From the monthly archives: May 2008

Links List 5.9.08

On May 9, 2008 By Sean Gorman

The recent Myanmar disaster proves that visualizing data has found a new important place in mapping capabilities, links to data and pictures from Frank at Google Earth blog.

All Points Blog points to CNN as an example of why static data just doesn’t cut it, especially when it comes to demographic information and election [...]

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As we’ve been gearing up to Launch the GeoCommons’ Finder! at Where 2.0 there has been a chance to talk to several of the other folks presenting. Many are exciting concepts and I’m looking forward to seeing the presentations. A few we are particularly eager for:

Monday will have some solid tutorial and [...]

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The last blog post on long tails and the GeoWeb got me thinking about what the implications of different statistical distributions were for the GeoWeb and crowd sourced data in general. Further, is there a right or wrong distribution for data on the GeoWeb, and how do distributions reflect usage and the technical limitations of [...]

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Links List 5.5.08

On May 5, 2008 By Sean Gorman

Mapufacture shows off some new functionality which includes adding layers of data. With improved layering and editing options, users will be able to visualize data in a whole new way.

Microsoft has declared “geotagging has gone mainstream”. Microsoft Pro Photo and the power of metadata are discussed by Dan Catt.

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