Author: Barb

  • Fun map things you find when meandering the web

    While doing research for something else I ran across some interesting sites that compare different countries. The first is Nationmaster which is “a massive central data source and a handy […]

  • Can you pass the third grade?

    This is an old but fun flash map of the United States that gives you a timed test to fill in the map. Its a little touchy how you drag […]

  • Wild Wonderful West Virginia

    I was looking up information about state parks for wv and found that they are participating in geocaching. I am sure other state parks are doing this as well. What […]

  • Rasterize yourself

    Finally, a home decorating use for plotters. This cool tool, The Rasterbator lets you create huge rasterized images from any picture. They give some great examples including some great uses […]

  • Comair Crash and mapping

    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 […]

  • Ironic Study:Satellite Navigation Systems

    In an ironic coincidence to Jesse’s post about BMW’s navsat system, the UK Daily Mail had an article about a study that showed the pitfalls of some current systems, the […]

  • Do you have your GIS Merit Badge?

    In honor of the start of the new school year, I found out that there is a boyscout merit badge related to GIS called the Surveying Merit Badge. Part of […]

  • Pluto is downgraded

    Pluto has been downgraded to a dwarf planet by The International Atronomical Union (IAU) comprised of 2,500 astronomers from 75 countries according to Planetary Society. You can see a map […]

  • My first post: Crop Circles and GIS

    Crop circles might be made by aliens (or creative people with long boards) but they are documented using GIS. Some crop circle sightings on the web include a firefox crop […]

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