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Welcome to our jam-packed Decemberissue. Not only is it full to bursting, itis also 20 pages long! The past few

months and the forthcoming months form a verybusy period for BCS, including Council electionswith a new President and Vice President, theDurham Symposium, IMTA returning to theUK and a very successful IGU in Glasgow. Wereport on the successful Durham Symposium andat the same time issue a Call for Papers for ournext Symposium in Plymouth in September2005 (p9). So much news, so much going on.

As some of you will be aware, the Society istrying to develop areas relating to CorporateMembers. With this in mind, we have created anew regular feature Page 12. This new corporatepage will be devoted to Corporate Membersnews and views. So if you have long serving staffretiring, new starters, a big project or just some

general news you would like to share with us inthe form of articles or even a letter to theEditors, please get in touch.

With so many official events going on it wouldbe easy to forget that cartography and BCS havea fun and intriguing side to them too, so muchthat our activities can attract internationalattention! In this issue we have two particulararticles one about a very special little boy in theUS (p 14) and a request for help for an especiallyintriguing map from Australia (p10) with whichwe hope you will be able to help.

Finally we extend our heartiest congratulations toChris Board on receiving the Society Medal atthe Durham Symposium.

Lynda, Sheena & Martin

One of the benefits of a long journeyhome after the Symposium weekendis the chance to reflect on all that

has happened. For me, of course, there wasmuch to occupy my mind – the burden ofresponsibility, the weight ofexpectation... However,I have to say that theenduring memory ofDurham 2004 will be thelook of total surprise andpleasure on the face of ChrisBoard as he realised it washe who was to be therecipient of the SocietyMedal. It is a richlydeserved honour and weshould all not only bethankful for Chris’ unendingcommitment to cartographybut seek to learn from hiswealth of experience.

Musing on this last point set me wondering– the Symposium was an excellent mix ofyoung and old, experience and youth; full ofkeen and enthusiastic participants. Withinthe BCS there are so many people who havea lifetime of experience in the subject andhave so much to pass on; a wealth ofknowledge we must not lose. And yetmany of the traditional mechanisms for thistransfer of knowledge have almost fadedaway. The annual turnover of new recruitsinto the national mapping agencies hasbecome sporadic at best and whole scaleredundancies and early retirements have leftthe organisations bereft of much experience.Likewise the loss of higher education courseswhere the new generation benefited fromthe committed teachers and researchersmeans the experience pool has dwindledto a trickle.

There is an important role here for the BCSand in particular for the Symposium. Weneed to keep encouraging young and oldalike to attend, to mingle and learn formeach other; pass on experiences and shareknowledge. It is a key part of stimulatingthe next generation of cartographers.

Over the next two years I hope that with thecontinuing support of Council, the BCS can

move ahead on the objectives it set itselfunder the Strategic Review. As Frank spokeabout at the Symposium, the industry Auditfor the UK is well under way and we shouldbe grateful to him for his tremendous efforts

in pulling it all together.

We still have much to do onthe marketing and PR front,and in particular on theissue of member benefits.Mary or myself would beonly too pleased to receiveyour comments andthoughts on this subject.

I am pleased to say thatafter an abortive attemptto bring in much neededsupport for Ken and Frankin this area, Giles Darkes

will take on the role approved by Council inthe spring. I am sure you will hear morefrom him in due course.

Lastly the usual, but essential, plea foryour continued support. There are lots ofinitiatives going on, events planned andwork to do on the publications, all of whichneed members to come forward and play anactive role, no matter how small. Our mainarea of concern is the Cartographic Journal.Peter has done a terrific job over the past 3years but because of changing jobs has hadto resign from the editorship. We need anew editorial team to provide the academicand editorial support for the Journal,which is now such a vital income strand forthe Society. Please consider what role youcan play.

And finally, when I arrived home after theSymposium, President’s chain in hand, mytwo children (14 and 9) immediatelybrought me down to earth by calling it my‘Bling, Bling’. Now, I have manfully tried tomaintain at least a token link with youthculture, but this one passed straight over myhead. ‘It’s what?’ The explanation wassomething to do with the jewellery wornby a certain rap star...

Seppe Cassettari

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 April 2005

edition isTuesday 8 February

The comments

in Maplines are those

of the Editors and

Contributors and not

necessarily those

of the BCS.

...there are so

many people who

have a lifetime of

experience in the

subject and have

so much to pass

on; a wealth of

knowledge we

must not lose.

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Editorial

Letters to the Editors

President’s column

Dear Maplines Editors,

Does Maplines have something against LewisCarroll? Among the excellent selection ofmap-related quotations included in the recentissue, two were not attributed to their correctauthor, in both cases Lewis Carroll. TheWonderland quotation is attributed to Alicewho, although she undoubtedly inspired thetwo Alice stories, was not the actual author.Furthermore, I don’t believe that this is actually a quotation from either Alice book,although it does sound like one.

The verse attributed to ‘Anon’ is actually an accurate quotation from The Hunting of theSnark, by Lewis Carroll. It is an excellentabsurd discussion of cartography, but it is ashame that you stopped short at this verse, asthe next two verses go on to develop the ideaamusingly (in the original edition this text isaccompanied by an illustration by HenryHoliday of the blank map!):

He had bought a large maprepresenting the sea,Without the least vestige of land: And the crew were much pleased whenthey found it to be A map they could all understand.

“What’s the good of Mercator’s North Poles andEquators, Tropics, Zones, and Meridian Lines?”So the Bellman would cry: and the crew wouldreply “They are merely conventional signs!”

Other maps are such shapes, with theirislands and capes! But we’ve got our brave Captain to thank:(So the crew would protest) “that he’s bought us the best— A perfect and absolute blank!”

Simon Ungar

Editors’ note: Thanks to Simon for pointingout our errors when transferring the correctlysupplied quotes from the paper copy.

The BCS Council and the Society would liketo thank Ordnance Survey, Philip’s,Bartholomew Mapping Services, TheGeoInformation Group and Cosmographics

for their generous sponsorship of theSociety’s Annual Dinner and AwardsPresentation at this year’s DurhamSymposium.

THANK YOU

Continued from page 1...learning difficulties, Learning bugs incartography and GIScience, suggesting whatcartographers can do to support school students’thinking with maps. The Durham CountyCouncil Schools Mapping Project showed us howGIS had been introduced into local schools, thesession ending with the impact of theongoing Ordnance Survey Free Maps for 11 yearolds scheme.

The day continued with Tim Fearnsideleading UK Cartographic education – state of play and the new game plan. Sandwiched intothis session were the eye-opening Learningopportunities for young people and the work of theLearning Skills Council and Developing thelearning structure for young people, a report onthe Sector Skills Development Agency. Finally,complete with elephants, Susie Jones ande-learning techniques with a very easy to followEngaging, Educational and E-dapatable: ‘do tryE-learning you will find it an excellent exercise’.

