Date archive for May, 2007
| May 31, 2007 Launch of Google Street ViewFeaturesGoogle unveiled its latest foray into the geospatial world with the launch on May 29th of its Street View application. Starting with Times Square, New York City, The Golden Gate Bride in San Francisco, and South Beach in Miami, users can access an additional button called “Street View” to see street level photos which provide ... read more May 24, 2007Eighth Grader wins Geography BeeGeographyOnly the second female to win the National Geographic bee, Caitlin Snaring won the competition by knowing which Vietnamese city, split by a river with the same name, was an imperial capital for more than a century. (Answer: Hue.) Quoted in USA Today, Caitlin said “I hope that by winning today, I inspire other girls ... read more May 19, 2007Drop SpotsFunIf you like the idea of geocaching but don’t have a GPS unit, this is an alternative to treasure hunting. Similar to the idea of geocaching in which a treasure is hidden and coordinates are provided for clues, “dropspots” are also hidden locations but clues are provided via a Google Maps interface and a description ... read more BiomappingGPSWith subjects wearing GPS units and a lie detector, Christian Hold has been collecting data to map the bioresponse of individuals to their geographic environment. Using Google Maps, he then maps out the response with colors (green for low arousal and red for high arousal) and height (respresenting the intensity of the response). Visit the ... read more May 16, 2007Maps: Tools for AdventureEducationIf you can’t take your children in person to see the new exhibit in Washington D.C., you can still engage them online with the companion web site produced by the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. The web sit has several mapping and GIS themed games as well as introductory text about maps. The site is a ... read more May 7, 2007Avenue ScriptsLink LibraryAdd functionality to your ArcView 3.x projects through Avenue. Find free Avenue scripts here. ArcScripts From ESRI, scripts, code and extensions available for free downloading. Columbia Mapping Avenue Scripts Keith Massie’s site for select Avenue scripts ... read more May 3, 2007Online Mapping Scrambles after Tanker SpillGeographyThe recent disaster that melted a critical portion of San Francisco’s highway infrastructure had more than just commuters scrambling. Within two days, many of the major online mapping sites had modified their driving directions to circumvent the now closed overpass. Rachel Konrad from the Associated Press reported that: Yahoo took nearly 39 hours to ... read more May 2, 2007Plotting TerrorGeography(Via All Points Blog) – NPR hosts a series descriptively called “On the Media” and they recently interviewed Morgan Clements, founder and publisher of the Global Incident Map on why he maps out terror incidents. From NPR: Plotting Terror ~ April 27, 2007 From bomb scares to stolen radioactive material to rebel attacks, alarming things happen around the ... read more |
