Author: Barb
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Maps, Mazes, and Cartography
Like a good maze, the connection between mazes and cartography might not be self-evident on first glance but from then on it seems obvious. A recent article in the Wall […]
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Pins on a Map: Geospatial Here, There, and Everywhere
When we were brainstorming what my column title and topical area should be, everyone knew that it had to be like my posts – seemingly unrelated but always connecting back […]
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Education, GeographyAwareness, space (not spatial)
Today’s College Freshman and the Geospatial World
Beloit College has released their 2012 list of things that new college freshman have known their whole lives, besides making some of us feel very old, it gives a good overview […]
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ESRIUC, GIS_Software, Remote Sensing
The top 10 fictional organizations that need to use ArcGIS online
After the ESRI User’s Conference Plenary, I began to think about the many fictional organizations that would benefit from using ArcGIS online and other GIS technologies. So I began compiling […]
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The Modern Yard Sale
Yard sale, garage sale, boot sale, trunk sale.. no matter what it is called, the idea of selling stuff someone doesn’t want out of their house isn’t something that is […]
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Geospatial Dolls
The Canadian Globe and Mail newspaper has an interesting article asking, “Do these dolls perpetuate Canadian stereotypes?” It raises the question of Maplelea Girls, which are a Canadian version of American […]
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Wonderland Transit Map and other fictional places
Thinkgeek has a “Wonderland Transit Map” t-shirt, although they do add the caveat that static maps would probably be useless in the amorphous Wonderland. It got me searching for t-shirts […]
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Several Scales of the Universe
You have probably seen this everywhere by now. Cary Huang and his brother Michael Huang have an updated Scales of the Universe 2 which puts the scales of a surprising many […]
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Education, GeographyAwareness, Human Geography, Political Geography, VirtualWorlds
Spatial role-playing and virtual immersion
It is interesting to find that there are many types of spatial immersion projects going on this summer. They provide a good contrast of how creative people can be with […]
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U.K. and the summer of GIS
The U.K. is experiencing a summer of GIS with several overlapping large and unique events taking place that use geospatial tools for planning, management, analysis and public outreach. Like many […]
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