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  • New Google Earth Imagery - May 16

    Google Earth Blog
    16 May 2012 | 6:34 am
    Less than two weeks after their previous update, it appears that Google has just pushed out some more fresh imagery to Google Earth. Thanks to 'Munden' for letting us know about it! As is almost always the case, you can use Google Maps to determine for sure whether or not a specific area is fresh. This new imagery isn't in Google Maps yet, so you can compare Earth vs. Maps to see what's new; the fresh imagery is already in Google Earth, but the old imagery is still in Google Maps. If you compare the two side-by-side and they're not identical, that means that you've found a freshly updated…

  • Russian satellite brings us one step closer to real-time Google Earth

    Google Earth Blog
    15 May 2012 | 7:04 am
    We often get questions from users wondering how to access the "real-time Google Earth imagery". As you probably know, that doesn't yet exist. In fact, if you understand how Google Earth imagery works, you'll realize that we're a long way from a real-time version of Google Earth. However, we're a small step closer to that goal with the release of a 121-megapixel image from a Russian satellite, the highest-resolution non-stitched image of the earth that has ever been captured: It seems likely that the only way to achieve a real-time Google Earth will be to have satellites capturing incredibly…

  • Not the Game of Life, But a Map of Life

    Directions Magazine - Top Stories
    15 May 2012 | 3:00 am
    Unlike the board game, the Map of Life lives online and as its name suggests, maps out life on earth. To be more specific, it provides location information for a selection of living things on earth. More about: atlas, biology, education, map of life, yale

  • Geo-Literacy: Videos by National Geographic and Geographic Travels

    Geographic Travels
    14 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    Geography@About.com links to two videos by National Geographic on geo-literacy, the new term for knowing geographic knowledge.After watching these films I felt they were good but still miss the mark.  We need to make geography marketable.  So with a scratchy voice, no budget or movie making skills what so ever, the sounds of the city in the background, and one slip up I have created my own geo-literacy video entitled "I'm a Geographer, Hire Me"And here's the scriptThere are a series of new and revised efforts to expand geographic literacy in the American public.  While I…

  • Toponyms That Became Words

    About.com Geography
    26 Apr 2012 | 5:26 pm
    Numerous place names have entered the English language as household words, such as meander, archipelago, marathon, and spa. Additionally, place names have yielded the names of several elements on the periodic table. Learn about these toponyms that became regular words from this latest article from geographer Dimitar Zhelev.
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    ScienceDaily: Geographical News

  • Sulfur finding may hold key to Gaia theory of Earth as living organism

    15 May 2012 | 7:31 pm
    Is Earth really a sort of giant living organism as the Gaia hypothesis predicts? A new discovery may provide a key to answering this question. This key of sulfur could allow scientists to unlock heretofore hidden interactions between ocean organisms, atmosphere, and land -- interactions that might provide evidence supporting this famous theory.

  • Hidden lives of elephant seals: Record-setting dive more than a mile deep

    15 May 2012 | 7:30 pm
    The same researchers who pioneered the use of satellite tags to monitor the migrations of elephant seals have compiled one of the largest datasets available for any marine mammal species, revealing their movements and diving behavior at sea in unprecedented detail.

  • Statistical analysis projects future temperatures in North America

    15 May 2012 | 12:16 pm
    For the first time, researchers have been able to combine different climate models using spatial statistics -- to project future seasonal temperature changes in regions across North America.

  • Arctic seabirds adapt to climate change

    15 May 2012 | 8:39 am
    The planet is warming up, especially at the poles. How do organisms react to this rise in temperatures? Biologists have now shown that little auks, the most common seabirds in the Arctic, are adapting their fishing behavior to warming surface waters in the Greenland Sea. So far, their reproductive and survival rates have not been affected. However, further warming could threaten the species.

  • New species of fish in Sweden

    14 May 2012 | 12:43 pm
    Reticulated dragonet have been found in Väderöarna -- "Weather Islands" -- off the west coast of Sweden. It is not often that a new species of fish is discovered in Sweden.
 
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    About.com Geography

  • Geo-Literacy

    13 May 2012 | 7:15 am
    The National Geographic Society has re-branded the fight against geographic illiteracy as "geo-literacy." For decades, the society has been the major voice in the fight for U.S. federal government funding of geographic education in schools. In an editorial Daniel C. Edelson (@NatGeoEdelson on Twitter) writes, "The National Geographic Society's concern for geo-literacy comes from our mission. We see geo-literacy as providing the tools that will enable communities to protect natural and cultural resources, reduce violent conflict, and improve the quality of life worldwide. However, having a…

  • What Is Geography?

    10 May 2012 | 7:19 pm
    The question, "What is geography?" is a great one. Fortunately, I have a plethora of resources to help you find the answer. First, take a look at this collection of definitions of geography and this overview of geography. From there, you might want to learn about physical geography and cultural geography. Once you're on your way, don't miss the four traditions of geography, five themes of geography, and eighteen national geography standards. If you still have questions, browse the categories at the very bottom of every page of my site or just contact me!

  • Country of Origin of Tourists in the United States

    2 May 2012 | 11:53 am
    In 2011, more than 62 million people visited the United States from a foreign country. A majority of those visitors come from Canada (21 million) and Mexico (13.4 million). However, millions of tourists visited the U.S. from other countries. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce's Office of Travel & Tourism Industries (OTTI), these are the top fifteen countries for visitors to the U.S. in 2011:...Read Full Post

  • Toponyms That Became Words

    26 Apr 2012 | 5:26 pm
    Numerous place names have entered the English language as household words, such as meander, archipelago, marathon, and spa. Additionally, place names have yielded the names of several elements on the periodic table. Learn about these toponyms that became regular words from this latest article from geographer Dimitar Zhelev.

  • Earth Day is April 22

    19 Apr 2012 | 5:35 pm
    Earth Day 2012 is Sunday, April 22! This forty-second celebration of Earth Day is, as always, designed to raise awareness of environmental problems and foster an appreciation for the Earth and the natural environment. First started in San Francisco, Earth Day has become a global event, with millions of people participating in Earth Day-related activities. Learn more about the history and activities of Earth Day from this article by Amanda Briney.
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    Google Earth Blog

  • New Google Earth Imagery - May 16

    16 May 2012 | 6:34 am
    Less than two weeks after their previous update, it appears that Google has just pushed out some more fresh imagery to Google Earth. Thanks to 'Munden' for letting us know about it! As is almost always the case, you can use Google Maps to determine for sure whether or not a specific area is fresh. This new imagery isn't in Google Maps yet, so you can compare Earth vs. Maps to see what's new; the fresh imagery is already in Google Earth, but the old imagery is still in Google Maps. If you compare the two side-by-side and they're not identical, that means that you've found a freshly updated…

  • Gipuzkoa, Spain wins the 2012 Model Your Town Competition

    16 May 2012 | 6:25 am
    We've talked about Pedro Domecq Aguirre, better known as "PeterG", quite a few times on here. Most recently we showed you his amazing 3D model of Saint Basil's Cathedral. He recently got some big news, and him and his teammate Josetxo Perez Fernandez were announced as the winners of Google's 2012 Model Your Town Competition! Of the six finalists in the running, their models of Getaria, Gipuzkoa, Spain were voted as being the best. As you can see from the image below, they certainly did an awesome job: Their awesome work will help to show the world how great Getaria is, and it also earned a…

  • Russian satellite brings us one step closer to real-time Google Earth

    15 May 2012 | 7:04 am
    We often get questions from users wondering how to access the "real-time Google Earth imagery". As you probably know, that doesn't yet exist. In fact, if you understand how Google Earth imagery works, you'll realize that we're a long way from a real-time version of Google Earth. However, we're a small step closer to that goal with the release of a 121-megapixel image from a Russian satellite, the highest-resolution non-stitched image of the earth that has ever been captured: It seems likely that the only way to achieve a real-time Google Earth will be to have satellites capturing incredibly…

  • Viewing Fusion Table data on mobile devices

    14 May 2012 | 8:15 am
    We've talked a bit about Google's Fusion Tables product before -- a great way to turn a table full of data (such as an Excel spreadsheet) into a fully functional map! The maps can easily be shared through a Google Maps interface or even in Google Earth, but the mobile support for Fusion Table projects has been pretty weak. That's where the folks from Build-A-Map have stepped in, with a new product called My Fusion Tables. My Fusion Tables a mobile application that allows you to browse, view, and map data from Google Fusion Tables on both mobile phones and tablets. You can find it in the iOS…

  • How to correct map errors in Google Earth

    11 May 2012 | 7:08 am
    We get a lot of emails from users asking us to correct data errors in Google Earth -- incorrect road names, mis-marked addresses, etc. We can't do that directly, but fortunately Google has a great solution to help you out. To start, you don't actually fix the errors in Google Earth; you fix them in Google Maps, and those corrections are synced into Google Earth over the course of a few weeks. To suggest a correction, simply right-click on an area inside of Google Maps and choose "Report a problem". The following screen will pop-up and will walk you through the process: I've suggested quite a…
 
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    Esri Speaker Series Podcasts

  • Compression and GIS

    Jon Skiffington
    30 Apr 2012 | 12:21 pm
    Jon Skiffington, director of product management for LizardTech, discusses the benefits of LizardTech's various imagery compression formats.

  • GeoEye Creates Small Enterprise License Agreement

    Tara Cordyack
    20 Apr 2012 | 12:34 pm
    Tara Cordyack, director of alliances at GeoEye, discusses GeoEye's small enterprise license agreement, a cost-effective solution for non-typical users of earth imagery.

  • The View from Space

    Einar Bjorgo
    28 Mar 2012 | 1:57 pm
    Dr. Einar Bjorgo, head of rapid mapping, applications, and user relations with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, discusses the importance of satellite imagery in international aid work.

