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Geography Notes
Today’s a great day for graduation!
omnomnom
To what purpose does this serve?
Our plastic relief map of New Jersey is so old it’s a historic resource, too.
Pretty cool view from Kean’s STEM building.
Nice morning to ride your bike to work in a suit.
Category Archives: Data
Getting hooked on OpenStreetMap
Cycle routes are managed by a myriad of local and state entities, and considering DOT informed me that they do not keep any GIS records of the bike routes or facilities, OSM seems like a natural repository for volunteers to collect and share cycle route data. Continue reading
Posted in Data, OpenStreetMap, Web Mapping
Tagged assignments, collaboration, courses, cycle maps, cycling, new jersey, OpenStreetMap, Rowan University
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Steven Johnson giving a brief talk on John Snow’s map
Steven Johnson, author of The Ghost Map, gave a 10 minute talk at TED on the 1854 cholera outbreak in London. Steven Johnson’s take on the outbreak is an amazing read. If you have just a passing interest in geography … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Data, Visualization
Tagged cholera, geography, Ghost Map, John Snow, London, outbreak
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The Advent of All-knowing Point Maps
Using Google Maps isn’t what’s important. Making sure your map delivers its intended message is essential. Continue reading
Posted in Google Maps, In the News, Visualization, Web Mapping
Tagged Cartography, Google, Google Maps, New York Times, visualization, Web Mapping
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Google making Map Maker data available for download
OSM needs to spend more time fostering a community outside of the devoted submitters. What is going to prevent Google from offering up a GIS service akin to the Virtual Earth on ArcGIS platform currently being offered by ESRI and Microsoft? Continue reading
Posted in Data, ESRI, Google, Microsoft, Web Mapping
Tagged ArcGIS, Google Map Maker, Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Virtual Earth, Volunteered Information
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Web Mapping featured on Rowan’s homepage
Currently on Rowan’s homepage is an article on the Geography Department‘s work on bring GIS to the greater university community. The article focuses on our recent web mapping work; specifically the Land Use Change viewer and NJ State Atlas. I’m … Continue reading
Geography of Luck – NJ Lottery winners mapped
I recently requested from the NJ Lottery a list of all the big prize winners, from 1988 to 2008. The winner’s location information is reported by ZIP Code, so I now have a map of the winners plotted out across … Continue reading
Posted in Data, New Jersey State Atlas, Web Mapping
Tagged Lottery, Luck, Mapping, Web Mapping
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Using Sketchup to visualize $1 trillion
This page has a visualization of the sheer size $1 trillion dollars would occupy using $100 bills. The images are rendered using SketchUp, one of my favorite applications. I came across this link while browsing BoingBoing, and one of their … Continue reading
Ogle Earth on redaction of images from Google
Today, Ogle Earth has posted an excellent article on images from Google Earth that have gone missing. The imagery is of an area in Pakistan. Apparently Dianne Feinstein commented that the US military has been using a base in Pakistan … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Google Earth, Government, In the News
Tagged Data, DigitalGlobe, Google Earth, Government, redaction, satellite
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Google’s historic aerials have shuffled dates.
Before Google Earth 5 had come out, I had commented to a few people that the dates for the aerial photos (which used to be displayed in the bottom center of the screen) were way off for New Jersey. The … Continue reading
Posted in Aerial Photography, Data, Google, Google Earth, Web Mapping
Tagged Aerial Photography, Google Earth, Google Maps, new jersey, Oops, Technology
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Latest Google Earth has historic aerial photography
Digital Urban has a writeup of one of the newest, perhaps most exciting feature to be added to Google Earth. Historic aerial photography! For many places around the globe, you now have access to previous aerial photography, as far back … Continue reading
