Date archive for August, 2007
August 28, 2007 GeoBriefs: Who is Sick?, Miss Teen SC and Maps, GPhone, Hurricane MappingGIS NewsBookmark this site for when you come down with the sniffles and, in your misery, want to see who around you shares your company. Who is Sick? is an epidemiology map created by users who log such information as their illness type, length of illness, gender and age. Those who have logged an illness are displayed ... read more August 26, 2007The Role of Colors on MapsCartographyMatt from the About Geography has a brief write-up on the role of color in map making with a subsection on the use of color on choropleth maps. read more...August 22, 2007 GeoBriefs: Oakland Crimespotting, GISFish, Historical Hurricane TracksIndustry and Subjects in GISOakland Crimespotting is a dazzling interactive mapping application built on Microsoft’s Virtual Earth. Crime incidents for the City of Oakland in California can be viewed over a time period or by type. Clicking on a particular crime location brings up a maptip with more detailed information on the crime. What pushes this application over the edge ... read more August 21, 2007 GeoBriefs: Embedding Google Maps, GIS Career Profile, Mexico Wins the Geography BeeGIS NewsUPDATE: Google has formally announced the availability of embedded Google Maps. Read about it and get instructions on using this new functionality from Google’s Lat Long Blog: YouTube-style Embeddable Maps As reported on the CNET site, Google Maps is poised to release a new feature next week that will allow users to embed Google Maps into ... read more August 15, 2007Basics of a MapCartographyA map is almost universally a two-dimensional representation of a piece of three-dimensional space. Only with the advent of modern computer graphics were three-dimensional maps made possible. Maps serve two map functions; they are a spatial database and a communication device. The science of making maps is called cartography. Basic map characteristics tell the reader where an ... read more August 1, 2007 Mapping mountains from space with GOCEGeographyMount Everest 1 August 2007 How high is Mount Everest exactly? Recent surveys have come up with heights that differ by more than five metres. An expedition called the Geodetic Journey is making its way through China and Tibet to highlight the importance of geodesy and how an accurate model of the geoid from ESA’s ... read more |
