Society of Cartographer’s Summer SchoolStoke-on-Trent 2013

Mapeat Emptorconsequences of the modern mapping paradigm

Kenneth Field

Live fast, die young

Tools are easy peasy

Backgrounds are no indicator

7.30am 2.30am 2.30pm

Culture of criticism

Form is over-taking function

http://brunoimbrizi.com/experiments/#/07

The production paradox

Short-attention-spans

http://here.com/livingcities/

A template for cartography

1. Consider the effects of what you create in and of your map

2. Understand the consequences of your map-making decisions

3. Take your map-making charge seriously for it isn’t trivial

4. Be aware of both the story and how you tell it

5. Leave the mapping landscape a little better than you found it

6. Build consensus through your mapping

7. Lead by example

8. Limit your desire for the one-hit wonder

9. Avoid being too bound by the technology of the moment

10. Protect what you have, edit carefully, invent when necessary

Society of Cartographer’s Summer SchoolStoke-on-Trent 2013

Thankyou@kennethfield

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