Date archive for November, 2007
November 19, 2007Fix locations on Google MapWeb MappingGoogle Map recently announced the ability to edit location markers in a post on the Lat Long blog. Now you can help properly place location markers and make Google Maps more accurate. In keeping with the practice of creating tutorials, you can check out Google’s video on fixing locations. The new editing capability is currently ... read more GPS cell phones most in demandGPSBusinessWeek analyzes the demand for GPS navigation ready cell phones in their article entitled “The Paperless Map Is the Killer App.” The over 162 million GPS ready cell phones on the market this year numbers seven times as many units as in-car or other non-phone navigation systems. The article reviews offerings from the major cell phone makers as well ... read more November 16, 2007 Geo World BankGeographyThe World Bank has teamed up with Google to offer an interactive mapping application that displays financial and demographic statistics by country. Visitors can either select a country via the drop down list presented or click on one of the markers on the map. Countries are color coded by markers showing low, middle and high ... read more Maps: Finding Our Place in the WorldCartographyEven if you’re not able to attend the Festival of Maps exhibit in Chicago (November 2, 2007 to January 27, 2008), you can still take advantage of the online companion piece entitled “Maps: Finding Our Place in the World”. The site complements the exhibit and allows visitors to examine in detail over two dozen different ... read more Learner InteractiveGeographyCreated with funding from Annenberg Media, the Learner.org site offers a range of interactive tutorials. The site contains some interesting lessons presented in a dynamic format. Some of the lesson plans that would interest geography buffs are: United States History Map Learn about the geography and the history of the U.S. Weather Learn about weather ... read more November 15, 2007Be Aware of WhereDataFor the GIS Day podcast over on the USGS Corecast site, Steve Sobieszczyk reviewed some of the GIS data on offer from the United States Geological Survey. If you’ve never explored the data and paper products offered by the USGS or need a refresher, I recommend that you listen first to this podcast as it provides ... read more November 11, 2007Matt’s Call to ActionGeographyMatt from the About Geography site has written an article in preparation for Geography Awareness Week (November 11 – 17, 2007) called “Why Place Name Geography is Important and a Call to Action”. Matt calls on all adults to more fully understand geography and to be able to know where countries are located around the world. Why ... read more November 10, 2007Muslim Mapping by LA Police causes uproarGeographyThe Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has caused an uproar by proposed to use census and other demographic data to map out predominately Muslim populations in Los Angeles. While the proposal is to reach out to those communities with social services, the LAPD would use the data to pinpoint isolated Muslim communities in order to ... read more November 8, 2007 Coming soon to a gas station near youWeb MappingAlthough the availability of paper maps is in decline at gas stations, Google will soon be offering a version of its online mapping service at gas stations around the United States starting early next month. Limited to pumps made by Gilbarco Veeder-Root, the mapping at first will be limited to offering information about local landmarks and other ... read more November 7, 2007The Globe, Politically CorrectedGeographyGeoffrey Wheatcroft has an interesting piece in the Washington Post citing examples of geographical name changes and the controversies surrounding them. The article starts off with the choice of referring to the recent England versus India cricket matches as having been played in Bombay versus Mumbai. The recent turmoil in Myanmar has also received its ... read more |
