There are several sites on-line where people have set up controllable Halloween decorations for various causes. Alek’s Halloween site is a little crowded but that’s part of its charm. He’s been doing it since 2005, has a Google map of the people who have participated, and all the decorations are wind-powered. Halloween Addict has a
A Spatial Public Art
If you haven’t seen it already. Apartment Therapy has a post about a Dutch artist who has created real life “dead pixels” that show up on Google Earth. It is a really neat and creative example of art in a public place.
Candy O Vision
Whenever Holloween starts to come around, I always think about geography and candy. The world in a candy bar map , such as the one from Indiana and Purdue, is one of the staples of social study teacher’s everywhere. Candy Critic blog has a great discussion of candy from around the world, a map of
The home of the tomorrow…. today.
Whenever I see articles like the one about a smart IBM guy who uses Twitter to control his house functions, it makes me think of those old Tex Avery cartoons about the home of tommorw or the clip about the future house. I can imagine it being used to prove that no matter where I
GIS in Disneyworld
The Disney Universe is a pretty elaborate one and one of the ways they keep it running is GIS. Some of the current job openings include is a civil engineering intern with a knowledge of GIS, several GIS and remote sensing related Animal Program internships, and many actual GIS related jobs around the U.S. with
Walking in Circles again
An article in the U.K. Dailymail covers current research about why people walk in circles when they get lost. Although I am sure that it was written with tongue in cheek about the usefulness of this type of study, the actual results are geospatial. According to a researcher quoted in the article, ‘People cannot walk
Subway Maps: How Do I Love Thee?
TreeHugger has linked to a slideshow of what they consider the world’s most interesting subway maps. It provides a good visual history of the development of the subway map and its many incarnations and interpretations. Having lived in DC, I can agree with the statement that their map is easy to use but distances are
Social & Environmental Sustainability
I just went to a great ESRI session on social & environmental sustainability where researchers in areas as diverse as homelessness and toxic waste, asked the age old question of cause and effect. The interesting part was that they sought to gain depth of knowledge using GIS. As the last speaker, Dr. bossard from San
HUGE historical map collection
Way back in 2005, Sue blogged about Dave Rumsey’s huge historical map collection . I just recently stumbled on his Google map that has started with about 120 maps from his collection. The site is a little bit like a Harry Potter book or a Russian nesting doll with maps within maps within maps. I
The Great (er) Wall of China
According to a BBC report, geospatial technologies have helped determine that The Great Wall of China is A LOT longer than previously thought. They state that, “Archaeologists had lobbied for the survey to be done to provide scholars with an accurate understanding of the construction. ” The wall is actually 8,850km (5,500 miles) not the
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