Today at the Fall Annual Meetings the World Bank is hosting a special event to highlight “Open Data, Open Knowledge, Open Solutions“. The goal is to create a dialog discussing how openness in data and knowledge can positively change [...]
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One of the biggest improvements of Geocommons 2.0 over the previous version is the brand new map visualization engine – codename Sputnik. As was already pointed out here, here and here, we can now render tens of thousands objects extremely fast. For example, the map below map renders over 15,000 points [...]
Continue Reading →As newspapers look to cut costs more is being asked of reporters. Newspapers with large online presence have teams of interaction designers, data analysts and cartographers. Smaller organizations can’t compete with this type of staffing, but still want to use data to enhance stories. Being that GeoCommons’ goal is to make mapping and analysis easy for everyone it is perfect for journalists looking to do research for a story or to add a map to enhance a story. Let’s see how this might work.
Continue Reading →FortiusOne has been involved in a project to map all the World Bank’s projects. Dubbed “Mapping for Results” it is a collaboration between Development Gateway, AidData and the World Bank. The initial step is to actually map where the projects are taking place. Geocoding is the process of placing information in its geographic place. [...]
Continue Reading →This summer, the FIFA Soccer World Cup will take place for the first time in an African country, South Africa. The Final Draw, the decider of which teams will be grouped together took place on December 4th. For many, this highly anticipated event officially kicks off the World Cup season. I am [...]
Continue Reading →With the recent passing of Prop 8 in California, I was inspired to do some research into gay marriage laws in the US as well as divorce statistics for straight couples. Originally I had intended to put together an opinionated piece about gay marriage laws and divorce rates, but in my search I [...]
Continue Reading →The 2008-2009 NHL Season has been a thrilling one and it continues to be with the start of the playoffs. The game’s popularity has been growing and a rise in attendance figures has been a direct result. The Total NHL Attendance figure was broken this year for the fourth consecutive year. This news made [...]
Continue Reading →Giving birth in the USA has become increasingly controversial, especially for women hoping to have a natural and intervention-free birth. Hospitals are becoming increasingly dependent on medicalized birth and as a response, many women are turning to alternatives including delivering at free-standing birth centers and home births. Meanwhile, home births continue to be threatened [...]
Continue Reading →Every year CNNMoney.com releases a list of the top companies in the United States called the Fortune 1000. This uber-competitive list can be an interesting gauge of the status of the economy and can also reveal which companies are up-and-coming and which companies are struggling to hold on.
Below is a [...]
Continue Reading →In one of the recent blogs posted on the Wired News website, I came across an interesting blog by Alexis Madrigal that discussed geothermal electricity production around the world and some of the big green-tech projects that are current or planned for the future. On the blog there is a pie chart that breaks [...]
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