Subject: ‘haiti’
February 5, 2010 Geo Quick Bits: Infamous Censuses, Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Handbags for HaitiMapsThe Geographic Travels blog notes that the upcoming 2010 U.S. Census (despite the reservations of some) is a cake walk compared to some of the more infamous censuses in history. James Fee points out an online mapping effort relating to the 2010 Census called Census Hard to Count 2010. Boston Public Library’s Norman B. Leventhal ... read more  GeoBriefs: Google Maps dispute, Apple bans located-based ads in app, OSM in the newsGIS NewsAnother geopolitical dispute has popped up over Google Maps over the disputed border between Cambodia and Thailand. Svay Sitha, secretary of state of the Cambodia’s Council of Ministers, wrote a letter (the article doesn’t mention to whom) in which he states, “(The map) is devoid of truth and reality, and professionally irresponsible, if not pretentious.” ... read more January 17, 2010 Haiti Earthquake DatasetsDataA comment from Lex Berman highlights the availability of Haitian GIS data at the Earthquake Geospatial Research Portal based out of Harvard: Please find GIS datasets and imagery for free download here: http://cegrp.cga.harvard.edu/content/haiti-earthquake-data We will host additional data, esp. hydrography, transport and DEM if you can supply them for free academic and emergency use. read more...January 13, 2010 Post Earthquake Imagery for HaitiDataGoogle has announced that post-earthquake imagery is available to download as a KML file. The new imagery was taken at around 10:27am EST on January 13th, 2010 and covers the Port-au-Prince area of Haiti. For those that don’t or can’t view the file in Google Earth, the new imagery can also be viewed in ... read more  Fortius One's Efforts to Map Haiti Post-EarthquakeDataThe Washington Business Journal has a piece on Fortius One’s efforts to map earthquake damage in Haiti. Arlington-based FortiusOne Inc., a data analysis and visual intelligence firm, is using its satellite imaging abilities to piece together an ever-evolving image of what Haiti and its capital city Port-au-Prince look like after being rocked by the magnitude 7.0 ... read more Fortius One’s Efforts to Map Haiti Post-EarthquakeDataThe Washington Business Journal has a piece on Fortius One’s efforts to map earthquake damage in Haiti. Arlington-based FortiusOne Inc., a data analysis and visual intelligence firm, is using its satellite imaging abilities to piece together an ever-evolving image of what Haiti and its capital city Port-au-Prince look like after being rocked by the magnitude 7.0 ... read more  Haiti Maps and GIS Data ResourcesDataResources for finding maps, satellite imagery, GIS data and other geographically related data for the country of Haiti. This page has been updated to included links to mapping resources for the recent January 12, 2010 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti. Data, Maps and Geography About Haiti Maps and geographical information from the Geography Site at ... read more |
