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wonder if they have been short changed by the sunduring the past few months… as the rain continues tofall (yes, that’s better), we can all look back on theSummer of 2012 with fond memories. For me, theOlympic Games were a timely reminder of all that isgood in the World; the sport on show was of the highestorder and was inspirational to say the least.

I have since heard many stories from people who haveall been inspired in one way or another. Some arejogging or swimming again. Others have decided that ifrunning and jumping is now beyond them, then perhapsarchery is their best bet at scooping Olympic gold in Rioin four years time, and I have decided that now is thebest time to buy a kayak and finally get out on the water.But whatever the story, the key element is inspiration.

And as I leaf through this latest issue, it too is inspiring.Peter Vujaković’s artwork is truly creative and stunning (p. 45); it is hard to imagine how much work has goneinto producing the record breaking atlas (p. 6); and I amcertainly intrigued by geocaching. Geocaching, a

modern blend oforienteering and pubquiz, what more couldyou want?! We arelucky that our disciplineinvites and welcomessuch diversity and it isgreat to see how othersapply their talents to itsvarious threads we readabout in these pages.

The continuation of thiswork is now key. LordCoe and his team talkedabout legacy, whereasour very own President describes it as a wonderfulopportunity, which of course it is. If we can inspire moreindividuals to join us in great cartography, then it will bea job well done.

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Twentyfive years ago, tobecome a cartographer andwork in the commercial map

making business you almostcertainly had to have a degree orsome similar qualification. This wasbecause the complex skills requiredto do the job took around threeyears of training in order to acquirethe understanding and technicalcompetence to make a map.Gradually a lot of the tasks involvedin map production have been takenover with the use of computers andassociated programmes.

Projections, grids, graticules can allbe produced automatically and datacan be imported, symbolised andlabelled automatically too. But, andit’s a BIG but, the overarchingprinciples of cartography still have tobe applied to make a good map. Acomputer is only the latestcartographic tool and nothing else.

Twentyfive years ago,cartographers used to meet and talkto each other about cartography,developments and new ideas withinthe specialisation. Very few otherswere involved since it was almostimpossible to be involved from apractical point of view. However,with the advent of the computer andeffective, userfriendly software, theability of others to produce somesort of a map has blossomed. As aconsequence, our professional

cartographers have now not only tocommunicate with their fellows butalso it’s essential that they pass ontheir knowledge and skills in termsof the art of cartography to this verymuch wider audience. What awonderful opportunity to promotegood cartography.

So, how should we in BCSrespond? Well we, together with theAGI, already run the Better Mappingevents around the country (seepage 11) first one day courses at abasic level and now some one daycourses at an advanced level.However, it is clear that there ismore to be done. Following recentconversations with senior membersof two of our National MappingAgencies (NMA) there is an issuewhich needs to be resolved. All ourNMAs employ people to producemaps using GIS. The issue is thatmany of the new entrants to theprofession have little or no trainingin cartography and there is nostandard or qualification by whichthey can be assessed or indeedprogress in terms of their capabilityas a cartographer. I have alreadymentioned this gap in cartographytraining to our BCS Better Mappingteam and am looking forward tohearing their thoughts on thesubject. Also, it’s important that wehave a dialogue with the NMAs tomore clearly understand theirrequirements and how we might

best be able to help. I think this isreally exciting as it could well beanother step in the rejuvenation ofthe art of cartography but this time nationwide.

Peter Jolly BCS President

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As some readers will be aware Iproduced the series of cartoonsentitled ‘Great minds of the

past...’ for the Omnium Gatherumsection of Maplines. The ‘Great minds’that grappled with contemporarycartographic issues included GerardMercator, Christopher Wren and IsaacNewton (based on the famousengraving by William Blake). Others ofthe cartoons, of Charles Darwin andAlbert Einstein, I know now grace thenotice boards of friends andcolleagues in several universityscience departments and the MedicalResearch Council labs in Cambridge.My final cartoon for the series – ofElizabeth I astride the tube map – haseven taken on a second life as anexhibit in the London TransportMuseum’s Summer Exhibition 2012‘Mind the Map’ (see discussion of thecartoon in Claire Dobbin’s excellentMaplines article, Spring 2012).

What readers may not be aware of ismy other dabbling in the ‘dark arts’ ofcaricature and illustration, some ofwhich include the use of both OS andGeological Survey maps as collage oras the backgrounds to my work. Achance conversation with Lynda Baileyat the opening of the ‘Mind the Map’exhibition prompted me to write thisshort piece explaining my recent

interest in working with maps as partof my own artwork. Lynda, MaplinesSenior Editor, was instrumental ingetting me to produce the OmniumGatherum cartoons and keeping meon the straight and narrow when ideasfailed to materialise close to deadlines;in fact, the idea for the Elizabeth Icartoon was Lynda’s brainchild andperhaps one of the best! The cartoonsatirised the removal of the RiverThames from the TfL Tube Map in2009 and its subsequent reinstatementafter considerable complaint from thepublic, and, not least, from Boris Johnson!

The ‘Mind the Map’ exhibition, whichfeatures my last cartoon, includes awide range of innovative art whicheither directly use maps as the basisof the work or is inspired by mapping.Examples inspired by maps andmapping include Susan Stockwell’swonderful world map made fromtransport tickets, and SimonPatterson’s famous ‘The Great Bear’which reworks the standard tube mapby renaming the lines and addingprominent people instead of stationnames – with Gary Lineker famouslycrossing at the lines renamed‘footballers’ (Jubilee) and ‘saints’(Piccadily). Another classic is DavidBooth’s wonderful advert for ‘The Tate

Gallery by Tube’ in which the lines areshown as if squirted from tubes of oilpaint! A great example of art createdliterally from the tube map is JonathanParsons’ 2004 sculpture ‘Zoned Out’.This was made by carefully cutting outLondon’s overland and undergroundlines from various maps and arrangingthese into an incredibly delicate 3Dcascading form. Parsons particularlylikes the fact that the Central line,when turned on its side in his work,looks like a drinks bottle and remindshim of various gallery openings and receptions!

