The map below shows the number of terrorist incidents in India from 2005 to March 2008. Data is drawn from the WITS database. Its interesting to note that some of the regions on the map have several incidents per week, sometimes more. Click on the image to explore the data in Maker:
Continue Reading →If you’ve read the news today i’m sure you’ve heard about the terrorist attacks in India today. Information is still a bit fuzzy but some of the attack locations are known, so we mapped them out and tried to add some context for the data. Here is a quick map of Population in the Districts [...]
Continue Reading →The US Department of Transportation through the Federal Highway Administration recently put out a report on “Traffic Volume Trends Across the USA.” The report looks at the amount of vehicle miles recorded by state. It compares the figure recorded in the months of August 2007 and September 2007 with [...]
Continue Reading →After Wachovia pretty much failed from giving toxic mortgages, it now has been bought out by another bank, Wells Fargo. On October 12, 2008 the Federal Reserve gave the approval for Wells Fargo to takeover Wachovia. The deal was partially controversial because Citigroup was also seeking the merger with [...]
Continue Reading →With the elections over I’ve had a little time to think about what the new administration could mean for the GeoWeb. For those who follow the GeoWanking list serv there has been a raging debate on neogeography versus paleogeography. Some of the rhetoric reminds me of the just finished election and how we strive [...]
Continue Reading →So, you’re planning a trip to Paris. GeoCommons can help. We have a point dataset of over 2,000 hotels in the beautiful city. So now, you can choose you hotel based on its location!
Maybe you want to choose your hotel based on the locations of tourist attractions. Continue Reading →
All Points Blog shared the results of last month’s poll on the “single factor besides pure functionality that influences people’s selection of a geospatial software application.” Out of the eight options, which included data format support, speed, and extensibility, the ease of use/interface received a staggering 62%. To participate in the next poll, [...]
Continue Reading →Excited about the GeoWeb? Want to help build the next generation social mapping tools and work on some really awesome technology?
As Andrew mentioned, the GeoCommons team is expanding and we’re looking for some cutting-edge developers and designers to join us. We’re using a wide range [...]
Continue Reading →Every year during the third week of November begins the Geography Awareness Week. Beginning in 1987 by presidential proclamation, Geography Awareness Week celebrates the importance of geography education in the United States. This week allows for geographers to share their ideas and show off what they have been working on.
A Seemingly perfectly fit [...]
Continue Reading →We’ve discussed known oil reserves and the Georgian war and trends in violence in Iraq and Afghanistan. In a similar vein, below we’ve placed points representing violence in Iraq on top of the Cumulative Known and Undiscovered Oil Reserves. Play around with the data in Maker! yourself by clicking on the image.
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