCSAdministrative Office for further information; the address is given atthe end of this report.

BCS Council: You will find enclosed in this issue ofMaplines a form for nominating members to the BCS Council. Councilis the Society’s governing body and itis vital for the Society that it consistsof a fair representation of the membership so that it can clearlyreflect the diversity of the Society. TheSociety’s Executive Committee arekeen to get new Council members onboard to help achieve the strategicobjectives and to strengthen theSociety. There are specific tasks,which need to be done, for example,the Publications Committee is currently without a chairman, but perhaps more importantly Councilmust be a dynamic body where livelydebate on how to take the Society forward can take place.

Please consider carefully what roleyou could play within the Society, andwhether you would wish to stand forelection to Council this year. Meetingsare held three times a year in Londonwith an additional meeting at eachSymposium. Expenses are paid forattendance at meetings and to coverother costs resulting directly fromSociety business. The next electionwill take place at the AGM inSeptember during our Symposium inPlymouth.

If you do wish to stand, please findtwo members who are willing to propose and second you, and ensurethe enclosed form is completed andreturned to the address on the form by1 July 2005. Forms can be mailed orfaxed.

If you want more information aboutwhat it might involve, or if you wish tostand but need help in contactingother members to nominate you,please contact me at the BCSAdministration address below.

E-mail addresses: In the last two issues of Maplines Iappealed to overseas members tosend me their e-mail addresses. The

Admin report

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5th May 2005Paper making and the topographical tradition, ProfessorStephen Daniels The WarburgInstitute, University of London, UK For more info contact:E: [email protected]

9th May 2005 Mapping in mosaic: geographicalimagery in the medievalecclesiastical floor mosaics ofnorthern Italy, Lucy Donkin.For more info contact:E: [email protected]

23rd May 2005 Maps and bodies, Marcia Kupfer Cambridge History of CartographySeminars, 2004-5, Department ofHistory of Art, Cambridge University, UKFor more info contact:E: [email protected]

26th May 2005A portion of our countrycomparatively unknown, LindsayBraun. The Zoutpansberg, and theCartography of the Transvaal, 1867-1899, Fred Jeppe. The WarburgInstitute, University of London, UKFor more info contact: E: [email protected]

30th May – 2 Jun 2005GIS Planet 2005 International conference & exhibitionon geographic information,Estoril, PortugalFor further info contact: W: www.gisplanet.org/hw03.htm

1st – 2nd June 2005Wired for maps: A basic course onelectronic cartographic materials formap curators, National Library ofScotland, Edinburgh. For more info contact: W: www.cartography.org.uk or April [email protected] tel: 020 7412 7062For more details see page 5

19th – 22nd June 2005Sixth International Conference onMilitary Geology and GeographySchool of Geography, University ofNottingham, UKFor further info contact: W: www.geog.nottingham.ac.uk/milgeo2005E: [email protected]

9th – 16th July 2005XXII ICC 2005 Mapping Approachesinto a Changing World,A Coruna, SpainFor more info contact:E: [email protected]

17th – 22nd July 200521st International Conference on theHistory of Cartography (ICHC 2005) Eotovos LorandUniversity, Budapest, HungaryFor further info contact: W: lazaruselse.hu/ichc2005.htmE: [email protected]

1st – 4th September 2005BCS 42nd Annual Symposium andMap Curators WorkshopUniversity of Plymouth, UKFor more info contact:E: [email protected] more details see pages 10 and 13

5th – 8th September 200541st Society of CartographersSummer SchoolUniversity of Cambridge, UK For more info contact E: [email protected] W: www.mdx.ac.uk/www/gem/soc2005/

6th – 9th September 2005Measuring, Mapping and Managinga hazardous world, RSPSoc annualconference, Portsmouth University, UKFor more info contact: E: [email protected]

6th – 9th September 2005RSPSoc2005 Measuring, Mappingand Managing a Hazardous WorldPortsmouth University, UK.For more info contact: W: www.rspsoc.org

7th – 9th September 2006Mapping the World: Medieval andEarly Modern Cartography -International and InterdisciplinaryConference Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main,Germany.For further info contact:http://web.uni- frankfurt.de/ZFN/aaaCfP_englisch.doc

1st – 3rd November 2005AGI2005,Chelsea Village, London, UKFor more info contact: Angela McMahonE: [email protected]

Calendar

Calendar

STOCK CLEARANCE SUMMER SALE GIVE-AWAY PRICES!

Society Ties: Polyester £2.00 each Silk £4.00 each Lapel Badges: .50p each T-Shirts: White with BCS logo, sizelarge £4.50 each All prices include postage and packing. All enquiries and orders toKen at the BCS AdministrationOffice, see page 14 for details

...continued from p14response was not enouraging! A database of e-mail addresses wouldenable the Society to communicate more effectively with overseas members and reduce the cost of posting flyers, notices etc.

TO ALL OVERSEAS MEMBERS -PLEASE SEND ME YOUR E-MAILADDRESSES, IT WILL ONLY TAKE AMOMENT!

And finally…Are you on the move? Please informthe Administration Office. Last yearwe lost contact with nine members.

Ken Atherton, BCS Administration,

12 Elworthy Drive, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 9AT, England, UK.

Tel/Fax: 01823 665775, Mobile: 07917 274747

Email: [email protected]


Send your entriesto: Lynda Bailey

Maplines QuizE213, FCO,

King Charles St,London

SW1A 2AHor by email tolynda.bailey@

fco.gov.uk

Closing date for entries is

7th June 2005

Congratulations to our December

winner,Katie Lloyd-Jones

who correctlyanswered that the

borders were:-

1 a)Scotlandb)England

2 a)Kaliningrad(Russia)

b)Lithuaniac)Belarus d)Poland

3 a)Swedenb)Norway

c)Russia d)Finland

4 a)Venezuelab)Guyana c)Brazil

5 a)Bolivia b)Brazil c)Paraguay

d)Argentina

6 a)Burma(Myanmar)

b)China c)Vietnamd)Laos e)Thailand

Quiz

Island life...

Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson

Our quiz this time around is to identify theislands above. The prize for this quiz is a £25book voucher. kindly donated by Imray,Laurie, Norie and Wilson.

So come on, have a go at our quiz and lookforward to treating yourself to that book youhave had your eye on for ages!

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