My own life has been dominated by afusion of geography, natural history,cartography and art. The link betweenthe four areas has been fluid, but eachhas informed the other. Like many asmall boy of the era of The Hotspurand The Victor comics (1960s and70s) I spent long days lying on thefloor surrounded by felt pens drawingdetailed maplike battle scenes oraerial dogfights. As a sixthformer,many hours were spent bent over amicroscope making detailed biologicaldrawings, as well as being encouragedby the art master to bring a dissectedrat into the art class as the basis for asixfoot oil painting (he and the classcame to regret this as the summerwarmed up!). As an undergraduate

Cutting the art out of cartography!

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student I was handy enough with aRotring pen to be trusted to do ‘outsidework’ by the chief cartographer at theUniversity of Newcastle upon Tyne,when the staff didn’t have the time. Allthe time I also drew and painted forpleasure and occasionally profit.

It is only recently, however, that I havestarted to directly include maps in myart. While much of the art which usesmaps or seeks inspiration from mapsis playful, abstract and postmodern inform, my own use of maps is probablymore sympathetic to older traditions asyou will see from the accompanyingimages. I was also inspired by myinvolvement, as a biogeographer, in anexhibition at the Sidney CooperGallery, my university’s art gallery, inCanterbury. I was asked to write ashort chapter for a book, FictionalHybrids, to accompany the exhibitionof the same name by the Australianartist Vera Möller. Her work involvedplacing small sculptures of ‘ambiguousorganisms’ into reallife settings in thewoods of Kent and then takingphotographs which were blownup asmassive wall posters for the exhibition.This was such a novel and excitinginitiative that I even took my secondyear biogeography class to theexhibition and ran it as a sort of exotic

fieldclass, in which students wereasked to work out what they thoughtwere the ecologies of these fictionalorganisms, with surprisingly positiveresponses from the students.

My recent work with maps falls intotwo main areas. First, the use of mapsas collage – to create ‘Green Men’using old Geological Survey maps, anapproach which resonates with theidea of fictional hybrids, and secondly,the more traditional use of OS mapsas the back drop to animal sketches. Itmight be worth inserting a rider at thisstage – ‘no maps were harmed in themaking of these images!’ – all of themaps were damaged in some wayand destined to be pulped, so Ieffectively rescued them and gavethem a second life.

The geology maps had been used forteaching at Wye College, Kent, andhad been variously ‘cut’ to remove keyinformation as part of anundergraduate exercise. Whatappealed to me as a biogeographerwas the visual link between thegeology and topography, that createdwonderful sinuous forms on the map,and the fact that if I carefully cutsections out they looked wonderfullylike leaves. I have some ‘oak leaves’

scattered on my desk as I write this. Isuspect they will never be used asthey look so good as they are onehas as its central vein the line of the‘Southern Railway’, running below theNorth Downs in Kent, which makes aneat link back to the transport theme!A series of Green Men have beenproduced in this manner – severalinspired by the amazing selfportraitsof the eighteen century sculptureFranz Xaver Messerschmidt (you mustcheck him out on Google Image)including the ‘Knifegrinder’ in thisarticle. Like many people, I amfascinated by Green Men and otherfolk images. I have also produced anumber of art works based on themedieval threehares symbol, in whichthe animals chase each other in acircle and share but three earsbetween them. In Christianity, thethree hare motif appears to be linkedwith the Virgin Mary, and a bossshowing the three hares is oftenjuxtaposed in churches with a boss ofthe Green Man, thought by some to beas representation of sinful humanity.My own Green Men have no symbolicmeaning, and are produced with nomore in mind that the sheer fun ofplaying with this ambiguous image.

The animal drawings arise from mylong term interest in natural history andlandscape. The animals are chosen fortheir links with the specific landscapeand its history. Again, the intent ispleasure in the link between the mapas representation of the territory andthe life of that world, rather than anydeeper meaning. I try to draw specifictopographic elements from the map totie the animal into the landscape; so inthe hare image the coast forms asmall pool, while in the badger picture,the river valley becomes a crevicewhich the animal is exploring and hasdiscovered a deliciously looking ‘wall fish’.

I hope these images give an insightinto my wider interest in art andcartography, a little pleasure, and youapprove of my novel recycling ofredundant and damaged maps!

Peter Vujaković, Canterbury ChristChurch University, and Coconvenor,

BCS Design Group.

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A report by BCS President Peter Jolly:

Iwas delighted to be invited to seethe largest ever atlas beingunveiled at the British Library

where it received the official recordbreaking status by Guinness WorldRecords adjudicators before joiningthe Library’s worldfamous mapcollections. The Earth Platinumatlas, one of only 31 copies inexistence, measures 6ft x 9ft (1.8mx 2.7m) and required six membersof Library staff to carry its 200kgweight through the doors.

The British Library also holds theKlencke atlas but the Earth Platinumatlas exceeds it by 30cm on eachside. The Klencke atlas wasproduced as one of a handful ofgiant atlases in 1660, and waspresented to King Charles II to markhis restoration to the throne. It wasbequeathed to the Library in the1820s as part of King George III’smap collections. While historic mapslike the Klencke were engraved andhandpainted by skilled artists andengravers, modern maps are largelyproduced using satellite data which,by comparison, means the Earth’ssurface is depicted with anastonishing degree of accuracy

and detail but still requires thecartographers’ expertise and skill toproduce the final finished product.

The Earth Platinum, launched byAustralian publishers MillenniumHouse, consists of 61 pages ofmaps and wonderful images using aphotographic technique whichoverlays thousands of photographsinto a single, seamless image.These huge images of our cities andlandscapes together with the mapsof continents, poles and oceansprovide an important historicalrecord for future generations ofLibrary researchers from a range ofdisciplines, providing anunparalleled snapshot of the Earthas it stands in the twentyfirstcentury. British Library experts wereamong those consulted as it wasbeing prepared.

Head of Cartography andTopography at the British Library,Peter Barber OBE, who wrote theintroduction to Earth Platinum, says‘The Library’s collection of maps isone of the greatest in the World,and the maps are important not onlyfor their use as geographical aids,but also as mirrors of the cultures inwhich they were created. While theKlencke Atlas provides an insight

into the world of British monarchs inthe seventeenth century, and whatthey thought was important about it,the Earth Platinum will offer areflection of what people of 2012 feltwas worth recording about their very different world. It will be anastonishing resource for researchersin ten, twenty or two hundred years’ time.’