  • Lidar Integration in ArcGIS

    Lewis Graham
    26 Mar 2012 | 2:09 pm
    Lewis Graham, the president and chief technology officer at GeoCue, talks about creating better workflows by integrating lidar and GIS.

  • GIS Tutorial for Crime Analysis

    Will Gorr
    12 Mar 2012 | 1:23 pm
    Will Gorr discusses his and Kristen S. Kurland's new book, GIS Tutorial for Crime Analysis.
 
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    GIS Education Community

  • Fun with GIS 120: Five Fave World Maps

    Esri Education Programs
    14 May 2012 | 10:11 am
    ShareThis Last week’s blog was about five favorite ArcGIS Online maps of US data. This week I offer five favorite ArcGIS Online maps using world data. Like the US maps, these work on Mac or PC, tablet or smartphone. Each of these can be experienced by clicking on the map or using the short url. 1. Lat-Long Finder Tool, http://esriurl.com/latlongfinder Many times, you just need a quick latitude and longitude. Use this app to zoom in to anywhere around the world, even plan out a field trip around in your community. 2. Elevation Profile, http://esriurl.com/elevation2 Use this app to draw a…

  • Components in an Introduction to Spatial Thinking Course

    Esri Education Programs
    11 May 2012 | 10:11 am
    ShareThis In my last blog post, I mentioned that universities are increasingly thinking about implementing courses entitled “Introduction to Spatial Thinking”. I described a few existing excellent models for such courses, inviting comments from the community. Development of such courses would be hastened by community dialog so that each faculty member does not feel like he or she has to develop such a course from scratch. In this essay, I would like to share components that would valuable in such a course. I believe such a course should include a mix of reflections on readings and videos,…

  • Ten Lessons on GIS Education from other parts of the World

    Esri Education Programs
    8 May 2012 | 10:57 am
    ShareThis I have had the fortune of visiting and working on a variety of GIS education projects at universities from Beirut to Bujumbura, Kyoto to San Jose CR. For those readers who are accustomed to working or studying in modern GIS labs with the latest hardware, software and textbooks, well, it turns out that worldwide this is the exception rather than the rule. Traveling around parts of the developing world I have seen many differences but more surprising to me have been the similarities. Here is a short list of some of the lessons, perhaps surprising, I have learned about GIS education…

  • Fun with GIS 119: Five Faves of USA

    Esri Education Programs
    7 May 2012 | 11:37 am
    ShareThis PD approaches! With the sun heading to the Tropic of Cancer, educators across USA are planning what to learn over the summer. For ye non-teachers, know that most educators will seek massive infusions to brain, heart, and soul in the few short weeks between graduation and the return to classes. Like humpback whales gorging on the summer herring, many teachers seek day-long, week-long, even month-long absorption in new ways of seeing, thinking, and doing. With that in mind, this week I offer my five favorite maps based on USA data using ArcGIS Online. They work on Mac or PC, tablet or…

  • Planning an Introduction to Spatial Thinking Course

    Esri Education Programs
    4 May 2012 | 10:12 am
    ShareThis A question that gets increasingly asked on listservs and forums these days is advice by those who are planning a course at their university that focuses on spatial thinking. These courses may be entitled “Introduction to Spatial Thinking” but there are numerous variations, depending on the goals of the university and hosting department. It is exciting to learn about these new courses and those who are planning them, because it shows that the message that we in the geospatial education community have been sharing for years is at last getting out beyond our own community. That…
 
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    GIS Lounge

  • Spatial Unmapped

    Caitlin Dempsey
    10 May 2012 | 1:43 pm
    Geographic 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 [...]

  • Geospatial Redux: Envisat End of Mission Declared, GIS for Geocaching, Tunneling the Earth

    Caitlin Dempsey
    9 May 2012 | 12:10 pm
    With communication broken with the earth monitoring satellite since April 8, 2012, the European Space Agency (ESA) has declared an end of mission for Envisat.  The ten year old satellite has delivered over a thousand terabytes of data, doubling its expected lifespan of five years.  The lowering of its orbit back in October of 2010 had been expected [...]

  • Introducing the Quantum GIS Ecosystem

    Anita Graser
    7 May 2012 | 3:49 pm
    Anita Graser provides an introduction to the desktop, web, and mobile capabilities of the open source GIS software, QGIS in this guest article.   A GIS specialist with the Austrian Institute of Technology, Anita Graser also writes about open source GIS topics on her blog, “Free and Open Source GIS Ramblings”.   The Quantum GIS [...]

  • GIS Skills Survey

    Caitlin Dempsey
    7 May 2012 | 11:37 am
    What GIS skills are essential for today’s GIS professional?  What technical skills are required?  Should GIS professionals learn to work with open source GIS?  What soft skills are necessary? What are some unexpected skills that a GIS professional should acquire? Provide your tip here about a critical GIS skills.  Please provide information about the GIS [...]

  • GeoBriefs: Using Geographic Tools to Hunt Kony, Google Maps Game Released, SketchUp Sold to Trimble, 3D Photo Tours

    Caitlin Dempsey
    2 May 2012 | 12:07 pm
    The 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 [...]
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    Directions Magazine - Top Stories

  • Podcast: The Value of Geospatial Companies

    15 May 2012 | 3:25 am
    How do you put a value on geospatial technology? Does it just come down to revenue and profits? Or intrinsically is it more because critical information is held within the bounds of certain technology formats? More about: acquisitions, digitalglobe, geoeye, google, hexagon, microsoft, navteq, nokia, tele atlas, valuation

  • Not the Game of Life, But a Map of Life

    15 May 2012 | 3:00 am
    Unlike the board game, the Map of Life lives online and as its name suggests, maps out life on earth. To be more specific, it provides location information for a selection of living things on earth. More about: atlas, biology, education, map of life, yale

  • An Open Letter to the CEOs of DigitalGlobe and GeoEye

    14 May 2012 | 3:09 am
    What should the satellite companies DigitalGlobe and GeoEye do now that ongoing talks of mergers and acquisitions are a well-publicized fact? It’s a pretty fair bet that something has to happen soon since it looks increasingly like the government will cut spending for commercial remote sensing satellites. Editor in Chief Joe Francica writes an open letter to the CEOs of both companies with some "free" advice. More about: digitalglobe, enhancedview, geoeye, geographic data, google earth, homeland security, location technology, location-based services, militarydefense, remote…

  • OGC Market Report: Open Standards and INSPIRE

    14 May 2012 | 2:50 am
    This market report was written and reviewed by members of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) to provide a simple guide to the EU INSPIRE Directive and Implementing Rules from an open standards perspective. Additionally, this report provides an overview of the role that OGC, CEN and ISO standards play in helping public sector bodies across Europe meet their obligations to implement the INSPIRE Directive and Implementing Rules. More about: environmental

  • Do Children in the Backseat of Cars Have Less Complete Mental Maps of their Neighborhoods?

    10 May 2012 | 6:44 am
    In a well-shared article from May 7, the Atlantic Cities explores the work of Bruce Appleyard, who studied children’s mental maps (cognitive mapping a la Kevin Lynch) of their neighborhoods. The unfortunate headline is “Kids Who Get Driven Everywhere Don't Know Where They're Going.” Sadly, that's not what the uncited research, from 2005, concludes. More about: children, education, mental maps, safe routes to school, traffic
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    GISuser - GIS and Geospatial Technology News

  • Mobile Love Infographic [Flickr]

    @gletham GIS, Social, Mobile Tech Images
    4 May 2012 | 2:40 pm
    @gletham GIS, Social, Mobile Tech Images posted a photo: Infographic on How Much People Love their Mobile Device blog.gisuser.com/2012/05/04/mma-infographic-on-how-much-p...

  • GeoEye Proposes Acquisition Of DigitalGlobe

    4 May 2012 | 11:48 am
    GeoEye Proposes Acquisition Of DigitalGlobe; Combination Creates Increased Value For Customers And Shareholders

  • Storm damage in Finland [Flickr]

    @gletham GIS, Social, Mobile Tech Images
    3 May 2012 | 12:02 pm
    @gletham GIS, Social, Mobile Tech Images posted a photo: Storm damage in Finland documented by digital aerial photos from Blom - When heavy storms hit the Nordic countries during the Christmas holidays of December 2011, Blom rapidly mobilized aircraft fitted with digital cameras to document the damages. The mobilization was done on request from the National Land Survey in Finland - See details at www.gisuser.com/content/view/26675/2/

  • Tablet users will help shape the future mobile app market

    3 May 2012 | 11:29 am
    Between 2010 and 2011 the global installed base of app consumers increased by 104%. While the installed base of smartphones...

  • DataAppeal [Flickr]

    @gletham GIS, Social, Mobile Tech Images
    2 May 2012 | 6:01 pm
    @gletham GIS, Social, Mobile Tech Images posted a photo: DataAppeal - 3D and animated maps on google earth platform - blog.gisuser.com/2012/05/02/dataappeal-3d-and-animated-ma...
 
