Archive for September 12th, 2006




Comair Crash and mapping

Sep 12th, 2006 | By

According to CNN, the Comair flight was using an older map of the airport when it crashed. It was a tragic and unfortunate accident which highlights the many issues involved in mapping/geography including the many hands that information must pass through, the cost of updating information etc., how to access information etc. No one knows [...]

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Coolest Periodic Table ever

Sep 12th, 2006 | By

I am continuing my cool stuff posts with the most amazing 3D periodic table of elements. Since the earth and everything on it are made of up these elements, I figured it is in fact geography-related. Each element in the periodic table is represented by a clear lucite block with a sample of the element [...]

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