Grand Canyon – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:18:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg Grand Canyon – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Restoring the Grand Canyon Relief Model https://www.maproomblog.com/2020/02/restoring-the-grand-canyon-relief-model/ Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:16:34 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1788458 More]]>

A large relief model of the Grand Canyon, created by Edwin Howell in 1875, has resided in the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Science Hall since 1980. The History of Cartography project’s offices are also in Science Hall. Lindsey Buscher, an editor on that project, wanted to include a photo of the relief model in the forthcoming fifth volume (which covers the 19th century), but the model was in too rough a state to be photographed. So they hired a professional conservator to restore the model: the results can be seen above. Now not only will the model’s photo be in the book, it’ll be on the cover. [Tom Patterson]

]]> 1788458 Grand Canyon Mapping Conference and Competition https://www.maproomblog.com/2018/11/grand-canyon-mapping-conference-and-competition/ Tue, 27 Nov 2018 23:17:40 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1786777 More]]> The Mapping Grand Canyon Conference, to be held at Arizona State University from 28 February to 1 March, 2019, “explores the art, science, and practice of Grand Canyon cartography. […] Free and open to all, the conference promises a full two-day program of map-based story-telling, transdisciplinary analysis, state-of-the-art geospatial and cartographic demonstrations, engaging hands-on activities, and open community dialogue.”

The conference also includes a Grand Canyon map competition. Open to students, the competition seeks entries in three categories: artistic map, data driven map (static) and data-driven map (dynamic). Deadline is 20 January 2019. [NACIS]

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