California Map Society Conference
Saturday, June 29, 2024
David Rumsey Map Center
Green Library, Stanford University
10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Join us on June 29, 2024, for a gathering of map, history, art and science lovers, to hear from a superb group of speakers about Early Americana, as well as a few about modern-day mapping. To register for attending either in-person, click here. To attend virtually, click here. (Registration handled by David Rumsey Map Center.) Doors will open at 10:00am and presentations will begin sharply at 10:30am. The program will close at approximately 4:15pm, after which the annual members meeting will be held. I look forward to seeing you! Thanks, Tom Paper California Map Society, tom@websterpacific.com Speaker Topic David Rumsey Globes in Apple Vision Pro. There will be two headsets at the DRMC for people to use to explore the globes. Ron Gibbs The 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution: The Story in Ten Maps Wes Brown John Arrowsmith’s Maps of 1832: A Little-Known Revolution in Western Cartography Dan Scollon How historic maps inform contemporary, digital and GIS maps Andrew Gu Race-Making in the Early American Maps and Art from the collection of Rich Breiman Paul Saffo Silicon Valley: How the map of a place that never existed changed your neighborhood (and the world) forever Jake Coolidge Maps of the US National Parks, Parkgoer Engagement and Historical Context Muhammed Dhafer California Map Society 2023/24 Student Exhibition Competition Winner: "Charting the Rubble: Devastation and Rebuilding from Disasters" p.s. Another event for map-lovers, to be held on Thursday May 16, will be "Looking Slowly at Early Modern Maps," led by Chet Van Duzer. 10am to 12pm PT. More info here.
Join us on June 29, 2024, for a gathering of map, history, art and science lovers, to hear from a superb group of speakers about Early Americana, as well as a few about modern-day mapping. To register for attending either in-person, click here. To attend virtually, click here. (Registration handled by David Rumsey Map Center.)
Doors will open at 10:00am and presentations will begin sharply at 10:30am. The program will close at approximately 4:15pm, after which the annual members meeting will be held.
I look forward to seeing you!
Thanks,
Tom Paper
California Map Society, tom@websterpacific.com
Paul Saffo
Silicon Valley: How the map of a place that never existed changed your neighborhood (and the world) forever
p.s. Another event for map-lovers, to be held on Thursday May 16, will be "Looking Slowly at Early Modern Maps," led by Chet Van Duzer. 10am to 12pm PT. More info here.
