CartoDesign Comms 2013
A timeline of key dates within the communications strategy of Ordnance Survey's CartoDesign team during 2013.
https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/cartodesign
2013-01-14 00:00:00
Improved stylesheets for customers (Stage 1)
Improved SLD and TAB plus new addition of ESRI LayerFiles released with the latest version of contextual map products
2013-02-23 00:00:00
Rewarding the Art of Cartography
Promoting the value of cartography and our new OS OpenData Award as part of the BCS Awards
2013-03-14 00:00:00
How Maps Inspire Us
BCS event highlighting artists and their work inspired by maps
2013-03-23 12:05:59
Improved stylesheets for customers (Stage 2)
Further SLD improvements for Meridian 2 and Strategi
2013-03-26 05:47:13
Mapping our history with OS OpenData
Using freely available OS OpenData products to highlight the five historic and present headquarters of Ordnance Survey
2013-04-12 23:08:52
Michael Palin: A Life in Maps
Michael Palin described how when entering a new hotel room the first thing he does is to unfold a map on the bed and become familiar with his new surroundings. Often tired upon arrival at a new destination, he said that he has been known to wake up covered in a map sheet, literally wrapped up in the world around him. This talk hosted by BCS toured us through this world around him.
2013-05-07 14:39:23
Map design: A list of helpful resources
Some very useful weblinks for customers seeking cartographic design resources or assistance
2013-05-13 08:01:02
Flickr map gallery launched
A gallery of our work published externally on the Ordnance Survey Flickr account as an image set
2013-05-14 19:35:28
Web Cartography for NSDIs
We attended a workshop on Web Cartography for National Spatial Data Infrastructure’s at the Faculty Club in Leuven, Belgium.
2013-06-06 19:35:28
Innovate! The Power of Disruptive Innovation
A day-conference targeted at senior management, we went along to learn more about new market innovation
2013-06-14 07:09:54
Pinterest board launched
We decided to increase access to and view tof our Flickr map gallery by pinning them to a Pinterest board
2013-07-08 21:26:34
ESRI Int'l User Conference
One of the largest events in the GIS calendar, our Cartographic Design team were represented at the event for the first time
2013-07-16 15:26:49
Styling maps made easy
There is a growing need for our customers and partners to visually present our vector products in a suitable style.
2013-08-25 16:36:41
26th Int'l Cartographic Conference (ICC)
Ordnance Survey created a significant presence at the conference with three paper presentations, an Ordnance Survey wall in the Cartographic Exhibition, and five posters in the Poster Exhibition, all of which was very much noticed and led to much discussion with peers from field-leaders to new faces.
2013-09-03 17:46:33
BCS Annual Symposium
The symposium saw a number of cartographic professionals and enthusiasts come together to hear and participate in a range of presentations and workshops.
2013-09-05 17:46:33
OS OpenData Award - 2013 Winner
Ordnance Survey sponsors and judges one of the British Cartographic Society (BCS) awards and this was its maiden year as the OS OpenData Award. The award is given annually to encourage excellence in cartographic design and the innovative and exciting use of OS OpenData.
2013-09-13 03:19:43
EU immigration map sent to Liverpool
Award-winning map of EU accession country nationals in England and Wales sent to University of Liverpool for education on cartography, human geography and representation of statistics and to go on display in their map library.
2013-09-16 04:29:35
AGI GeoCommunity '13
We presented our cartographic design principles to a large audience of British geographers.
2013-09-17 12:52:52
FOSS4G 2013
Workshop to promote cartographic design in conjunction with open data and showcasing our work in the exhibition
2013-10-01 06:49:19
OS OpenData Masterclasses
Nationwide presentations and workshops to promote cartographic design in conjunction with OS OpenData.
2013-10-01 14:02:44
QGIS Users
Initial discussions with QGIS user groups: Understanding more on what we can do for QGIS users and our interaction with the user groups.
2013-10-03 06:49:19
Internal presentation
Internal communication of our cartographic design principles and our role at AGI and FOSS4G.
2013-10-15 06:49:19
CartoDesign webpages
CartoDesign pages live on new Ordnance Survey website including our cartographic design principles.
2013-10-17 05:39:27
PSMA events
Raising awareness of cartographic design with PSMA users and understanding their issues
2013-11-01 00:00:00
Initial discussions on getting more involved in Cartography in Education
Enter story info here
2013-11-19 16:22:29
Cartography briefing
Cartography team briefing: Internal summary presentation of our work to the Cartography department at Ordnance Survey.
2013-11-19 16:22:29
Raster styling
Raster styling: A grey area. If you are looking to create a customised map style then the obvious choice is to use a vector product as this offers the most flexibility, but there are options for using rasters.
2013-11-25 17:32:21
Web image improvment started
Improvement of images used for cartographic products on the Ordnance Survey website. Ongoing.
2013-12-18 08:01:41
Resource page - planning complete
Massive list of resources ranked, shortened and added to a padlet board.
2013-12-20 00:45:46
About Us
About Us’ page for CartoDesign added to Ordnance Survey website.