#MapMonday On this day in 1720, the Ship Le Grand St Antoine reached Marseille, causing Europe's last major bubonic plague outbreak which ended up killing around 100,000 (~half the city’s population). This Marseille map is from 1623 and by Braun and Hogenberg (www.cartahistorica.com/our-catalogu...)

🏆 BCS Awards 2026 🏆 Could you be the next winner of the Ordnance Survey Student Award or the Ian Mumford Student Research Award? Get your entries in asap before 14th June! lnkd.in/d867AMC @ordnancesurvey

🏆 BCS Awards 2026 🏆 Could you be the next winner of the Digital Map award or the Stanfords Printed Map Award? Get your entries in asap before 14th June! lnkd.in/d867AMC Stanfords Travel

#MapMonday On this day in 332, Roman Emperor Constantine the Great introduced daily bread rations in Constantinople. So we thought we’d share this map from YouGov showing where the different terms for a bread roll are most popular… It’s the ‘yeast’ we could do - sorry!! yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

🏆 BCS Awards 2026 🏆 Just 1 month to go! Entries welcome until 14th June. Thank you to all our sponsors and supporters who make this an amazing competition to be involved in! Get your entries in asap! lnkd.in/d867AMC Stanfords Travel - Collins Bartholomew - Ordnance Survey - GD3D - Dennis Maps

Save the date! We are very excited to welcome our first Women+ in Geospatial speaker since agreeing a Memorandum of Understanding. Please tune in after our BCS AGM on June 10th to hear from Dr. Julia Wagemann. All are welcome to attend this talk. Registration will open soon.

🏆 BCS Awards 2026 🏆 Check out last years winners and categories and get your entries for this year in now! Also now Best Children’s Map sponsored by Dennis Maps. Sponsored by Stanfords | Garsdale Design Limited | Collins Bartholomew | Ordnance Survey | Dennis Maps

🏆 BCS Awards 2026 🏆 Check out last years winners and categories and get your entries for this year in now! Also now Best Children’s Map sponsored by Dennis Maps. Sponsored by Stanfords | Garsdale Design Limited | Collins Bartholomew | Ordnance Survey | Dennis Maps

**Special event offer!!** We are pleased to be able to offer a 25% discount to individual membership taken out today at the Esri UK AC 26 in London. Please speak to our team on the BCS stand. Hope you have a great day! #community #mapping #excellence

#MapMonday On this day in 1880, Queen Victoria issued a charter granting city status to the Borough of Liverpool. We loved seeing all the detail in this ‘doodle map’ of Liverpool, by Dave Draws. davedraws.co.uk/products/liv...

Come along to hear Atlas Guo speak at our May Teatime Talk.

We are coming to Edinburgh this September! We’re bringing the Map Curators Group 60th Anniversary celebrations, plus - due to demand - our popular GeoViz sessions for Day 1! Watch for a packed conference agenda for Day 2, hosted at The Registers of Scotland. www.cartography.org.uk/annual-confe...

**Member Spotlight** Check out who was our first ever member and still a member to this day! What a record. Thanks for your continuing support @Philips

#MapMonday On this day in 1471, the final battle between the Houses of Lancaster and York took place as part of the Battle of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. More here: www.tewkesburymedievalfestival.co.uk/projects-bed... Map by John Fawkes - www.britishbattles.com/wars-of-the-...

*Teatime Talk* My Cartographic Journey: Themes, Approaches, and Reflections. Speaker: Atlas Guo, University of Wisconsin–Madison Date: Thursday 14th May 2026 Time: Join from 18:45 for a 19:00 start. Venue: Virtual (Zoom) ​​ www.cartography.org.uk/teatime-talks

🏆 BCS Awards 2026 🏆 Entries open until 14th June. 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! Get your entries in now! www.cartography.org.uk/awards

Carto-Cymru - The Wales Map Symposium 2026 - Mapping a World of Change Held at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth on the 15th of May. This is a hybrid event and both in-person and online tickets are free. For further details and booking visit ti.to/digital-past...

Are you going to Esri UK AC 26 at the QEII Conference Centre, Westminster? If so, come and find us, and find out what the BCS do and how we support members to make better maps. We'd love you to become part of our supportive community. www.esriuk.com/en-gb/about/...

#MapMonday On this day in 1840, the foundation stone for the new Palace of Westminster was laid by Sarah Barry, wife of architect Charles Barry. map from by MacDonald Gill shows the City of Westminster in 1924. Source: artuk.org/discover/art...

---NEWS--- Call for members to serve on BCS Council *extended due to holidays to Wednesday 6th May* We are particularly seeking nominations for the roles of Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer. You can read a little about what is involved by visiting our Vacancies page buff.ly/J9zeAJE

New Industry Partnership Announced! "The British Cartographic Society is proud to partner with Women+ in Geospatial because we share a clear and vital goal: to create a more inclusive, representative and supportive geospatial community." Paul Naylor, President of the BCS www.cartography.org.uk

Children's Map Competition 2026 - Supported by Dennis Maps – one of the world’s leading map printers. The competition aims to encourage children’s creativity in mapmaking through their cartographic representation of a particular theme. Enter now! www.cartography.org.uk/awards

Thank you to our two speakers today at our first GeoViz Toolkit Webinar! For those who asked, here is the link to one of Richard's Apps that he discussed from NDSH work - The Where to Build App experience.arcgis.com/experience/9... Please let us know your thoughts on the webinar for future sessions

Still time to sign up!! GeoViz Toolkit Webinar Series – “What makes a good dashboard?” Date: Thursday 23rd April 2026 Time: Join from 12.30 for a 12.45 start until 13.00hrs Venue: Virtual (Zoom), registration via Eventbrite

#MapMonday On this day in 1736, French mathematician Pierre Louis Maupertuis led the Lapland expedition to measure latitude and shape of the earth, highlighting a flattening at the poles. Read and see more here: www.maupertuis.fi/en/history/t... 👀 🗺️

Follow us for the first announcements for #carto2026! We are very pleased to share our first speakers for our Annual Conference in Edinburgh in September: • Liam Mason • Dariusz Wojcik • Lyndsey Dougan #carto2026

We’ll be at @geobusiness in June! Register now for your free access ticket. www.geobusinessshow.com/registration...

