GISCafe Voice Susan Smith
Susan Smith has worked as an editor and writer in the technology industry for over 16 years. As an editor she has been responsible for the launch of a number of technology trade publications, both in print and online. Currently, Susan is the Editor of GISCafe and AECCafe, as well as those sites’ … More » Mapping out Cuba a labor of love for one Cuban American cartographerAugust 20th, 2011 by Susan Smith
Juan Jose Valdes, project manager of the National Geographic Society’s first major rendering of Cuba since 1906, says that “To a Cuban, there’s nothing more iconic than a map of the island.” Two new provinces have been added to the 3×2 foot wall map, which took six months to create. Valdes was moved from Cuba as a boy several months after the Bay of Pigs invasion. National Tags: Cuba, mapmaker, Wall Street Journal |