British Cartographic Society

British Cartographic Society The British Cartographic Society (BCS) is a dynamic association of individuals and organisations

Annual Conference, Edinburgh 8&9 Sept

The Trustees’ policy is to offer a forum for the exchange of ideas and the sharing of cartographic knowledge, and to inform members of technical changes and opportunities that affect their professional standing. Volunteer members manage most of the Society activities. Society
administration is out-sourced.

Part of our conference is run by our Map Curators Group, who this year are celebrating their 60th Anniversary 🥳To honour...
20/08/2026

Part of our conference is run by our Map Curators Group, who this year are celebrating their 60th Anniversary 🥳

To honour this, a very special inaugural Ann Sutherland Lecture will be given by Marcy Bidney, University of Chicago. This event is open to anyone interested in the preservation, dissemination and use of maps in libraries and archives.

Last bookings for this days worth of workshops as well as the conference the following day are closing this Sunday 23rd August, 2026, so please book now!

www.cartography.org.uk/annual-conference

Spotlight on… Student members!Thank you to, the now over, 400 members that have joined via our free student membership s...
20/08/2026

Spotlight on… Student members!

Thank you to, the now over, 400 members that have joined via our free student membership scheme. We’d love to know why you joined, what you like most about the BCS and why you think others should join?
Hope to see some of you at the annual conference 8-9 September in Edinburgh
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Launch of BCS’s GeoFutures Report We are pleased to announce that our GeoFutures report will be launched at our annual c...
19/08/2026

Launch of BCS’s GeoFutures Report

We are pleased to announce that our GeoFutures report will be launched at our annual conference on 9th September 2026, in Edinburgh.

Bookings close on Sunday 23rd August so please sign up asap if you’d like to attend.

www.cartography.org.uk/annual-conference

🏆BCS Awards 2026🏆Thank you to all our sponsors, judging panels and supporters who make this an amazing competition to be...
17/08/2026

🏆BCS Awards 2026🏆
Thank you to all our sponsors, judging panels and supporters who make this an amazing competition to be involved in and help celebrate the best mapping in the world!

The BCS Peter Jolly Members Award is now accepting Members votes. All category winners and runners-up will be announced at our Annual Conference 8-9 September 2026 in Edinburgh.

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In 2009, NASA published the complete data set of all the eclipses over 5000 years, from 2000BCE - 3000CE. You can go and...
14/08/2026

In 2009, NASA published the complete data set of all the eclipses over 5000 years, from 2000BCE - 3000CE. You can go and look at it yourself (https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/solar.html ) Hannah Fry

Check out the path of totality for the next solar eclipse due next August over Northern Africa.

12/08/2026

Celebrating Women in Geospatial today - looking forward to our annual conference in a few weeks time, with these amazing geospatial speakers and supporters of WiG.
Book our conference to come along and meet them at www.cartography.org.uk/annual-conference

On this day in 1787, Mozart completed his chamber piece "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (A Little Serenade). This mapping fro...
10/08/2026

On this day in 1787, Mozart completed his chamber piece "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (A Little Serenade). This mapping from https://buff.ly/vN2ph7e shows the Mozart-Radweg (Mozart Cycle Path), a 445 km circular route crossing Austria and Bavaria, tracing his life and travels

On this day in 2017, Camila Cabello released her single "Havana" - it was the biggest song worldwide in 2018 with 19 m...
03/08/2026

On this day in 2017, Camila Cabello released her single "Havana" - it was the biggest song worldwide in 2018 with 19 million copies sold. The excerpt of map shown is from 1953 showing tourist attractions in Havana. See in full here: https://buff.ly/QSpXDaW

29/07/2026

Here’s a selection of some of our speakers who are getting ready for our Edinburgh Conference in September. Have you booked your place yet?
See link in bio for all our booking information.

On this day in 1586, Walter Raleigh brought the first to***co to England fromVirginia. This map from https://buff.ly/W...
27/07/2026

On this day in 1586, Walter Raleigh brought the first to***co to England from
Virginia. This map from https://buff.ly/WZntQOv shows to***co use around the world in 2020…

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