Archive for November 3rd, 2005




Yahoo Maps Beta

Nov 3rd, 2005 | By Sue

As Jesse noted in a post yesterday, Yahoo has redesigned its online mapping interface and added functionality to try to compete with Google Maps. It is currently in beta, and is available at http://maps.yahoo.com/beta
An article posted on MSNBC.comdiscusses the changes and upgrades.

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NVIDIA Immersive Dome Experience

Nov 3rd, 2005 | By Sue

Check out these pictures of NVIDIA’s Immersive Dome Experience at SIGGRAPH2005. Now that’s 3D visualization!
Scott Hessels and Gabriel Dunne did some cool visualization experiments using FAA flight pattern data for a project called Celestial Mechanics and one of the final visualizations was on display in the Immersive Dome Experience. You can check out some of [...]

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CartoTalk

Nov 3rd, 2005 | By Sue

After our podcast episode on cartography, John Krygier emailed us, and mentioned that CartoTalk might be a good resource for people interested in cartography and map design. It is a forum with over 250 members and topics include news, general discussions, a map gallery, and advice and tutorials.
Registrations is free, so if you’re interested in [...]

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