Senior Production Manager @OrdnanceSurvey, & Awards Officer @bcsmaps. Love Cartography, Rugby @WaspsRugby, member of MilburysCC. Opinions are my own
Southampton, England
Joined March 2015
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On a personal level mine has to be OS Landranger 196.
But one small bit, who doesn’t love a piece of Cartographic Graffiti,
this was added by my big brother Stuart Birse in the late 70’s / early 80’s
#myfavemap @bcsweb.
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Happy Twixmas! If you're in need of something do, why not browse our previous BCS award winners, and maybe get some inspiration to enter this coming year? Check out bit.ly/4iF2pwN
🏆 Here we're showcasing @hf_wright winning entry for the Peter Jolly Award
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🏆 We were blown away by the brilliant entries received in our 2023-24 BCS awards & are delighted to showcase some of the winners (bit.ly/3VOnfzX)
🗺️ Now we look forward to the 2024-25 awards... so it's over to YOU to submit your amazing maps: bit.ly/4gCqkvr
Wow, this looks amazing, another cool visualisation from @mkkallio
A new map for Day 5 journey / Day 12 new tool of #30DayMapChallenge. This is my longest bike ride to date.
Made with a new tool I'm developing to enable easier creation of strip maps. More on that soon!
Had a great trip up to London, always great to meet the Awards winners in person, whenever it’s possible.
🏆 Avenza Award Winners 🏆
Our President & Awards Officer had a great time meeting Ben Pollock & John Cook from @Climate_CartoX to present them with their Avenza Award trophy.
All of the fantastic entries are now available to view on our website: bit.ly/4f3y8VD
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It's the 240th anniversary of a pivotal moment for modern geospatial science and the roots of OS 🎉
When engineer William Roy established his baseline on the flattest suitable ground: Hounslow Heath.
ow.ly/yeTh50T4Y3H
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#MapMonday On this day in 2014, NASA satellites took photos showing the eastern basin of the Aral Sea had completely dried up. Encyclopædia Britannica produced maps showing changes in the area from 1960-2014. It was formerly the 3rd largest lake in the world (area 68,000 km sq)
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Are you interested in promoting & curating maps, and looking for a way to boost your CV and network? We have just the opportunity for you!
We're on the hunt for the next Convenor of our Map Curators' Group! 🗺️
Learn more and apply 👉 bit.ly/3M5ZY75
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#MapMonday On this day in 2016, Stranger Things debuted on Netflix, starring Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Natalia Dyer and Millie Bobby Brown. Here's a beautifully illustrated map of fictional town, Hawkins, created by @kylelambert bit.ly/3VGqWGM
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#MapMonday On this day in 2021, a da Vinci sketch, "Head of a Bear", the size of a post-it, sold for £8.9million at auction. Did you know that Leonardo is also famed for cartography? Read more here bit.ly/3xDyMt1 about how he created this map of Imola, Italy in 1502
Love this post. Who doesn’t like Lego. 😉
#MapMonday On this day in 1928, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz. Couldn't resist sharing this mini figure of Amelia, complete with #Lego map, by @joyabella
Great comments from the new @bcsmaps President. 💕
Meet our new President Paul Naylor, as he thanks the previous President, volunteers and you the members for supporting the British Cartographic Society into its 61st year!
Follow us on socials for our upcoming events and see all the latest via our linktr.ee/bcsmaps
Check out this Linktree! - linktr.ee/bcsmaps?utm_source…
Only 12 days left to get your entries in. 😉
Been busy making maps this last year? Then we have the best place to show them off with the BCS Annual Awards 2024 - entry forms now live! (Until 23rd June)
If you have used OS data in an innovate or exciting way then enter the @OrdnanceSurvey award bit.ly/4aELKnH
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We’re ready to meet you and talk all things mapping today at @Geobusiness @Geobusinessshow #geobusiness at ExCeL
Come and ask us about our new GeoViz toolkit, our London Conference in Sept, or our upcoming D-Day Teatime Talk on June 20th all about Churchills Secret Map Makers
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You are invited to join us at the 61st Annual General Meeting of the British Cartographic Society.
When:Wednesday 12 June, 6.00pm
The AGM Lecture by Map Impact's COO Chris Burnett will follow at 7pm.
See bit.ly/3WWtHWK for both eventbrite links and sign up for both!
Not long left to get your entries in. Don’t leave it too late!
Been busy making maps this last year? Then we have the best place to show them off with the BCS Annual Awards 2024 - entry forms now live! (Until 23rd June)
If you have a printed map to share then enter the @StanfordsTravel award bit.ly/3UPHZWE
Jim Goldsmith retweeted
Been busy making maps this last year? Then we have the best place to show them off with the BCS Annual Awards 2024 - entry forms now live! (Until 23rd June)
If you have a printed map to share then enter the @StanfordsTravel award bit.ly/3UPHZWE
Really looking forward to seeing this
Want to join our GeoViz session tonight? Be quick! Or join tomorrow (Thursday) at 12noon
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