Matthew Edney

@mhedney@historians.social
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Map historian and geographer. Mostly thoughts and news re map history. #maps #maphistory

Osher Professor in history of cartography, University of Southern Maine. Director, History of Cartography Project, University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Blogs at mappingasprocess.net

Occasional pretty images, sci-fi nerdery, and things I find funny (if former social media is anything to go by)

Matthew Edney10h ago

Interview with me on Wisconsin Public Radio earlier today re modern mapping and The History of Cartography. Enjoy!

https://www.wpr.org/shows/larry-meiller-show/ais-mixed-success-and-the-history-of-cartography

#maphistory #maps #cartography

Enjoy!

AI’s mixed success; and the history of cartography

Generative AI may “hallucinate” and pollute the internet, but it is a powerful tool for scientific inquiry, we learn. Then, 50 years of the History of Cartography Project is expected to result in six massive volumes of maps and analysis.

WPR
Matthew Edney10h ago
Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋10h ago

🗺️ 📻 **The history of mapping takes 50 years to tell**

A radio interview with @mhedney on the Larry Meiller Show discussing the history of cartography.

https://www.wpr.org/shows/larry-meiller-show/ais-mixed-success-and-the-history-of-cartography.

#History #Histodons #Maps #Cartography

AI’s mixed success; and the history of cartography

Generative AI may “hallucinate” and pollute the internet, but it is a powerful tool for scientific inquiry, we learn. Then, 50 years of the History of Cartography Project is expected to result in six massive volumes of maps and analysis.

WPR
Matthew Edney2d ago
VeeMay 1
Julius Caesar knife holder 😆
Matthew Edney3d ago
Madison in thunder sun shower
Matthew Edney3d ago
Third thing if the day #maphistory #cartography #maps — today we submitted Volume Five of The History of Cartography to the press — all one million words and 1000+ color images !!!!! A huge achievement for my team — 2 years to get it into print but the prep is done!!!!!!!!
Matthew Edney3d ago

Second thing of the day: hard copies of my new monograph are now available! A history of the dominant form of map history from 1830s to present, an analysis of its methods and bibliographical practices, its institutions, and the creation after 1950 of "the history of cartography." It's crucial reading for anyone doing map historical research, but then I'm biased!

Buy from https://brill.com/display/title/73079 !!!

#map #maps #maphistory #cartography #historiography

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Matthew Edney3d ago

First thing of the day -- newly acquired #map digitized by Osher Map Library - Walter Crane's famous 1886 Imperial Federation map!!

Online at https://oshermaps.org/map/59097.0001

#maphistory #cartography #maps #empire

Matthew Edney4d ago
#mapsinthewild — this might be my last time in the Science Hall office of the history of #cartography project, as the building is about to get entirely rehabilitated before I next have to return in person! So here’s David Woodward’s blow up of 1651 Speed #maps … #maphistory … w photos of Woodward and Harley !!!!
Matthew Edney4d ago
#mapsinthewild first time at Cargo Coffee on E Washington in Madison WI - with their trademark #maps decor - but this lovely one painted!!
Matthew EdneyJul 7
New #maphistory book on 19c mapping by #firstnations peoples in what is now Canada — #maps