Archive for October 31st, 2005




EO Natural Hazards

Oct 31st, 2005 | By Jesse

Natural hazards mapping…NASA…satellite imagery. What more do you need on Halloween night…other than candy corn.
EO Natural Hazards: Natural Hazards Main Page

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BBC NEWS | Planet under pressure

Oct 31st, 2005 | By Jesse

Back in the fall of 2004 the BBC news site started a series called “Planet under pressure”. It covers alot of the important issues facing the world including global warming, pollution, and hunger.
BBC NEWS | Planet under pressure

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Boston HyperMap Atlas with Google Maps API

Oct 31st, 2005 | By Sue

We received the press release this morning for the Boston HyperMap Atlas from StrataVarious, Inc. which pairs Google Maps with the interactive HyperMap Atlas to link together the basic web mapping interface with an atlas that provides all kinds of information, from historic landmarks to government buildings, to hotels and shopping.
I checked the site out [...]

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Happy Halloween! and Check out Haunted Map!

Oct 31st, 2005 | By Sue

Poly9 has created a cool Virtual Earth map showing haunted places in the US. Check it out at Hauntedmap.com

Via ViaVirtualEarth

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Digg.com map round up

Oct 31st, 2005 | By Jesse

These are the map related entries on digg.com for the past week or so.
Mapmix.com – Social Networking via Google Maps
An Atlas of Cyberspaces….
Maplandia: A Google Maps homepage for every country
Nasa Worldwind 1.3.3.1

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