Gordon Cheers, publisher of theEarth Platinum atlas, says ‘TheKlencke Atlas held at the BritishLibrary has long been the inspirationfor the production of the EarthPlatinum, and so to have one editionheld here to be used and enjoyedby scholars and mapenthusiastsalike is a real joy. We hope thatresearchers will learn a great dealfrom this landmark publication.’

World’s largest atlas acquired bythe British Library


London Mapping Festival

We are urgently looking for a newEditor to join the Maplines team assoon as possible to enable us tocontinue to maintain the qualityand standards of Maplines wehave achieved over recent years.We would hope the new Editorwould be involved in all aspects ofthe editorial work including any orall of the following

liaising with contributors

copy editing identifying new sources of material for publication or new contributors

layout work as necessary any other Maplines activities we find ourselves involved in at this exciting time of the developmentof Maplines and the BCS

We would be particularly interestedin hearing from anyone who could

join us in time to help with theWinter issue this October /November.

If you are interested or know anyone who would be interestedplease contact us at [email protected]

Lynda Bailey, Senior Editoron behalf of the Maplines Editors

Volunteer Editor Needed!

Hopefully everyone in the BCShas heard of the LondonMapping Festival and many

will have taken part in events. If youhaven’t then check out what it is allabout at the festival website, londonmappingfestival.org.The whole idea has proved a greatsuccess at bringing together thevarious specialisms within the widerworld of mapping. With nearly 100supporters LMF has attractedinvolvement from societies andinstitutions, commercial companiesfrom GIS software vendors andcartographic houses to surveyingpractitioners and hardwaremanufacturers, governmentdepartments, museums and artgalleries. The idea of what is a map,means many different things to avery large number of people; it isclear the enthusiasm for mappingfar from being diminished is growing strongly.

Recent events that have comeunder the LMF umbrella include the

new exhibition of Tube mapping atthe London Transport Museum, ageocaching event in GreenwichPark (a treasure hunt with GPS andmap see p15) and the LMF mapdisplay at Middlesex University andHendon library.

One event I would bring to yourattention is the planned ‘Survey ofthe Meridian’ by The SurveyAssociation and one of theircorporate partners, Topcon. Thisaims to run a GPSenabled car withvideo capture technology (likeGoogle Streetview) as close aspossible along the Meridian,stopping at schools along the way to

show how new technologies areused to create maps.

There are opportunities for moreevents if organisations would like totake part but time is running out. Ifyou want to know more contact Fiona Cocks at;[email protected] telephone 01223 880077.

With more than half the period ofthe festival over, we are building tothe big climax: the final freetoattend one day exhibition andseminar event at Lords CricketGround in December and theCharity Dinner and Auction onbehalf of MapAction at theprestigious East Winter Gardenvenue, Canary Wharf on the 10thJanuary 2013. The black tie dinneris a final chance for the mappingcommunity to promote itself underthe LMF banner with the opportunityto mingle with a host of names andinvited celebrities. We have setourselves the ambitious target ofraising £50,000 for the charity. Theauction is planned to start online inthe Autumn, so even if you can’tcome along, why not bid on one ofthe many experiences we will have available.

Thanks go to the BCS for theircontinued support of LMF and goodluck for the 50th Anniversary of theSociety in 2013 from the LMF team.

Seppe Cassettari

1. Geocaching in Greenwich Park –‘making like the Cutty Sark’!

2. Viewing the map exhibition atMiddlesex University

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Building to a Grand Finale

Symposium 2012

Mapping theGlobal Village

This year’s BCS AnnualSymposium was held in Hook,near Basingstoke. Once again

the delegate numbers were up onthe previous year. A very fullprogramme was crammed into twodays, combining a good mix ofspeakers with thought provokingand entertaining presentations anda series of interactive workshops.Our theme this year was ‘Mappingthe Global Village’, aiming to tieourselves in with the other big eventtaking place in London in 2012. Wehad sessions on Changing Times,Transport Mapping, Art inCartography and Mapping for theOlympics. The workshops verymuch linked in to these themes andprovided a coherent programme fordelegates, who judging by theirfeedback forms, responded very

positively to the programme.

The icebreaker session this yearwas a test of cerebral dexterityrather than constructional ability witha version of Scrabble based oncountry names – congratulations tothe winning team who amassed avery impressive 856 points! The Gala Dinner on Thursdayevening was followed by the BCSAwards Ceremony; our

congratulations go to this year’s winners.

And so with a very successful eventfinished for another year we nowstart planning for 2013. As it is the50th Anniversary of the BCS we areplanning something special andsomething different. We will bereturning to Leicester, where thevery first BCS Symposium was heldand the dates and venue will beannounced shortly – please checkregularly on the BCS website forfurther details. The ProgrammeCommittee always welcomesuggestions for session themes orparticular Speakers that you mayhave been impressed with, soplease let us have your suggestionsfor consideration.

We look forward to welcoming youto Leicester in 2013.

Pete JonesChair, Programme Committee


GIS SIG

This year’s GIS SIG at theSymposium discussed the useof GIS in the charity and not

forprofit sector. Map Action, Birdlife,The RNLI and Global Map Aid eachspent 30 minutes discussing theirwork and how GIS is helping tocreate business insight. GIS ishelping to save and conserve lives,both human and animal around theworld on both land and at sea.

With the current economic unrestdonations to charitable organisations are falling. Everypound spent is increasinglyimportant. GIS analysis combinedwith strong cartographic outputsenables charities to betterunderstand their operationalenvironment and how to focusspend appropriately. Using GIScharities are able to make betterinformed decisions on where toinvest donations in the mostappropriate way and importantlyjustify their activities to the

communities which support them.I’d like to thank Ming Lee fromMapAction, Mark Balman of Birdlife,Dan Ryan from RNLI and DougEamer from Global Map Aid fortaking the time to speak at the SIG.The volume of questions at the endof the presentations highlightedanother successful session.

