Date archive for February, 2012
February 29, 2012Free Outline MapsGeographyFree outline maps to print and use. Use outline maps as an educational tool for teachers, students, and parents. Each map is in PDF format and is fitted to an 8 1/2″ x 11″ (letter sized) sheet of paper. Print out base maps to learn geography, take a geography test, or create educational projects. Maps ... read more  Aerial Floor Maps as a Sales ToolFun, MapsHere’s an interesting and probably effective use of aerial imagery to sell a product. The floor of the marketing suite of Bellway Homes’ Equinox development in London, England has been covered in aerial imagery from British firm Bluesky to help sell apartments. In addition to being a stunning visual display, the aerial as flooring shows ... read more February 28, 2012 Searching for Old Maps OnlineMapsFinding scanned historical maps can be a bit cumbersome. Now, the site Old Maps Online, has made finding those maps a whole lot easier. Old Maps Online is a portal that allows the user to search geographically for historical maps housed via some of the largest online map collections. Current collections include the David Ramsey ... read more Spatial Humanities: Step by Step GIS InstructionsCommunity, EducationThe Spatial Humanities site has a growing list of step by step instructions on how to create and work with GIS data using such spatial technologies as ArcGIS, HyperCities, Google’s Fusion Tables, and Google Maps. The latest set of instructions provides downloadable sample files to run the user through heads up digitizing in order to ... read more February 24, 2012 Google Ancient Places: Exploring the Geography of Ancient Places in TextMapsGapVis (Google Ancient Places Visualization) allows readers the ability to geographically explore text covering ancient places. The endeavor is backed by $50,000 in funding from Google’s Digital Humanities Awards Program. The project is led by a team of academics and is based out of the University of Southampton. The Edinburgh Geoparser has been modified for the purposes of ... read more February 23, 2012 Street View Goes Underwater and to Red SquareGIS NewsThe Catlin Seaview Survey aims to provide a comprehensive study of the Great Barrier Reef in order to understand the composition and health of this oceanic environment. Part of this study involves the use of the Catlin Seaview Survey camera which will take thousands of 360-degree underwater panoramas. Those images will be stitched together to provide unprecedented ... read more February 22, 2012What Competencies Should GIS Managers Have?Career, GIS NewsURISA wants your input on its proposed Geospatial Management Competency Model (GMCM). The model is a list of 74 essential competencies and 17 competency areas that geospatial managers should have. The GMCM builds upon U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration’s (DOLETA) Geospatial Technology Competency Model, which specifies the foundational, industry-wide, and industry sector-specific expertise characteristic ... read more Share Your GIS or LBS Story To Win a Free Where Conference 2012 RegistrationGIS NewsThe EngagingCities site is raffling off a free registration to the Where Conference 2012 in exchange for you sharing your GIS or location-based services (LBS) story: Have you been involved with a project that utilized GIS or location-based services to engage citizens? We want to hear details about which app was used, and how the public was ... read more February 21, 2012 New Release of GRASS GISSoftwareGRASS GIS 6.4.2 has been released by the GRASS development team. GRASS GIS is an open source GIS software package. Over 770 updates are included in this new stable release. What’s new with the release of GRASS GIS 6.4.2? The new wxPython graphical user interface (wxGUI) has been updated with many new features and tools. Python ... read more February 20, 2012 British Library Launches Crowdsourcing Map Georeferencing ProgramCommunity, MapsThe British Library has launched a pilot project to engage the public’s help in geoferencing historical maps. A sample of 725 maps of England and Wales from the 18th and 19th century (from the Ordnance Survey Drawings, 1780-1840) along with with large-scale street plans of London from 1560 to 1860 (from the the Crace Collection) have been selected for this ... read more |
