On behalf of John Shubin, Chair of the Board of Trustees, and Jorge Zamanillo, Executive Director of HistoryMiami:

Unfortunately we have decided to cancel the in-person Miami International Map Fair in February of 2022.
 
This is a difficult decision for us. We took into account the increased expenses due to inflation, the unknown variable of fair attendance, and the ever-present possibility of a resurgence in COVID19 cases in Europe and the United States. Another resurgence would impede some of our dealers and guests from traveling or may cause closures again from our local government. HistoryMiami appreciates your understanding.

The video of the WMS member meeting on November 13, 2021 is now available to view in the Members Area. The meeting was organized in conjunction with the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division and Johns Hopkins University. The guest speakers were John Hessler and Meagan Snow from the Library of Congress. The title of the presentation is Mapping Ourselves: A Cartographic Introduction to the 2020 Census & Tapestry Segmentation Analysis.

The video of the WMS member meeting on September 9, 2021 is now available to view in the Members Area. The meeting was presented in partnership with the Boston, California, Chicago, New York, Rocky Mountain, Texas, and the Library of Congress' Philip Lee Phillips Societies. The guest speaker was Andrew Rhodes, member of the Washington Map Society Board of Directors and author of an article on Monteith in the latest issue of Cartographic Perspectives. The title of his presentation is James Monteith: Cartographer, Educator, and Master of the Margins.

Portolan Issue #111 has just been published and is now available on this website to members.  Check out the Table of Contents here.

The video of the WMS member meeting on May 17, 2021 is now available to view in the Members Area. The meeting was presented in partnership with the Boston, California, Chicago, New York, Rocky Mountain, Texas, and the Library of Congress' Philip Lee Phillips Societies. The guest speaker was Matthew Gilmore, a WMS member, author, speaker, columnist and blogger. The title of his presentation is Tilting Washington's National Mall.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the WMS shifted its in-person meetings to online, Zoom meetings. The Board of Directors of the WMS has voted to continue all WMS meetings via Zoom through the end of 2021, at which point the board will reassess the safety and viability of holding in-person meetings for 2022.

WMS has had a website that has served it very well for many years, thanks to the dedication and skill of its webmaster Leigh Lockwood, a member and volunteer.  Changes in technology presented the need and opportunity to update the website .... please enjoy the new WMS website and let us know what you think.

You can access every page on the website via the top menu and the  drop-down sub-menus, and the top menu will be visible on every page of the site.

There are many links on this website to internal and external resources.  When you "click" on a link that is to a page on the website, it will open in the same browser window.  If the link is to a document or to another website, it will open in a separate browser window.

WMS members will find many resources within the "Members Area," including access to issues of The Portolan, meeting videos, their member profile, a membership directory, and membership renewal.

If you have questions about how to navigate this site, use various features, or have general questions, please email Eliane Dotson at webmaster@wmsdc.org.