Archive for November 17th, 2005




“The Codification of Humanity” – from the Trends blog

Nov 17th, 2005 | By Sue

I was catching up on some of the entries from the Trends blog and I found an entry about a video by Chris Oakley called The Catalogue. Just as Jesse’s post from Wednesday likened the rapidly developing technologies in location-based services to a real-life “Marauder’s Map”, this video uses footage from a shopping mall and [...]

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Cartography and GIS – from GeoWorld October 2005

Nov 17th, 2005 | By Sue

Head over to Geoplace.com for a nice article from GeoWorld on the relationship between GIS and Cartography by Tony Daniels and Kapil Chhabra, which fits nicely with Jesse’s post below.
(Note: The link above was broken, but has been restored – 11/18/05)

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GAW Day 4: Cartography

Nov 17th, 2005 | By Jesse

So far this week we have talked about the main areas of consideration in Geography (physical and human) and the modern technologies that underpin them (GIS Day). Today we look at perhaps the oldest portion of geography, cartography. While not all cartographers are geographers, nor are all geographers cartographers, there is a deep [...]

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Google Middle Earth

Nov 17th, 2005 | By Jesse

Beginning our cartography focus for the day…From the Shire to Mordor, you can find your way and get to know the landscape with the new Google Middle Earth. Includes a multimedia laden route showing the path of the fellowship.
The Toque – Canadian Humour, Parody, & Satire – Google Introduces Google Middle Earth
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