This coveted British Cartographic Society award is presented for originality and excellence in the field of thematic (non-topographic, 1:100,000 and smaller) cartography, with the emphasis on effective communication of the intended theme or themes. Collins Geo, through Collins Bartholomew and the family of the late John C. Bartholomew support this award.
Winner
Dr Kenneth Field, The Beautiful Game: A World of Football
The judges said this was ‘An attractive, colourful and eye-catching poster illustrating the comparative size and composition of the national football associations of the world, the amount of information on this map is huge and is clearly suitable to be shown as submitted, as a poster. The design is highly innovative and has resulted in a beautifully designed product, which fulfils its brief in every area’.Dr. Kenneth Field, a member of the Esri Mapping Center Web site team, co-produced last year’s Bartholomew Award winner the Geo-Genealogy of Irish Surnames map.
Highly commended
Robert Pratt of the National Geographic Society, Shipwrecks of Delmarva
See the BCS website for further details, photo and images
Posts
Interesting that Ken Field opted to put Australia into Asia, while New Zealand is in Oceania. Non-football fan!
ReplyDeleteIt’s all to do with the six Confederations that make up FIFA, the world football's governing body.
ReplyDeleteAustralia have been members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) since 2006, New Zealand are members of Oceania Football Confederation (OFC).
There are 208 associations affiliated to FIFA today. Between 1975 and 2002 more than 60 associations were accepted as members.
See http://www.fifa.com/
Is there any way to purchase or download this poster? Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI've been in touch with Ken Field, the map's creator, who says unfortunately it's not available to purchase or download.
ReplyDeleteIt was the result of a research project, to see if it could be done! Rights and permission would be required from all the 3000+ football clubs and organisations to use their logos etc for commercial reproduction of the map.