BCS AWARDS 2026
*Thank you*

A huge thank you to all our sponsors, without whom we couldn't run or judge many of the awards.

Collins Bartholomew
Dennis Maps
Garsdale Design GD3D
Lovell Johns
Mumford Family
Ordnance Survey
Stanfords

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BCS AWARDS 2026 WINNERS
*Stanfords Award for printed products - Winner*

Congratulations to The Boroughs of London, by Mike Hall & Matt Brown

A huge thank you to Stanfords and Vivien for presenting, judging and supporting this award.
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BCS AWARDS 2026 WINNERS
*BCS Digital Mapping Award - Winner*
Congratulations to: Climate Visualized, by Atlas Guo

Thank you also to the BCS judging panel and awards organisers for their time and enthusiasm.

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Thank you Scotland! You’ve been amazing.

Thank you especially to our Programme committee and all the speakers.

Look out for our awards announcements, GeoFutures Report call for involvement and where our next events will be.

Over and out until next year.
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Thank you to all this afternoons speakers covering an atlas’ production, property rights maps and challenges, 50 years of Harvey Maps, land use mapping in England and accessibility in 20 minute neighbourhoods in Edinburgh. A jam packed afternoon!
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We were honoured today to be joined by John E Bartholomew, son of John C Bartholomew to present the Collins Bartholomew Award in his name for best thematic map of 2026.
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The venue is all set for an amazing conference day of talks, sessions, networking and awards. Please ask anyone with an orange lanyard if you have any questions about the society or want to know how to volunteer too.

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Great to share some “downtime” with MCG, GeoViz delegates and early arrivers for tomorrow, at Edinburgh Street Food. Lots of excitement for tomorrow’s full day of talks and sessions. We hope you enjoyed this informal networking evening and we’ll see you at 9am for Day 2!
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A fantastic presentation from National Collection of Aerial Photography this afternoon for our GeoViz trip. Great overview of the history of the collection and challenges that bought about the current state of the art facility.
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Thank you to Paul and Liam for the GeoViz session this morning. Groups were tasked with coming up with different visualisations for refugee data across Europe from Ukraine. Lots of great conversations, discussions and maps made. #carto2026 #GeoFutures #GeoViz

Thank you to Registers of Scotland for sponsoring our conference this year.

"Government department responsible for public registers of land, property and other legal documents in Scotland."

To become an event sponsor of BCS, contact us www.cartography.org.uk/contact-us

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Thank you to Ordnance Survey for sponsoring our events this year.

"Britain's mapping agency. Setting the benchmark in location data."

To become an annual event sponsor of BCS, please contact us www.cartography.org.uk/contact-us

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BCS’s #GeoFutures Report - Theme No.2 - Education and awareness

In preparation for this week's conference, here is the second of the 3 themes that came out of our GeoFutures Report. Follow us for more updates and how you can support the society.

More www.cartography.org.uk/geofutures

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Thank you to Collins Bartholomew for sponsoring our events this year.

"Collins Bartholomew supports private and public sector clients around the world with premier geospatial data."

To become an event sponsor of BCS, contact us www.cartography.org.uk/contact-us

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