{"id":3154,"date":"2022-03-07T10:15:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T09:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geonight.net\/?p=3154"},"modified":"2022-03-31T02:34:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T00:34:18","slug":"590-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geonight.net\/2022\/590-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The world beyond our perception \u2013 the importance of thematic map-making"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geonight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cropped-GN-Banner-2022.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"140\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><b>The world beyond our perception \u2013 the importance of thematic map-making<\/b><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><span style=\"color: #000080\"><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>The event will be<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;font-size: 16px\">: Online<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Short presentation of the event<\/strong><\/span>: Chris Brackley, cartographer in residence for Canadian Geographic magazine will look at the research, planning and development of some of the most informative and unique maps developed for Canadian Geographic magazine and its partners<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Thematic cartography is a singular form of communication; of storytelling. It draws on the disciplines of geography, graphic design, journalism, photography, computer science, scientific research, demography, and history (to name a few). But what makes it most unique is the scale at which it tells stories. A scale precisely between that of human perception and the entirety of the planet. In his talk, Chris will deconstruct a selection of the thousands of maps he has created, highlighting the critical role maps can play in making real the world beyond our perception.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Objectives<\/strong>: Highlight the art of cartography<br \/>\nFocus on unique map resources developed by and for Canadian Geographic Education<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Event language<\/strong><\/span>: English<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Country<\/strong><\/span>: Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080\">City<\/span><\/strong>: Ottawa<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080\">Link (for online events)<\/span><\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCM53ClR1pS52TNmF9wxT-pA\">Canadian Geographic Education<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Reference person<\/strong><\/span>: Paul VanZant<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Role or Function<\/strong><\/span>: Chair &#8211; Canadian Geographic Education<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080\">Reference Organization<\/span><\/strong>: Canadian Geographic Education and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Those who organize are<\/strong><\/span>: Geography enthusiasts<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Expected duration<\/strong><\/span>: 1 hour<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Event program<\/strong><\/span>: Live on the Canadian Geographic YouTube Channel at 12:00 pm (EDT)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">ID.U.N.590<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The world beyond our perception \u2013 the importance of thematic map-making &nbsp; The event will be: Online Short presentation&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":339,"featured_media":3787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada","wpcat-14-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geonight.net\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geonight.net\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geonight.net\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geonight.net\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/339"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geonight.net\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3154"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.geonight.net\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5031,"href":"https:\/\/www.geonight.net\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3154\/revisions\/5031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geonight.net\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geonight.net\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geonight.net\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geonight.net\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}