Date archive for February, 2008
| February 11, 2008Robots in CartographyIssues in GISForget the arguments about whether humans can create spatial data using neogeography. The new question is, “Can a Robot Draw a Map?“ At least that’s the question that some scientists from Carnegie Mellon University are seeking to answer out in the Mojave desert. An experimental rover, going by the name of Zoe, is being tested ... read more February 6, 2008Google Mashup MishmashInternet MappingThe Google Maps Mania Blog has a list of “100 Things to do with Google Maps.” The list is an interesting study on how many different types of uses people have come up with to map out. On the list are some very practical mashups including the Satellite Dish Pointer which helps you properly align your ... read more  Census Atlas of the United StatesGeographyAvailable in PDF format, the Census Atlas of the United States is the first comprehensive atlas produced by the United States Census Bureau in over 80 years. The Atlas contains almost 800 maps which look at a range of cultural and socio-economic issues “ranging from language and ancestry characteristics to housing patterns and the geographic ... read more February 5, 2008Goodbye Chicagocrime.org, Hello EveryBlock ChicagoIndustry and Subjects in GISAdrian Holovaty offers a retrospective on why he’s shutting down chicagocrime.org. Chicagocrime.org mapped crime data from the Chicago Police Department and was one of the early applications that “mashed” geographic data onto Google Maps. Visitors to the original chicagocrime.org are now redirected to EveryBlock Chicago which Holvaty describes as “chicagocrime.org on steroids — more than ... read more February 1, 2008GPS TutorialsGPSFind tutorials online to help you understand the technology of Global Position System (GPS). |
