Off-Site Insight by First Base Solutions

Movie makers inspired by us real life cartographers have glamorized our craft. Art imitates life. In honour of TIFF , First Base salutes maps in film. More than just geospatial data, maps in movies hang in the background, set the scene, define the battlefront, point the way and sometimes play a starring role themselves. Take a look at the clips below of the best in cinematic cartographic representations as recommended by you, the internet surfing movie watching public. Do you have a favourite? The roll of best map goes to...

Spotlight on cinema The annual migration of celebrities and paparazzi is about to descend on downtown Toronto once again for TIFF 2015 . At First Base , we make pictures of a different kind, orthophoto , which give us an overhead perspective to produce highly accurate maps, but also let us gaze upon the intricate details of the city from an angle seldom seen by stars of the film variety.