{"id":1805789,"date":"2021-12-29T08:45:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T13:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1805789"},"modified":"2021-12-28T21:08:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T02:08:47","slug":"upcoming-guardian-masterclass-on-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/12\/upcoming-guardian-masterclass-on-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Guardian Masterclass on Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Evolution of Cartography<\/em><\/a> is an online workshop offered by the Guardian<\/em> as part of a series they\u2019re calling masterclasses. \u201cIn this insightful masterclass with experts from Ordnance Survey, you will discover how maps, and our relationship to them, have evolved over time. You will learn how the way that a map is designed can influence the way in which it is interpreted, and why this means that even the most authoritative map may not be as objective as we think.\u201d The three-hour course, taught by the OS<\/abbr>\u2019s Paul Naylor and Jess Baker, focuses on data visualizations and map techniques. It takes place on Thursday, 17 March 2022 and costs \u00a389 plus booking fee. [WMS<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An Evolution of Cartography is an online workshop offered by the Guardian as part of a series they\u2019re calling masterclasses. \u201cIn this insightful masterclass with experts from Ordnance Survey, you will discover how maps, and… 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":[139],"tags":[677],"class_list":["post-1805789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-education","tag-workshop","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1786342,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/10\/essays-on-literary-maps-treasure-island-moominland-and-the-marauders-map\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805789,"position":0},"title":"Essays on Literary Maps: Treasure Island, Moominland and the Marauder’s Map","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"3 October 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Another excerpt from the forthcoming book The Writer's Map, this time in the Guardian, in which three authors talk about their favourite literary maps: Robert Macfarlane on the map in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, Frances Hardinge on the map of Tove Jansson's Moominland, and Miraphora Mina on the Harry\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Maps and Literature"","block_context":{"text":"Maps and Literature","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/maps-and-literature\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/the-writers-map-209x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1790544,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/03\/upcoming-workshops\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805789,"position":1},"title":"Upcoming Workshops","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"28 March 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"Two workshops\/courses coming in June: Australian author and illustrator Kathleen Jennings will teach a workshop on fantasy mapmaking in June: the focus of Map Making and World Building is \u201con story and art,\u201d the mapmaking illustrative rather than cartographical, and in general it seems to be about the relationship between\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":1789710,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/11\/london-trees-pyongyang-architecture\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805789,"position":2},"title":"London Trees, Pyongyang Architecture","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"27 November 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"Blue Crow Media, which for the past few years has published a series of maps focusing on urban architecture, sent me samples of two of their most recent maps. 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