If any members of the Society wouldlike to suggest topics for future GISSIGs or would like to present pleasedrop Rob Sharpe a line at:[email protected]

Award Winners2012The BCS AwardWINNER: British Geological Survey

The Stanfords Award forPrinted Mapping Products 2012 WINNER: British Geological SurveyAnglesey (Ynys Mön): A LandscapeCarved by IceHighly Commended: GlobalMapping Walk & Cycle BrackleyCommended: Steer Davies GleaveEaster Bush Campus Travel Map

David A Brawn Bus & Touring Maps Madeira & Tenerife

The Henry Johns AwardWINNER: Helen Jenny, BernhardJenny, William Cartright, LorenzHurni Local terrain deformationinspired by handpainted panoramas(Volume 48 Issue 1)

Ordnance Survey MasterMap AwardWINNER: Europa Technologies LtdRendition of OS MasterMap for viaEuropa hosted map service

The Avenza Award forElectronic Mapping ProductsWINNER: Kent County Council Kent Habitat MapsHighly Commended: BritishGeological Survey Anglesey (YnysMön): A Landscape Carved by Ice

The John Bartholomew AwardWINNER: no winner awarded as theHarperCollins judges did not feel thatthe entries received met the criteria. Commended: Defence GeographicCentre Cultural Briefing Map KenyaGlobal Mapping Planisphere


Fun, informativeand well run. Kevin Black

UKHO

Lots of food for thoughtequally from exhibitions andtalks. Good social aspect too.

Well worth coming. Paul Kelly Geo Mobile

Gmbh

An interesting event with a goodvariety of presentations and

workshops on offer. Peoples’ passionfor mapping shone through!

Charley Glynn OS

Very interesting to hearabout the latest

developments and to look atcartography from a widerange of perspectives fromexperts working in different

organisations. Jeremy Brocklehurst –Office for National

Statistics“I thought the programme

was exceptionally strong thisyear and I really enjoyed theconference! Great work!!!” Dr Ken Field, ESRI


Excellent opportunity tonetwork, discover new

aspects of cartography andgenerally be stimulated. Paul Gosling DGC

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The BCS AGM will be held at 5:00pm on Wednesday 31st October at the RAF Club in London. We intend to combine the AGM with a Fellows Evening including guest speaker and dinner, full detailsof which will appear on the BCS website. If you do not have easy access to the website, please contact:

Pete Jones MBE , Chair, Programme CommitteeTel: 020 8818 3922

BCS AGM Newflash

Mapping the Global Village


Better Mapping

A Brief HistoryIs it really six years since The BCSdipped a tentative toe into the BetterMapping arena? Where have thoseyears gone and what have we donein that time?

2006 – first free BCS seminars inCardiff, Liverpool, Edinburgh andLondon.

2008 – in conjunction with theAssociation for GeographicInformation (AGI) on a shared riskmodel at substantially reduced ratesfor BCS and AGI members travelled to Cardiff, Edinburgh,Leeds and London.

2009 – birth of the BCS Roadshowwith seminars on consecutive daysin a whirlwind tour to Bristol,Glasgow, Birmingham and London in association with AGI.

2010 – Better Mapping II, the nextlevel in London with more indepthteaching and including a workshopsession in association with AGI.

2011 – at the invitation of andhosted by Land & Property Services (HQ of Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland) with localspeakers joining the core BCS team in Belfast.

2012 – back with AGI for BetterMapping I in Leeds in June andBetter Mapping II in London at thehome of the other BCS – the BritishComputer Society who provided thevenue free of charge under thebanner of London Mapping Festival.

Since the first seminars in 2006, thecontent has evolved to its presentform but consistently covering theessential elements of why gooddesign matters and how to achievea ‘better’ map. The programme hasalso changed due to demand fordifferent topics – cartography issuch a huge subject and there is alimit to how much information wecan impart in one day. For example,the content of Better Mapping II hasbeen completely overhauled for2012 in response to requests fromdelegates who had attended the BMII event in 2010. We must be doingsomething right.

The core Better Mapping teamcomprises Peter Jones, GilesDarkes, Clare Seldon and myselfwith regular contributions fromothers – most recently Warren Vickof Europa Technologies at Leeds.Warren had just won the prestigiousOrdnance Survey MasterMap Awardat the BCS Symposium the weekbefore and was perfectly placed toshare his expertise using realworldexamples of good cartography.

What next?Dublin is on the drawing board forBetter Mapping I, perhaps forOctober this year if everything fallsinto place. Anyone interested injoining us in Dublin, or anywhereelse for that matter, contact us [email protected]. Nextyear is the 50th Anniversary of BCSand I look forward to organisinganother series of seminars.

Aside from these offtheshelfseminars we are able to offer onetoone training within anorganisation to suit specificrequirements. Such an event wasprovided at very reasonable cost toNatural England in 2010 where BCStalked about cartographic bestpractice and helped develop inhouse design conventions. If yourorganisation would benefit from abespoke training day for a group ofnew mapmakers or a crash coursein what not to do for the moreexperienced, please contact us forfurther information.

I believe we now have the attentionof the wider mapmaking communityand where there is an appetite tolearn about cartography BCS will bemore than happy to assist.

Mary Spence MBE

Restless Earth – end ofyear report

Teacher’s comment: A+ An exceptional year. BCS haveworked hard on this initiative andthe results are very positive.

The Restless Earth Workshop hasnow been delivered to a total of 42 different schools across England,with 10 separate events hosted inthis academic year alone. Althoughwe have not kept detailed notes ofthe total numbers of students whohave attended, a conservativeestimate is at least 1200. Theworkshop is designed for Year 10students, but we have also hadYears 7, 8 and 9 involved as welland in most cases they haveperformed as least as well as theirolder counterparts.

In terms of support, 54 differentpeople have been involved inrunning the workshops, 18 from theDefence Geographic Centre (all ofwhom are BCS members), 10 BCSMembers and 26 RGS GeographyAmbassadors. The support fromRGS has been very useful as it hasallowed us to involve localAmbassadors to support the rovingBCS team.

Judging from both the teacher andstudent feedback, it has been agreat success. Most teachers say ithas exceeded their expectationsand has provided a challenging taskfor their students to undertake,building on both their geographicalskills and knowledge as well asproviding an excellent opportunityfor team working. The studentfeedback continually mentionsthat they enjoy the team working

activities, experiencing a real lifescenario, working with differentmaps and researching on theinternet. The most common‘complaint’ is lack of maps inEnglish, but we are nowemphasising that in a real worldsituation you would have to workwith local maps, which in the current scenario we present, are in Japanese.

We already have eight events for2012/13 either organised or in thefinal stages of deciding upon a date,several of which are repeat visits toschools we went to this year, so wemust be doing something right!