Onwards, ever onwards, to the OfficialReception and Exhibition opening, by ProfessorAsh Amin of the Geography Department.Delegates crowded into the exhibition room;exhibitors manned their stands; everyone millinground, chatting and enjoying the refreshments.The friendly company put us in a great frame ofmind for the evening’s Quiz Night and Alan andSusie’s Design Group challenge, where theperceptive minds of partying cartographers(ahem!) and their verbal, miming and artisticcommunication skills were suitably tested!

Saturday dawned. After a late night, or in somecases, early morning, back to the Geographybuilding for Session Three, Mapping Boundaries,chair, Peter Vujakovic. Durham University beingthe home of IBRU, the International BoundariesResearch Unit, their involvement in theSymposium was apt and very welcome. TheIBRU papers, The role of maps and map-makersin boundary mapping highlighted some of thechallenges that boundaries present togovernments, suggesting ways that maps andmap-makers can contribute to an effectiveboundary regime. They followed with anintriguing study of a section of boundary, which,even today, is still indistinct and undemarcated –Mweru to Tanganyika: a case of maps andproblematic boundary making in colonial Africa.In a much smaller scale topic, Alison Ewingtonlooked Behind the Lines: The World Political Map

to explore the trend of areas such as the EU tohave soft internal boundaries with a hard outershell, asking if cartographers are up to thechallenge of accurately depicting the changingfunction of boundaries. Lastly, David Millerexplained how National Geographic uses its locallanguage partners in map-making policy whentaking a fresh look at sovereignty issues –Drawing the line: the problems and promise ofinternational boundaries on maps.

Three workshop sessions ran along side the mainsessions. The Hand-held GPS session took sever-al hardy souls outside into the cool Septemberweather. Four groups were introduced to new,small units, which allowed us to locate ourselveson a map and add information quite easily for amodest outlay. The other sessions were AlanCollinson’s Geo-Innovations and Susie Jones’E-learning and WebCT.

Inside, Session Four was underway, the first oftwo sessions devoted to historical and modernmilitary mapping. Yolande Hodson chairingHistorical Military Mapping gave FrancisHerbert an opportunity to explore A CrimeaWar triptych: John Arrowsmith’s cartographicresponse in 1854. Chris Board continued withMilitary Maps of the Cape Colony, South Africaissued during the 2nd Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902:recent discoveries. John Peaty gave thephotographers amongst us an opportunity to testour camera skills by displaying one of Haig’sRelief Maps, a unique collection of 3-D mapsmade for the General during WWI, which theMoD are actively involved in conserving. Finally,Peter Collier took us through The work of the AirSurvey Committee and its impact on mapping inthe Second World War.

Then to Session Five! Contemporary MilitaryMapping, with David Fairbairn as chair, coveredGeographic Support for Contemporary MilitaryOperations, giving an insight into Cartographictraining for the army. The session was roundedout by Mapping responsibilities within DefenceEstates, as the land owned by the MoD containsmany SSIs, archaeological sites and scheduledmonuments as well as military facilities.

In the last session of the day Mick Ashworthgave his Presidential Address But is itCartography? exploring how modern art hasincorporated cartographic images to fascinatingand intriguing effect. Final business of the day,

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Durham 2004 continued...

CONGRATULATIONS...to David Hume,the Durham local

organiser forarranging such anenjoyable event!.

We look forward toseeing you all in

Plymouth in 2005.

If you have neverbeen to a

Symposium, it's anexperience to berecommended!

Trying hard not to get confused with thecoach that regularly picked up the Sagaparty of mountain climbers and deep-sea

divers, we scrambled aboard the ‘Safari’ coachheading off toward Newcastle. The MapCurators’ Group had a choice of two trips – oneto Alan Godfrey Maps in Leadgate and the otherto the North of England Mining Institute inNewcastle upon Tyne.

I was venturing as far as Newcastle: a place I hadnever been and one I was about to see far moreof than I expected. The safari began at Leadgatewhen the coach driver gave us a tour of the townwhilst trying to find the former school in whichAlan Godfrey Maps are based. We went pastnumerous schools and over many a sleepingpoliceman in our efforts to find the correctlocation. Eventually we dropped off the visitinggroup and carried on our way.

Having reached the outskirts of Newcastle thecoach driver announced that he didn’t likedriving in the city as he wasn’t sure of the roadlayout and often got lost. How it is that coachesfull of cartographers usually end up with themgetting lost is beyond me. Obviously the drivershave never heard of maps and assume we areheart surgeons or similar. Nevertheless, weseemed to reach our destination quite quickly.Our crocodile of map curators, filled withexcitement and anticipation, threaded its way

through the taxi rank and along the road to theMining Institute building. Now either they wereon strike or they just didn’t like the look of us, asby the time we reached the door there wasno-one there to meet or greet us. Somewhatsubdued, we huddled together, as animals underthreat of extinction are prone to do, andmuttering amongst ourselves; the disappointmentonly too clear to see.

What should we do now? Or should I say WATTshould we do now? Into the breech leapt ourvery own David Watt. Guide, local historian,fashion guru and icon to all up and comingyoung cartographers; this man has bottle. Hejumped at the opportunity to lead us around partof the city showing us a section of the great walls,telling us about the castle and its history,showing us one of the main gateways and thecathedral of the city that started life as a fort onHadrian’s Wall. Pointing out buildings of noteand monuments to important people, he took uson our own private safari – an adventure never tobe repeated. A one-off.

Finally we came to rest at the Literary andPhilosophical Society Library, a wonderfulbuilding filled with over 150,000 volumes ofbooks, musical scores and old maps. Our timethere passed all too rapidly. Only as we wereabout to leave did our out-going President, MickAshworth realise there was a coffee shop tuckedaway in the far corner on the ground floor. Toolate, we were on our way back to the coach(hoping the coach driver could navigate his wayback to the same spot). With a few moments tospare Mick spotted the Starbucks sign on the farside of the dual carriageway and, like the trueathlete he is, sprinted toward the smell of theroasted coffee beans. With it still hot in his handhe clambered on board our ‘Safari’ coachdesperate for a sip of the hard stuff to keephim going. How some people live!

In conclusion, a very big thank-you toDavid for making the trip to Newcastle somemorable. It has whetted my appetite to goback some time and explore the city further.

Rose Birley

Editors’ note: We understand that the MiningInstitute were unable to host the visit due topersonal and unavoidable circumstances. Hopefullythere will be an opportunity for the Map Curatorsto visit the Institute in the future.

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‘...gannin the toon!’This year the judging for the BCSStudent Awards, sponsored by theNational Geographic Society and theReaders Digest, took place at the UKHydrographic Office in Taunton. Theday was a great success and travel toand from this far flung region of thecountry proved trouble free.

The Chief Executive, Dr Wyn Williamscame to see exactly what we were upto during the day and was impressedby the work he was shown. Thiscertainly helped to raise hisawareness of the type of work beingundertaken by students workingwithin cartography and GIS.