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    Spatially Adjusted

  • Possible Data Sources in Apple's iOS Map

    James Fee
    11 May 2012 | 10:39 am
    So what do you do on a Friday morning when an editor tells you to get some “exclusive” Apple news on the front page. Clearly this: According to trusted sources, Apple has an incredible headline feature in development for iOS 6: a completely in-house maps application. Apple will drop the Google Maps program running on iOS since 2007 in favor for a new Maps app with an Apple backend. So the iOS map app is really old and busted and this is not exactly news. I’m guessing Lead Dog and Urban Mapping will be along for the ride as well as OpenStreetMap. Apple will probably blend…
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    VerySpatial

  • A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 356

    Sue
    13 May 2012 | 9:00 pm
    A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 356 May 13, 2012 Main Topic: Our conversation on potential cuts to the US Census Bureau Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes Music This week’s podsafe music: “She Said She Said” by Arlen Roth News Map of lost Roanoke Colony now in the British Museum may hold new clues Microsoft Research’s GeoLife GPS Trajectories data set available for researchers to dowload European Space Agency’s Envisat may be dead Cancel your 2012 Doomsday plans Web Corner Grand Map of London…

  • Zombies and Geospatial Analysis

    Barb
    11 May 2012 | 8:32 am
    If you have met me, you know that I would love to teach a geography class using  the book  World War Z by Max Brooks, a journalist who uses a zombie apocalypse to discuss current events and world geography. David Hunter, a middle school teacher in Seattle, Washington beat me to the punch. He is asking for help on Kickstarter to create a  Grade 5-8 Standards Based curriculum “Learning Geography skills through a Zombie Apocalypse Narrative”.  His concept is not as far fetched as it seems. At the WV Association for Geospatial Professionals conference this week Sheila…

  • A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 355

    Sue
    7 May 2012 | 2:30 pm
    A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 355 May 7, 2012 Main Topic: Our conversation with Robert Cheetham of Azavea Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes Music This week’s podsafe music: “Say It” by Paris News Unmanned drones to be used in surveillance of mines in Australia Get your own unmanned drone mapping kit for around $600 US Nature Database hits 1 million citizen contributions China launches 2 more Beidou navigation satellites ENVI 5 released ERDAS Imagine 11.0.5 available Web Corner Yale Environment 360…

  • A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 354

    Jesse
    29 Apr 2012 | 6:55 pm
    A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 354 April 29, 2012 Main Topic: 3D and Geo Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes Music This week’s podsafe music: “Someone Elses Words” by Burning Shapes News Trimble to acquire SketchUp Worldview 3 announced TomTom releases Global geocoding web service OGC adopts CityGML v2 and Sensor Observation Service Standard 2.0 Web Corner Grey’s Blog Main Topic With the acquisition of SketchUp by Trimble we take another look at the role of 3D in the geospatial arena. Tip of the…

  • Trimble to acquire SketchUp and 3D Warehouse

    Jesse
    26 Apr 2012 | 10:49 am
    I am floored! We talk all the time about the use of SketchUp in building out virtual worlds and have just taken for granted that it was tied in to Google’s draw for Earth and Maps. Apparently that was not such a given. Trimble will be adding SketchUp and the 3D Warehouse to its growing pantheon of applications. There are of course short and long term questions from a users perspective regarding the availability of the free version, the licensing costs for the Pro version, the terms of use/copyright rights for 3D Warehouse content, and of course the direction of the software in the…
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    BostonGIS Blog

  • Update to Install instructions for PostGIS 2.0 more coming

    13 May 2012 | 2:33 am
    We finally got around to updating our Part 1: Getting Started With PostGIS: An almost Idiot's Guide for PostGIS 2.0. We kept the 1.5 around so is still accessible under Part 1: Getting Started With PostGIS: An almost Idiot's Guide (PostGIS 1.5). The Part 2: Introduction to Spatial Queries in the series was even more outdated and was using functions removed in 2.0 and long deprecated since around PostGIS 1.3. We've updated this as well, but still cleaning it up a bit and verifying we didn't make any typos in the code. We hope to augment these tutorials with similar ones for raster and…

  • How to upgrade your databse to PostGIS 2.0 let me count the ways

    27 Apr 2012 | 5:43 pm
    Windows both 32-bit and 64-bit PostGIS 2.0.0 are up on application stack builder. we'll be updating our almost Idiot's guide in another week or so to show installing PostGIS 2.0. We also have fairly recent builds of upcoming PostGIS 2.0.1SVN and PostGIS 1.5.4SVN in PostGIS windows experimental builds section, which includes an updated GEOS 3.3.4dev to handle GEOS related bugs. Fixed items are itemized in PostGIS 2.0.1 SVN. So if you are bitten by any of these you might want to replace with at least the latest binaries available in the Windows experimental builds Now that PostGIS 2.0.0 is…

  • PostGIS 2.0.0 Shapefile GUI Loader and Exporter

    5 Apr 2012 | 5:16 pm
    One of the new features I'm pretty excited about is the new postgis gui batch features that allows not only for multiple import of shape files, but also multiple export of shapefiles. It will work fine with your postgis 1.5 databases as well. We have windows standalone gui binaries at http://www.postgis.org/download/windows. Is this cool or what? Here are some screen shots with it loaded as a pgAdmin plugin. Import Tab Export Tab Add Table Hold the ctrl key to select multiple tables/views Supports multiple geometry columns If your table has multiple geometry columns have option of changing to…

  • PostGIS 2.0.0 windows binaries including 64-bit

    5 Apr 2012 | 4:09 pm
    PostGIS 2.0.0 windows binaries are up http://www.postgis.org/download/windows/#windbinaries. This is the first ever version of PostGIS to support PostgreSQL 64-bit windows installs. We want to extend a big thank you again to our generous sponsors for helping make this a reality. We are in the middle of packaging the installers for both windows 32-bit and 64-bit installs and hope to have those up in the coming weeks for those who require that comforting Setup button. They will then be available via StackBuilder.

  • PostGIS 2.0.0 hits RC1

    29 Mar 2012 | 3:45 pm
    PostGIS 2.0.0 is coming closer to gold and we are on final count down. One small step for you and one giant leap for PostGIS. We are at RC1 right now. We have experimental windows builds for both 32-bit and 64-bit PostgreSQL windows (8.4,9.0,9.1) for those who want to give it a whirl before official release. Give them a try :Windows PostGIS 2.0.0 rc1 binaries. Join the party.
 
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    GIS in Education

  • ERDAS IMAGINE 11.0.5 Software Now Available

    talk
    16 May 2012 | 1:24 pm
    Intergraph is proud to announce a new minor release of ERDAS IMAGINE, now available to all customers with ERDAS 2011 software. Users can download ERDAS IMAGINE 11.0.5 from the product webpage. This release includes changes from all previous service packs released for ERDAS IMAGINE 2011. ERDAS IMAGINE is a leading geospatial data authoring system, incorporating geospatial image processing and analysis and remote sensing into a single powerful, convenient package. ERDAS IMAGINE enables users to easily create value-added products such as 2D and 3D images, 3D flythrough movies and…

  • Intergraph to Provide Outage Management and Mobile Workforce Management Solution to Ontario Electric Company

    talk
    16 May 2012 | 1:16 pm
    Intergraph® to Provide Outage Management and Mobile Workforce Management Solution to Ontario Electric Company London Hydro Integrates Field and Office Using InService Solution HUNTSVILLE, Ala., May 3, 2012 – London Hydro, London, Ontario’s sole electrical provider servicing approximately 410 square kilometers of territory, recently selected Intergraph®’s InService outage management system (OMS) and mobile workforce management solutions to consolidate and streamline administration of its electrical distribution control room. These solutions will fully integrate with Intergraph’s…

  • HyDRA App From The U.S. Army Geospatial Center

    talk
    15 May 2012 | 12:22 am
    The U.S. Army Geospatial Center (AGC) and Engineer Research and Development Center recently released the Hydrologic Data Resources Application (HyDRA) - a Web-based data survey and analysis tool created to provide the Dept. of Defense (DoD) logistics and geospatial intelligence-related water communities with information on water resources data collection, visualization and dissemination in a mobile, enterprise-enabled environment. HyDRA allows users to view, collect and edit unclassified water resources features via Android 2.2+ OS smart devices using Google MapsTM and Google EarthTM…

  • Free Webinar: Designing Signal Processing Systems with MATLAB

    talk
    11 May 2012 | 1:20 pm
    Join Mathworks for this free webinar: Topic: Designing Signal Processing Systems with MATLAB Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Time: 3:00pm Eastern Daylight Time REGISTER TODAY. In this webinar, we will introduce new MATLAB-based features for system design that were previously only available in Simulink. By attending, you’ll learn how you can rapidly design and implement signal processing systems directly in MATLAB. We’ll demonstrate several aspects of modeling and implementing DSP systems, including: • Simulating streaming signal processing algorithms in MATLAB • Importing data from…

  • Midterm Assessment of NASA's Implementation of the Decadal Survey -- Earth Science and Applications from Space

    talk
    8 May 2012 | 12:04 pm
    The book report on "Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Midterm Assessment of NASA's Implementation of the Decadal Survey." is now available online. You can buy the final copy for about $34, but there is also an option to read the PDF copy online for free (not of high res texts, but the free copy works fine). If you intend to read the whole book, here is the full description: Understanding human induced changes in Earth's interior and their implications requires a foundation of integrated observations of land, sea, air and space, on which to build credible information products,…
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    GIS and Agent-Based Modelling

  • SimTable and fires

    25 Apr 2012 | 12:27 pm
    To quote from the site "The SimTable takes sandtable exercise to the next level by making sandtables real. The SimTable is a 3D interactive fire simulator, bringing sandtable exercises to life." Below is a Los Alamos National Lab video demonstrating their use of the SimTable in their Emergency Operations Center.The movie below demonstrates more of the functionality of SimTable , specifically how one can simulate rainfall and how it flows over the terrain. Or how it can be used to simulate a wildfire spreading and how residents might evacuate from the area. 

