The AnyGeo blog shows a cool new visualization technique from the London Profiler. Using the Google Map Creator, the application visualizes neighborhood profiles using different area classifications through the Google Map interface.
If you want to create your own markers for Google Map mashup fun, check out the MapIconFactory 1.0.
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Continue Reading →On the Google Lat-Long blog I came across a post about Penguin Publishing using Google Maps to help tell the stories of novels they publish. While this a cool concept in general (although not well embraced by all) it got me thinking about how people tell stories with maps.
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Continue Reading →Very Spatial shows us that we’re heading in the right direction with the ability to tell stories using mapping technologies. Location and digital narratives are combined with the Digital Storytelling series from the College of Education at the University of Houston.
A recent article in the San Antonio Express News brings the [...]
Continue Reading →After coming across Freebase’s blog post about using their data for map generation I thought it would be fun to dig in a little deeper. According to the post Jamie Taylor of Freebase teamed up with Jonathan Lowe of GisWebsite. A very clever pairing and I’m interested to see the final results.
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Continue Reading →Chris Spagnuolo’s GeoScrum posts results from the 2008 Agile Adoption in GIS survey. The survey found that 32% of organizations had adopted agile practices, but 68% said they had not. This compares to 69% of the mainstream development world that has adopted agile practices according to Scott Ambler’s survey asking the same question [...]
Continue Reading →It is only fitting that the day after I posted “Moving Push Pins Off the Map” I saw the post on Ogle Earth about a new geotagging icon….which is?
A GIANT PUSH PIN!
With my interest peaked we did a [...]
Continue Reading →During a late night epiphany we decided the blog had gotten a bit stale. So, to encourage a regular flow of content we figured a new look and pithy title would be just the trick. Welcome to the shiny-new, rebranded, USGS approved “Off the Map”. Now fortified with vitamins, minerals, insight, and elegant prose.
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