Author: Barb
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Mapping defibrillators
The Wall Street Journal featured a health article on the need to map automated external defibrillators for heart attack response, “The Device that Saves Lives, But Can Be Hard To […]
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Cartography, Education, general
Last year for the Hallmark Geography Teacher Barbie Ornament
I was told by my local Hallmark Store that this is the last year that Hallmark will be making the Barbie series of ornaments including the Geography Teacher Barbie Ornament. […]
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Geography of U.S. Charity
NPR’s Pam Kessler has an interesting story about a study done on the geography of charitable giving in the United States by the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She provides an audio […]
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Environmental, general, WebMapping
Interactive Greenbelt Map
The Telegraph UK has an article on England’s Green Belt which provides an interactive Google map for residents to determine if they are in an area classified as green belt […]
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Map Auctions Collections, and Effects
The Wall Street Journal today has an article on map auctions coming up in December titled, “Here be Dragons – and Map Lovers“. The maps, globes, and other cartographic items […]
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GIS_Software, Remote Sensing, Software
Forensic GIS: A Fast Growing Profession and CFP
The geospatial methods and technologies used in Forensic GIS are finally catching up to popular depictions in movies and television. Although most of the analysis done on shows like CSI […]
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Hurricane Sandy and Metadata
Many online news outlets are posting real-time or interactive maps of the impact of Hurricane Sandy. It is nice to see that many of them are including meta-data on the […]
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Cool Stuff, Education, Social Networking
Geospatial Games and Crowd Sourcing a Catalog
It’s never too early to get kids interested in geospatial technologies and geography. I was searching for a fun gift for a young kid and ran across the Daily Grommet, […]
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From Hereford Mappa Mundi to Google Maps
The Observer Arts & Media section has an interesting review of several upcoming books and exhibits that discuss the continued power of maps and cartography. Vanessa Thorpe’s article, “From Shopping […]
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AugmentedReality, Contest, general, Social Networking
Geospatial and Marketing Gimmicks
Many popular news sites, such as the Telegraph, have picked up the story of Nestle UK’s campaign that embeds GPS trackers in candy bars, comparing it to the Golden Ticket […]
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