At a convenient break in theafternoon we were treated to aviewing of some of the archivematerial held at the UKHO. Thisincluded the earliest book in theAdmiralty Library, dated 1508, whichwas once held in the library of thefirst Hydrographer to the Admiralty,Alexander Dalrymple. Other pricelessitems included Atlases by Ortelius,Mercator, Blaeu and Waghenaer and

two differenteditions of Hollar’sThe Kingdom ofEngland withre-engraved titlepages from duringand after theEnglish Civil War;RichardPickersgill’srunning survey ofNew Zealanddrawn under thecareful eye ofCaptain JamesCook R.N. duringthe first voyage(1768-1771); avolume of 18thcentury privately published chartsissued by Mount and Page containinga mixture of charts by GrenvilleCollins; Fearon and Eyres and finallyGraeme Spence’s survey showing thetrue situation of the Eddystone Light.

All in all a very busy but fulfilling day.My thanks go to the judging panel,which consisted of Mary Spence,

Ian Hodge and David Cooper ablyassisted by the laptop of our veryown Administrator, Ken Atherton.

Rose Birley

Editors’ note: Full details of allthe awards categories and 2004winners can be found on theBCS website.

Crete by Ortelius

This is the highest honour the Societycan bestow. It is awarded for:• Exceptional contributions tocartography, in particular through activeleadership in the development ofcartographic theory or practice byoriginal, substantial and continuingcontributions to research.• The production and maintenance ofhigh cartographic standards at theadministrative level or throughsubstantial personal productivity.• The development of cartographiceducation at all levels, local andinternational.• The promotion of mutualunderstanding amongst cartographersand between cartographers and otherrelated disciplines at an internationallevel.The award is a gift of the BCS Counciland not more than three awards canbe made in any one year. Membershipof the Society is not a condition ofthe award.

Procedure for nominations: Proposalsusually come from members of Council,

but may also be received from fullmembers of the BCS. A proposal formcan be requested from BCSAdministration. The Secretary shouldreceive all completed proposal forms intime to permit their circulation with theagenda for the meeting of the ExecutiveCommittee in January. From thismeeting a preliminary list of selectednominations will be put to the normalmeeting of Council in February.

Following Council approval of thispreliminary list, the Secretary will writeimmediately to the proposers to requestdetailed statements of 200-300 words,to be returned not later than 28 daysfrom the date of the February Councilmeeting.

The Secretary will then circulate alldetailed statements with the agenda forthe next meeting of the ExecutiveCommittee, to take place prior to theJune meeting of Council. At thisExecutive meeting the finalrecommendations will be made i.e noaward, one award, more than one

award, in that year. This recommendation will be submitted tothe June Council meeting for approval.If approval is given, the successfulnominees and proposers will benotified and a press release prepared.The award will be made at the AnnualSymposium in September.

This may seem like a long drawn outprocess but it does ensure that carefuland balanced consideration is given toall nominations and allows thescrutineers time to ask proposers forclarification should it be needed.

Recipients of the Society Medal:1984 F J Ormeling 1988 J S Keates and H M Wallis1991 J B Harley and A H Robinson1995 H A G Lewis1999 B A Bond2000 M Wood2002 I Mumford 2004 C Board

Ken AthertonBCS Administration

There were

delegates from

all over the world

and a vast

selection of

sessions...

Next year will see the nation celebratingSeaBritain 2005 and appropriately our AnnualSymposium and Map Curators’ GroupWorkshop will be held at University ofPlymouth. However, due to circumstancesbeyond our control it will be a little earlierthan usual, beginning on the 1st Septemberand closing on the 4th September.

Close to the city centre and a short walkto the Hoe, the University offers goodconference facilities and the ProgrammeCommittee look forward to preparing anotherenjoyable and invigorating event.

A draft programme has already been drawn upto include the following symposium sessions:• The Helen Wallis Memorial Lecture• UK GeoForum• Trafalgar and Historical Naval Mapping• Contemporary Marine Charting• Tourist and Travel Mapping• Map Design/Data Visualisation

Please would you all consider contributing toa successful symposium, through offering,

under any of the broad subjects above, topresent a topic, or by encouraging others todo so. It would be a fantastic step forward forthe Programme Committee to be forced toselect from a number of submissions toachieve a balanced symposium.

Submissions should include the following:

• Title of presentation• Name of author(s) and organisation to

which they belong• e-mail address• Abstract (no more than 250 words)

and be sent to:[email protected] 1 February 2005.

Finally, from all on the ProgrammeCommittee, have a happy Christmas anda healthy and prosperous New Year.

Bob Lilley BCS Programme Committee Chair

www.seabritain2005.com

In August, the 30th InternationalCongress of the IGU took place inGlasgow. Held at the Scottish Exhibition

and Conference Centre, the event attractedaround 1,800 delegates from over 80countries. Thirty of the thirty-threeInternational Geographical UnionCommissions took part in the event, whichalso incorporated amongst others, meetings ofthe Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)and the Joint International GeomorphologyConference.

This was a huge undertaking, you only had tolook at the size of the delegate programme toappreciate that! There were delegates from allover the world and a vast selection of sessionsfor them to attend, not to mention theexcursions and trips that had also beenarranged. Of the 23 RGS–IBG researchgroups, 22 were present at the Congress and75% of those organised joint sessions with theIGU Commissions. Generous sponsorship wasreceived for the event from ScottishEnterprise Glasgow, Glasgow City Council,Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley TouristBoard, University of Glasgow, OrdnanceSurvey, ESRI, Intergraph, MicrosoftMapPoint, Scottish Natural Heritage, Agenceintergouvernementale de la francophone, theRoyal Society, the British Academy, COBRIG,RGS-IBG, RSGS, The Earl of Dalkeith andBuccleuch Estates.

BCS joined other organisations including theInternational Cartographic Association; theUnited Nations Group of Experts onGeographical Names; the Regional StudiesAssociation; the Council of BritishGeography; the Commonwealth GeographicalBureau and the Association for GeographicInformation in hosting or participating inpaper sessions. In all, nearly 2,000 paperswere presented in 580 sessions.

Around 50 delegates attended the BCSsession, Toponymy: Current Issues withGeographic Names, chaired by PCGNChairman Dr David Munro, where the paperspresented were The Standardization ofGeographical Names: Achieving the Impossible?David Munro (RSGS/PCGN); Toponymy andGeopolitics: the political use - and misuse - ofgeographical names, Naftali Kadmon (HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem); Geographical Names:

some current issues in the context of the UnitedNations, Helen Kerfoot (UNGEGN);Toponymy for the Military, Yaives Ferland(Defence R & D Canada).