Pete JonesChair, Programme Committee


David Cooper,Honorary Doctor ofScience

On 19th July 2012, David Cooperwas awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science by the University ofBedfordshire for his services toGeography at Luton graduationceremonies.

David Cooper, former PrincipalLecturer and Head of Geography,was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science at this year's Lutongraduation ceremonies. David

came to Luton in 1960 and finallyretired in 1995. David was thedriving force in establishing theDiploma in Geography, graduatesof which are affectionately knownas the Dip Geogs. The Dip Geogwas a hugely successful courselaunching the careers of manytalented students. Including theintegral placement year the coursewas seen as excellent preparationfor the work place.

The graduates have also gone onto form a very active alumni groupwho regularly organise reunions.

BCS is celebrating!

In 2013 the BCS will be celebratingits 50th birthday. Seems like justyesterday since the Society wasestablished but it is 50 years!

Do you have any photographs and other memorabilia that could befeatured as part of the celebrations?If so, please send details to me [email protected]

Martin LubikowskiChair, Publications Committee

a miscellaneous collection of people and things

‘OBE. Peter Michael Barber,Head of Map Collections,British Library. For services toCartography and Topography.’

Excellent, and thoroughly deservedaward. And something that all of uswho work in the subject can takepride in as well.

Tony Campbell

Maps in strange places

Great Minds cartoon ondisplay

Peter Vujakovic, Convenor of theBCS Design Group, and SeppeCassettari, with the Maplinescartoon of Elizabeth I on display atthe London Transport Museum’sMind the Map exhibition in May.

Spring Quiz answers

1. Ditchley Portrait

2. Teaches

3. 1914

4. 1926

5. Museum of BritishTransport opened in an oldbus garage in Clapham South London

6. William Rogers


The 2012Symposium waswell attended byrepresentativesfrom all areas ofthe business ofmaps, withCorporateMembers fillingthe Exhibition

area there was a real opportunity tonetwork. It was great to see such agood turn out, the largest number ofexhibitors for many years. Thankyou for your support. Many of our

members attend relatedconferences and trade shows. InApril a few of us could be found atthe London Book Fair and in Maythe International Map TradeAssociation (IMTA) held its annualconference and trade show inDresden that attracted businessesfrom around the World.

The BCS gives you the opportunityto promote your business to thewider cartographic community andin return we should do our best topromote the BCS. As the Corporate

Membership continues to grow thediversity of activities within themembership increases which canonly be good news; we are alllooking for new businessopportunities.

If you have any comments youwould like me to put to BCS Council please do not hesitate tocontact me.

Alan GrimwadeBCS Corporate Liaison Officer

Corporate

National Land Use MapThe GeoInformation Groupannounces the first release of itsland use reference database for theUnited Kingdom.

This unique and comprehensiveNational Land Use Map identifiesthe location and the extent of 26different land use categoriesthroughout England, Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland. It is theonly current map of its kind enablingplanners and policy decision makersto consider the strategic implicationsof their plans in the context of anational picture.

The land use information is updatedon a regular basis and includesindustrial areas, retail and businessparks, agricultural and naturallandscapes as well as differenttypes of urban environments. Thesekey categories help professionalsdirectly address both current andfuture issues such as flooding,house building and the preservationof open space all based on a singleand consistent database.

The National Land Use Map, whichwas derived from projects in

support of national utility networkprogrammes, has been adapted foruse by market sectors such as localand central government, consultingengineers and commercial propertydevelopers. It is broadly based onNLUD v4.4 classification system toensure compatibility with databasesthat have been created in the past.

The database enables professionalsto make informed decisions aboutdevelopment, taking into accountboth local and regional context andbalancing the conflicting pressuresof urban growth and rural protection.

‘The availability of a national landuse database that covers the lengthand breadth of the United Kingdomis a powerful resource for anyonecharged with managing ourlandscape. Not only does it offer theability to consider the widerimplication of plans but the ability to identify land use and derivestatistics in a consistent andcoherent manner’, said Alun Jones,Manager Director for TheGeoInformation Group.

‘For over 15 years, TheGeoInformation Group has used itsextensive expertise to create landuse maps through digitising land usetypes from high resolution aerialphotography but never before has adatabase been available at anational scale. Its value will berecognised by professional users in a wide range of market sectors’.

Data is provided in easy to useformats and users can define thearea they wish to purchase.

Alternatively, Customised Land Usemaps are available on request aswell as UKMap’s Base layer forGreater London which offers landuse at the 1:1,000 mapping scale.To find out more about NationalLand Use Map or request a quotefor your area, see website below.

The GeoInformation Groupwww.geoinformationgroup.co.uk


Fellows Survey

Judging the mood

Earlier this year we asked allFellows to complete a briefsurvey on their opinion of the

Fellow’s Evening. This is the first of aseries of short surveys thatProgramme Committee plan toundertake to gain members views onthe events they would like to see runby the Society.

The survey was open for threemonths online and was also availablein paper form. Ten questions coveredthe format, time of day, time of year,cost and location of the evening;thirty eight Fellows responded to the survey.

An overwhelming 98% ofrespondents felt the Society shouldcontinue to run an annual Fellows’event. The preferred time of yearvaried considerably: overall the mostpopular times being between AprilJune (37%) and October–December(31%); twenty eight percent ofrespondents didn’t mind what time ofyear the event took place.

The current format of the event is aninvited speaker and a meal. Fellowswere asked which of the foursuggested formats they would prefer(Figure 1). The most popular option,(77% responses), was an invitedspeaker and meal. Two respondentsmade additional suggestions: visit aplace of interest such as the Houseof Commons and the event shouldbe informal.

When asked whether a sit downmeal or buffet was preferable, 62%respondents selected the less formalbuffet. Reasons given for this

preference included, that it wouldallow attendees to circulate andnetwork and may offer a cheaperattendance fee.

The Fellows’ Evening has been heldin London over previous years. 80%of respondents thought this was asuitable location. However ninerespondents added a comment tothis answer. It was suggested thatthe event should move around thecountry or be on an evening prior tothe Annual Symposium to encourage

more people to attend. Othersuggested locations includedBirmingham, Taunton, Oxford,Cambridge and Scotland.

