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Happy to have stumbled across GIS Stack Exchange
New to me: GIS Stack Exchange. A great site for questions, answers, and thoughtful discussions!
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national poetry month, exploring through maps
April is National Poetry Month. (Sure, why not? It has to be sometime, if we can’t have National Poetry Day year-round!) There are several map-using-poetry-sites I’ve become aware of lately,...
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using Google Maps for non-geographic representations
I just finished teaching our annual Short Spring Spatial workshops, and as usual, I had a blast updating my list of “web mapping” applications and projects. One of the categories of “maps” that...
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mega-size xkcd cartoon finds a navigational platform with Esri
I love the cartoons on xkcd. This week one was larger-than-life, requiring its own “overview” map to find one’s way around. Frankly, after the first few moments of panning in its native environment,...
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more examples of linking geography and history via maps, some digital
My friends at the UVa Scholar’s Lab shared with me their new Neatline project earlier this week. I don’t know much about Omeka, but I always trust these guys to do good work with a wide range of OS...
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new Holocaust Geography site
I’ve been following the various projects that research the Holocaust through its geography, often using GIS. I’m most familiar with the work of Anne Knowles (video), connected in one part to the...
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Documenting Slum Space in Kenya
A great story this morning on NPR about mapping projects in urban slum areas of Kenya, both involving collecting data on roads, housing, community structures, open spaces, and where people are...
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On using ArcMap Collector as a mobile app for SSV
dianamaps:Experimenting with reblogging some worthwhile posts. Originally posted on Katie Faull: Since its inception, Stories of the Susquehanna has been a collaborative, interdisciplinary digital...
View ArticleLive ocean mapping in the South Pacific
Just today I learned about NOAA’s Okeanos Explorer current trip in the Pacific. Apart from the live (and previously recorded) narration that I’m finding mesmerizing, I can’t stop watching the “live”...
View Articlegeospatial Professional Certification options
OGC, the Open Geospatial Consortium, is hosting a survey to collect thoughts on OGC-related Professional Certifications. I’m a huge fan of the mission of OGC and its methods as well, and to allow...
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