Subject: ‘Google Maps’
May 18, 2012 The Politics of Google’s MappingWeb MappingBeing one of the world’s leading online web mapping service means also trying to walk the impossible tightrope between the political bickering of countries. More than a few times has Google found itself in the middle of a maelstrom involving the geopolitical delineations and labels shown in Google Maps and Google Earth. Google has now ... read more May 10, 2012 Spatial UnmappedCartography, DataGeographic maps aren’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. The Quasi-Map Styles I like to refer to as quasi-maps are data visualizations that evoke geographic patterns but don’t adhere ... read more May 2, 2012 GeoBriefs: Using Geographic Tools to Hunt Kony, Google Maps Game Released, SketchUp Sold to Trimble, 3D Photo ToursGIS NewsThe Geographic Travels blog explores how geographic analysis using ”pattern of life” and “socio-cultural analysis” are being used to search for warlord Joseph Kony. Announced back in January, the Google game Cubed which is based on Google Maps is finally here. The game, developed by the Google Maps team, uses WebGL to provide 3D graphics without the need ... read more April 29, 2012Interactive Maps of BillionairesMaps, Web MappingShown here are three interactive maps created using Google Fusion Tables. The first map shows a gradient map of the world’s billionaires based on residency and aggregated by country. The second map shows a heat map of the world’s billionaire’s based on their place of residence (aggregated by location). The third map shows the individual ... read more April 27, 2012 Geography of Billionaires: Mapping Nationalities and ResidencyCartography, GIS NewsForbes recently released an updated list of the world’s billionaires. The listing contains the ranking for 1,226 individuals and families who’s net worth as of March of 2012 was 1 billion USD or more. Since the listings contained both a country of citizenship and residence, this allows for a peek at the geography of billionaires. ... read more April 16, 2012 Using GIS to Showcase College AcceptanceSpatial AnalysisEvery June, my local paper is filled with the local private school announcements containing lists and lists and lists of where students have been accepted to. With all the private schools competing with each other to showcase college acceptances for that year, creating a map showing the locations of colleges and universities that have accepted ... read more March 31, 2012 Interactive Map of Heavy Metal Bands By Country Per CapitaMapsWhere are heavy metal bands the most dense when compared against a country’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 ... read more March 30, 2012 Mapping the World at NightMapsSaturday 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 ... read more March 9, 2012 OpenStreetMap Continues to WinWeb MappingOpenStreetMap gained two new big services recently with the disclosure by FourSquare and Apple that have picked up the crowdsourcing map favorite. This news also marked the departure from Google Maps for these two companies as their mapping source. Foursquare made its announcement on February 29th, stating: Starting today, we’re embracing the OpenStreetMap movement, so all the ... read more February 2, 2012Google Maps Loses Unfair Competition Lawsuit in FranceWeb MappingA French court has determined that Google has abused its position with its Google Maps application by engaging in unfair competition practices. The lawsuit was brought in 2010 by French company, Bottin Cartographes, which lodged a complaint against Google France claiming that by providing free mapping services to some companies, it was undercutting competition. Bottin Cartographes ... read more |