Fellows were asked what time of day they would like the event to takeplace. The most popular option was‘Evening with networking in the barbefore the event’ (48%). It wassuggested the event should run after another meeting e.g.Council Meeting.

Cost to attend is important toeveryone. Fellows were offered fourprice brackets for three options:speaker only, meal only, speaker andmeal. For an event which wasspeaker only or meal only 93% and68% respondents respectively feltthat £25£30 was appropriate.

For a speaker and meal almost halfrespondents, 48%, selected £31£45and 31% selected £46£60.

Fellows were asked who should beinvited to attend the event, whetherthis should be Fellows only, all BCSmembers or also include nonmembers. Although the highestreturn was for Fellows, BCSmembers and nonmembers,comments suggested that

nonmembers should be fromspecific groups such asspouses/invited guest of Fellows orFellows of other societies orprofessional bodies e.g FRGS.FRICS. With a greater number ofattendees BCS Fellows may thenreceive a small discount to attend.

Finally we asked Fellows foradditional comments andrecommendations for speakers:sixteen responses gave variedanswers. Several Fellows stated thatthey have been unable to attendrecent events, due to personalreasons rather than lack of interest.For the themes, general interestcartography was popular, and weshould use the event to promotewhat we do as a society to those thathave not heard of us.

So what next for the ProgrammeCommittee? The first action is toconfirm this year’s event. Based onresponses from this survey we areopting for 31 October in London. Theevent will be in the evening with aninvited speaker and meal where wewill do our best to achieve the pricerange preferred. To attract moreattendees we will hold the event afteranother meeting, for this year this will be the AGM.

In the meantime we will map thepostcodes of Fellows’ homeaddresses to identify other locationsthat we may chose for future years.We will also continue with our plan toask for members’ feedback on otherevents and will work with theConvenors of the Special InterestGroups (SIGs) to ensure we cover allevents we hold.

Finally, a big thank you to allrespondents to the survey; weappreciate your time in completingthe survey as it gives us valuablefeedback on the work we do for theSociety. We hope you agree it wasquick and easy to complete and thatyou will encourage others tocomplete future surveys. Yourcomments count.

Pete Jones Chair, Programme Committee


Geocaching

135 Geographic Squadron, theonly unique IndependentTerritorial Army unit that

provides geographic supports to theregular forces and defence, tookpart in the Geocaching event inGreenwich, London on 24th May.The TA team included Sgt Vosper,Cpl Morley, LCpl Olajide, *Spr Starr& Spr Terry. This event wasorganised as part of the LondonMapping Festival cartography, GISand mapping program of events forLondon, and was sponsored byLeica Geosystem, the CharteredInstitution of Civil EngineeringSurveyors (ICES), University ofGreenwich, Geoinformation Groupand the Survey Association. Theattendees were civilians from a widerange of mapping, surveying andGIS backgrounds such as LocalGovernment Authority, Map Action,GeoInformation group, DefenceGeographic Centre, various GISfirms and students from theUniversity of Greenwich. SelenaParton, Pete Brown, Jacquie Blondand Michael Spears from theDefence Geographic Centre (DGC)also took part.

The squadron has a track record ofresounding success in orienteering,which was replicated at this uniquerecruiting & learning event. It wasinteresting to see the constructionbeing done at the OlympicEquestrian site and the weather waswelcoming; Greenwich Park waspacked with people soaking up thevery welcome sun.Leica provided the renowned LeicaZeino 10 and 15 hand held GNS,GPS & GIS devices; a lightweightfull functionality, high speed GPSdevice with enhanced features,though the device proved

troublesome with some groups who had slight difficulty with theconnections. It apparently is arugged and versatile GNSS/GIShandheld device with wirelessdownload, uploads and GIScapability to submeter accuracy inrealtime and postprocessed.

Geocaching is very enjoyable butphysically challenging; it is anoutdoorreal world navigation eventusing GPS devices. All the teamswere required to navigate to all thecompulsory and optional way points,solving the entire question atspecific way points. Timings werecrucial as the accumulation of pointstakes into account the time taken;some geo points required arrival atprecise timings. Most people foundthe device slightly complex and itwas a learning curve for allparticipants. The GPS devicefrequently lost signal in densely builtup areas and required improvisingand navigating directly from thesystem map. Working in groups was

interesting but had its determentsbecause it required you to work atthe pace of the slowest member andyou had to arrive at a group decisionon the majority of your outcomes;even when you disagree. CplMorley’s team worked very well as a team and it was interesting to seethe diversity of skills being used;they even related lymphatic filariasiswith the Navy infirmary (1800) asthe correct answer at one of the locations.

Geocaching is slightly different toorienteering because on arriving atyour way point, there are nomarkers but the related questiongives you an indication of whetheryou are in the right place, then yougo about solving the task. Weanticipated the event would be easy,the going proved otherwise. Therewere areas that requiredcalculations, team work, soundgeographic knowledge and a lot ofthinking. For instance, when wearrived at way point 11, theinstruction was to find M.SABO andextract four M.S. Sabo jokes. Mygroup thought this must relate to atheatre and we strayed to varioustheatres/pubs in the location but tono avail, until I spotted a shoparound the corner tucked away fromview called M. Sabo. On closeinspection of the convenience shopthere were adverts on the windowwhich were jokes not adverts, forexample, ‘Parachute for sale usedonly once. Unopened…’, ‘One friedegg for sale, would make goodbookmark’. Other way pointsincluded questions such as ‘Whatare Valencia’s coordinates?...continued on p19

Fun in Greenwich


Much has been said about theneed to revitalise our towncentres due to popularity

of outoftown shopping, especiallywith The Portas Review: anindependent review of the future of our high streets, 2011, by Mary Portas.

She says ‘High streets must beready to experiment, try new things,take risks and become destinationsagain. They need to be spaces andplaces that people want to be in.High streets of the future must be a hub of the community that localpeople are proud of and want to protect.’

Penryn, Cornwall is actively workingon creating a strong businesscommunity. Tired with different

organisations having difficultypromoting the town, the traders setup a regular meeting called thePenryn Independent Traders, to dosomething practical.

‘The group has some great ideas,but we are not getting bogged downwith too much talking about it: weare all focused on seeing action. Weare focused on doing, rather thantalking’ said Ed Hartgill, who runsthe Number20 wine bar.

