Awards 2013        50 Year Anniversary        New Book on pre-order until end June        Win an iPad        Black Country Experience        50 Year Anniversary Sponsors: Cadcorp, ESRI UK, The GeoInformation Group, Leica Geosystems, Newgrove, STAR-APIC, Victoria Litho About Cartography Cartopics What is it like to be a cartographer? Forum Careers in Cartography Job Vacancies > RAF - Air Cartographer Navtech - Aeronautical Analyst I - Charting Pindar Creative - Freelance Cartographers GIS Consultant - ERM Senior Cartographer (via Platinum Search) Cartographer (via Platinum Search) Army Reservist unit - Geographic Technicians Defence Geographic Centre (DGC), MOD - GEOSPATIAL ANALYSTS CAE - Graduate Visual Database Modeller Staffordshire University - Research Assistant in GIS Landscape Analysis Mfatech Maps - Cartographic/GIS Staff About the Society Join the Society Renew your membership Who we are > Who's who Members Directories History of The BCS The BCS Reports What we do > The Awards Events Publications Groups and Committees Members Area Frequently Asked Questions Subscribe to BCS News BCS in the Press Latest Twitter The Gallery Junior Mapmakers Cartopics > What is it like to be a cartographer? What is it like to be a cartographer? With the relatively small amount of people in the cartographic profession it's sometimes difficult for newly interested people to know the type of work that a cartographer is involved with. Luckily the Ordnance Survey have put together some blogs to give an insight into their daily lives and also what cartographers used to do on a daily basis. A Cartographers Past A Cartographers Way in the 1950's Focus on Cartography in 2011 - Part 1 Focus on Cartography in 2011 - Part 2 A Scottish Surveyors Day in 2010 author: Clare Seldon BCS Webmaster original source: Ordnance Survey Blog Tweets from @bcsweb