After the session the speakers met withrepresentatives of the press, with articlessubsequently appearing in The Guardian,The Times and other newspapers. Dr Munrowas also invited to participate in seven radioprogrammes, to discuss aspects ofgeographical names, including Brian Hayes’late-night show on London’s LBC 97.3,where the importance of the subject wasbrought to a whole new unsuspecting butintrigued audience. The success of this BCSsession has led to the suggestion that theIGU set up a Commission on toponomy.Dr Munro will be making a formal applicationfor this Commission in the next few months.

The BCS also held a session entitledTheNature of Modern Cartography andGeographic Information. This session, chairedby Mick Ashworth, BCS President, too largeto be held all at once, was spilt into threeparts over the day. You will find a full listingof the speakers and topics for this session inyour August Maplines issue.

Meanwhile back in the Exhibition Hall, standsfrom 50 exhibitors were on display. The OS,HarperCollins, the XYZ Digital MapCompany and ESRI, were amongst the UKcartographic industry’s representatives. BCS,with Mary Spence, David Fairbairn, MickAshworth and Seppe Cassetari manning thestand, joined geographical societies fromaround the World, including Institute ofAustralian Geographers – New ZealandGeographical Society, The Saudi GeographicalSociety, The Korean Geographical Society andthe Societa Geografica Italiana plus manycommercial companies to offer the delegatesthe chance to peruse a wide range of excitingand interesting displays as they took theircoffee break or stopped for a snack. TheBCS booklet Maps as Mazes, went downparticularly well. Designed specially forGlasgow 2004 to help promote the work ofBCS, it was part of the delegate pack as it wasat our own symposium in Durham. We hopethat it will encourage more new members tojoin us. Fingers crossed!

In addition to the papers presented, nine field


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IGU Glasgow IGU Glasgowexcursions were arranged on a wide variety ofthemes, to introduce the delegates to thegeography and environment of Scotland.One offered delegates a chance to travel toIceland for a week to study the landscape andenvironmental change, another a trip toIreland to study Karst, while others offeredtrips a little closer to home, walking tours ofGlasgow and Edinburgh to study thehistorical geography. But never think thedelegates missed out on the delights of theScottish scenery–oh no! Trips arranged tothe Cairngorms, Loch Lomond, Glen Coeand Glen Roy as well as the Dornoch andMoray Firths, amongst other places, alloweddelegates to appreciate some of the scenicdelights of Scotland and to studyenvironmental change at the same time.

The Glasgow Congress saw the firstInternational Poster Competition for school-children. Hosted by the Scottish Associationof Geography Teachers on behalf of the UKGeography Education Commission of the

IGU, the theme, One Earth–Many Worlds,aimed to inspire an interpretation of thegeography of the children’s local areas. Thewinning entries were displayed at the‘Lighthouse’ in Glasgow city centre, whilethe winner of the competition, a young girlfrom Bulgaria, was invited to Glasgow to bepresented with her prize.

A huge undertaking indeed, but by the end ofthe week the IGU Secretary General RonaldAbler was able to say that it had been hardwork but worthwhile!

We are delighted to say that papers from IGUGlasgow will be available for you to read in afuture edition of the Cartographic Journal.

Dom Sturiale, an amateurcartographer from Australia,would like to ask BCS for

some help. In his spare time, Domhas worked on his map WorldDreaming for twenty years, duringwhich time he has also taught himselfto draw. He has researched manydead or dying civilisations andcultures, studying their culturaland spiritual beliefs, archaeology,anthropology, psychology andmythology. He is now looking tofinish his map. In order to do thishe is seeking the help of artists tocolour it and make it presentable forpublication. He is also would liketo hear from anyone interested inpublishing it.

The map’s name is influenced by theAboriginal legends of the Dreamtimewhere features of the land, sea andsky came about through the Creationacts of Great Ancestral Spirits.

Dom’s interest in ancient art and itsbackground in mythological legendsinspired the map’s imagery. He isparticularly interested in ancientEgyptian and Mayan artists’ use ofanthropomorphic and zoomorphicimagery to represent conceptualthoughts. This he has used this asthe map’s foundation.

Full details of the map’s imageswould be too lengthy to describehere, however they can be foundby reading up on the World’smythologies. Dom describes the

broad outline of the map’sconception by way of the followingtwo different viewpoints.

A) Envisage the map is dividedvertically into four general regions.Now each of the four regions has atitle as follows:

Region 1: The Americas:‘The Setting Sun’ Region 2: Oceania:‘The Starry Night’ Region 3: Australia/Asia/India:‘The Rising Sun’Region 4: Europe/MiddleEast/Africa: ‘The Beautiful Day’

B) Envisage that regions 2 and 3from above are now one single largeregion. Now each of the threeregions has a new title as follows:

Region 4: Europe/Middle East/Africa: ‘Life’ Region 1: The Americas: ‘Death’Regions 2+3: Oceania+Australia/Asia/India: ‘Rebirth’

There is a chance to see the map infull on the BCS website Maplinespage at www.cartography.org.uk. Ifyou would like to know more aboutthe map or are interested in helpingDom with the artwork or publishing,please contact the Editors (Lynda)and we will happily forward allcorrespondence to Dom.

Please contact: [email protected]

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Welcome to PAGE 12, the firstcorporate members’ page – pages tobe featured henceforth in each editionof Maplines for and about corporatemembers. Thanks to Lynda, Martinand Sheena, Maplines Editors, for theopportunity to enhance the corporatemember profile. All corporatemembers are invited to contribute,whether by a ‘Letter to the Editors’expressing your views or a moreformal company profile. It is notintended that this be a blatantadvertising forum but please write inand tell us about yourselves, what youare up to, news of latest products,new staff, interesting experiences,technological developments, etc –anything that you think BCS membersmight be interested to read about.

I shall continue to offer snippets ofinformation on what is happening inthe world of corporate members butwe also need lots of input from you.These will be your pages and it is yourchoice as to what we do with them. Soplease make your contributions for thenext edition. If not, I fear that PAGE 12may be filled with photographs of usall instead. Did you notice that theMaplines Editors were all bearingcameras at Durham? I did. So, let usbe very nice to the Editors and givethem lots of copy.

CORPORATE MEMBERS FORUM

Thank you to all the corporatemembers who attended the CorporateMembers Forum at Durham. Despite

an unfortunate clash with restrictedand valuable exhibition time we hada great turnout for a short butpurposeful gathering. Lots of helpfulsuggestions were made as to how wecould enhance benefits for corporatemembers and we shall be discussinghow best to progress these at our nextExecutive meeting. Go to PAGE 12 inthe next issue of Maplines for anupdate. Meanwhile, please send anyfurther thoughts you have [email protected].

CORPORATE MEMBER ELECTEDTO COUNCIL

Congratulations to Alan Grimwade ofCosmographics on his recent electionto Council. He joins the merry band ofcorporate members representing thecommercial side of the discipline. Hisexperience in the commercial worldand his involvement with IMTA willbring a valued contribution to ourdiscussions.

