Author: Frank
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US Foreclosure Heat Map
If you’ve been curious as to exactly how bad a problem this foreclosure business has become, perhaps this heat map might give you an idea of the severity and location. […]
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Gadgets, general, Human Geography
GPS Based Tax
Hot Hardware (a most excellent computer/techie site, by the way) is reporting an interesting proposition by the Governor of Oregon. Apparently Oregon is having a bit of financial difficulty, what […]
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New York Rat Map
Time Magazine online is reporting about New York’s Rat Map online. The project is a tad over a year old. The project features a nice participartory GIS component as residents […]
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general, General, GeographyAwareness, Human Geography
Krugman Predicts End of US Auto Industry
Paul Krugman, Nobel prize winning economist, has predicted the end of the US auto industry. Although this has been widely reported elsewhere, I think it’s interesting to note the reason […]
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general, Human Geography, WebMapping
Crime Tracking in the 21st Century
Ars Technica has a pretty nice summary article on a few crime mapping and mashup sites around the web. We’ve reported one or two of these in the past, but […]
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Daily Show – Magic Wall Conspiracy
We’ve talked about these devices before and they’re pretty cool. They were used a lot in this past election. The Daily Show with John Stewart has a pretty funny take […]
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Intuit Moves Quickbooks Into the Geospatial World
Intuit is announcing a new geo-demographic feature at the Adobe Max Conference. It’s to be built on Flash (grrr), but it will allow even the most basic Quickbooks user to […]
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Environmental, general, Human Geography, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing
Using Remote Sensing to Spot Cholera Outbreaks
Scientists have figured out how to predict cholera outbreaks by looking at sea life. The idea pioneered at the University of Maryland is a rise in sea temperatures lead to […]
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general, General, GeographyAwareness
That’s What I Said!
Sorry to link to XKCD so much, but there isn’t many other geography related comics out there ==
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general, Remote Sensing, space (not spatial), VirtualEnvironments
Space Race Heats Up!
Although the space race hasn’t been a two horse race in a long time, India certainly jumped a head this week with this bit of news – India launches first […]
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