Category Archives: Visualization

Changing Landscapes: A Million Little Tiles

Posted on August 3, 2010 by John Reiser

The New Jersey Land Change Viewer, the online component of the Changing Landscapes research project required the generation of approximately one million map tiles. These tiles needed to be served quickly – the online viewer is meant to make the … Continue reading →

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Changing Landscapes: Brainstorming

Posted on August 2, 2010 by John Reiser

Back in June, the New Jersey DEP Bureau of GIS released the 2007 Land Use/Land Cover data. The data was released in record time, just slightly over 3 years from the aerial photography date. We felt that we needed to … Continue reading →

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Release of “Changing Landscapes in the Garden State”

Posted on July 28, 2010 by John Reiser

The last month has literally been a blur as we’ve worked to get the data for the report together and then into a series of interactive, animated web maps that show the progression of urban change over 21 years. Continue reading →

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Script: Geotagged Photos to GIS

Posted on June 1, 2010 by John Reiser

I think it’s somewhat ridiculous that ArcGIS Explorer has the ability to add geotagged photos to the map, but ArcGIS Desktop doesn’t have a built-in means of recognizing geotagged photos. Continue reading →

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Steven Johnson giving a brief talk on John Snow’s map

Posted on April 29, 2009 by John Reiser

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 →

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The Advent of All-knowing Point Maps

Posted on April 20, 2009 by John Reiser

Using Google Maps isn’t what’s important. Making sure your map delivers its intended message is essential. Continue reading →

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Web Mapping featured on Rowan’s homepage

Posted on March 24, 2009 by John Reiser

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 →

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Using Sketchup to visualize $1 trillion

Posted on March 11, 2009 by John Reiser

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 →

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