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"Although women have always been part of the mapping landscape, their
contributions to cartography have long been overlooked.
Mapmaking has traditionally featured men, from Mercator’s projection of the
world in the 1500s to land surveyors such as George Washington and Thomas
Jefferson mapping property in the 1700s, to Roger Tomlinson’s development of
geographic information systems in the 1960s. Cartography and related geospatial
technologies fields continue to be male-dominated.
But as a geographer and specialist in geographic information systems, I have
observed how opportunities for women as mapmakers have changed over the past
five decades. The advent of technologies such as geographic information systems
has increased education, employment and research opportunities for women,
making mapmaking more accessible."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
