Date archive for April, 2009
April 28, 2009PowerPoint Based Presentations for GISLink Library, Spatial AnalysisFind ready-made and available for download PowerPoint presentations online. PowerPoint presentations can be valuable tools in presenting GIS ideas or as educational materials. read more...April 27, 2009Monitor the Swine Flu Real-time with Google MapsGIS NewsCreated by niman, a Biomedical Researcher based in Pittsburgh, the Swine Flu map plots real-time cases of confirmed and suspected cases of H1N1 Swine Flu as reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) (according to Gizmodo). The map color-codes markers based on the following: Pink markers are suspected cases of swine flu H1N1 Purple markers ... read more April 20, 2009Great Wall Even GreaterGeographyInfra-red and GPS technologies has helped provide the most detailed measurement of the Great Wall of China, increasing the official to now 8,850km (5,500 miles). Previous measurements were based on historical records and have been proven to underestimate the total length. Read more: Great Wall of China ‘even longer’ – BBC News read more...April 19, 2009Office of the GeographerCareerThe March 2009 issue of “State” profiles the Office of Geographer which looks at geographers employed by the State Department: “The geographer of today is a mix of social scientist, fi eld worker, graphic artist and technology wizard, and is at ease in the office environment and remote corners of the world.Add diplomat to the ... read more April 8, 2009New York GIS ResourcesDataUser Groups GISMO GISMO is New York Metropolitan Area’s largest GIS users group, with over 400 members from city, state and federal agencies, non-profit organizations and the private sector. GISMO meetings are held every six weeks at the Fund for the City of New York, 121 Sixth Avenue, Sixth Floor. New York City New York ... read more April 7, 2009Mapping the ‘Buzz’Web MappingAlthough alcohol probably played a role at many of these events, it’s not the subject of this study. The NY Times takes a look at mapping the geography of cultural ‘buzz’ in both New York and Los Angeles. Elizabeth Currid, an assistant professor at USC collaborated with Sarah Williams from the Spatial Information Design Lab ... read more April 6, 2009Relief ShadingCartography, Link LibraryRelief shading involves the use of shadows to emphasize the topography of a terrain. In GIS, most often this involves the use of a digital elevation model (DEM) that has undergone a technique called hillshading. The variation in shadowing gives the elevation a 3D effect and helps put into context how hilly or flat a ... read more April 5, 20091,380 Crimes At One PointDataThe Los Angeles Times highlighted the distortion caused by geocoding undecipherable addresses to a default location around the corner from City Hall. The mapping application housed at www.lapdcrimemaps.org places all addresses the software is unable to geocode at the location in the 200 block of West 1st Street. This has result in nearly 4% of ... read more |
