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Category Archives: Data
Map Maker for carto-masochists, part 2
After failing to provide data straight from GIS – which is possible using OpenStreetMap or ESRI’s Community Base Map programs – I sat down with Matt, my student intern that is working on developing the campus data in Map Maker. … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Google, Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Uncategorized, Web Mapping
Tagged Google Map Maker, Google Maps, OpenStreetMap
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Map Maker for carto-masochists, part 1
Why make data created of the third world (and likely by individuals in the third world) a for-sale product for a first world company? Continue reading
Posted in Data, ESRI, Google, Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Technology, Uncategorized, Web Mapping
Tagged Google Map Maker, Google Maps, OpenStreetMap
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2cm Photography of the Ongoing Flooding in Queensland
NearMap has released an interactive map showing the imagery acquired this week of the flooding around Brisbane. 2cm imagery, less than a week old, available around the world through the internet. Pretty soon, laughing about how some fools think the … Continue reading
Posted in Aerial Photography, In the News, Technology
Tagged Aerial Photography, Australia, Brisbane, flooding, Queensland
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Unmoderated communities aren’t communities.
Without a fear of social repercussions for anti-social behavior, online communities without moderation often devolve into a cesspool. Take for instance InsiderPages, a hybrid yellow pages with reviews. There are countless sites like this out there, all suffering from the … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Technology
Tagged community, Internet, new jersey, nj.com, salem county, social networking
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Location-based services may be a hard sell.
How will our location-based services be perceived by the public? Will our smart web maps be seen as black magic? Continue reading
Posted in Data, Google, Privacy, Technology, Web Mapping
Tagged geolocation, gps, Location-based Services, magic, Privacy
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Changing Landscapes: Final Thoughts
I stuck to this schedule because any project without clearly defined goals and time lines are doomed to mediocrity. You can only exceed expectations if you have them in the first place. Continue reading
Posted in Data, Technology, Web Mapping
Tagged Changing Landscapes, Land Use, new jersey, New Jersey State Atlas, Web Mapping
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Changing Landscapes: A Million Little Tiles
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
Posted in Aerial Photography, Data, In the News, Technology, Visualization, Web Mapping
Tagged Amazon, Apache Tomcat, Arc2Earth, Changing Landscapes, CRSSA, geolab, Geoserver, GIS, Google Maps, TileCache
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Changing Landscapes: Brainstorming
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
Posted in Data, Google Maps, In the News, Technology, Visualization, Web Mapping
Tagged Changing Landscapes, CRSSA, DEP, geolab, GIS, Google Earth, Google Maps, KML, LULC
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Release of “Changing Landscapes in the Garden State”
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
Posted in Data, Google Maps, Planning, Visualization, Web Mapping
Tagged Animation, Land Use, visualization
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Projects featured on Rowan’s home page
I’m proud to say that I now have two articles written about my work that have been featured on the Rowan University home page. Most recently, Mapping the Guard (still on the home page) was posted, detailing the great work … Continue reading
Posted in Data, New Jersey State Atlas, Teaching, Technology, Web Mapping
Tagged ArcGIS, Internship, Mapping, Rowan University, SDSFIE, Web Mapping
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