{"id":1787977,"date":"2019-10-29T18:03:30","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T22:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1787977"},"modified":"2019-10-29T18:03:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T22:03:30","slug":"australia-to-eliminate-paper-topographic-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/10\/australia-to-eliminate-paper-topographic-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia to Eliminate Paper Topographic Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Australian government agency responsible for printing topographic maps will stop printing them as of December<\/a>, ABC Australia reports. Geoscience Australia cites a lack of demand for paper maps, but as you can imagine there\u2019s some pushback against the decision.<\/p>\n

(The Canadian government tried something similar back in 2006, but the decision was overturned after a public outcry<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Australian government agency responsible for printing topographic maps will stop printing them as of December, ABC Australia reports. Geoscience Australia cites a lack of demand for paper maps, but as you can imagine there\u2019s… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[342],"tags":[496,845,287],"class_list":["post-1787977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-sport-recreation","tag-australia","tag-paper-maps","tag-topo-maps","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1785996,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/07\/new-maps-of-pluto-and-charon\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787977,"position":0},"title":"New Maps of Pluto and Charon","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"25 July 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"New global and topographic maps of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, have been published. The Icarus articles\u2014this one for Pluto, this one for Charon\u2014are behind a paywall, however, though I expect the maps themselves to be freely available at some point. To create the maps, New Horizons researchers, led\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Astronomy"","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/astronomy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tenzing-montes.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tenzing-montes.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tenzing-montes.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tenzing-montes.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":844,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/02\/copper-plates-used-to-make-topo-maps-on-display\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787977,"position":1},"title":"Copper Plates Used to Make Topo Maps on Display","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"13 February 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"The Michigan State University Map Library now\u00a0has on display three\u00a0copper plates used to make the 1912\u00a0USGS topographic map of the Lansing, Michigan area. \"From the 1880s to the 1950s, the U.S. Geological Survey used engraved copper plates in the process of printing topographic and geographic quadrangle maps. Copper alloy engraving\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antique Maps"","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"msu-copper-plate","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/msu-copper-plate-1024x276.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/msu-copper-plate-1024x276.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/msu-copper-plate-1024x276.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/msu-copper-plate-1024x276.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1788786,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/04\/a-u-s-army-film-from-1971-mapping-a-better-tomorrow\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787977,"position":2},"title":"A U.S. Army Film from 1971: ‘Mapping a Better Tomorrow’","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"23 April 2020","format":"video","excerpt":"\u201cMapping a Better Tomorrow\u201d is a 30-minute film produced in 1971 to explain the work of the U.S. Army Topographic Command (TOPOCOM). After explaining maps from first principles, it covers the state of the art in terms of cartography, computer mapping, photogrammetry and surveying circa 1971, including the production of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Cartography"","block_context":{"text":"Cartography","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/cartography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3927,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/02\/engraved-in-copper\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787977,"position":3},"title":"Engraved in Copper","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"15 February 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"Engraved in Copper: The Art of Mapping Minnesota opened this week at the University of Minnesota's Elmer L. Andersen Library. \"This exhibit highlights unique engraved copper plates used to print topographic maps of Minnesota in the early 1900s, surveying and mapmaking techniques, and government documents related to the process. The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antique Maps"","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/mn-copper-262x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1787573,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/08\/first-you-make-the-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787977,"position":4},"title":"First You Make the Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"8 August 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"First You Make the Maps, a Story Map produced for Lapham\u2019s Quarterly by Elizabeth Della Zazzera, surveys maps and mapmaking for sea navigation from the 15th through the 18th centuries. From the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, European powers sent voyagers to lands farther and farther away from the continent\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antique Maps"","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/portolan-vallseca-1024x644.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/portolan-vallseca-1024x644.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/portolan-vallseca-1024x644.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/portolan-vallseca-1024x644.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1784986,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/02\/indiana-university-is-digitizing-its-collection-of-russian-topo-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787977,"position":5},"title":"Indiana University Is Digitizing Its Collection of Russian Topo Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"13 February 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Indiana University's collection of some 4,000 Russian military topographic maps is being digitized, thanks to a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources. \u201cThe world-changing differences documented by maps in the Eastern Bloc Borderlands project cannot be overstated,\u201d says Michelle Dalmau, head of Digital Collections Services for IU\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Conflicts"","block_context":{"text":"Conflicts","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/conflicts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1787977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1787978,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787977\/revisions\/1787978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1787977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1787977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1787977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}