Summer Edition of Maplines        Symposium 2010 Presentations        Symposium 2011        SoC Summer School        About Cartography Cartography - an introduction Cartopics Forum Careers in Cartography Job Vacancies RAF - Air Cartographer Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson - Cartographer Royal School of Military Survey - Cartography Instructional Officer BAE Systems - Mapping & Charting Specialist Harvey Map Services Ltd - Cartographer 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 Special Interest Groups Members Area Frequently Asked Questions Subscribe to BCS News BCS in the Press The Gallery Junior Mapmakers About SSL Certificates About Cartography > Cartopics Welcome to Cartopics ! Cartopics are short articles from the BCS designed as introductions to a wide variety of aspects of cartography and maps for the non-expert. We hope that you find them useful and informative. We welcome feedback on the articles. Please Contact Us with any comments. Scale and measuring from maps What is a map projection? How long is the UK coastline? Finding maps for free