Author: Sue

• October 17, 2005Human Geography, WebMapping

  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. […]

• October 16, 2005General

  Who will control the Internet?

  You may or may not already know this, but a controversy that could change the way the Internet is run has been simmering since the spring and now will be […]

• October 14, 2005WebMapping

  News Map – Google Maps and Reuters News

  If you want to see where news is happening, this Google Maps app, called News Map, links recent Reuters News stories to the locations where they take place. Via Digg.com

• October 12, 2005Human Geography, Navigation

  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. […]

• October 12, 2005Cartography, General

  Missouri congressmen call for investigation of USGS mapping consolidation

  The decision to close the USGS mapping center in Rolla, Missouri as part of its consolidation in Denver has prompted several Missouri Congressmen to request an investigation into the decision. […]

• October 11, 2005General

  China’s Second Manned Space Launch

  China plans to launch 2 astronauts into orbit tomorrow in its second manned space launch. Here is more from CNN.com

• October 11, 2005WebMapping

  So THAT’S how they did it……..

  I was checking out the MapPoint magazine website this morning, and I came across this video from back in August. It the “real” story behind the making of Virtual Earth. […]

• October 10, 2005Cartography, General, Physical Geography

  Mapping Storm Surge from Katrina

  An effort is underway to map flood levels from Katrina from Florida to Louisiana to generate an atlas of the storm surge. Check out the article at Wired.com

• October 9, 2005General

  Census Bureau awards $500 million contract

  The US Census Bureau has award a 6-year contract worth more than $500 million to Lockheed Martin for the 2010 Census Decennial Response Integration System (DRIS). They will also be […]

• October 7, 2005WebMapping

  OpenStreetMap – open source web mapping project

  This is an ongoing open source project based in the UK that I read about on Mappinghacks.com, whose main goal is to provide free geographic data to anyone. openstreetmap was […]