Cartography
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Mapping anime to attract tourists
The Japanese National Tourism Organization co-created a map of Hakone, Japan with Gainax, the creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion a wildly popular 1990s anime which is currently undergoing a resurgence. […]
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Cartography, Education, Physical Geography
British Geological Survey Maps
The British Geological Survey, the world’s oldest national geological survey, is offering GEOSCIENCE, a free service for sharing geospatial information including maps, 3D maps, and photographs. The GEOSCENIC is really […]
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Cartography, general, Human Geography
US Census Bureau beginning to hire for 2010 census workers
I just saw last night that the Census Bureau is gearing up the hiring process for workers here in West Virginia, and I am sure the process is also starting […]
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Cartography, general, Software
ScapeToad – free cartogram generating software
The use of cartograms as representational tools for the US election results got a lot of attention last week, with links to a number of sites such as Mark Newman’s […]
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Because You’ve Always Wanted to Know….
This fun video shows what goes on down at the Globe Factory (I believe it is Replogle Globes) ….. Via Gizmodo and Chicago History Museum’s YouTube Channel
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Cartography, general, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing
INFOMAR – Mapping Ireland’s Seabed
Just as countries are spending increasing amounts of money and resources to map their territories using high-resolution technologies such as LIDAR, some, like Ireland, are devoting significant effort to map […]
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Cartography, Cool Stuff, general, Hardware
Largest Self-Portrait in the World!
Created with DHL shipping company and the help of GPS! It spans nearly every continent and shows a pretty elaborate path. While this might seem flippant, I think it shows […]
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Festival of Maps in Chicago
There is a great website associated with the Festival of Maps that is taking place through February 2008. The site offers a chance to view sites via a map, search […]
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Cartography, general, Navigation
Will TomTom’s Map Share herald the end of professional mapping?
In an article yesterday, PC Pro’s (a UK-based tech news site) Darien Graham-Smith comments on the upcoming release of TomTom’s “MapShare” technology (here’s my previous post), and predicts that its […]
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Where is Middle-Earth?
More fun from our friends over at Strange Maps. As the post says, Tolkien didn’t create Middle Earth from thin air, it’s based upon real geography. In this case, as […]
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