Environmental World Map Voted Best Map

The latest educational wall map from Global Mapping highlighting the threats human activity has on our planet has picked up two prestigious awards from The British Cartographic Society (BCS).  It won the Stanford’s Award for Best Paper Map with the judges comments: “Good symbology, size, does the job of clearly conveying the environmental issues facing our planet, a top quality piece of cartography.” 

It then went on to beat the winners in the other catagories to pick up the coveted BCS Cup for the best overall winner in the process beating the likes of National Geographic and Ordnance Survey with the judges adding:

“The Environmental World by Global Mapping stood out as being a piece of cartography that worked well on all levels, good mapping, symbology, clarity, use of colour and the bonus of being educational.  Well received and full marks”.

A clearly delighted Mary Spence, Global Mapping’s designer commented : 'It is a great honour to win these awards in the face of such giants in the world of maps. I can now allow myself the whole weekend to celebrate before it's back to the drawing board first thing Monday morning.'

Environmental World clearly shows the devastating effect of human activity on the Earth.

How our world is being threatened can clearly be seen on both the map sheet and in a series of information boxes.

Examples include the devastating BP Deep Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010-incidently, the second worst oil spill ever recorded.

Environmental World also starkly illustrates Deforestation, Urbanisation, Land Degradation and Arctic Environmental Change as well as highlighting graphically the threat most of Northern Europe has from Acid Rain.

Coastlines at risk from rising sea levels, Environment Hotspots, shrinking seas and World’s most polluted cities are just some of the topics covered.

Beautifully designed by top map designer Mary Spence, MBE, this map makes the perfect companion to 'The Dynamic World' Global Mapping’s previous title which looked at Natural Phenomena such as Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanoes and won the IMTA award for Best Wall Map.

This special edition has been designed especially for schools and colleges to help Children understand a highly complex subject in a clear, graphical representation.

Leading environmental organisations such as Greenpeace, WWF and the World Bank have provided analysis. “We wanted to offer a resource that is interesting, accurate and easy to interpret,” says Global Mapping’s Managing Director, Alan Smith. “The map demonstrates that human activity is having a serious impact in shaping our environment.”

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