Cartography
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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. […]
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Cartography, 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
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David Rumsey on the Future of Mapping – via ITConversations
While we were at the Podcasting Symposium last week, we heard a presentation from the guy from ITConversations, which is an online catalog for audio presentations. They mainly cover IT […]
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Theban Mapping Project
An interesting online atlas project that has been around a while. Flash based, it links cartographic product with 3D models of features. Take a look at Theban Mapping Project
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Cartography, VirtualEnvironments, WebMapping
EarthSLOT – NSF funded 3D GIS
EarthSLOT uses a Google Earth like viewer called TerrExplorer by SkyLine. This is work based on an NSF grant by Matt Nolan at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. EarthSLOT Via […]
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BBC NEWS | Fake maps fox Shanghai drivers
This is an article that shows the issues with GPS enabled street maps. The problems that Shanghai drivers face when buying ‘fake’ maps is the same everywhere. I disagree with […]
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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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Oddens’ Bookmarks
If you want to know where to find anything about maps and mapping on the Internet, check out Odden’s Bookmarks. It’s a mapping-related links site maintained by the University of […]
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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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