Author: Frank
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Livable Streets Initiative
Digg had an interesting link to a pretty cool visualization technique. I like the addition of actual people into the “livable” street, as well as the architectural improvements. I think […]
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K-12 In West Virginia to get ESRI licenses
Just got a bit of news that’s not been officially announced but kicking around the state – the K-12 schools in West Virginia are getting a 3 year license for […]
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The Miniature Earth
Something most people (especially in the US) don’t spend a lot of time thinking about is world demographics. I’m sure everyone has heard some variation of the “if there were […]
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The World’s Eyes Project
Gizmodo has a pretty cool post about MIT’s Word’s Eyes Project. The idea behind the project is to look at the world through the photos posted on Flickr. What they’re […]
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Environmental, general, Human Geography
Time for Nuclear Power… again?
Ars Technica has a nice discussion about nuclear power discussions that took place at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Chicago. The short of it is […]
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general, Human Geography, WebMapping
Geography of a Recession
The New York Times has a nice interactive map (flash based) of unemployement rates by county. It shows that areas with housing booms, lots of manufacturing, and high existing unemployment […]
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California Bill to Blur Schools and Churches
Ars Technica is reporting about a bill introduced by a California legislator about a month ago making it a crime to not blur out government buildings, including schools and churches. […]
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60 TB Of Everquest 2 Data for Science
Sony released around 60 terrabytes of raw log data to a group of researchers for analysis. Lots of different disciplines appear to have mined the data looking for interesting patterns. […]
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general, General, GeographyAwareness, VirtualWorlds
Google Says They’re Not the Bad Guys
The Sydney Morning Herald has an interesting article heavily quoting Google Earth’s project head John Hanke, “We’re not the bad guys.” The article goes on to heavily quote Hanke concerning […]
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general, Physical Geography, VirtualWorlds
Google Ocean…?
PCPro in the UK is reporting that Google may unveil a new product in its family of mapping tools – Google Ocean! The application would feature topographic layers of the […]
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