#MapMonday On this day in 1570, Guy Fawkes was born. He was convicted in the ‘Gunpowder Plot’ to blow up British Parliament. Our friends at the Bodleian Library created this fascinating blog post with maps of the area at the time… blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/2016/11... Gunpowder, treason and… maps!

Save the date!! We’re coming to Edinburgh this September. #carto2026

---NEWS--- Call for members to serve on BCS Council *extended due to holidays to Wednesday 6th May* We are particularly seeking nominations for Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer. You can read a little about what is involved by visiting our Vacancies page www.cartography.org.uk/vacancies

GeoViz Toolkit Webinar Series – “What makes a good dashboard?” Join us for a BCS lunchtime GeoViz Toolkit session on Thursday 23rd April 12:30, exploring what good geospatial dashboards look like in practice, followed by Q&A. Speakers: Ed Parsons and Professor Richard Kingston

#MapMonday On this day in 2006, New Zealand Sign Language was made an official language of the country. This map from wfdeaf.org/the-legal-re... shows the 82 countries (42%) that have have achieved Sign Language Legislation

Free lecture: Geography in an uncertain world: addressing the key challenges for geographical teaching and research nott.ac/NDL2026

#MapMonday On this Map Monday, a reminder that our BCS Awards are open for entries 🏆 Find out more about the categories and how to enter here: www.cartography.org.uk/awards We look forward to showcasing the amazing maps in due course 🗺️ 😁

Thank you for attending our day of workshops, discussion and talks at Trinity House, London. Don’t forget to log your CPD points! Follow our YouTube channel to revisit the talks, summaries and to add your contributions to our upcoming report. #geofutures

Our day is summed up by some invited geospatial leaders. Thank you to: Nick Bolton, Ordnance Survey Richard Fleming, AG Vivien Godfrey, Stanfords and Ed Parsons, Geographer. Watch this space for how we continue the conversation and collaborate on how we navigate our #geofutures

A very constructive workshop session this morning where 8 groups tackled various questions. Thank you to our facilities who summarised and shared back to the room. These will be available on our YouTube channel soon. #geofutures

Thank you to all our speakers this morning. Lots to think about and help us with discussions in our first workshop session. #geofutures

Richard Flemmings of AGI gave us a short overview of the AGI foresights report. Notes: Collaboration is key. Check out the Calls to action from the report. Story telling and how we develop our visualisations going forward Check out the report here: www.agi.org.uk/foresight-re... #geofutures

GeoFutures kicks off! Thank you to Seppe for introducing the day and for Paul Naylor, President for recording his introduction and talking about the importance of cartography.

We’re getting a head start by thanking all these amazing contributors who are helping today! —- If you’re not able to make the day in person, follow our YouTube channel for updates and how to participate. lnkd.in/er9UY-6G #geofutures #geoviz

GeoFutures Contributor: Paul Naylor Paul is President of the British Cartographic Society and has pre-recorded his contribution for the event. Find out what he has to say tomorrow. —- Follow our YouTube channel for updates and how to participate. lnkd.in/er9UY-6G #geofutures #geoviz

GeoFutures Contributor: Vivien Patricia Godfrey Vivien is Chairman and CEO of the Edward Stanford Group (Stanfords). —- If you’re not able to make the day in person, follow our YouTube channel for updates and how to participate. lnkd.in/er9UY-6G #geofutures #geoviz

#MapMonday On this day in 2021, cargo ship Ever Given got stuck in the Suez Canal, Egypt. The 400m megaship completely blocked the shipping canal for 6 days! Check out this map of the chaos… Source: www.bbc.co.uk/news/busines...

GeoFutures Contributor: Aaron Jarman Aaron is a Geospatial Information Specialist with a focus on bathymetric science, applying offshore survey data to improve charting accuracy. —- If you’re not able to make it, follow our YouTube channel for updates and how to participate. lnkd.in/er9UY-6G

GeoFutures Contributor: Olive Powell Olive is the Head of Geography & Geospatial at the UK Office for National Statistics where she leads the Geospatial division. —- If you’re not able to make the day in person, follow our YouTube channel for updates and how to participate. lnkd.in/er9UY-6G

GeoFutures Contributor: Charlie Hewitt Charlie is Data Insights Manager at the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts. —- If you’re not able to make the day in person, follow our YouTube channel for updates and how to participate. lnkd.in/er9UY-6G

GeoFutures Contributor: Steve Spittle Steve is Mission Lead for Resilient Earth at the Satellite Applications Catapult. —- If you’re not able to make the day in person keep an eye on our YouTube channel for updates and to participate. lnkd.in/er9UY-6G

Contributors to the day of workshops and discussions include Nick Bolton - Ordnance Survey, Liz Fox-Tucker - Royal Geographical Society, Richard Flemmings - Association for Geographic Information and many more. Tickets for the day including lunch and drinks from £40. lnkd.in/ehQhZsMU

#MapMonday On this day in 2019, a beached whale in Mabini, Philippines, was found to have 40kg of plastic inside it, including 18kg of plastic bags! This map from theoceancleanup.com/updates/wher... shows where plastic waste often leaks into the environment from…