CORPORATE MEMBERS ATIGU GLASGOW

The 30th Congress of the InternationalGeographical Union was held inGlasgow at the Scottish Exhibition andConference Centre from 15th to 20thAugust 2004. BCS shared a stand withthe International Map TradeAssociation and Maneys, publishers ofthe Cartographic Journal. CaitlinMeadows of Maneys kindly suppliedthe display boards and set up for us,Susie Jones prepared the BCS posters,Liz Manterfield and Peter Jollyrepresented IMTA, and for BCS therewas myself, Mick Ashworth, SeppeCassettari and David Forrest as wellas the occasional passer-by who lenta hand.

Apart from the Society standnumerous corporate members wereexhibiting including Ordnance Surveywith their virtual walk exhibit, ESRI,Collins Bartholomew, Intergraph andThe XYZ Digital Map Company. TheBritish Cartographic Society organized

a session of papers on aspects ofcartography and Vanessa Lawrence ofOS presented several papers onmapping and geography. Cartographywas certainly well represented at thisconference. Well done everyone.

Mary Spence


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PPaaggee 1122 IIMMTTAA ((EEAAMMEE)) LLoonnddoonn 22000055IMTA (EAME) London 2005 is “Openfor Business”

The next IMTA (Europe, Africa andMiddle East) Conference and TradeShow is returning to the UK for 2005.This, the very first IMTA (EAME)conference in London, will be takingplace in the Business Design Centre inIslington on 11th and 12th February.It is hoped it will attract many seriousindustry professionals as well as alarge number of retail visitors alongwith the usual IMTA attendees.

The seminar programme includes aFriday session, with Richard Parry ofUK Trade and Investment, entitledExposure, Exhibit, Export, showinghow your business can benefit fromthe financial support of UK Trade andInvestment. This will be followed by aGovernment Agencies Forum. On theSaturday in Display it, Sell it, JeremyMcNair Clark will be sharing thesecrets of selling more maps andguidebooks. This will be followed bythe Retail Forum.

The awards for the Best MapCompetition on Friday will be madeafter the EAME Annual GeneralMeeting in the afternoon. The Fridayreception will be held at Stanford’s,the world’s most famous travelbookshop. Established in 1853 byEdward Stanford, 150 years on it isthe UK’s leading specialist retailer ofmaps and travel books. The flagshipstore in Covent Garden opened inJanuary 1901; today it carries acomplete range of maps, books andtravel related goods.

The Gala banquet on the Saturday willbe held at the Royal Automobile Clubin Pall Mall, not far From St James’Palace, where a traditional Englishtoastmaster will conduct the eveningprogramme in the exclusive

surroundings of the Club. There is alimit on numbers at the Club so makesure you book in plenty of time.

Book your stand, conferenceregistration, hotel and trade showadvertising by contacting John Whitbyon 01548 857310 [email protected]. There willbe day tickets available for membersat £25 and non-members at £35.Appropriate students may apply forfree entry while exhibitors may invitetrade guests at a £10 day rate.Special corporate tickets will beissued for VIP shop chains andtravel firms.

For further details and booking formslog on to www.maptrade.org

YYoouurr nneeww CCoouunncciillPresidentDr Seppe Cassettari

Vice President & Corporate LiaisonMary Spence MBE

Lynda Bailey

WebmasterFrank Blakeway

Chair of UK CartographyCommitteeDr Chris Board

Chair of Higher EducationCommitteeTim Fearnside

Dr David Forrest

Alan Grimwade

Symposium ExhibitionsDavid Irvine

Peter Jones

Publicity OfficerSusie Jones

Programme ChairBob Lilley

Angela McMahon

Nick Millea

Dr Tim Rideout

Map Curators ConvenerAnn Sutherland

SecretaryCathy Tunks

David Watt

Ex-officio, co-opted and invitedmembers of Council

Immediate Past PresidentMick Ashworth

Administrative ConsultantKen Atherton

Editors, MaplinesLynda BaileyMartin LubikowskiSheena Shanks

Historical Military Mapping GroupDr Peter Chasseaud

Student AwardsRose Birley

Editor, CartographitiTinho da Cruz

Society LibrarianPhilip Woodhall

Editor, The Cartographic JournalPost vacant*

* Anyone interested in filling thisimportant post should contactSeppe Cassettari.

Aspects of the Durham exhibitionThe OS virtual walk

In July, Maplines received a late entry, fromthe USA, for our December 2003 countryoutline quiz. Yes, July from December is

very late indeed, but when we found out thatthe quiz entrant was a young man called Sam,whose Mum only wanted to know how he haddone in answering the questions, we werehappy to help. Imagine our surprise when wediscovered that five-year-old Sam hadcompleted the quiz in approximately 5minutes, scoring an incredible 9 out of 10!His only difficulty had been with identifyingAndorra, which had proved tricky enough fora lot of our adult entrants.

Sam’s Mum told us – Sam is 5 years old; sincethe age of two he has loved maps. It startedwith a simple atlas that I showed him becausehe really liked odd shapes and was good withpuzzles. Immediately it became his favouritebook, Europe was his favourite page for thelongest time. He would point at the countriesover and over and make us say what theywere; he didn’t speak himself till two and ahalf. He loved for us to ask where a certaincountry was and HE’D point to it.

We were amazed. His enthusiasm has barelywaned since. Slowly, he wanted to know moreand more countries, then oceans, then capitals, then flags, it goes on and on. Henow has three large children’s atlases, a largeworld wall map in his room and at hisGrandmother’s. He sleeps with a stuffedglobe and we recently found a fleece blanketwith a simple map of the US on it; he wishesit was the whole world. He can tell you everyUS state and its capital and has startedworking on the national capitals aroundthe world.

His favourite family game is ‘the CountryGame’ we each in turn say a country inalphabetical order. i.e.: Sam – Angola, Mom –Brazil, Dad – Cameroon, Dan – Denmark. Heparticularly enjoys ‘Q’ because there’s onlyone. His father and he made up a country for‘X’ – Xylophonia. Another favourite is thesame game but with states or capitals. He alsolikes to play the “What’s in between” gamewhere we say two countries or states and hesays what’s in between. Every day he asks Dadif they can go to the computer and print outanother country. There is nothing that isn’treferenced to countries. Any odd shapes in the

clouds, a spill on the floor, a scribble by hisbrother, a rock, all of it reminds him of acountry. “My cereal looks just like Portugal!Look hurry!”

We have never known so much worldgeography in our lives! Sam has forced all theadults around him to keep up! His love ofmaps has also benefited him in reading.Before he could talk he would make thesounds of all the letters. Later, he couldrecognize simple words like the colours.However he never really wanted to read untilit was country names. We didn’t even knowhe COULD read until we heard himsounding out country names on a map. Hislove of maps has expanded to include maps ofjust about anywhere, not just the globe. Anycity we go to he wants a map of it. Anamusement park, a hiking trail, A MALL!“Look Mommy a map!! Can we go see?”