  • Natural Disasters and Crowdsourcing: Haiti

    16 Apr 2012 | 2:20 am
    Natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis occur all over the world, altering the physical landscape and often severely disrupting people’s daily lives. Recently researchers’ attention has focused on using crowds of volunteers to help map the infrastructure and devastation caused by natural disasters, such as those in Haiti and Pakistan. For example, in the movie below shows the response to the earthquake by the OpenStreetMap community within 12 hours of the earthquake. The white flashes indicate edits to the map (often by tracing satellite/aerial photography).While this data is…

  • #Earthquake: Twitter as a Distributed Sensor System

    13 Apr 2012 | 9:17 am
    Our work on using social media continues to develop and we have recently had a paper accepted in Transactions in GIS, entitled "#Earthquake: Twitter as a Distributed Sensor System". Below we present our abstract and some of the results.Social media feeds are rapidly emerging as a novel avenue for the contribution and dissemination of information that is often geographic. Their content often includes references to events occurring at, or affecting specific locations. Within this paper we analyze the spatial and temporal characteristics of the twitter feed activity responding to a 5.8 magnitude…

  • Distributed MASON

    14 Mar 2012 | 6:12 pm
    Last week, the Center for Social Complexity at GMU, hosted Prof. Vittorio Scarano and Carmine Spagnuolo from the ISISLab of the Università degli Studi di Salerno who have been working on a distributed version of MASON (DMason). The idea is that one can create an agent-based model in MASON and then use the framework to easily distribute it over many machines. The movie below shows an example of what can be done. More information can be found here. However, if you don't use MASON, you might also be interested in Repast for High Performance Computing

  • ElectionGauge

    19 Feb 2012 | 10:30 am
    A project we have been working on at GMU called ElectionGauge has now gone live (although still under development). The idea about the project is tie geo-spatial analysis, linguistic analysis, and social network analysis to analyze Twitter responses to the upcoming US elections in real time with the aim of predicting election results. One question we are exploring is  do the tweets of users match the speech of candidates? For example, as Maksim Tsvetovat, one of the co-founders says “repeal Obamacare” might identify you as Tea Partier, while “legalize marijuana” puts you in Ron…
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    Geospatial Talk

  • Apple plans its own 3D map service within iOS 6

    joesonic
    13 May 2012 | 10:43 am
    For the upcoming version of Apples mobile operating system iOS 6, the American company will not use Google Maps further more. Few weeks before the annual apple developer conference rumours appear that Apple will introduce their own map service to the public during this event. Information about this announcement can be read from an article of the US-Portal 9to5Mac. Design-Mockup The article by

  • UltraCam Eagle - Small professional Camera for Areal Imagery

    joesonic
    26 Mar 2012 | 9:26 am
    In cooperation with the Austrian companies Wild and Mircosoft Graz (formaly Vexcel) a new UltraCam called Eagle was developed. This digital camera was developed for professional areal imagery and is now significant smaller and lighter as other cameras of this class. It can be mounted even on light and small airplanes. This product was possible becuase of the cooperation between Wild, based in

  • Nokia N9 with Android Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0.3)

    joesonic
    23 Mar 2012 | 8:54 am
    Have you heard something about Nokia and Android? You would say this combination does not work. But it is possible. Many people like the Nokia N9 because of their hardware but will never buy one because of the dead operating system Meego. Several Developers from NITDroid have now manage to port Android Ice Cream Sandwich for the Nokia N9. They coll this Project Mayhem. Maybe now some of you

  • Galaxy Skin with flexible OLED display will be launched in 2012

    joesonic
    7 Mar 2012 | 2:13 pm
    The Android-Smartphone will be launched within Q4 of 2012 Samsung is planning to release the "Galaxy Skin" by the end of this year. This smartphone will be the first one with a flexible OLED display. According to first news about this device the 4 inch Super AMOLED touchscree will have a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. The Samsung Galaxy Skin will be 8 mm thick and its display can be twisted in

  • Google Earth 6.2 no blurry carpet photos

    joesonic
    28 Jan 2012 | 10:30 am
    Google released their latest update of their virtual globe software Google Earth (Version 6.2). According to Google it should be the most beautiful Google Earth ever. It includes new Satellite images which are harmonized. Until now satellite images are taken during different times and weather conditions. Therefore transitions between images were dominant. With version 6.2 photos are rendered
 
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  • Give a Little Bit for OpenStreetMap

    Bill Dollins
    9 May 2012 | 8:27 pm
    Kate Chapman of HOT OSM has started a project over on Kickstarter to fund the development of a Haitian Creole OpenStreetMap book. She sums it up much better than I can over on the project page: In 2011 the first … Continue reading →

  • ArcGIS Image Services and Leaflet

    Bill Dollins
    17 Apr 2012 | 5:04 pm
    I’ve become a big fan of Leaflet for putting maps on the web. It gives me most of what I need without much of what I don’t and is fairly easily extended, as shown by the impressive work of Jason … Continue reading →

  • FOSS4G North America

    Bill Dollins
    12 Apr 2012 | 10:08 am
    It’s rather fitting that the second plenary talk on Wednesday had to do with “firehose” applications since the FOSS4G North America (FOSS4GNA) conference was something of a firehose in itself. Despite the fact that the event was smaller than the … Continue reading →

  • A Busy Day for Releases

    Bill Dollins
    4 Apr 2012 | 5:19 am
    3 April 2012 was a busy day for releases/announcements in the geospatial field: PostGIS 2.0 – This long-anticipated major version of PostGIS was announced with advanced features such as raster, topology, and 3D/4D indexing. Many have been using 2.0 for … Continue reading →

  • 2011 TIGER Boundary Files in SpatiaLite Format

    Bill Dollins
    2 Apr 2012 | 9:35 pm
    Over on the SpatiaLite Google Group, Stine Consulting announced the availability of 2011 TIGER Boundary files in SpatiaLite format. Despite initial enthusiasm, mainstream uptake of SpatiaLite has been slow but I think that’s about to change. Large organizations, such as … Continue reading →
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    Strange Maps | Big Think

  • 565 - Brit Lit Map

    Frank Jacobs
    16 May 2012 | 1:44 am
    Maps usually display only one layer of information. In most cases, they're limited to the topography, place names and traffic infrastructure of a certain region. True, this is very useful, and in all fairness quite often it's all we ask for. But to reduce cartography to a schematic of accessibility ...Read More

  • 564 - A Ghostly Billiard Game

    Frank Jacobs
    7 May 2012 | 9:10 am
    Just before Rip Van Winkle falls into his thirty-year slumber, he encounters the ghostly spectacle of a handful of ancient Dutch colonials playing at ninepins, the thunder rolling across the Catskills as they bowl their balls.   This images has a similar, eerie quality. It shows a dozen ...Read More

  • 563 - Pop by Lat and Pop by Long

    Frank Jacobs
    1 May 2012 | 2:00 pm
    Did you know that almost 90% of the world’s population lives in the northern hemisphere? And that half of all Earthlings [1] reside north of 27°N? Or that the average human lives at 24 degrees from the equator - either to its north or south? Bill Rankin did. Or at least he found out, while ...Read More

  • 562 - Biked Any Good Maps Lately?

    Frank Jacobs
    25 Apr 2012 | 7:00 pm
    GPS technology is opening up exciting new hybrid forms of mapping and art. Or in this case: cycling, mapping and art. The maps on this page are the product of Michael Wallace, a Baltimore-based artist who uses his bike as a paintbrush, and the city as his canvas.  As Wallace traces shapes and ...Read More

  • 561 - Kaiser Eats World

    Frank Jacobs
    21 Apr 2012 | 2:15 pm
    In a dream-like scene from Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator, the titular tyrant [1] gently plucks a large globe from its standalone frame, holds it longingly in his arms and dances it across his office to the tones of Wagner’s Lohengrin.  The globe dance is a variation - arguably one too ...Read More
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  • Creating a multimedia trail web map

    Kenneth Field
    11 May 2012 | 4:46 pm
    By Kenneth Field, Esri Research Cartographer Tourist trail maps engage people new to an area and guide them to sights of importance or interest, often using a particular theme.  The Esri story maps team recently published a trail map of New York City’s High Line and also a short walking tour around Esri’s Redlands campus.  Both examples illustrate the way in which web maps allow you to combine basemaps, route information, point of interest markers and multimedia (e.g. photographs) to tell a rich visual story.  Web maps like these can be used either as a virtual tour to give a narrative…

  • Using a mapmaking checklist for map design

    Kenneth Field
    3 May 2012 | 5:54 pm
    By Kenneth Field, Research Cartographer, and Damien Demaj, Online Cartographic Product Engineer We all have favorite maps that we think are great, but rather than just saying a map looks great, how many of us are able to take a critical look at it, evaluate it, and explain why it looks great? Having the ability to reflect on and evaluate maps as information products is important to understanding effective cartographic design so you can optimize communication of the intended message in your own maps as well as be able to understand why other maps work. In this blog entry, we’ll briefly…

  • The basic building blocks of ArcGIS symbols

    abuckley
    30 Apr 2012 | 8:00 am
    By Aileen Buckley, Mapping Center Lead In ArcGIS, symbols are used not only to draw and label geographic features, but also to display various map elements, such as legends, scale bars and north arrows. They are also used to display any graphics you may add to the map, such as bounding boxes, logos, and text. Because they are used so extensively, you may sometimes want to create your own symbols. Before you do this, it would be helpful to understand the basic building blocks of symbols. There are three primary building blocks—fonts, colors, and pictures. To help you gain a deeper…

  • Pictures in ArcGIS symbols

    abuckley
    26 Apr 2012 | 6:00 pm
    By Aileen Buckley, Mapping Center Lead, and John Cranfill, Esri Product Engineer There are three primary building blocks of standard symbols in ArcGIS—colors, fonts, and pictures. Previous blog entries discussed fonts and colors in ArcGIS symbols. This post discusses pictures used in marker, line, and fill symbols. It reviews the file formats that can be used for pictures and explains tiled picture fill symbols and special considerations for creating them. It also discusses what happens when you share ArcGIS documents that use pictures for symbols. This post focuses on pictures for standard…

  • Making infographics in ArcMap: Introducing the comparative distance line

    wesjones
    18 Apr 2012 | 7:30 pm
    By Wes Jones, Esri Design Cartographer This blog entry is about maps and infographics. A map takes a very complex thing, the earth, and cartographically represents it so you can more easily understand it. An infographic takes information—the more complex, the better—and graphically represents it so you can more easily understand it. The two have much in common. This entry explains how to make a comparative distance line infographic that shows how far features are from a baseline that represents a geographic entity. The example here is the distance of cities from the coast in Australia…
 
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    Jonathan Crowe: Recent Map Posts

  • Apple to Abandon Google Maps in iOS 6?