Penryn is an up and coming town;with the new development of theTremough Campus on its townboundary, it has more peoplepassing through Penryn than ever.And this is the main issue; peopleoften pass through Penryn to get tothe nearby town of Falmouth toshop, eat and drink. The challengefor the traders of the town was topromote Penryn as an interestingplace to stop, stretch the legs andexplore the town.

Penryn has much to offer as thehistoric town has glorious views overthe Penryn river, a museumdedicated to the town and energetic

walks through the Glasney Valley,two minutes’ walk from the mainstreet. However, as most of theshops are small and independentlyrun, the town lacks a unified imagethat other towns might have.Several of the traders got togetherto discuss a map to promote thetown. I went along on invitation fromthe local printer, Trevor, as the

Community Mapping for TheQueen's Diamond

Jubilee

All photos by © Caroline Robinson 2012


representative of Clear MappingCompany; we are actually basedover the river in Falmouth. At themeeting, the brief was outlined:creating a map from scratch by theQueen's Diamond Jubilee in fourweeks’ time. Usually a project of thissize with 30+ independent traders,each with an equal say, would take

around 68 weeks to complete, but Iwas willing to take up the challenge.

With the support from key membersof the business community, eachtrader involved in the town wasasked if they would like to getinvolved. The Town Council and theUniversity were also asked to getinvolved and contribute to the map.The community engagementprocess meant that all traders wereinvolved in the project from decidingthe front cover to exploring andplotting the local walks. I worked asa project manager alongside Trevorwho was the project's main focalpoint in the town.

I have worked on other communityprojects, but nothing quite so

intense as the Penryn IndependentTrader's Map. The traders werereally focused on what they wantedto achieve and I'm pleased that theyare pleased with the results.

The maps were printed anddistributed around the town, theuniversity and in surrounding areas.Each trader also has a 'lollipop sign'with their number on to promote themap on the ground. The project wascompleted on time and on budgetfor the Diamond Jubilee weekend something to celebrate after all!

Caroline RobinsonClear Mapping Company

[email protected]

Cartography


UKCC Report

Over the last year at theinstigation of BCS Council,the remit and operation of

the UKCC has been reviewed. TheBCS provide significant funding tothe UKCC and the support of UKparticipation in ICA activities, sogiven the notable increase in thelevel of UK involvement in ICACommissions in recent years, thereis increased pressure on the fundsavailable; this comes at a time whensupport from the Royal Society isreducing. While the BCS is the UKmember of ICA, the Royal Societycontinues to contribute 49% of thesubscription. Historically, the RoyalSociety also funded the nationaldelegate to attend the ICA GeneralAssembly and provided support for attendance at ICA businessmeetings. This funding waswithdrawn in 2011 and is unlikely toreturn in the near future, increasingthe reliance on funding from theBCS if this involvement is tocontinue. The Royal Society doescontinue to support scientificinvolvement in ICA activity throughits international travel awards, butthis scheme has been reduced andis highly competitive.

Despite a strongly voiced proposalfor a quite different model oforganising the UKCC and the UK’srelationship with the ICA, the agreedoutcome is to a large extent arefinement of what we have had inrecent years. Instead of plannedmeetings twice a year, to save ontravel expenses and to coordinatewith the pattern of ICA activities,mainly relating to GeneralAssemblies, there will now be sixmeetings over each four year term,with annual meetings in May andadditional meetings about six

months before and shortly aftereach General Assembly. A four yearbudget has been prepared andaccepted by Council, giving a clearindication of the pattern ofexpenditure.

A key change is that in supportingnominations for UK chairs and vicechairs of commissions we expectannual reports about commissionactivities to be submitted. If theseare not forthcoming, then futuresupport and funding may bewithheld. It is gratifying that at ourMay meeting, the majority compliedwith this request. Commission chairs and vicechairs will also beexpected to contribute to Maplinesand the BCS website.

I am pleased to say that as part ofthe funding the BCS ICA SupportAwards will continue, with amaximum of £2000 available eachyear to encourage individualinvolvement with ICA. Awards arenot normally for attendance at ICAconferences, but are intended tosupport the research work ofcommissions. While it is expectedmuch of the funding will go to UKcommission chairs and vicechairs,awards are open to all BCSmembers as a way of supportingcartographic research in the UK. Formore information see the UKCCpage on the BCS website.

Becoming involved with the work of a commission is the best way to get active in the internationalcartographic community. The 28current commissions cover a verywide range of topics, some quitegeneral, others very specific; someacademic, others more practical.Commissions operate in different

ways, but most hold events inaddition to participation in thebiennial ICA conferences. Oftenthese are associated with otherconferences or meetings, butseveral have their own annualmeeting and generally costs arekept to a minimum to encourageparticipation. For example, theCommission on MountainCartography regularly meet in anappropriate location for their subjectand in addition to workshopsessions, they gain first handexperience of the mountainenvironment! Most commissions arequite informal in their organisationand normally expressing interest tothe chairperson will get anenthusiastic response. For moreinformation on commissions seewww.icaci.org.

There are several commissionworkshops coming up later thisyear, but the focus within ICA is now turning to the InternationalCartographic Conference inDresden next August. Dresden is a very attractive city and theconference organiser Prof. ManfredBuchroithner is going all out to makeit a great event. Many commissionswill have preconference workshopswhich the organisers are makingstrides to coordinate more thanperhaps has been the case in thepast. The call for papers is out, withthe deadline for submission inNovember. I would encourage youto consider making a submission orattending the conference.

David ForrestChair, UK Cartography Committee

[email protected]

InternationalCartographicConference – ICC 2013

The 26th International CartographicConference will be held in Dresdenin August 2013. This conferencereturns to Germany again, with ICAconferences being held previously inGermany to take place in the“Florence of the North”. It will bringtogether cartographers and GIScience specialists from across the

globe, providing a forum for thepresentation of scientific papersillustrating the efforts of the researchcommunity, professional papersdescribing the cuttingedge methods employed by mappingorganisations, meetings of the ICACommissions and Working Groups,furthering their internationalcollaborative efforts to advanceknowledge and techniques incartography, map exhibitions andthe chance to meet again withcolleagues and friends.

For more information see www.icc2013.org


New members: The Society has the pleasure ofwelcoming the following newmembers who have joined theSociety since the Spring 2012edition of Maplines.

