Date archive for December, 2009
December 12, 2009 "Editing With Ill Intent" Crime for Tampering with Google MapsFun, Web MappingHere’s a new crime: “Editing with ill intent”. A New Zealand woman was charged by police after she tampered with the business listing of seven Napier florists on Google Maps. Kendra Drinkwater, herself a florist, changed the business listings of her competitors on Google Maps using various aliases. She faces up to seven years in ... read more Creating an Ergonomic Workspace – A Guide to Reducing PainCareer, FeaturesIf you’ve spent hours hunched over your computer creating data and maps, you’ve probably started to feel the effects of your day through bleary eyes, an aching back and sore wrists. In particular, the repetitive use of the mouse in map making can easily lead to wrist pain and eventually carpal tunnel syndrome if left ... read more December 10, 2009 Ordnance Survey: Mapping – A Future?DataBBC Radio 4 featured an interview with Director General Vanessa Lawrence of the Ordnance Survey and Charles Arthur, technology editor at the Guardian Newspaper. The Ordnance Survey and the recent announcement to make their data freely available was discussed on the You and Yours programme on Monday 7th December in a feature titled “Ordnance Survey: ... read more December 9, 2009 Bye Bye Geography NetworkDataThe Geography Network, which made its debut at the International ESRI User Conference back in 2000, is being shown the door by ESRI. The ArcGIS Online Blog made the announcement today. With lots of changes over time to online GIS and geographic information and the technologies used to serve them, the Geography Network has been replaced ... read more December 8, 2009 Real-time GPS Mapping and GIS Solution Aids Efficient Disaster ManagementFeatures, GPSSaturday, February 7, 2009 will forever be known as Black Saturday in the state of Victoria, Australia. In the midst of a 10-year drought, a record-breaking heat wave descended upon the state, with temperatures exceeding 45 degrees Celsius (110-120 degrees Fahrenheit), breaking all-time record highs in some cities. Under these severe weather conditions, fallen power ... read more GeoBriefs: Making Maps from Excel, ArcGIS 9.4, Advice for a GIS Newbie, Earth BalloonGIS NewsThe Closet Entrepreneur has step-by-step instructions for turning addresses into x,y coordinates for mapping in Google Maps and Earth. If do-it-yourself mapping isn’t your thing, then the site recommends using batchgeocode.com or Dabble DB to upload and map out addresses from Excel. Straight.com, a Vancouver based site, profiles Ron Lake of Galdos Systems for their Geek Speak section. Ron Lake is interviewed about his company, ... read more  Microsoft's Bing vs. Google Maps Means Users WinWeb MappingMicrosoft’s Bing Maps and Google Maps continue their competition to offer the best online mapping. This week, Microsoft launched Bing Maps Beta which not only retooled its mapping application with their Silverlight technology but also launched the release of Streetside. Also announced was the extended partnership of Microsoft with Navteq to supply 3D mapping data. ... read more December 7, 2009 Unique Geography Themed GiftsGIS NewsIf you’re looking for Geography themed presents that go beyond atlases, books, and GPS related products, there are some fun and creative options out there. Map themed shower curtains seem to be a popular item although not all curtains are accurate. The Home World Map Shower Curtain is replete with errors. The Map Room provides ... read more  Neat Designs with GPSGPSLost? Shine a map on the wall to find where “You are here” is. Can’t decide where to eat? Flip and coin and have that coin point the way to your next meal. These are some of the innovative designs incorporating GPS featured on the Yanko Design blog. The multitude of GPS related designs have ... read more December 4, 2009 Help Map MarsDataNASA is joining in on the crowdsourcing trend. Their Be a Martian web site solicits help from the public to help improve Martian maps and other tasks relating to studying the fourth planet in our solar system. From NASA’s press release: Drawing on observations from NASA’s Mars missions, the “Be a Martian” Web site will ... read more |
