Author: Sue

November 1, 2005WebMapping

Online mapping in China

Here’s a short article on online map resources available in China, from the English language online edition of the Shanghai Daily. The 3D mapping features on Shanghai’s E-city government website […]
October 31, 2005WebMapping

Boston HyperMap Atlas with Google Maps API

We received the press release this morning for the Boston HyperMap Atlas from StrataVarious, Inc. which pairs Google Maps with the interactive HyperMap Atlas to link together the basic web […]
October 31, 2005WebMapping

Happy Halloween! and Check out Haunted Map!

Poly9 has created a cool Virtual Earth map showing haunted places in the US. Check it out at Hauntedmap.com Via ViaVirtualEarth
October 29, 2005General

Using GIS technology to help in gene research

METAFUNCTIONS, an interdisciplinary European Union project that began on Oct. 1st, 2005, is developing a data-mining system that can help identify relationships between sequenced genes and their environmental contexts. One […]
October 28, 2005General

Precision farming using digital mapping

This is an interesting article from the online edition of Capital Press Agriculture Weekly discussing how farmers in Oregon are beginning to use digital mapping technologies in precision farming. By […]
October 28, 2005WebMapping

Trends in Web Mapping and Web Services – from Directions Magazine

This article from Maurits Van der Vlugt at Directions Magazine discusses web services and some of the issues surrounding web services. His focus is on dispelling 3 “myths” about web […]
October 27, 2005General, WebMapping

GISuser.com photos on flickr

GISuser.com’s Flickr photo gallery has tons of photos of web mapping and GIS examples, including lots of Google Maps mash-ups and other themed maps. Most of the photo descriptions have […]
October 26, 2005WebMapping

How Google Earth Works – from howstuffworks.com

howstuffworks.com has posted an article on Google Earth and how it works (of course). While it’s just the basics that most of us are already pretty familiar with by now, […]
October 26, 2005Remote Sensing

First student-built satellite to launch on Thursday

The SSETI Express, a satellite designed and built by 100 students from 10 universities in Europe will launch from Russia on Thursday. The satellite is equipped with a camera that […]
October 25, 2005Cartography, General

USGS Mapping Center Move On Hold

The plan to close the USGS mapping center in Rolla, Missouri and move its operations to Denver has been put on hold after Missouri officials and legislators protested, and the […]