Corporate Members:Compare Infobase Ltd (India),EDINA, Natural England, SurveySolutions.

UK Members: Mr T. Armitage, Mr J. Bedford, Mrs N.J. Booth, Mr J. Brushett, Mr B. Caille, Mr A. Champion, Mr B. Clark, Miss T. Connolly, Mr R.J. Edwards, Miss J. Evans, Mr T. Frankhauser, Mrs A. Freeman,Miss A. Hawkins, Miss E. Lagrue, Mr N. Peters, Mrs C. Robinson,Miss B. Schuenemann, Miss J. Seviour, Mr L. Sewell, Miss S. Soutar, Mr H. Ujlaki, Mr P. Yuille.

Overseas Members:Prof. Dr S. Nebiker (Switzerland), Mr Prakash Pal (India), Mr T.L.R.Sandiford (USA), Mr M Smith(Bahrain).

UK Associate Members: Mr J. Bennett, Mr S. British, Mr N. Gould, Mr K. Stuart.

Fellows: At its meeting in June 2012, Councilwas pleased to award Fellowshipstatus to Mr M. Binfield, and Mr D. McCutcheon.

And FinallyAs the wind and rain lashes myoffice windows as I write this rathershorter than usual input to theSummer edition it seems to reflectour Summer rather short. I cannotremember back to a summer whenthe Pimms bottle has remainedunopened for so long in our drinkscabinet. Putting the doom andgloom aside, I attended my thirdBCS Symposium this year held inBasingstoke and as in previousyears thoroughly enjoyed myselfmeeting old and making newfriends, the accommodation, foodand organisation was againabsolutely first class. The onlydownside was the 5½ hours it tookme to drive home on the Fridayafternoon, as I sat waiting in trafficqueues I amused myself by lookingfor places of interest on my sat nav.

Earlier in the year I volunteered(something that during my militarycareer I was never encouraged todo) to assist in the Restless EarthWorkshops being run by the Societyfor year 10 geography students at

schools throughout the country, Iwas asked to participate in two, onein Stoke and one in Northampton.The workshops are meticulously and thoroughly planned and soinformative I learn something newevery time I attend one and theparticipation by the students issomething to behold. The majoritystart each session with a look ofbewilderment on their faces and yetsome 2 hours later when they aredebriefed on their task theenthusiasm and initiatives shown isvery fulfilling and I cannot thank theChair of the ProgrammesCommittee enough for allowing meto be involved.

Well it is back to finalising theaccounts for this year and perhapscasting a hopeful eye at the windowfor some sun!!

My regards to you all.

Roger HoreBCS Administration15 The CrescentStanley CommonIlkeston, Derby

DE7 6GL, EnglandUK

Tel/Fax: +44(0)115 9328684Email: [email protected]

BCS Admin

..continued from p15Which was 51 degrees 28 minutes59 seconds north and 00 d, dd m,4.01 seconds West. I found waypoint 8 amusing; the question read‘if you travel East from 0’ degreelongitude time begins to alter, withzones defining changes of no lessthan 1hr, we ignore this principleand if we did how much would yourdistance from the observatory affecttime with the correct answer inseconds to two decimal places?’One hardworking participant frommy group gave up due to the highlevels of heat and the distanceinvolved. However, as the TAprovides the opportunity to carry outregular endurance training andfitness exercises conducted byqualified physical training instructors(PTI), the exercise wasn’t toodemanding for our squadron.

After spending a constructive twohours plus running around

Greenwich navigating with the Leicakit, 135 Geo Sqn lead the way withSpr Terry team finishing first, havingnavigated to all the points andaccumulated the highest score,followed by Spr Starr group claimingthe 2nd prize. Michael Spears, fromDGC, saw his group initially coming3rd, until it was recalculated to 5thand also got awarded an individualprice. My group finished 4th. Theevent was rounded up with collationof results and networking atUniversity of Greenwich, membersof 135 Geo Squadron lead by SgtVosper spent the evening activelyrecruiting and answering questionsfrom individuals who had an interestin joining the TA; our involvementwas welcomed and encouraged.The day came to a close after theprize giving; we headed up to thelocal Greenwich pub around 8pm tounwind. We enjoyed the opportunityto use the Leica GPS kit fornavigation; it provided an

opportunity to network and ‘recruit’and gave the squadron morevisibility, building positive geospatialrelations with our Londoncommunities and promotinggeospatial awareness in schools.Selena Parton, DGC emphasisedthe point that it was good to seemapping organisations cometogether and network with the localcommunities in view of promotinggeography to a wider audience.

LCpl David Olajide135 Geographic Squadron

and Defence Geographic Centre,MoD.

*SPR = Sapper1. A military engineer who specialises insapping and other field fortification

activities.2. A military engineer who lays, detects,

and disarms mines.


Quiz – Geoinformation Group

The London Mapping Festival hasbeing going over a year andhundreds of people follow itsprogress on Twitter. But on thosedays when there has been nothing totalk about LMF has been passing onfacts or interesting snippets aboutLondon.

Here are 10 questions based onthose tweets. For the first set ofcorrect answers the winner gets acopy of the LMF London in Mapsbook.

To enter just send your answers [email protected]

1. How much was Harry Beck paidfor his original job?

A 4 guineas; B 5 guineas; C 6 guineas

2. Angel Tube Station has WesternEurope’s longest escalator. Howmany steps?

A 294; B 329; C 318

3. How many UNESCO WorldHeritage sites does London have?

A 6; B 4; C 2

4. How many national museums arelocated in London?

A 22; B 26; C 31

5. Britain’s first supermarket openedin Earls Court in which year?

A 1951; B 1953; C 1954

5. The first football match playedunder Football Association rules wasin Battersea Park in which year?

A 1862; B 1864; C 1866

7. The tallest church spire in Londonis St Marys Abbot Church inKensington at how many feet?

A 266; B 278; C 284

8. When was Parliament Square,Britain’s first roundabout, built?

A 1922; B 1924; C 1926

9. How many people visited theGreat Exhibition of 1851?

A Over 6 million; B Over 8 million; C Over 10 million

10. Which king founded the first golfclub in England at Blackheath?

A James I; B James II; C Charles I

The winner of the Spring 2012 quiz is Robin Burchfield. Spring Quiz answers on p. 12.

Documents

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