Date archive for September, 2007
September 23, 2007Latest Geo GaffeGeographyThe latest round of fury in the geography realm was ignited when Sherri Shepherd, the newest host on the television show “The View” admitted during a lively debate that she didn’t know if the world was flat. Her defense of her ignorance is that she was too busy feeding her child to look into it. ... read more September 18, 2007U.S. Traffic JammedGeographyA new report entitled the “2007 Urban Mobility Report” has determined that the average American spends nearly one full week a year sitting in traffic. The most congested area (out of 437 urban areas studied) is the Los Angeles Metro area, followed by Atlanta, Georgia; San Francisco, California; Washington; and Dallas, Texas. According to the report, “congestion causes the average ... read more September 17, 2007GIScience Research Track Added for 2008 ESRI User ConferenceGIS NewsA new track comprising of three sessions is being added to the 2008 ESRI International User Conference (August 2-8, 2008) to present on trends and advancements in GIScience reasearch. John Wilson (from the University of Southern California) will be reviewing abstract submissions. Abstracts for possible inclusion are due by October 15th to Dr. John Wilson ... read more September 16, 2007Yahoo! MapMixer DebutsWeb MappingYahoo! recently launched a new map overlay tool called MapMixer. The mashup site allows you to upload an image of your own map and use Yahoo!’s tools to georegister it with Yahoo!’s maps. This allows you to view your own maps along with Yahoo!’s maps and take advantage of the pan, zoom and other functionality ... read more  Mini Map Sidebar for FirefoxWeb MappingIf you use Firefox as your browser and want a range of online mapping applications at your fingertips, then the Mini Map Sidebar is something for you to check out: The Minimap Addon gives you a suite of in-built maps and mapping tools for your web browser. Create and save a sidebar map using the ... read more New Virtual Earth Developer BlogWeb MappingIf you’re a developer working with Virtual Earth then you should head over the Hannes’s Virtual Earth Blog. It’s a brand new blog from Johannes Kebeck who is a Microsoft Virtual Earth Technology Specialist based out of the UK. His posts cover a range of subjects from geocoding directly from SQL Server to creating Virtual ... read more September 15, 2007 Energy Conservation Through Peer PressureGeographyHaringey Council (located in London, England), is using heat mapping to highlight energy inefficient homes within their jurisdiction. The city council hired an aircraft fitted with a thermal imager to fly over all the homes in the jurisdiction to capture heat loss. The houses were then color coded based on a heat loss scale with ... read more EPA to use Microsoft’s Virtual EarthGIS NewsThe United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected Microsoft Virtual Earth as its mapping technology of choice. According to a press release issued by Microsoft, the licensing deal will allow the EPA access to the vast aerial, satellite and oblique imagery available from Microsoft. The EPA will use Microsoft’s Virtual Earth to map out such ... read more EPA to use Microsoft's Virtual EarthGIS NewsThe United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected Microsoft Virtual Earth as its mapping technology of choice. According to a press release issued by Microsoft, the licensing deal will allow the EPA access to the vast aerial, satellite and oblique imagery available from Microsoft. The EPA will use Microsoft’s Virtual Earth to map out such ... read more World’s Worst Polluted Places 2007GeographyThe Blacksmith Institute has posted their top ten worst polluted places in the world for 2007. The top ten places are found in seven different countries with China, Russia and India each with two top polluted locations. According to the press release issued, the top ten locations are selected by a panel of experts from ... read more |