    Jonathan Crowe
    12 May 2012 | 8:46 am
    There are rumours that for iOS 6, the next version of the operating system for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, Apple will replace Google Maps with an in-house mapping application with an impressive 3D mode; the app will apparently "blow your head off," to quote John Paczkowski's source. Much is being made of the 3D mapping possibilities, thanks to Apple's acquisition of C3 Technologies. My interest, and my concern, is with the base mapping data. If this is going to be a flagship product, and signs point to that being the case, Apple can't use OpenStreetMap (as it does with the iOS iPhoto…

  • Does a Map Reveal Roanoke's Fate?

    Jonathan Crowe
    6 May 2012 | 9:39 am
    A patch on a 16th-century map may suggest what happened to the lost colony of Roanoke. The map in question is the 1585 Virginea Pars map by John White. Based on the patch, which hides a symbol indicating a fort, researchers argue that the settlers may have moved westward and inland. AP coverage: ArtDaily, CBC, Washington Post. Via io9.

  • U.S. Life Expectancy by County

    Jonathan Crowe
    4 May 2012 | 1:06 pm
    County-by-county life expectancy estimates released last month by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation reveal a startling gap between the longest-lived and shortest-lived areas of the country: the difference can be as much as 15 years. The range of life expectancies is so broad that in some counties, such as Stearns, Minnesota, lifespans rival some of the places where people live the longest -- Japan, Hong Kong, and France -- while in other counties, life expectancies are lower than places that spend far less on health care -- Egypt, Indonesia, and Colombia. Even within states,…

  • New Moon Globe Released

    Jonathan Crowe
    10 Apr 2012 | 5:53 am
    Calling it "the first entirely new globe of the lunar surface in more than 40 years," Sky and Telescope has announced a new Moon globe based on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter imagery. Replogle's Moon globe has been the standard for decades, but it's based on 1960s-era charts and, as I said in my review three years ago, doesn't have a lot of contrast and doesn't look much like the Moon. Mind you, the new globe costs almost twice as much.

  • El Viaje de Argos

    Jonathan Crowe
    8 Apr 2012 | 1:28 pm
    Alejandro Polanco Masa, whose map blog La Cartoteca is one of the finest on the subject in any language, has announced the availability of his speculative fiction novel El Viaje de Argos, in which maps play a prominent role. Here's the description in Spanish: Desde antiguo un enigmático astro llamado Argos siembra la atmósfera con una substancia muy especial. Sólo un pequeño grupo de sabios sabe cómo recolectar y emplear esa esencia de los cielos que permite la vida eterna. Pero en pleno auge de la Roma imperial, un desastre sacude a la hermandad de sabios. Desperdigados por el mundo y…
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    Google Maps Mania

  • Silicon Alley & Roundabout on Google Maps

    Keir Clarke
    16 May 2012 | 10:52 am
    Made in NY is a Google Map of New York's digital industry. The map shows the locations of over 500 homegrown startups, investors and coworking spaces across the city. It is possible to refine the companies shown on the map by 'Digital Companies', 'Investors' and 'Coworking / Incubator Spaces'. As well as their locations being displayed on the map the companies are also listed in the map sidebar. If you are currently looking for work in New York's tech industry then check out the companies listed in the sidebar. Those companies that currently have positions available are indicated with a 'We…

  • Isometric Maps of the World

    Keir Clarke
    16 May 2012 | 7:47 am
    Edushi has been creating interactive isometric maps of Chinese cities for a number of years. They have now created maps for all the major Chinese cities. You can find links to all the Chinese city maps on the Edushi website. The links are all in Chinese. Here are some quick links to view the maps for Honk Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. Youcity has created similar isometric maps for New York and San Francisco. The Reykjavik Center Map is a gorgeous hand drawn isometric map of the Icelandic capital. The map includes a number of map markers which give the user information about landmarks in the…

  • Barcelona Shopping on Google Maps

    Keir Clarke
    16 May 2012 | 5:03 am
    Eixos.cat is a website cataloguing businesses and empty businesses in Barcelona. The Eixos.cat Google Map of businesses in Barcelona can be searched for a huge range of useful information. The Shopping Catalogue part of the map allows users to search for stores by type of store and by location. The map also allows users to search for empty businesses and business property available for rent and sale. The Industry and Enterprises section of the map allows the user to search for industrial sectors in the city. Eixos.cat has also built a number of other Google Maps that examine data about the…

  • Google Maps at Home and at Work

    Keir Clarke
    15 May 2012 | 6:24 pm
    Street View Now Available in Estonia and Latvia Google have made a number of announcements concerning Google Maps today. They have officially announced the availability of Street View in the Baltic states of Latvia and Estonia that Google Maps Mania reported on yesterday. Save Home & Work Locations Google has also added a feature to Google Maps that allows users to save home and work locations. If you go to the 'My Places' tab in Google Maps you now can save your home and work locations. Once your locations are saved you can use 'home' or 'work' when searching for directions to quickly…

  • Washington DC Zoning on Google Maps

    Keir Clarke
    15 May 2012 | 1:25 pm
    The DC Office of Zoning (DCOZ) is using the Google Maps API to provide a comprehensive zoning map for the District of Columbia. The DC Zoning Map allows users to determine the zoning classification for any property in the District. When you zoom in on a property on the map you can learn different things from the map. You can find out what zoning district the property is in. Zoom in further and you can find the block number (the official ID the city has for a particular block). Zoom in even further and you can find the lot number for a building and see the building boundary. Also See Addison…
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    Mapperz - The Mapping News Blog

  • Map of Life Demo Release

    14 May 2012 | 1:52 pm
    Map of Life The current release allows you to explore globally the geographic distributions for any terrestrial vertebrate species (as well as North American... Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many Maps and GIS sites online now it is hard to find the good from the not so good. This blog tries to cut the cream and provide you with the newest, fastest, cleanest and most user friendly maps that are available online. News has location and it is mapped.

  • Google Map Cube Game

    30 Apr 2012 | 4:21 pm
    Google Map Cube Game Very Interactive Map on a Cube.  8 Levels to complete Manhattan, San Francisco, Paris, London, Tokyo, Las Vegas, the Mall... Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many Maps and GIS sites online now it is hard to find the good from the not so good. This blog tries to cut the cream and provide you with the newest, fastest, cleanest and most user friendly maps that are available online. News has location and it is mapped.

  • London Marathon Map 2012

    20 Apr 2012 | 9:14 am
    London Marathon Map 2012 Racing starts 9.00am BST on Sunday 22nd April 2012 9am Elite Women's Race Starts 9.25am Wheelchairs Race Starts 9.45am Elite Men's... Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many Maps and GIS sites online now it is hard to find the good from the not so good. This blog tries to cut the cream and provide you with the newest, fastest, cleanest and most user friendly maps that are available online. News has location and it is mapped.

  • Map Calculator - Save the Rain

    19 Apr 2012 | 3:05 pm
    Map Calculator - Save the Rain (A Google Maps API/ESRI JavaScript API/MapBox/HTML5 Map Mashup) A very good Map Mashup that calculates the potential yearly yield in corn, soya beans, rice and... Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many Maps and GIS sites online now it is hard to find the good from the not so good. This blog tries to cut the cream and provide you with the newest, fastest, cleanest and most user friendly maps that are available online. News has location and it is mapped.

  • 2.5D buildings & labelled commercial buildings Bing Maps

    17 Apr 2012 | 8:47 am
    2.5D buildings & labelled commercial buildings Bing Maps Shops view in London - All commercial buildings labelled and linked to websites... Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many Maps and GIS sites online now it is hard to find the good from the not so good. This blog tries to cut the cream and provide you with the newest, fastest, cleanest and most user friendly maps that are available online. News has location and it is mapped.
 
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    MapPoint Forums

  • bingmaps: RT @ChrisPendleton: In case you missed my #location2012 talk, @OrdnanceSurvey has posted a recording: http://t.co/p5dcMTpN

    Bing Maps
    16 May 2012 | 5:30 am
    bingmaps: RT @ChrisPendleton: In case you missed my #location2012 talk, @OrdnanceSurvey has posted a recording: http://t.co/p5dcMTpN Link...

  • Upcoming WhereCamp Berlin 2012

    Adela Porumb
    14 May 2012 | 5:57 am
    Berlin – May 14, 2012 Technology and Geography meet again at WhereCamp Berlin 2012 In an area that merges technology, innovation and creativity, there is a strong community interested in open source, mapping, neogeography, cartography, augmented reality and other geo-related areas. For the second consecutive year, WhereCamp Berlin is bringing together the best and brightest trendsetters, researchers and educators in location and geography. For those passionate about geographical specialties, WhereCamp Berlin is gathering its attendees on the 22nd and 23rd of June. Everyone is free to…

  • MapPoint for World Maps?

