<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>GIS Lounge &#187; Maps</title> <atom:link href="http://gislounge.com/category/cartography/maps/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://gislounge.com</link> <description>Geographic Information Systems, Maps, GPS, and GIS Jobs</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 16:10:07 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator> <item><title>Interactive Maps of Billionaires</title><link>http://gislounge.com/interactive-maps-of-billionaires/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/interactive-maps-of-billionaires/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:46:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Mapping]]></category> <category><![CDATA[billionaires 2012]]></category> <category><![CDATA[billionaires by city]]></category> <category><![CDATA[billionaires by country]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Forbes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google Fusion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[map of billionaires]]></category> <category><![CDATA[world billionaires]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=10801</guid> <description><![CDATA[Shown here are three interactive maps created using Google Fusion Tables.  The first map shows a gradient map of the world&#8217;s billionaires based on residency and aggregated by country.  The second map shows a heat map of the world&#8217;s billionaire&#8217;s based on their place of residence (aggregated by location).  The third map shows the individual [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/interactive-maps-of-billionaires/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Mapping Emancipation Events during the Civil War</title><link>http://gislounge.com/mapping-emancipation-events-during-the-civil-war/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/mapping-emancipation-events-during-the-civil-war/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:36:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Azavea]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Civil War]]></category> <category><![CDATA[civil war maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[emancipation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web mapping]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=10231</guid> <description><![CDATA[University of Richmond’s Digital Scholarship Lab, with Azavea, a geospatial analysis (GIS) software development company, has launched “Visualizing Emancipation,” the first interactive map showing the end of American slavery during the U.S. Civil War.  The application displays more than 3,000 geographically tagged emancipation events, such as reports of African Americans helping the Union, fugitive slave notices, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/mapping-emancipation-events-during-the-civil-war/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Interactive Map of Heavy Metal Bands By Country Per Capita</title><link>http://gislounge.com/map-of-heavy-metal-bands-by-country-per-capita/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/map-of-heavy-metal-bands-by-country-per-capita/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:05:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fusion Tables]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Heavy Metal Band]]></category> <category><![CDATA[map]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Per Capita]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=9965</guid> <description><![CDATA[Where are heavy metal bands the most dense when compared against a country&#8217;s total population?  The original static map (shown below) was created by Reddit user depo_s who took the listing of bands by country from the Encyclopaedia Metallum and calculated the number of bands per 100,000 people using numbers from the CIA World Factbook. The nordic [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/map-of-heavy-metal-bands-by-country-per-capita/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Mapping the World at Night</title><link>http://gislounge.com/mapping-the-world-at-night/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/mapping-the-world-at-night/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:03:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[city lights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[earth hour 2012]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[map of night lights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[map of world lights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[night lights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nighttime lights data]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=9956</guid> <description><![CDATA[Saturday March 31st at 8:30pm local time everywhere will mark Earth Hour.  For one hour, millions will switch off their lights as a way to come together to demonstrate the need to take action on climate change.  Why at night?  The increase of energy consumption worldwide can be visualized through the comparison of night light [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/mapping-the-world-at-night/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Mapping Access to Safe Water</title><link>http://gislounge.com/mapping-access-to-safe-water/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/mapping-access-to-safe-water/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:14:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[freshwater Stress]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[safe water]]></category> <category><![CDATA[USGS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[water maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[world water]]></category> <category><![CDATA[world water day]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=9880</guid> <description><![CDATA[World Water Day is held on March 22 each year as a way to bring global attention to the world&#8217;s freshwater resources.  Started by the United Nations, the theme for this year&#8217;s World Water Day is Water and Food Security.  Access to clean water is not just necessary for hydration, but is needed to produce [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/mapping-access-to-safe-water/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>St. Patrick&#8217;s Day Maps and Geography</title><link>http://gislounge.com/st-patricks-day-maps-and-geography/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/st-patricks-day-maps-and-geography/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:15:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[1890 Irish census]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ESRI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geography of St. Patrick's Day]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Irish maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[map of Irish surnames]]></category> <category><![CDATA[U.S. Census]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=9793</guid> <description><![CDATA[St. Patrick&#8217;s is a day when everyone can claim a little Irishness about them.  Celebrated on the day of this patron saint of Ireland&#8217;s birthday, March 17th has transcended its religious origins and become a day to wear green, speak in a fake Irish brogue, and eating corned beef.  Of course, the Dempsey in me [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/st-patricks-day-maps-and-geography/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ultima IV Map Exhibition Preparation &#8211; GIS in Imagery Series</title><link>http://gislounge.com/ultima-iv-map-exhibition-preparation-gis-in-imagery-series/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/ultima-iv-map-exhibition-preparation-gis-in-imagery-series/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:55:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Art of Video Games]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GIS in Imagery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Smithsonian American Art Museum]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ultima IV]]></category> <category><![CDATA[video games]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=9734</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Smithsonian American Art Museum is featuring an exhibition entitled The Art of Video Games which is set to run from March 16, 2012 through September 30, 2012. The exhibit takes a look at the 40‐year evolution of video games from an artistic standpoint and focuses on the use of visual effects, the creative use of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/ultima-iv-map-exhibition-preparation-gis-in-imagery-series/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ponderosa Map Maker Dies</title><link>http://gislounge.com/ponderosa-map-maker-dies/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/ponderosa-map-maker-dies/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:29:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Autry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bonanza map]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Robert Temple Ayres]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=9694</guid> <description><![CDATA[Part of my childhood memories include watching many episodes of Bonanza.  My stepfather was a cowboy fanatic and many evenings in Austria were spent watching dubbed versions of the hit western show in German.  I always remember the opening credits that showed an antiqued map showing the fictitious place of Ponderosa ranch erupting in flames. 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Though most people think of maps in terms of what kind of physical land features they display, maps can have a much deeper significance to historians and anthropologists. Through the practice of subjective mapping, cartography can be married to anthropology and sociology to create ethno mapping, a practice by [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/what-is-ethno-mapping/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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