WebMapping

May 11, 2006Cartography, general, GIS_Software, Physical Geography, WebMapping

Amazon GIS

I haven’t highlighted a really good GIS project in awhile, so I thought I’d mention the Amazon GIS project, run by the Smithsonian Institution and other collaborators. They have spent […]
May 9, 2006general, LBS, WebMapping

Mapping the Earth in Near Real-Time

One of the projects Microsoft researchers are working on is called SenseWeb, and Technology Review has a nice article that gives an overview of SenseWeb which, when incorporated into Windows […]
May 7, 2006general, WebMapping

Ask.com Elevation maps

Although Ask.com has really gotten a lot of press or attention, they do have one interesting feature, that recent posts at The Map Room and AllPoints Blog referred to: elevation […]
May 2, 2006general, Navigation, WebMapping

Where’s Tim?

Tim lives in Lawerence, Kansas. He likes to travel. For instance, last tuesday, Tim traveled 103.25 miles to Prairie Village Kansas. How do I know this? Because Tim uploads his […]
April 23, 2006Cartography, general, WebMapping

Mapping gas prices across the US

Gasbuddy.com has put together an interactive map of gas prices by county around the US. Just right click on the county you want to check out. Of course, it might […]
April 21, 2006general, VirtualWorlds, WebMapping

NASA World Wind 1.3.4 released

NASA has just released World Wind 1.3.4, with some cool new features, including Mars with full 3D terrain and imagery from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. I haven’t really played […]
April 20, 2006general, Programming/Dev, WebMapping

OGC Catalogue Services Specification – Request for Comment

OGC has put out a Request for Comment for a new candidate OGC standard. It is the Catalogue Services Specification 2.0.1 – ISO Metadata Application Profile. From the press release: […]
April 19, 2006Education, general, WebMapping

Google Maps mashup of University Podcasts

I haven’t blogged a mashup in awhile, but I saw this on GISUser and it’s a pretty cool resource: a Google Maps mashup of universities that have podcasts, webcasts, and […]
April 19, 2006general, General, WebMapping

A More Accessible Online Map

A List Apart has an interesting article on how to use CSS to make online maps more accessible to visually impaired people. What I find most interesting is that A […]
April 18, 2006General, general, WebMapping

Comparing the mapping services

The folks over at TechCrunch have put together a pretty good comparison of the various mapping services out there today. It’s a pretty quick rundown, but I think the chart […]