AGS – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 15:05:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg AGS – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Brewer Wins Miller Medal https://www.maproomblog.com/2020/02/brewer-wins-miller-medal/ Mon, 10 Feb 2020 15:05:54 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1788372 More]]> O. M. Miller MedalBelatedly noted, thanks to a story in Penn State News last month: Cynthia Brewer was awarded the American Geographical Society’s O. M. Miller Cartographic Medal at the AGS’s symposium last fall. Brewer, a geography professor at Penn State since 1994, is the author of Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users (previously) and the creator of the ColorBrewer colour design tool for cartographers. The Miller medal is no minor award: this is only the eighth time it’s been awarded since it was created in 1968; past recipients have included Waldo Tobler, Arthur Robinson, Mark Monmonier and, in 2017, John Hanke and Brian McClendon (basically, the team behind Google Maps). Brewer is the first woman to receive the award.

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