LMF E-newsletter: January 2012

Welcome

Welcome to the eighth edition of the LMF E-newsletter– keeping you up to date with news and events.

The festival has had an incredibly successful first six months boasting a sell out launch, a 30-strong exhibitor showcase, a comprehensive map gallery, over 80 supporters, over 500 twitter followers, 25 Supporters’ events, and a 1st book print run that’s sold out.

So if that’s not enough, what’s in store for 2012? There are many exciting plans afoot including a survey picnic, geocaching, a host of supporters’ events, a 2012 Mapping Showcase and a glitzy auction-dinner to round off the festival. So plenty to get your juices flowing.

Don’t forget, if you have any mapping related news or ideas in or around the London area, we’d love you to contact us. We hope to see you at a forthcoming event soon!

Supporters’ News

BCS Awards – Be in it to win it!

The British Cartographic Society each year encourages better mapping by providing medals and prizes within four categories to those who have shown excellence in this field.

Any individual or organisation can enter their maps whether they are created through traditional, new or even experimental means.

Entries are still being accepted for the 2012 Awards up until 31 March 2012 – so what are you waiting for? Get mapping! Read more

Think Smarter, Do More at GeoDATA

Here’s a great opportunity to come and visit a one-day seminar for FREE and hear what industry leaders have to say on becoming more savvy with geospatial data.

The event, organised by Training 4 GIS, attracts over 600 delegates throughout six UK and Eire cities, including London. Find out more.

And the UKMap Winner is….

Congratulations to Ray Hooper of London Fire who scooped The GeoInformation Group’s competition prize during Mapping Showcase 2011.

Entrants were asked to guess the number of polygons found within UKMap’s large scale mapping suite and Ray’s guess of 12,032,704 (actual 11,532,423) meant he was the closest and entitled him to walk away with Amazon vouchers.

10 Good Reasons to Mission:Explore in 2012

Whether you’re a teacher, parent, student or just a human being, here’s a list of reasons why you should Mission:Explore this year including exploring your local area, activity ideas and opportunities to earn rewards. Find out more

FREE Oxford Seminars on Cartography

Bodleian Society, supporters of LMF, has been organising seminars on all aspects of cartography for the last 19 years (three per annum) at Oxford University’s School of Geography and the Environment.

Seminars are free to attend and topics vary, so why not see whether anything takes your fancy by checking out the programme.

New Map Book Sells Like Hot Cakes!

London in maps: a changing perspective has proven a popular hit with all you mapaholics. All the copies from the first print run have already sold out and we are now in the process of printing the next batch.

In a recent review, this hardback has been praised by Londonist as a “highly recommended addition to the bookshelf of any London mapophile”.

So get in early and pre-order your copy for the next print run (£29.99 plus P&P). Sample pages can be found here. Profits go to MapAction.

Promap Puts the Fun Back into Fundraising at Mapping Show

Highly energised delegates at LMF’s recent Mapping Show were invited to participate in a 100m sprint on Mario & Sonic London 2012 Olympic Games Wii game.

Promap, exhibitors at the event and organisers of the competition, raised an exceptional £1000 for charity MapAction. To find out the winning time and more, click here.

Book your table at Prestigious LMF Dinner

Plans are now being made for a fabulous dinner-auction in aid of LMF’s chosen charity, MapAction.

If you’re interested in booking a table for 10th January 2013 at the East Winter Garden, Canary Wharf then we’d be delighted to hear from you. It promises to be the glamorous event of the year!

Get Involved in LMF

Join Over 80 Other LMF Supporters and Benefit Today

Whether you are an individual or part of an organisation, educational establishment or society, we welcome you to sign up for £200 (plus VAT) and take advantage of the many benefits the London Mapping Festival has to offer (via the LMF website, tweets, monthly enewsletter, etc.)

There’s still another 12 months left of the festival. So why not find out how to get involved today and receive exposure to an audience of over 40,000 map related members of the geospatial community?

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News as it Happens

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Behind the Scenes

LMF’s programme is overseen and shaped by a Steering Group that represents a wide range of mapping related market sectors. Find out who’s behind LMF here

Get in touch Supporter Enquiries:

fiona@londonmappingfestival.org

General Enquiries:

admin@londonmappingfestival.org

Supporters’ Activities & Events

18 – 22 January:

London Art Fair 2012

TAG Fine Arts is exhibiting at London Art Fair with many of the works from The Art of Mapping on display plus a few new pieces including ‘214 Bridges’ by Rob Good.

Organised by Upper Street Events Ltd

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