    68gtscode
    13 May 2012 | 7:57 pm
    Hello all, I am a graduate business student at the University of Michigan working on a summer project, and need to plot data on a world map. I am new to mapping software, and actually just learned the word "geocoding" a few days ago. Anyhow, I am going to have an excel spreadsheet with thousands of addresses representing locations all over the world. I will need to map these addresses in a timely fashion, and would also like a few additional features such as the ability to change the circle size representing each location, and to change the color of some circles. The ability to…

  • Beginner stuck-what am I doing wrong?

    tampagal10EZ
    11 May 2012 | 7:54 am
    I am usisng Mappoint 2010. What I want to do is show Hillsborough county, Fl with all its zipcodes as the background to my excel data which has addresses in the county. I want the outline of the zip codes to show with the number of the zipcode visible as background. I'm getting an error message and being a beginner at this, don't know what I'm doing wrong. I am going into data, territories, create from your own set of data, import your source file. My source file is set up--country, state, county, zip code (only Hillsborough), territory (name of city which in many cases is the same). I…

  • Mappoint 2011 Europe -> tooltip and update possibilities

    AllanPedersen
    11 May 2012 | 5:39 am
    I couldn't quite figure out the forum structure, hope this is the right place for questions. I own a version of mappoint 2011 Europe, I use it for handling data about users to display on different maps. e.g. I import names and adresses of 1000 users from a CSV file and show it on a shaded area map or circle. Now, when I hold my mouse above an area, I'm specifically told '93 users in this region something' as a tool tip.. I wanna keep that somehow. I want it not only to be displayed as graphics, but with some text aswell, so I can print it, with that text. second thing, I only use maps on…
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  • SuperGeo Technologies Introduces SuperPad 3.1

    16 May 2012 | 12:21 pm
    SuperGeo Technologies introduces SuperPad 3.1, which mainly enhances the user interface, adjusts toolbar icons, adds SBAS extension, and improves the display of GPS status. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • GPS Monitoring of Sex Offenders Can Cut Recidivism

    16 May 2012 | 10:12 am
    The United States Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) recently released a study that evaluated the use of global positioning systems (GPS) technology to monitor high-risk sex offenders on parole in California. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • GPS Robots Swarm California Rivers

    15 May 2012 | 1:42 pm
    Swarms of robots equipped with GPS and sensors were released May 9 into California rivers to measure water flow, salinty levels, and pollution, reports OurAmazingPlanet.com. The Floating Sensor Network is intended to change the way water quality and flows are monitored in the Sacramento-San Joaquin river system. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Trimble Introduces New DR+GPS Module for Vehicle and Asset Tracking Applications

    15 May 2012 | 1:24 pm
    Trimble has introduced the Aardvark DR+GPS module that combines dead reckoning (DR) with GPS technology on a single, compact board. The Trimble Aardvark DR+GPS module provides positioning information when GPS signals are limited or not available, such as in urban canyons and tunnels. The Aardvark DR+GPS module is being marketed as a solution for system integrators or OEMs who are adding dead... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Indoor Positioning May Need Several Solutions, Says IMS Research

    15 May 2012 | 12:45 pm
    A range of solutions are vying to replicate what GPS does outdoors in an indoor environment, from Wi-Fi to Bluetooth to "terrestrial" GPS, plus many others. Which one is likely to be successful? IMS Research (recently acquired by IHS Inc.) said the answer will not simply be just "one." Locating a smartphone in an outdoors environment is straightforward, with more than 90 percent of smartphones... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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    All Points Blog

  • Michigan’s Center for Geospatial Medicine Gets Diabetes Grant and other Health GIS News

    16 May 2012 | 3:00 am
    The University of Michigan's Center for Geospatial Medicine will use a $9.8 million federal grant to study Type 2 diabetes in four under-served counties in North Carolina, Mississippi and West Virginia. It focuses on those enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's Health... Continue reading

  • Matchmaking for Higher Ed GIS Students and other Education GIS News

    16 May 2012 | 3:00 am
    EduContribution is a non-profit hoping to link up students with knowhow and non-profits with GIS needs (Directions Magazine coverage). The organization is looking for graduate students for a pilot project that will match them with a non-profit. The student will perform the work as part... Continue reading

  • Two Geographers Among National Geographics’ 15 Emerging Explorers

    15 May 2012 | 12:12 pm
    There are many innovative and interesting people in the list of 15 people in the 2012 class of Emerging Explorers (11 men, 4 women for those counting). Each receives a $10,000 grant from National Geographic. I was happy to recognize two names with which I've become very... Continue reading

  • Top Social Media Influencer in Europe? Claim your Zebra Imaging Hologram of a Ford B-Max

    15 May 2012 | 9:06 am
    Over here in the U.S. the social media influence measuring "tool" is called Klout. In the UK there's a tool called PeerIndex. Here's the deal: If you have a high enough score in PeerIndex in influencing others in areas like cars, lifestyle, technology within Europe you can get a free... Continue reading

  • Summer Ushahidi Course and other Education GIS News

    15 May 2012 | 4:39 am
    Ushahidi: Frameworks for Effective Platform Management is a four-week, online course from TechChange, running this summer from June 4th – 29th. What has us most excited about this course is our approach toward one the highest-profile and most utilized programs in the current... Continue reading
 
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  • Imagery Update: Week of May 14th

    Lat Long Blog
    16 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    The Google Earth and Maps Imagery team recently published another batch of aerial and satellite imagery. In this post, we’ll focus on U.S. cities and locales, as the largest amount of new high resolution aerial imagery covers regions in the United States. High on the list of things associated with the United States are over-sized automobile tail fins. Our first aerial image shown below is of Cadillac Ranch, located near Amarillo, Texas. The series of partly buried and tilted Cadillacs is a public art homage to the iconic American auto. Cadillac Ranch, Texas Our next example is of Downtown…

  • Visit the Baltic nations of Estonia and Latvia with Street View

    Lat Long Blog
    15 May 2012 | 2:00 pm
    You can now virtually visit the Baltic States of Estonia and Latvia using the Street View feature in Google Maps. Lets start in Estonia with a peek into the capital of Tallinn, a medieval city characterized by its cobbled streets and red roofs. Here’s a view the Town Hall Square. View Larger Map Also in Tallinn you have the Toompea Castle, which is a historic site built on top of the Toompea Hill and now houses the Parliament of Estonia. View Larger Map Moving south to Latvia, lets first visit the square of Riga Dom Cathedral, which is one of favourite places both for locals and city guests…

  • And the 2012 Model Your Town Competition winner is…

    Lat Long Blog
    15 May 2012 | 11:19 am
    Getaria, Gipuzkoa, Spain! Over the past several months, hundreds of teams from all over the world have submitted stunning geo-models for our Google Model Your Town Competition. These examples of pure 3D civic pride are breathtaking to behold. Difficult as it was, the SketchUp team managed to pick six finalists, after which we asked the general public to vote for their favorite collection of models. Tens of thousands of you weighed in, and the talented team from the north of Spain were victorious. Zorionak! (That’s “Congratulations!” in Basque.) Want to see how they won? Take a look at…

  • Quickly access your home and work locations in Google Maps

    Lat Long Blog
    15 May 2012 | 11:12 am
    With Google Maps, we’ve made it increasingly easy to save and re-find the places that matter to you. Last year, we introduced the My Places tab which organizes your saved Custom Maps, directions that you’ve previously looked up, and locations you’ve starred, checked-in and rated. Starting today, you’ll also be able to save your home and work locations in Google Maps when signed in with your Google account. Imagine moving to a foreign country -- this means a new city, a new neighborhood, and even a new apartment to call home. That was how I began my summer last year, moving from…

  • Street View: Your Summer Vacation Preview

    Lat Long Blog
    14 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    Summertime means summer travel. Whether you're planning the next family trip or group outing, Google Maps can help. Street View’s immersive views lets you preview your adventure by transporting you to famous landmarks and tourist destinations around the world. Over the years, our Partner Program has allowed us to showcase a growing number of notable amusement parks, zoos and other points of interest, with our 360-degree panoramic imagery. For example, if you’re on the West Coast of the US and want to visit the world famous San Diego Zoo, search for “San Diego Zoo” , drag Pegmen to a…
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  • Successful test of natural gas extraction from methane hydrate reservoir in the Alaskan North Slope

    Geoff
    16 May 2012 | 6:26 am
    Estimates of the amount of carbon sequestered in methane hydrates and found in Arctic permafrost and in ocean sediments along the world's continental shelfs range widely, but is believed to be large and has even been compared to the total known reserves of fossil fuels. Beginning in February, 2012 The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) together with ConocoPhillips and the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation conducted a small scale test project in the North Slope of Alaska to extract natural gas from methane hydrate using a production technology, developed through collaboration…

  • Canada's spatial data infrastructure (SDI): past, present and future

    Geoff
    15 May 2012 | 5:42 pm
    Prashant Shukle, Director General of the Mapping Information Branch (MIB), Natural Resources Canada,  gave an overview of the Canadian experience in developing a national spatial data infrastructure (SDI).  He echoed the Minister of Natural Resource's presentation the previous day in saying that mapping has been inextricably linked to Canada's nation building, which is perhaps not surprising given that Canada is the second largest country in the world in terms of surface area.  I hadn't known that the Geological Survey of Canada was founded in 1842 (at that time in Upper…

  • Data creation is not information use

    Geoff
    15 May 2012 | 4:26 am
    At the Global Geospatial Conference 2012 in Québec City, Ed Parsons of Google argued in favour of web access to micro data including geospatial.  Google's goal is to organize the world's information, of which geospatial is just one type and not really so special, as Jack Pellicci then of Oracle, has been advancing for many years. Ed emphasized the the importance of access to data by paraphrasing the well-known movie adage, if you build it, they will not necessarily come.  In the case of spatial data infrastructure (SDI), a lot of this data has been available for a long time, but…

