Date archive for June, 2007
| June 29, 2007New tool in Google Maps for directionsGeographyGoogle has added a new tool to their popular Google Maps directions tool. Once you’ve created your driving directions, you can change the route by grabbing the blue line marking the route and dragging it to a new location to mark a stop. When you drag and drop to your new route, the driving directions ... read more June 28, 2007More Urban Dwellers by 2008GeographyThe United Nations Population Fund has released their report entitled “State of the World Population 2007“: In 2008, the world reaches an invisible but momentous milestone: For the first time in history, more than half its human population, 3.3 billion people, will be living in urban areas. By 2030, this is expected to swell to almost ... read more June 27, 2007Presidential Campaign Finance MapGeographyThe Federal Election Commission has created a mapping interface on their site to show the contributions overall and individually to each presidential candidate. Visit the site to map data by party, candidate, state and the first three digits of a ZIP code. Hover over each state and a maptip shows the amount contributed. Clicking ... read more June 26, 2007Blogging the ESRI User ConferenceFeaturesIf you missed this year’s 27th annual ESRI International User Conference or if you are looking for another viewpoint on the news and announcements, then take advantage of the many bloggers out there that have posted their reviews of this conference. The number of bloggers who write about GIS and related technologies is growing every ... read more Budget and ‘My Wonderful World,’ a National Geographic-led Campaign, Team Up to Promote ‘Geo-Literacy’GeographyPARSIPPANY, N.J., June 25 /PRNewswire/ — As summer approaches and families prepare to travel, Budget is helping promote geography education among America’s children by providing fun and informative road-trip activities for kids, while also offering ways for parents to save money while on vacation. Now through August 15, 2007, customers who rent from participating Budget ... read more June 25, 2007Five Million Using Outdated MapsGeographyA survey by Trafficmaster, a travel information company based in the United Kingdom, has found that nearly 5 million drivers in that country use maps created before the year 2000. One percent (138,000) of drivers use, astonishingly enough, maps created before 1950! Three percent of the 2,196 adults surveyed said they could not read maps, ... read more June 24, 2007Google Maps on Jet BlueGeographyOn June 5, Google announced that real-time access to Google Maps would become a regular in-seat experience to travelers on Jet Blue. While entoute, passengers will be able to track the progress of their flight location, altitude, and air speed. To celebrate this new venture, JetBlue is holding a photo contest. The best in-flight photo ... read more Animated map of homesGeographyTrulia (a real estate search site) has built an animated map showing the growth of various homes around the United States. Click on one of the highlighted labels on the map of the United States to see a flash application. As the time interval changes, color-coded points flash on the map to show the development ... read more June 22, 2007Ben’s Place of the WeekGeographyThe Oxford University Press has an official blog which features posts from Ben Keene who happens to be the editor of the Oxford Atlas of the World. Each week, Ben provides readers with a quick tidbit about a selected location somewhere in the world in his “Place of the Week” section. His blog posts are ... read more World of WomenGeographyThe WomanStats Project web site is, by its own disclaimer, “The most comprehensive compilation of information on the status of women in the world.” With over 240 variables on women for all nation-states with a population over 200,000 (currently totaling 172 nation-states), the site offers valuable and free access to data on the status of ... read more |
