Human Geography
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Maplecroft maps
Over on the Digital Divide Network, they mentioned an online interactive map illustrating the digital divide. I went to the website, Maplecroft maps, and found a nice interactive mapping tool […]
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Human Geography, Physical Geography
BBC NEWS | Planet under pressure
Back in the fall of 2004 the BBC news site started a series called “Planet under pressure”. It covers alot of the important issues facing the world including global warming, […]
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CommonCensus Map Project – Mapping Where You Think You Live
This is a pretty cool project that I just read about via Wired. It is about mapping our world based on our perception of it, not just by physical coordinates. […]
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Community Mapping Project in San Jose, Ca
A project will be getting underway this winter to map 19 poor and underserved communities in San Jose. This is the continuation of a community mapping project begun in 2003. […]
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Cartography, GIS_Software, Human Geography
Virtual Shanghai
Since I am into historical geography and Historical GIS, I though I would change it up a little and showcase a nice site that uses ESRI’s ArcIMS to display GIS […]
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Cartography, GIS_Software, Human Geography
Geographer Daniel Sui in GeoWorld -Making spatial special
In the September issue of GeoWorld, Daniel Sui has a short article discussing the notion of a humanistic GIScience and how geospatial technologies can play a broader role in defining […]
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Cartography, Human Geography, WebMapping
BBC – Voices – The Voices Recordings
This is another in the line of UK sites we have pointed out this week. Voices maps recordings of interviews with British residents from England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Through […]
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The art of cartography
This is, along with the discussion on data vs interface taking place on various blogs today, a nice lead-in to our podcast this weekend on ‘What is geographic information’. With […]
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Your History Here . com – where’s your place?
Hot on the heels of finding out about the GeoGraph project in the UK comes the “Your History Here . com – where’s your place?” project. This uses Google Maps […]
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Human Geography, Physical Geography
Environmental Toll of Katrina
The environmental toll of Katrina is just staggering. The Washington Post features a pretty in-depth look at the fallout. Imagine not having reliably clean water for years! Click here to […]
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