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GeoViz Toolkit Webinar Series – “What makes a good dashboard?”
Date: Thursday 23rd April 2026
Time: Join from 12.30 for a 12.45 start until 13.00hrs
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), registration via Eventbrite
#MapMonday On this day in 1736, French mathematician Pierre Louis Maupertuis led the Lapland expedition to measure latitude and shape of the earth, highlighting a flattening at the poles. Read and see more here: www.maupertuis.fi/en/history/t... 👀 🗺️
Follow us for the first announcements for #carto2026!
We are very pleased to share our first speakers for our Annual Conference in Edinburgh in September:
• Liam Mason
• Dariusz Wojcik
• Lyndsey Dougan
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We’ll be at @geobusiness in June!
Register now for your free access ticket.
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#MapMonday On this day in 1570, Guy Fawkes was born. He was convicted in the ‘Gunpowder Plot’ to blow up British Parliament. Our friends at the Bodleian Library created this fascinating blog post with maps of the area at the time… blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/2016/11...
Gunpowder, treason and… maps!
Save the date!!
We’re coming to Edinburgh this September.
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Call for members to serve on BCS Council *extended due to holidays to Wednesday 6th May*
We are particularly seeking nominations for Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer. You can read a little about what is involved by visiting our Vacancies page www.cartography.org.uk/vacancies
GeoViz Toolkit Webinar Series – “What makes a good dashboard?”
Join us for a BCS lunchtime GeoViz Toolkit session on Thursday 23rd April 12:30, exploring what good geospatial dashboards look like in practice, followed by Q&A.
Speakers:
Ed Parsons and Professor Richard Kingston
#MapMonday On this day in 2006, New Zealand Sign Language was made an official language of the country. This map from wfdeaf.org/the-legal-re... shows the 82 countries (42%) that have have achieved Sign Language Legislation
Free lecture: Geography in an uncertain world: addressing the key challenges for geographical teaching and research
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#MapMonday On this Map Monday, a reminder that our BCS Awards are open for entries 🏆 Find out more about the categories and how to enter here: www.cartography.org.uk/awards
We look forward to showcasing the amazing maps in due course 🗺️ 😁
Thank you for attending our day of workshops, discussion and talks at Trinity House, London.
Don’t forget to log your CPD points!
Follow our YouTube channel to revisit the talks, summaries and to add your contributions to our upcoming report.
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Our day is summed up by some invited geospatial leaders. Thank you to:
Nick Bolton, Ordnance Survey
Richard Fleming, AG
Vivien Godfrey, Stanfords
and Ed Parsons, Geographer.
Watch this space for how we continue the conversation and collaborate on how we navigate our #geofutures
A very constructive workshop session this morning where 8 groups tackled various questions.
Thank you to our facilities who summarised and shared back to the room. These will be available on our YouTube channel soon.
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Thank you to all our speakers this morning. Lots to think about and help us with discussions in our first workshop session.
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Richard Flemmings of AGI gave us a short overview of the AGI foresights report.
Notes: Collaboration is key. Check out the Calls to action from the report. Story telling and how we develop our visualisations going forward
Check out the report here:
www.agi.org.uk/foresight-re...
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GeoFutures kicks off! Thank you to Seppe for introducing the day and for Paul Naylor, President for recording his introduction and talking about the importance of cartography.
We’re getting a head start by thanking all these amazing contributors who are helping today!
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If you’re not able to make the day in person, follow our YouTube channel for updates and how to participate.
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GeoFutures Contributor: Paul Naylor
Paul is President of the British Cartographic Society and has pre-recorded his contribution for the event. Find out what he has to say tomorrow.
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GeoFutures Contributor: Vivien Patricia Godfrey
Vivien is Chairman and CEO of the Edward Stanford Group (Stanfords).
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#MapMonday On this day in 2021, cargo ship Ever Given got stuck in the Suez Canal, Egypt. The 400m megaship completely blocked the shipping canal for 6 days! Check out this map of the chaos… Source: www.bbc.co.uk/news/busines...
GeoFutures Contributor: Aaron Jarman
Aaron is a Geospatial Information Specialist with a focus on bathymetric science, applying offshore survey data to improve charting accuracy.
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GeoFutures Contributor: Olive Powell
Olive is the Head of Geography & Geospatial at the UK Office for National Statistics where she leads the Geospatial division.
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GeoFutures Contributor: Charlie Hewitt
Charlie is Data Insights Manager at the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts.
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GeoFutures Contributor: Steve Spittle
Steve is Mission Lead for Resilient Earth at the Satellite Applications Catapult.
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Contributors to the day of workshops and discussions include Nick Bolton - Ordnance Survey, Liz Fox-Tucker - Royal Geographical Society, Richard Flemmings - Association for Geographic Information and many more.
Tickets for the day including lunch and drinks from £40.
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#MapMonday On this day in 2019, a beached whale in Mabini, Philippines, was found to have 40kg of plastic inside it, including 18kg of plastic bags! This map from theoceancleanup.com/updates/wher... shows where plastic waste often leaks into the environment from…
*Closing date for bookings Monday 16 March*
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Tickets for the day including lunch and drinks from £40.
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GeoFutures Contributor: James Kavanagh MRICS C.Geog MCInstCES
James is head of Land & Resources (L&NR) with RICS with direct responsibility for the geospatial sector.
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Get your ticket to join the conversation asap - last date for sales Monday 16th March 2026
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