I want one! It’s a multi-touch spherical display that you can make for around $1,000. Oddly enough for such a high tech device, it’s got a bit of a steampunk vibe to it. The first example they use is the obvious Google Earth example, but they do show using it in other contexts. I’m not
Google Funds Offsite Windfarms on East Coast
Any of our long-time readers/listeners can tell you I’m a HUGE fan of offshore windfarms. I think they flat out just make the most sense for sustainable energy production. Apparently Google agrees with me. Google is funding a windfarm that is supposed to stretch from New Jersey to Virginia and generate enough power to light
Map of all the munitions dumped in Europe after WWI and WWII
OSPAR Commission has released a map showing the known locations where munitions where dumped following World War’s I and II. The way of thinking at the time was the safest way to get rid of all of those unexploded bombs, grenades, land mines, and whatnot was to toss it in the sea. The status report details
Mapping the Segregation of US Cities
The Atlantic Wire has a short piece about a series of maps by Eric Fischer detailing racial living in 40 of the largest US cities. Unfortunately the maps are stored on Flickr as flat files, so it’s hard to zoom in and around to see more detail. The basic method appears to get racial information
If Google Maps Were Real
Mashable (perhaps one of the cooler sites I visit each day) has a nifty story about an artist who drew Google Maps icons as if they existed in the real world. It’s rather interesting to think about these big push pins existing in real life, or a pop-up box over a building. Take away the
Visualizing Average Days Worked and Vacation by Country
I’m a big fan of infographics, so much so that I sometimes find seeing spatial information organized in an non-spatial way (ie a map) to be the clearest way to communicate an idea. This infographic detailing average work week lengths and average vacation days is one of the ones I think really works. The combination
The State of Mapping APIs.
Adam DuVander over at O’Reilly has written a decent summation article on the current state of mapping apis in the world. It’s a short read and highlights some issues, but I think the more important take-away is the lack of cross pollination between geographers and internet mappers. He doesn’t even discuss ESRI’s api, for instance, and it
Facebook Discovers Places Exist
Alright, I admit I stretched a bit for that headline. However, the important bit is that Facebook has now added Places to it’s features. Places allow you to tag where you’re at when you post status updates. On the benign side of the coin (that’s the Harvey Dent one for you DC nerds reading), this
How Much Stuff Is Circling The Earth?
As the saying goes, a picture is worth a 1,000 words. Via The Telegraph UK Image created by Electro Optic Systems out of Australia
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