Where Sam’s future lies, we couldn’t guess.This almost obsession may suddenly end atsome point. Right now, however, it is hiswhole world. There is nothing better thanseeing your child light up about something!With Sam it’s maps, so that’s what we’ll do.If he wants a map of the supermarket, we’lltry and get it. To have such a passion forsomething is rare for just about anybody, buthe has found his and his brother Dan who isthree knows quite a few dinosaurs... looks likewe have a lot of studying ahead.

Should you ever venture to Keswickduring a trip to the Lake District, you maywell wish to take time to visit the

Cumberland Pencil Museum. Surrounded byprimary school children, you will delight overremembering your own schooldays, as you spotpencils you used in your youth. You may evensee colouring pencils you have used in yourworking life. But look a little further into themuseum and you will find an intriguing sectionwhere innocuous looking green painted pencilshide a secret.

Ever wondered, when watching Bond films,whether Ian Fleming had someone in mindwhen he created the character of ‘Q’? He did –his name was Charles Fraser-Smith. Fraser-Smithworked for the Ministry of Supply’s Clothingand Textile Department (Dept CT6) supplyingequipment and gadgets for secret agents andprisoners of war during WW2. Many ingeniousdevices were contrived, but here we will look atonly one, the humble pencil.

First, Charles Fraser-Smith tackled the contentsfor the pencil. He found the Barker brothers inClerkenwell, making large compasses for theNavy. The tiny compasses he had them make forhis pencils were later inserted into pens, buttonsand even teeth. Next came the maps.Handkerchiefs printed with invisible ink wereconsidered but they were too bulky to hide ingadgets; fine non-rustling tissue paper turnedout to be the answer.

A pencil with the secret compartment to hold

the compass and maps had to be manufactured.Who better to approach than the oldestmanufacturer in the country, The CumberlandPencil Company in Keswick. Could they makea pencil to hold the tightly rolled map andcompass so that nobody would notice? Yes!

Cumberland’s Technical Manager, Fred Tee,took on the challenge of designing the pencils.The secrecy of the project made everythingmuch more difficult. As very few people couldknow about the project, the managers made thepencils in the evenings and at weekends. Thetissue paper maps were rolled around a soft wire,which was folded over at the top to keep itsecure and tied up with cotton to keep it tightlyrolled. There were 4 maps in all, inserted intopencils labelled 101-104. Pencil 101 contained ageneral map of Germany; the other three, largerscale maps of different sections of the country.The maps were slipped into the speciallyprepared pencils, the metal ferrule was addedand the compass inserted before the rubber wasglued back on top; the pencil looked just as ithad before. As the pencil was used in navigation,this was the ideal place to hide such useful items,the Cumberland name being so well known thatit would arouse no suspicion if the wrong peoplefound it.

If you want to see an example of these pencilsthey are on display at the Cumberland PencilMuseum, Southey Works, Keswick Cumbria.CA12 5NG. Tel: 017687 74679www.pencils.co.uk

Sheena and Lynda

Sam is 5 years

old; since the age

of two he has

loved maps.

Any odd shapes in

the clouds, a spill

on the floor, a

scribble by his

brother, a rock,

all of it reminds

him of a country.

Ever wondered,

when watching

Bond films,

whether Ian

Fleming had

someone in mind

when he created

the character of

‘Q’?


FeatureFeature

Letter from America Maps in Pencils

BCS MEMBER Carol Bateman joined the BritishCartographic Society in 1966 when she did herDiploma in Cartography at Glasgow University.She has enjoyed receiving the Journal twice ayear and keeping up with cartographicdevelopments, in particular the developmentof the automation of map production. Afterworking at Glasgow University for a couple ofyears automating the drawing of HydrographicCharts she then moved into the computing field(and stayed there!). She retired a couple of yearsago after nearly 30 years at Oxford UniversityComputing Services where she developed andmanaged the IT training courses.

Carol has a full set of the Cartographic Journalfrom the first volume. There are only three issues

missing: Vol 4 No 2, Vol 9 No 1 and Vol 15 No 2.As she is retired she is offering the entire setfree to a good home. The only request is that thenew owners collect or arrange a pick-up of theirvolumes. Carol lives about 5 miles from Oxford.

It is preferred that the entire set goes together,however if there is no home for the full set Carolhas generously agreed to consider smallerrequests for specific volumes. The deadline forreplies is 31st January 2005 and all requestsshould be directed to the Editors (Sheena) whowill pass on your details to Carol.

Please send your requests [email protected]

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We entered the

dimpsy reception

and in the far

corner was a

lunatic – a

Jabberwocky,

leaping up and

down and

gesticulating

wildly. I rubbed

my eyes in

disbelief, it was

definitely Cathy!

This could be

some journey

I thought.

...‘For services to

Cartography’ was

probably the

understatement

of all time.

...‘a staggering

achievement of

scholarship...

Cathy Tunks, Ken Atherton and Idecided against hiring a car to take usto Durham for this year’s BCS

Symposium. We are all getting older, it wouldbe a long and tedious journey, why not let thetrain take the strain? So Cathy purchasedtickets at the bargain price of £39 each, butonly singles as the return leg had not yet beenreleased by Virgin. However, we werepromised the tickets would be available ina few days time.

Every day thereafter Cathy travelled to thestation hoping to book our return. The ticketsjust were not available. So, last ditch effort,we arranged to arrive at the station at 10.45on the day of departure determined to buytickets as we set out. No problem, justfrustrating and time consuming. As luck hadit, Ken and I met in the car park. Time,10.40. Excellent.

We entered the dimpsy reception and in thefar corner was a lunatic – a Jabberwocky,leaping up and down and gesticulating wildly.I rubbed my eyes in disbelief, it was definitelyCathy! This could be some journey I thought.“Quick – the train’s been cancelled. We needto get to Bristol and pick it up there”. Therewas an ominous rumbling of the tracks aboveus and so two at a time we galloped up thestairs and on to the platform with suitcasesbouncing behind us like rag dolls.

“Morning” we greeted each other in unison.We found seats, which was promising andBristol Temple Meads was soon upon us. So,which train and which platform. Did we wantto go to Glasgow, or maybe Newcastle? Atrain arrived and feeling reckless with thestrain already beginning to tell, we leaptaboard, at least it was pointing in the rightdirection! We found a table and set up campfor the duration, we were off at last and,surprisingly, arrived in Durham on time.

We were obviously tired. A strangephenomenon when all you have done is sitdown all day. We decided not to tackle thereturn tickets immediately. There would beplenty of time the next day.

The next morning we set out. The hill up tothe railway station is quite a trek and the sunwas shining with the heat beginning to bear

down. Three very hot ticket hunters arrived atthe top of the hill and fell through the doorof the ticket office. We approached the desk,fingers crossed. We explained to the younglady what we wished to purchase and herfingers tripped noiselessly across the keyboard.