  • Canadian Minister of Natural Resources says geomatics is essential to economic development

    Geoff
    15 May 2012 | 3:20 am
    At the Global Geospatial Conference 2012 in Québec City, the Minister of Natural Resources of Canada, said that geomatics is strategic for economic development in Canada.  Geomatics annually contributes $2.8 billion to the Canadian economy, $540 million in export revenue, and employs 23 000 workers. He said that historically mapping and geomatics have been criitical to Canada's economic development, from the early surveyors who defined national boundaries, the Canadian cadastre, and railway right of ways, through the world's first geographic information system, the Canadian Land…

  • Population of Germany increased in 2011 for the first time in eight years

    Geoff
    13 May 2012 | 6:20 am
    Since 2002, the population of Germany has been decreasing, primarily because of a low birthrate, but also because of low immigration.  Since 2008 more people have been emigrating from than immigrating into Germany.  The German government has been trying to reverse this trend.  On May 1, 2011 Germany and Austria opened their labor markets to citizens of the Eastern European countries that joined the EU in 2004. According to the Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), in 2011 for the first time in eight years, the population of Germany has increased slightly, by about 50 000 to over 81.80…
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  • New 7″ Magellan RV models announced and shipping

    Rich Owings
    15 May 2012 | 7:15 am
    Seven-inch screens must be working for Magellan since they continue to roll out new ones. Today’s announcement focuses on models for RVs, with four three new RoadMates all pre-loaded with the Good Sam Trailer Life Directory and Good Sam discount locations (I’m not counting the Pro 9165-T as new, since it’s been around awhile). An A/V input is offered for a DVD player or backup camera, and the screen will automatically switch to the latter when you put your gargantuan home away from home into reverse. If all that has you lusting for a new navigator before Memorial Day,…

  • Getting mileage reports from your Garmin nuvi

    Rich Owings
    14 May 2012 | 8:16 am
    Need to keep track of your mileage? There may be a built-in solution already in your nuvi. Garmin’s ecoRoute app automatically creates a mileage report that can be viewed on the screen or downloaded from the nuvi as a .csv file. The only trick is you have to select a destination; if you’re just driving around with your nuvi on, the mileage won’t be recorded. There are 38 nuvi models that come with ecoRoute preloaded. Owners of the 2012 Advanced (nuvi 2xx5) or Prestige (nuvi 34xx and 35xx) series will have to pony up $9.99 for the ecoRoute app. Before you can start…

  • Waypoints — May 12th, 2012

    Rich Owings
    12 May 2012 | 6:58 am
    Waypoints is a weekly link roundup of (mostly) GPS related odds and ends. To get a few of the biggest stories as they break, follow me on Twitter.  GPS Deals This first one is so good, I had to lead with this category. Hurry, because it ends tomorrow if they don’t take it down sooner. And they often sell out. Anyway, here are some bargains we’re currently tracking at our GPS deals site: NEW and HOT: Incredible Garmin handheld GPS sale (last day is Sunday) NEW: Garmin nuvi 2300LM with lifetime map updates for $96.99 shipped NEW: Super-thin Garmin nuvi 3750 for under $130…
 
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  • Have it your way! — Add data you want to GPS Insight now!

    rdonat
    6 May 2012 | 4:43 pm
    We just released our newest feature — CUSTOMER SPECIFIC CUSTOM CATEGORIES AND ATTRIBUTES. This is a big deal. Here’s how it works (silly example — but you’ll get the concept & can adapt to your needs): Say your company is an ice cream delivery company and you need to know what type of ice cream each truck carries. Launch Custom Categories and Attributes here: Open Category/Attribute creation screen Then click on “Create new Attribute” (you can choose to treat it like a category, which is a set of pre-populated values, in the next screen): Create a new…
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  • Unique Craft Ideas with Flowers

    jamie
    10 May 2012 | 8:43 pm
    Flowering crabapple tree (Photo credit: Martin LaBar (on hiatus)) Flowers have been used in craft and decoration for a long time. From pressed flowers to candles, there is something for all crafty people. Just remember to pick flowers that are appropriate to the task you plan to undertake and don’t be scared to experiment. Trial and error can pay big dividends in the end. Here are some crafty ideas to get you started. Dried flowers These are very popular because you can let your creativity run wild. Not only that, but dried flowers are easy to make and can then be used in many different…

  • Sir Joseph Banks & Aussie Flowers

    Author
    7 May 2012 | 9:36 am
    Botany, Sir Joseph Banks Park (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It was a passion for botany which effectively shaped the modern history of Australia. Sir Joseph Banks was so intrigued with the flowers and plants he found at Botany Bay that it led to the colonisation of Australia. Joseph Banks was involved in the promotion of the idea of sending convicts to Botany Bay after he became so impressed by the geography and flora on his expedition with James Cook. Sir Joseph Banks, an explorer and naturalist, played a key role in scientific advances made in geography and botany in the late 17th century. As…

  • Providing Better Security for Your Network

    Author
    6 May 2012 | 9:32 am
    (Photo credit: Wikipedia) No matter what you think, trust or are told, there is simply no doubt that networks are vulnerable. By connecting your computer to a network, you are opening it to attack by creating a doorway through which information is allowed to travel. When running a business where numerous users are able to access the system, this becomes a real problem. Add to a Windows terminal emulator and a cloud-computing drive, and there is a veritable playground of entry points for a malicious hacker. There are, however, steps you can take to protect your systems without having to forgo…

  • What Style of Vacation Suits You?

    Author
    5 May 2012 | 9:28 am
    (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) If you have some free time on your hands and are looking to get out of your comfy furnished apartment, take a vacation! The big question is – what kind of vacation will you take? For those who need help deciding which vacation will work best for them, here are some vacation styles that might suit you: Nature Excursion For those who love natural beauty and enjoy the outdoors, a nature excursion vacation is a great place to start. These vacations typically involve lots of physical activity and time outdoors, so prepare accordingly with comfortable…

  • Choosing Between Desktop and Laptop PCs

    Author
    4 May 2012 | 9:24 am
    (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Being mobile is becoming more important in the modern age, but having a high level of processing power is important too. It is often difficult to determine the key differences between a laptop and desktop computer that both run the Windows 8 beta, but there are significant variations. Deciding between a laptop and a desktop computer can be confusing, so here are some things to consider. What do you do? How you use your computer is a key decider in the buying process. If you often sit reading emails on a train or in a park then a laptop is obviously more ideal, but a…
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  • Ten Most at Risk Rivers in the United States

    16 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    American Rivers has released their list of the ten most at risk rivers in the United States.  The rivers are thePotomac RiverGreen River Chattahoochee River Missouri River Hoback River Grand River Skykomish River Crystal River Coal River Kansas RiverThe above links go to a cover page with links to full reports on why American Rivers feel the river is at risk. The causes of the putting the rivers at risk but patterns do emerge.    3 - Dams    3 - Pollution from Resource Extraction     1 - Excessive Water…

  • Saudi Arabia-Bahrain Union Delayed, Not Stopped

    15 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    One monarchy to rule them all.  The Gulf Cooperation Council: The royalist answer to the United Arab Republic?The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) met  to discuss a series of proposals, including the formation of a union between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.  While the decision was delayed this move is still the potential continuation of a long running geopolitical shift speed up by unrest.  If taken to the fullest extent, Bahrain would become the first country to disappear because of the Arab Spring.But before we discuss this here is some important background:BACKGROUNDStarting…

  • Geo-Literacy: Videos by National Geographic and Geographic Travels

    14 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    Geography@About.com links to two videos by National Geographic on geo-literacy, the new term for knowing geographic knowledge.After watching these films I felt they were good but still miss the mark.  We need to make geography marketable.  So with a scratchy voice, no budget or movie making skills what so ever, the sounds of the city in the background, and one slip up I have created my own geo-literacy video entitled "I'm a Geographer, Hire Me"And here's the scriptThere are a series of new and revised efforts to expand geographic literacy in the American public.  While I…

  • All the World's Water Would Form a Sphere Only 860 Miles Wide

    10 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    I really like the old post I did based off the Google Earth image below.  The picture shows the Pacific Ocean upside down.  Pondering on this image forces one to rethink their mental map and concept of the world's geography.Now the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has given us a new geographical tidbit which forces us yet again to reexamine the world. The image is based off the USGS study which states that despite the fact 70 percent of the world's surface is water, all the water in the world would form a sphere stretching only 860 miles (1,385 kilometers).  The USGS…

  • Irredentist Claims in the King of Spain's Titles

    10 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    When I was young my father taught me about how the kings of France and England competed against one of another over the title of "King of France".  Since then I have been fascinated by irredentist claims; the combination of geography, politics, and vain claims representing the apex of human nature.I decided to look at the current titles of European monarchs to see if there were any irredentist claims.  Elizabeth II is "By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of…
 
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  • Saturday Afternoon

    Don.L
    12 May 2012 | 8:36 pm
    This afternoon was prime time for the WGDP. There were more cars and more people and more dogs than I’ve seen in a long time, but why not? It was a perfect Minnesota 70 degree Saturday afternoon in May, and it wouldn’t be the “World’s Greatest Dog Park” if it couldn’t handle a crowd. At the entrance we met a beautiful light fawn mastiff named Miss Figg., a 5 year old rescue from Midwest Animal Rescue by way of Petfinder.com. Her owner was very gracious in allowing me to get acquainted with her dog, and I’m grateful. We usually keep to ourselves and…

  • Soil Is Formed by the Breaking Up of Rocks

    harifromtheworldday
    12 May 2012 | 7:00 pm
    Rocks seem hard and eternal, but they too can be broken down. There are several ways in which this c

  • Ab extra

    Theodor Pavlopoulos
    12 May 2012 | 11:57 am
    Mud house, Tashkent (Photo: Th. Pavlopoulos 2010) A mud house in an old Tashkent neighborhood appears as if bluntly turning its back to the outside world. Windowless walls, asbestos roofs and pale turquoise details repeat countless times along the convoluted, narrow streets of the old city.

