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  • Teaching Geopolitics with Maps

    Virtual Event

    Hosted by the Washington Map Society, this Zoom meeting is presented in partnership with the California, Chicago, New York, Philip Lee Phillips, Rocky Mountain, and Texas Map Societies. Anyone interested in participating in the meeting must RSVP to John Docktor at washmap(at)gmail.com in order to receive the meeting ID and passcode. Meeting will start at 7:00 PM Eastern Time, 6:00 PM Central Time, 5:00 [...]

  • Library of Congress: Geography and Map Division Virtual Orientation

    Virtual Event

    The Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, is holding a ‘Geography & Map Division Virtual Orientation’ on Zoom. Reference librarians will present an introduction to the Geography and Map collections at the Library of Congress. This general orientation session will highlight a wide range of cartographic formats and subject-matter. The focus of the session [...]

  • Washington Map Society: Andrew Kapochunas on ‘How to find an image of ancestral Eastern- or Central-European towns on antique topographic maps’

    Blurb: Hosted by the Washington Map Society, in partnership with the California, Chicago, New York, Philip Lee Phillips, Rocky Mountain, and Texas Map Societies, Andrew Kapochunas (New York Map Society Secretary) will discuss ‘How to find an image of ancestral Eastern- or Central-European towns on antique topographic maps’. The talk will be held on Zoom. [...]

  • Washington Map Society: Gareth Fuller on ‘Walking the Streets of Washington, DC to Create a Unique Map of Place’

    Myers Room, George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum 701 21st St. NW, Washington, DC, United States

    The Washington Map Society will meet to listen to Gareth Fuller (a British artist and explorer) speaking about ‘Walking the Streets of Washington, DC to Create a Unique Map of Place’. Gareth walks hundreds of miles to create vast, hand-drawn portraits of place. From London and Beijing to Pyongyang and Washington, D.C., his work reveals stories and [...]

  • 15th Biennial Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of Cartography: ‘Frozen Frontiers: 500 Years of Mapping Antarctica’

    Central Library, University of Texas at Arlington 702 Planetarium Pl, Arlington

    The 15th biennial Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of Cartography, ‘Frozen Frontiers: 500 Years of Mapping Antarctica’, will take place in the Central Library at the University of Texas at Arlington. Additional details and registration will be available in June 2026.

  • Washington Map Society: Chris Lane on ‘Mapping Philadelphia’

    Hosted by the Washington Map Society, in partnership with the California, Chicago, New York, Philip Lee Phillips, Rocky Mountain, and Texas Map Societies, Chris Lane (retired Philadelphia Print Shop West owner and appraiser on Antiques Roadshow) will discuss ‘Mapping Philadelphia’. RSVP to John Docktor (washmap@gmail.com) to receive the meeting ID and passcode.

  • Library of Congress: Geography and Map Virtual Orientation – GIS and Geospatial Resources

    The Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, will hold a ‘Geography & Map Virtual Orientation: GIS and Geospatial Resources’. Join for a virtual orientation which aims to provide an overview of the geospatial resources of the Geography & Map Division, including an introduction to geographic information systems (GIS), spatial data formats, and the geospatial activities [...]