Understanding how diseases spread is not a new discipline of study, but with increased concerns about the effects of our global world on the spread of dangerous viruses like SARS, AIDS, and yes, bird flu, I thought it would be timely to mention yet another use of GIS, Remote Sensing, and other geospatial technologies: landscape
Mapping the London Underground based on time, not distance
A student in the UK has mapped the London Tube system using time as his base of measure, not distance. While his approach isn’t exactly novel, it is interesting, especially coming from a non GIS background.
TrafficView Project
The University of Maryland has an interesting concept for traffic monitoring and mapping – peer-to-peer traffic monitoring! The idea is that cars will be equpied with devices which can communicate with nearby cars to report traffic conditions and the like. It’s an interesting use of peer-to-peer technologies and potentially GIS. TrafficView. Read the PDF for
Abstracts for URISA’s Annual Conference in 2006
Online abstract submission for URISA’s 2006 Annual Meeting in Vancouver is now up and running, with abstract submissions due by January 6, 2006. You can submit your abstract at the URISA website Via GISCafe
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