  • 38. Enlightened Iowa

    Geographic Designer
    12 May 2012 | 11:16 am
    Iowa is a simple place, but an honest place. It’s not just a bunch of flat-land farmers. Iowa has french roots, and is actually one of the most forward-thinking, intellectual states in the nation. Buy Prints Here.

  • Sinking.

    thelittleraindrop
    12 May 2012 | 10:12 am
    Now Little Raindrop sinks into the murk, under pond plants; what could possibly lurk? Post-storm there’s stillness, but then with a splish, into the mouth of a shiny gold fish.
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    Google Sightseeing

  • World’s Tallest Lighthouses

    Ian Brown
    15 May 2012 | 8:03 am
    For centuries lighthouses have served as navigation aids, helping protect marine traffic from running aground on dangerous coastlines, rocks and reefs. As we’re ever-so-slightly fond of superlatives here at Google Sightseeing, we’ll take a tour of the tallest lighthouses around the world1. Top ten tallest lighthouses The world’s tallest lighthouse is the 133m Jeddah Light in Saudi Arabia, which doubles as the control tower for this busy commercial port. The white tower and dome can be seen from about 40km away, and it’s a vital marker on this coastline which is dotted with dangerous…

  • Top 5 Worst Traffic Cities in the World

    Chris Hannigan
    8 May 2012 | 6:30 am
    Nobody likes traffic. The frequent starts and stops just to roll another few feet can grind away at anyone’s mind. Well, if you’re planning a trip soon, you might want to avoid the following destinations! They were determined by an IBM survey to be the world’s top 5 worst cities for traffic! 5: New Delhi Our first mention takes us to India’s capital city, New Delhi, which is home to a population of nearly 14 million within its metropolitan area. From those who responded in the IBM survey, 62 percent say traffic has negatively impacted their school or job performance, and 96 percent…

  • Crazy Polar-suited Norwegians in Street View Fight

    Alex Turnbull
    30 Apr 2012 | 11:52 am
    It looks as if our Crazy SCUBA Guys have made a comeback! This time the two Norwegian men have been captured wearing bright red polar suits, and can be seen apparently attempting to beat each other to death at the site of a (rather picturesque) historic island fortress. We originally found the men over 300 kilometres away, when they memorably chased the Street View car down the street in full SCUBA gear, brandishing harpoons. Since our last article, Google now publish the date the imagery was captured so we know these images were taken in July 2009. In February of 2010 the pair gained…

  • Top Ten Northernmost Items on Google Maps

    Kyle Kusch
    26 Apr 2012 | 5:30 am
    Here at Google Sightseeing, our obsession with superlatives knows no bounds, whether it be the largest, the smallest, the funniest, or the strangest. Join us as we literally go in another direction with our look at ten items that have the right to be called the northernmost such things on Earth! Northernmost High-Resolution Imagery – Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada Although the north coast of Greenland is slightly more northern than Ellesmere Island, Ellesmere Island is still plenty far north at 83.1°N, where we find this lone, random shot of ice breaking up on the Arctic coast of…

  • Lærdalstunnelen, The World’s Longest Road Tunnel

    Ian Brown
    18 Apr 2012 | 8:17 am
    Faced with the challenge of building a year-round road to connect Norway’s two largest cities (Bergen and Oslo), through a mountainous region of central Norway, engineers decided to create the world’s longest road tunnel. Named after the municipality at the northern end, Lærdal, the tunnel spans 24.5km to Aurland. We’ll take a Street View tour of the tunnel, beginning in Lærdal. If you’re now worried that this will be a post full of black images, rest assured that there are a number of interesting features along the way! Construction began in the mid-1990s and Lærdalstunnelen…
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    Digital Earth Blog

  • The Week in Google Earth News

    mickey
    13 May 2012 | 8:12 am
    Last week on Google Earth Blog we… Looked at ways to correct data errors in Google Earth. Showed how 360cities is now accepting non-spherical panoramas. Took a look at PeterG’s awesome new model of Saint Basil’s Cathedral. Looked at the new application from Exist.inc that showed off Terbuka University in 3D. Viewed the NOAA historical shoreline data, which goes back 171 years. You can read more over at GEarthBlog.com. Post from: Digital Earth BlogThe Week in Google Earth News

  • iOS 6 dropping Google Maps for an in-house solution?

    mickey
    11 May 2012 | 7:08 am
    It’s been rumored for a while, and we won’t know for sure until this summer, but it appears that Apple is dropping Google Maps from the iPhone and iPad in favor of an in-house solution. Over the past few years Apple has purchased companies such as Placebase, C3 Technologies and Poly9, and it’s thought that they’ve successfully combined those technologies in a way that works quite well on the iPhone.  The new 3D mode is thought to be coming straight from C3 Technologies, which has a pretty nice system.  Here is a mock-up from 9to5Mac that shows the potential…

  • Google Maps for Android updated to version 6.7; includes indoor walking directions and Google Offers

    mickey
    9 May 2012 | 2:57 pm
    Google just pushed out a nice update to Google Maps on Android, bringing it to version 6.7.  Some of the new features include: Google Offers You can find special deals near you from Google Offers.  Here’s how it works in the new Maps app: Indoor Walking Directions Indoor maps have been around for a few months now, but Google Maps wouldn’t direct you through the store.  Now it will! Google Business Photos You can explore 3D panoramas inside of select businesses, giving you an easy way to see what the store looks like. Go grab the update now from Google Play! Post from: Digital…

  • The week in Google Earth news

    mickey
    6 May 2012 | 8:32 am
    Last week on Google Earth Blog we… Looked at ways to view the locations where UFOs have been spotted over the years. Took a look at the new “tallest building in New York”, as One World Trade Center surpassed the height of the Empire State Building. Showed you some ways to follow the 2012 Giro d’Italia race, which is happening right now. Showed off some excellent 3D buildings from Artur Mazur. Finally got to take a sneak peek at the “four-dimension storytelling” product called Meograph. Discovered some fresh imagery in Google Earth for various parts of the…

  • A social network in Street View

    mickey
    5 May 2012 | 6:06 am
    We’ve seen attempts at building a social network inside of Google Earth, such as YoubeQ, and now we have one that’s built entirely in Google Street View. Wallit allows you to create a virtual “wall” anywhere on earth that you’d like, which others can then come write on. The twist is that you need to be physically near the wall in order to write on it, which means you need the iPhone application in order to make much use of it.  You can browse walls on their website, but can only interact with them if you’re mobile.  Other mobile applications are coming…
 
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  • CNN Showcases Family Safety Solutions from BrickHouse Security

    Stan Shyshkin
    7 May 2012 | 12:48 pm
    Last week we reported on the story of Akian Chaifetz, a 10-year-old autistic boy whose teachers were caught bullying him via a hidden audio recorder. The story received nationwide attention — and so did the covert recording equipment that helped bring Akian’s tormentors to justice. In response to the story, CNN technology correspondent Mario Armstrong profiled a selection of BrickHouse hidden cameras and GPS tracking devices that help parents keep their loved ones safe.

  • Business Insider Tours BrickHouse Security

    Stan Shyshkin
    5 May 2012 | 10:00 am
    We recently had Business Insider’s Kim Bhasin over for a photo tour of our corporate office and retail showroom. Kim grabbed some great shots of our products and spent a little time with our CEO Todd Morris and our marketing, tech and customer support people. Overall, we think he captured a nice slice of our fun, geeky culture. Every reporter has his thing, of course, and we got a kick out of Kim’s fondness for office paraphernalia. The guy definitely likes his desk toys. Click here to check out Business Insider’s photo slideshow.

  • Joyriding Parking Lot Owner Busted by BrickHouse Security GPS Tracker

    Stan Shyshkin
    3 May 2012 | 11:36 am
    BrickHouse Security gear has helped investigators and private citizens bring a lot of bad guys to justice. Here’s a prime example: When you sail off on a vacation cruise and leave your car behind at a paid parking lot, you expect your ride to be in the same condition when you get back. Just make sure you don’t hand over the keys to anyone at Premier Parking Spot in Cocoa, Florida — particularly Premier’s owner, Jay Nieves. Jeff Deal, a reporter at WFTV in Orlando, got a tip about unauthorized joyrides at the lot, so he launched an investigation. Deal and his team rented a fire…

  • Surveillance in the News

    Stan Shyshkin
    26 Apr 2012 | 3:23 pm
    Kathy’s Law Passed – Restraining Orders to be Strengthened with GPS Tracking San Diego’s state assembly committee has passed a bill that would place GPS tracking devices on domestic violence offenders. The bill is named for Kathy Scharbarth, who was strangled outside her home last year by an ex-boyfriend a few days after she obtained a restraining order against him. Had the restraining order been enforced and monitored via a GPS tracker, Kathy would still be alive today. This bill also orders the tracked offender to pay all GPS service fees. (More info: NBC San Diego) Teachers…

  • Study Finds That Hidden Cameras Make Safer Drivers

    Stan Shyshkin
    18 Apr 2012 | 4:00 pm
    Studies have shown that when cruising down a street with not a lot of other cars in sight, most drivers tend to feed their need for speed, even if they’re not in a particular hurry. In order to alleviate the danger caused by reckless driving, many communities have turned to installing highly visible speed cameras on well traveled roads. However, researchers at Israel’s Haifa University have found that while visible cameras do in fact slow down drivers, they do so for only a brief period of time. On the other hand, hidden speed cameras, backed up by signs that inform the public of their…
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