Month: April 2011

From Michael Crino:

Hi Folks,

Details on the upcoming NYS GeoSpatial Summit, to be held June 16th, 2011 at the Welch-Allyn Lodge in Skaneateles, NY are now posted on the Summit website at www.nygeosummit.org. Register online today to reserve your attendance at this very special event. Registrations will be limited to the first 200 people. Thanks to a grant from the US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation, we have been able to roll back the registration fee to the 2008 level. Early registration (until June 1st) is just $85 and includes outstanding food service prepared by the Lodge’s in-house chef for the day. A special student rate is also available for the first 20 students to register. You won’t want to miss the evening reception on June 15th at the Lodge where you can mingle with our speakers and enjoy world-class acoustic guitar music, wine tasting, hors d’oevres, cooked-to-order pasta, and a special screening of the GeoSpatial Revolution videos with introductions and background stories by Adena Schutzberg.

Don’t miss out

Matt Knudson invites you to attend an upcoming lecture of the Mercator Society.

http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2011/04/26/toward-national-cartography-american-mapmaking-1782-1800

For details and to RSVP, email Matt at or call him at 212-930-0562.

Toward a National Cartography:American Mapmaking, 1782-1800
Michael Buehler, of Boston Rare Maps, will address the development of mapmaking in the United States in the years immediately after the American Revolution. That period saw the emergence of a cartography that was distinctly American, different in goals, subject matter, methods, iconography and aesthetics. Michael will focus on core features of this new American cartography, particularly how American maps reflected the ambition and optimism characteristic of the early Republic, as Americans sought to transform the landscape in the service of their economic and political goals. The talk will be illustrated with examples and vivid stories from his “Toward a National Cartography” exhibit now on view at the Harvard Map Collection.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011
5:30-6:00 Reception
6:00-7:30 Lecture

Margaret Liebman Berger Forum, Room 227
The New York Public Library
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street

http://urbandesignweek.org/by-the-city/reports/submit

By the City/For the City invites you to partipate in design for a better New York City. The Institute for Urban Design presents an application that maps ideas for the City submitted by individual website users. By the City/For the City is a “digital placemaking app” designed by PPS: Project for Public Spaces as part of Urban Design Week to be held on September 15-20.