“You can’t book tickets. The timetable hasbeen released but the tickets haven’t”. Despitehaving just arrived in Durham we reallywanted to go home. We stood and looked ateach other. Whether it was the look on ourfaces, the mumblings or what, the young ladywent for help. I hoped she hadn’t pressed thepanic button under the counter before shehad left the room. Whatever had caused herto leave, the result was three tickets, Durhamto Taunton, reserved seats plus table in coachD, £38 each. Ecstatic, we ventured back intothe city to see the sights.

On the Sunday afternoon, we caught thetrain. It arrived on time but minus coach D.So, we were ushered into coach F. It was a‘Quiet’ coach, however, the baby in seat 15didn’t realise that and neither did the girlbehind us. By the time she left the train atYork we knew what she was having for tea,the measurement of her inside leg and thesiting of her boyfriend’s mole. She was luckynot to be strangled.

The lack of coach D meant that the trainrapidly filled, with bodies in the aisles andblocking access to the toilets. We were thendelayed by a goods train moving at the speedof sloth and further down the line we had towait behind a stationary train which had,apparently, hit a signal on the side of thetrack. Taking all of this into account, we wereonly 15 minutes late arriving in Taunton. Asall good cartographers know, it is downhill allthe way from Durham to Taunton and soonce we had jettisoned some of the passengersand the driver was able to get some speed upit was plain railing.

Between trips, the three of us thoroughlyenjoyed our time at the Symposium. Weenjoyed the networking, the lectures we wereable to attend, the accommodation, the foodand the friendship. Next year Plymouth, onlyan hour and a half on the motorway. Or shallwe take the train?

Rose Birley

Visit the BCS website at www.cartography.org.uk Maplines / December 2004 • 17

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To Durham and backArthur H. Robinson 1915-2004

Arthur Robinson, who died in October, was arenowned, world-class cartographer. Indescribing the occasion of presenting himwith the British Cartographic Society’s silvermedal in October 1991, Barbara Bond wrotethat the inscription on the medal ‘For servicesto Cartography’ was probably theunderstatement of all time.

With a PhD from Ohio State University(1947) Arthur Robinson took up a teachingpost at the University of Wisconsin, Madisonin 1946. By the early 1960s Robinson, andothers, were establishing vigorous clusters ofpostgraduate students working on manyaspects of the science and art of mapping.Many of the Masters and Doctorate thesescompleted in Madison have appeared asarticles in our Cartographic Journal, whichRobinson admitted had set a standard hefollowed when founding the AmericanCartographer in 1974.

No account of Robinson’s career would becomplete without a mention of his role in theICA. In 1972 he was elected President andpresided over the Moscow conference in1976. He retired formally in 1980, but in1981 received the Carl Mannerfelt Medalestablished by the Swedish Academy ofSciences, inscribed ‘Ob Merita Egregia’(Acquired) By Extraordinary Merits, only thesecond time it had been awarded.

David A. Woodward 1942-2004

David Woodward, who died in August,followed Arthur Robinson as Professor ofGeography at The University of Wisconsin,Madison. In 1995, he became Arthur H.Robinson Professor of Geography, retiringin 2002. Prior to this, from 1969, he wasthe Director of the Hermon DunlapSmith Center for the History of Cartographyin Chicago.

David Woodward was a great servant tothe history of cartography. In a recentposthumous citation for its Centenary Medal,the RSGS notes that while carrying outresearch into Italian maps, David came to theNational Library of Scotland. There he wasshown the earliest printed map of Scotland,Scotia, dating from about 1560. He wasimmediately able to identify it as the work ofthe Italian engraver Paolo Forlani and as amemento proudly left with a sweatshirt,supplied by Margaret Wilkes and DianaWebster, with the map image printed on it.

However David Woodward will be longremembered for his conception along withJ. B. Harley of Exeter University the idea of asix-volume global history of cartography. Thevolumes so far published have been describedas ‘a staggering achievement of scholarship forwhich David Woodward deserves the greatestpraise for his leadership’.

16 • December 2004 / Maplines Visit the BCS website at www.cartography.org.uk

News

A fond farewell

Editors’ note: Full obituaries will appear in the Cartographic Journal

Continued from page 4...the AGM, saw the new Council members dulyelected (p 13). Social highlight of the week,beside the fun Quiz night, Design Group antics,local tours and much laughing and chatting,came next – the Gala Dinner and Ceilidh. After asumptuous dinner and the Awards presentation,where Chris Board received the surprise of hislife, and an absolutely deserved standing ovation,as he received the Society Medal, the nimbleamongst us took to the dance floor while the restwatched in awe!

By Sunday morning, those folks still standingwere back for more. In Session Six, Bob Lilleychaired Cartographic Generalisation with papers,The challenges of deriving very small scale

mapping from MasterMap framework data andStrategy for building a generic generalisationsystem and Automated aggregation ofgeographic objects. Finally to round out thesession, Schematic maps from large-scale datasetsfor LBS applications. Outside, the workshopscontinued with Peter Jolly on Maplex and TimRideout on MAPublisher.

Drawing the Symposium to a close, SeppeCassettari, incoming President and FrankBlakeway, BCS Webmaster explained progress onBCS Strategy, leading a discussion on aspects ofthe data currently being collected in the IndustryAudit and how it should be made available tomembers/non members.

Subscriptions for 2004. Finalreminders have been sent out and thenames of all those members who havenot paid their 2004 subscription bythe end of the year will be removedfrom the mailing list.

Subscriptions for 2005. Membershiprenewal forms accompany this issue ofMaplines. Please ignore the form ifyou pay your subscription by StandingOrder. Membership subscription ratesfor 2005 remain at:Corporate Member £165.00Fellow £35.00Ordinary Member £25.00Associate Member £10.00Optional air-mail supplementfor Overseas members £10.00Members have a choice of threemethods of payment: Personal chequepayable to The British CartographicSociety (or for overseas members aSterling Draft payable in London.);Visa/Access credit card; StandingOrder (Forms are available from theAdministration Office.)

