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Cartography, Environmental, Remote Sensing, Software
NASA, Big Data, and a Real World Jigsaw Puzzle
NASA has posted two news items that illustrate the large amounts of data that they are generating. NASA| The Data Downpour is a video describing how the GPM constellation turns […]
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Cartography, Data, Human Geography, Political Geography, WebMapping
When to Use an Interactive Map
The Washington Post’s Wonkblog article, “10 Maps that show how much time Americans spend grooming, eating, thinking, and praying” presents some crisp maps using data from the United States Department of Labor, […]
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Data, Education, Environmental, general, Remote Sensing
Cornell Lab of Ornithology YardMap beta
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has introduced some very exciting backyard citizen science applications that utilize remote sensing data. One of them is The YardMap citizen science project funded by the […]
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Data, Political Geography, WebMapping
Esri Climate Resilience App Challenge
The June 2 deadline for the Esri Climate Resilience App Challenge is fast approaching. The challenge is open to geospatial developers, of all ages from the from the private sector and […]
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Remote Sensing, space (not spatial)
Remote Sensing, 1961 and today
Today, NASA, geospatial scientists, and people from around the world celebrate the first time that we saw Earth, in a now familiar view, from space. Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., the […]
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The Ordnance Survey and John Betjeman
The Guardian this week has a nostalgic reflection by Rachel Hewitt asking if this is “The end of the road for Ordnance Survey? Ordnance Survey paper maps are under threat from […]
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EarthDay, Environmental, Remote Sensing
Spatial Easter Egg Hunts
Location-based technologies are helping Easter Egg hunts go high-tech with the assistance of geospatial professionals taking their love of spatial technologies into their communities. The funniest quote from an article […]
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Cartography, Data, GIS_Software, space (not spatial)
The Geospatial Community and Public Interest Declassification Board
The National Archives Blog, Transforming Classification: Blog of the Public Interest Declassification Board recently asked different listservs – “What records should the US Government prioritize for declassification?” They took suggestions […]
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general, Remote Sensing, WebMapping
Meet your Polar Vortex Meteorologist
Meteorologists made the Style section of the The Washington Post today in the article, “What’s it like to be the voice of the Polar Vortex? These Weathermen Know” Giving meteorologists […]
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Why OpenStreet Map Matters
I really liked this essay by Serge Wroclawski on why OpenStreet Map matters, which I found through the Gizmodo reprint. To be honest it doesn’t exactly say anything ground breaking […]
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