<?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; Data</title> <atom:link href="http://gislounge.com/category/data/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>Spatial Unmapped</title><link>http://gislounge.com/spatial-unmapped/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/spatial-unmapped/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:43:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Cartography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[alternatives to maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[election mapping]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hexagon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[March of 1812]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Minard]]></category> <category><![CDATA[population graphs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=10858</guid> <description><![CDATA[Geographic maps aren&#8217;t the only means by which to communicate spatial information.  These alternatives to communicating geographic information revise space so that a singular focal point emerges, unfettered by the standard depiction of spatial entities. 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Visualization of this data can viewed on the page containing interactive maps of billionaires created using Google Fusion Tables showing aggregate data of billionaire residency by country, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/geography-of-billionaires-total-counts-of-the-worlds-billionaires-by-country-for-residency-and-citizenship-and-by-city/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>Titanic Mapping</title><link>http://gislounge.com/titanic-mapping/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/titanic-mapping/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:28:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ESRI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[map of Titanic passengers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Titanic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web mapping]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=10227</guid> <description><![CDATA[April 15th marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean.  Esri has created a map story that looks at the geography, class, and fate of the passengers on the ship.  The online mapping application geocoded the hometowns of all passengers (Titanic&#8217;s crew was not included) and identifies them by [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/titanic-mapping/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Envisat Satellite Malfunctioning</title><link>http://gislounge.com/envisat-malfunctioning/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/envisat-malfunctioning/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:36:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GIS News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ASAR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ash plumes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[earth observation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Envisat]]></category> <category><![CDATA[esa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[European Space Agency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eyjafjallajoekull]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gulf of Mexico]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MERIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mount Shinmoedake]]></category> <category><![CDATA[satellite imagery]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=10213</guid> <description><![CDATA[Envisat, the European Space Agency&#8217;s (ESA) earth observation satellite, has stopped functioning properly.  Communication with the satellite was lost on April 8th when data was unable to be retrieved as it passed over the ground control station in Kiruna, Sweden.  Efforts by members of the ESA mission control team have not been successful in reestablishing [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/envisat-malfunctioning/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>1940 U.S. Census Records Release Date Nears</title><link>http://gislounge.com/1940-u-s-census-records-release-date-nears/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/1940-u-s-census-records-release-date-nears/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:40:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[1940 Census]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis 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<category><![CDATA[crowdsourced GIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[openstreetmap]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=9775</guid> <description><![CDATA[BeyoNav, which analyzes the growth of OpenStreetMap data (OSM), has released new metrics looking at the growth of street data within the crowdsourced GIS data gathering project.  OpenStreetMap data was analyzed using BEYONAV’s proprietary BeyoViewer software package.  Looking at the entire planet OSM dataset, BeyoNav found that there was a growth of 75% in 2011, and over [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/openstreetmaps-growth/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Analysis Finds Three Times More Farmers’ Markets in Areas with the Lowest Obesity Rates</title><link>http://gislounge.com/study-finds-three-times-more-farmers-markets-in-areas-with-the-lowest-obesity-rates/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/study-finds-three-times-more-farmers-markets-in-areas-with-the-lowest-obesity-rates/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:33:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Gretchen Peterson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CDC]]></category> <category><![CDATA[farmers' markets]]></category> <category><![CDATA[obesity map]]></category> <category><![CDATA[obesity rates]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PetersonGIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[USDA]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=9204</guid> <description><![CDATA[An independent analysis conducted by mapping analytics firm PetersonGIS shows that locations with the highest obesity rates contain the fewest farmers’ markets. To produce the analysis, March 2011 data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on market locations throughout the United States were mapped and correlated with county-aggregated obesity statistics* from the Center for Disease [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/study-finds-three-times-more-farmers-markets-in-areas-with-the-lowest-obesity-rates/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>13</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>New Plant Hardiness Zone Map</title><link>http://gislounge.com/new-plant-hardiness-zone-map/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/new-plant-hardiness-zone-map/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:33:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PHZM]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Plant Hardiness Zone Map]]></category> <category><![CDATA[USDA]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=9193</guid> <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PHZM).  The map is the first updated in over twenty years and incorporates greater accuracy and detail since the last map from 1990.  The new map was developed by the USDA&#8217;s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Oregon State University&#8217;s (OSU) PRISM Climate Group and is available [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/new-plant-hardiness-zone-map/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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