ANZMaps

ANZMapS joint conference with IMTA and MSIA, July 8-10, 2012

Martin Woods — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:20:36 +0000

For the first time the organisations that represent the enthusiasts, practitioners and the business of everything to do with maps are coming together to stage the Brisbane International Geospatial Forum, “Global Connections through Mapping, at the State Library Queensland July 8-10, 2012.

BIGF Call for papers

Brisbane 2012 conference brochure

Conference highlight – Muller’s map, Tabula moderna alterius hemispherius, 1525

Maggie Patton — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:13:52 +0000

The keynote speaker at the 2011 ANZMapS conference was Frederik Muller, who gave a presentation on the first map documenting Magellan’s sighting of the Southland and sailing of the Pacific, Fries’ Tabula moderna alterius hemispherius, 1525 .

Following the presentation a nmber of attendees requested a copy of Fries’ Tabula moderna alterius hemispherius, 1525 .

The text on the reverse has also been linked

If you have additional questions regarding the map or the presentation Frederik Muller is happy to be contacted at info@frederikmuller-rarebooks.com

Congratulations to Dr Jan Tent, recipient of the 2011 Dorothy Prescott Prize.

Martin Woods — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:13:07 +0000

The Prize is awarded for the outstanding paper at each Australian & New Zealand Map Society conference. There were many excellent papers presented at the Sydney conference, 24-27 May at the State Library of NSW, making the panel’s choice this year a very difficult one. Dr Jan Tent is a linguist at the Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University, and director of the Australian National Placenames Survey (ANPS). Jan’s paper was, “Where in the World is Ulimaroa? Or, How a Pacific Island Became the Australian Continent”, and is to be published in a forthcoming issue of The Globe.

2011 Conference gallery…

Maggie Patton — Thu, 12 May 2011 03:05:14 +0000

The launch of Professor Robert Clancy’s latest book written with Paul Harcombe, Maps that Shaped Australia, will be held following the conference Welcome Drinks at 7.30 pm on Tuesday 24 May in the Members Room, Mitchell Wing, State Library of New South Wales. If you are attending the conference you are welcome to stay for the launch after registering for the conference.

Provisional conference program for 2011 is now available

Maggie Patton — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:42:43 +0000

The program for the 2011 ANZMapS conference, Southern Latitudes, is now available. At the early registration session on the Tuesday evening, 24 May, attendees will have an opportunity to view the original Tasman map presented to the Mitchell Library by the Princess George of Greece in 1931. Register now!

ANZMapS conference program 2011

Launch of “Early Navigators of Bass Strait” (ENBS)

Martin Woods — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:26:54 +0000

Official launch of the map Early Navigators of Bass Strait at the State Library of Victoria, Thursday 7th April, 6pm. The map and educational resource will be launched by Emeritus Professor Victor Prescott, and the Surveyor-General of Victoria, John E. Tulloch. The map will be available from Information Victoria bookshop http://www.bookshop.vic.gov.au/ Land Victoria will also be assisting financially in the development of educational resources for use with ENBS in schools.

More about Early Navigators of Bass Strait: Two documents supporting the map are now online on the ANZMapS Publications page..

Conference Early Bird registration ends this week!

Maggie Patton — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:57:21 +0000

Don’t forget to register this week for the ANZMapS conference in Sydney in May if you would like to take advantage of the Early Bird registration fee of $320.00 including the conference dinner. If you would prefer not to be by credit card online contact Maggie mpatton@sl.nsw.gov.au

1974 Brisbane flood maps online

Martin Woods — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:58:27 +0000

The National Library has digitised its 1974 flood maps, in response to public interest.

“Flood map of Brisbane & suburbs”, and an 18-sheet 1:10,000 map set of the 1974 Brisbane River flood

http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1550973

http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1550980

For current information on the Queensland floods, there are severalk sources of mapping:

Brisbane City Council has PDF maps for all Brisbane suburbs showing historic inundation levels and current flood advice and warnings.

Ipswich City Council has similar information for Ipswich suburbs.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has Queensland river maps online showing the locations of flood warning rainfall and river height stations for each river basin.

BOM also has a regularly updated South West Queensland Rivers Flood Information Map

The Commonwealth Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities has a recent natural rivers map for Queensland which may be downloaded.

Googlemaps at the 2011 conference

Maggie Patton — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:40:02 +0000

2011 ANZMapS conference in Sydney – Dave Nixon, Google Enterprise Engineer for Maps, will be presenting a contemporary approach to mapping on behalf of Google. Find out more about the conference…

2011 ANZMapS conference, Southern Latitudes, Sydney May 24-27

Martin Woods — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:52:07 +0000

2011 Australian and New Zealand Map Society conference is to be held at the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 24 – 27 May 2011

This year’s conference will explore the naming and charting of the South Pacific, Indian and Southern oceans, and will acknowledge the bicentenary of the publication of the first complete map of Australia by cartographer, Louis de Freycinet in 1811.