Date archive for January, 2007
January 20, 2007Travelers in the Middle EastGeographyTravelers in the Middle East Archive http://timea.rice.edu/ As Edward Said demonstrated in his landmark work, Orientalism, the ways in which the Middle East has been represented by outsiders (particularly those in the West) has had a tremendous influence on how this region of the world has been viewed by others. For anyone with an interest ... read more Stolen GPS units lead police to thievesGPSThree thieves came up with the brilliant idea of stealing 14 GPS units from the town of Babylon in New York. Suffolk County Police were able to track down the culprits after town officials, noticing the units missing from a garage in Lindenhurst, activated the GPS signals on the units. When the police arrived at ... read more Google Maps Australia now has its own domainGeographyAustralia has joined the list of countries (as well as the planet mars and the moon) that have their own domain for Google Maps. Users can now search for Autralian locations at the URL http://maps.google.com.au/ without having to enter “Australia” to either narrow or find the geographic location. read more...January 16, 2007Google search engine now only points to Google MapsGeographyIt’s being reported on several news outlets and blogs that Google’s search engine now no longer provides links to Yahoo! Maps and to MapQuest as part of their search results. Users are now only provided with Google Maps as the sole map source when performing a search. The blog “Google Blogscoped” has screen shots showing ... read more January 14, 2007UK Intelligence Believes Terrorists are Using Google EarthGeographyThe United Kindgom paper the Telegraph recently published an article in which UK intelligence officers assert that terrorists are using Google Earth’s satellite imagery to pinpoint vulnerable British camps in Iraq. A recent raid of insurgent homes turned up print outs of imagery from Google Earth of sensitive British locations with coordinates printed on the back. An intelligence officer with the ... read more January 12, 2007GeoGreetingFunGeoGreeting.com lets you send e-card style messages comprised of letter-shaped satellite images from Google Maps. The recipient of the geoGreeting sees a zoom-in animation that spells out the message by finding features on the surface of the earth (mostly buildings) that spell out letters. Click here to see a sample. read more...Google and Microsoft Upgrade Their Mapping ApplicationsWeb MappingInformation Week reports that both Google and Microsoft have released upgrades for their desktop mapping applications. Google’s Version 4 of Google Earth has improved 3D terrains and buildings as well as enhancements to their user interface. Microsoft’s Visual Earth has upgraded their satellite and aerial imagery in partnership siwth GlobalXplorer, LLC. Google and Microsoft Upgrade ... read more January 7, 2007NeogeographyFeaturesAndrew Turner came out with a new publication from O’Reilly Press last month called “Introduction to Neogeography.” What exactly is this relatively new term and what has the acceptance of the terminology been in the Geographic Information Systems community? The advent of “do-it-yourself” mapping applications such as Google Maps API has brought some of the ... read more Top Ten of 2006 RoundupFeaturesSo, it’s the beginning of 2007 which means that the Top Ten GIS lists of 2006 are starting to popup around the web. Listed below is a roundup of some of the “top” Top Ten lists out there for the realms of Geographic Information Systems and geography. read more...No Address? No Problem for the Royal MailGeographyThe United States Postal Service may deliver through sleet and snow but the United Kingdom’s Royal Mail was able to deliver a letter that had no address. The envelope instead had a hand-drawn map with an arrow indicating “”Somewhere here” as the residential location of a Peter O’Leary. Paul Bates had forgotten the address of a ... read more |