Receipts will be sent out as usual butplease note that your currentmembership card is permanent andwill not normally be replaced unless ithas been lost or damaged

New members: The Society haspleasure in welcoming the followingnew members who have joined sincepublication of the August 2004 editionof Maplines.Corporate Member: The RoyalCommission on the Ancient &Historical Monuments of WalesUK Members: Mr H Anderson,Mr W J Barnes, Miss D L Brough,Mr K K H Chan, Mrs Y L Clark,Mr P R Duncan, Miss R Ebdon,Mrs S Farmer, Mr E Fleury, Mr A Foy,Mr A Gerrard, Miss J M Hodson,Mr P D Johnson, Mr N J Kent,Ms K C Kowal, Mrs D Middleditch,Mrs L F Neal, Mr P Sickler,Miss A M Taylor, Mr O N Veenendaal,Mr S P Willison, Mrs C WinfieldOverseas Members: Prof. N A Kanas(USA), Ms D Rutherford (Australia)

UK Associate Members:Miss S Marsh, Mr B Morris

New Fellows:At the meetings of Council held inJune, September and NovemberFellowship status was awarded toMr P J Adams, Dr R M Baber (USA),Mrs K Christensen, Dr P Collier,Mr B J Garvan, Mr F C Herbert,Mr D R Horn (Australia),Mr K G A Joels, Mr K Kanazawa(Japan), Mr F MacLennan,Miss M B McHugo, Mr D B Miller(USA), Miss M A Murdock,Mr S Nakamura (Japan),Mr M Norgate, Mr C I M O’Brien,Prof. F J Ormeling (The Netherlands),Mrs D M A Thornton, Dr A S Walker(USA), Mr D A Wallis, Mr R S Waters,Mr A Whitaker, Mr J R Yonge. Have you considered applying tobecome a Fellow of the BritishCartographic Society? Contact theBCS Administration Office for furtherinformation, the address is given atthe end of this report.

Gift Aid:Gift Aid brings added income to theSociety at no cost to the individualmember. For every pound of yoursubscription the Society can claim28p in Gift Aid tax relief. To date 230members have signed and the total oftax relief received since Gift Aid wasintroduced is over £6000. This moneyis being used to fund additionalservices to members without anincrease in membership fees. If youare a UK taxpayer and have notcompleted a Gift Aid declaration writeor e-mail the BCS AdministrationOffice using the words: “I am a UKtaxpayer. I would like the Society totreat all membership subscriptions Ihave made from 6 April 2000 as GiftAid donations until I notify youotherwise.” If you are unsure whetheryour subscriptions qualify for Gift Aidtax relief call the BCS AdministrationOffice. Gift Aid costs you nothing sosign up now.

E-mail addresses:In the last issue of MaplinesI appealed to overseas members tosend me their e-mail addresses.A database of e-mail addresses wouldenable the to communicate moreeffectively with overseas membersand reduce the cost of posting flyers,notices etc. Thank you to the fourmembers who bothered to respond!

Advance NoticeThe 9th Annual Fellowship EveningThe Annual Fellowship Evening will beheld at the Royal GeographicalSociety, 1 Kensington Gore, LondonSW7 2AR, on Thursday 10th February2005. The Guest Speaker will be thewriter and broadcaster Nicholas Cranewho will talk about his recenttelevision series Map Man. Theevening will start at 6.15pm with areception for Fellows and guests,followed by our Guest Speaker at7.00pm and end with Supper. Theprices have yet to be finalised but theReception, Lecture and Supper willcost approximately £30 includingwine, and £10 for the Reception andLecture only. Individual invitations willbe sent to all Fellows duringDecember but numbers for Supper willbe strictly limited so please book earlyto ensure a place.

And finally…By the time you read this report theFestive Season will have arrived. Mayyou all, wherever you may be, have apeaceful and prosperous 2005.

Ken AthertonBCS Administration, 12 Elworthy Drive,

Wellington, Somerset, TA21 9AT,England, UK.

Tel/Fax: 01823 665775,Mobile: 07785 747120,

Email: [email protected]

13th November 2004 – 31th January2005Scotland's First Atlas: the NationDisplayed by Johan Blaeu, NationalLibrary of Scotland, George IV Bridge,Edinburgh, UKFor more info visit: www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/early/blaeu/index

20th January 2005Maps and Society, Dots and Lines:Mapping the Diffusion ofAstrological Motifs in Art History.Dr Dorothea McEwan, The WarburgInstitute, University of London, UKFor more info contact: [email protected]

31st January 2005 Ptolemy's Terra Incognita:knowledge and history in fifteenth-century cartography, Alfred HiattDepartment of History of Art,Cambridge University, UKFor more info contact: [email protected]

10th February 2005The 9th Annual Fellowship EveningAdvance notice, see page 18

10th February 2005The Non-Existent Islands of theAntarctic on Maps, Ancient and Modern, Robert Headland The Warburg Institute,University of London, UKFor more info contact: [email protected]

10th March 2005The Map in Book History,Dr Moya Carey Star Maps for Ibn al-Sufi’s poem(Baghdad, 1125), Hilary Hunt The Map of ‘The Seven Churches ofRome’ (1575) in Travel Guides, DrStephanie CoaneA Map from the Published Accountof La Pérouse’s Expedition aroundthe World (1797), The WarburgInstitute, University of London, UKFor more info contact: [email protected]

14th March 2005Purpose determines placement: theHereford map as teaching tool, DanTerkla. The Hereford Mappamundiand the 21st-century pilgrim,Dominic Harbour, Departmentof History of Art, CambridgeUniversity, UKFor more info contact: [email protected]

18th – 23rd March 2005AutoCarto 2005, a ResearchSymposium, at the Riviera Hotel, LasVegas, Nevada, USA. Organized by theCartography and GeographicInformation Society (CaGIS), inconjunction with the ACSM-CLSA-NALS-WFPS Conference andTechnology ExhibitionFor more information visit:www.acsm.net/cagis/carto2005

29th March – 1st April 2005GEOForm+ Exhibition,Moscow, RussiaFor more info visit: www.geoexpro.ru

5th – 9th April 2005101st Annual Meeting of theAssociation of AmericanGeographers, Denver Colorado.Call for Papers

6th – 8th April 2005GISRUK 2005, University of Glasgow,Kelvin Conference Centre.For more information visit:http://web.geog.gla.ac.uk/GISRUK/GISRUK.htm

14th April 2005The Vomiting Giant and OtherStories: First Steps among theMonstrous Peoples on Maps of America c. 1506-1648, SurekhaDavies, The Warburg Institute,University of London, UKFor more info contact: [email protected]

May 2005 – provisional dateBCS assisted by BRICMICS– a one day seminar to help smallpublishers understand the wholeprocedure and keep on the right sideof the law, British Library, Euston Rd,London, UK For further info contact Mary Spenceat [email protected]

5th May 2005Maps and Education in GeorgianEngland, Professor Stephen DanielsThe Warburg Institute, University ofLondon, UKFor more info contact: [email protected]

9th May 2005 Mapping in mosaic: geographicalimagery in the medievalecclesiastical floor mosaics ofnorthern Italy, Lucy Donkin.23rd May 2005 Maps and bodies, Marcia Kupfer Cambridge History of CartographySeminars, 2004-5, Department ofHistory of Art, Cambridge University, UKFor more info contact: [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: [email protected]

9th – 16th July 2005XXII ICC 2005, A Coruña, SpainFor more info contact:[email protected] for papers and FurtherInformation

1st – 4th September 2005BCS Symposium 2005, University ofPlymouth, UKFor more info contact:[email protected] for papers, see page 9


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