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 →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!
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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.
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Continue Reading →I’m not really the romantic type but every now and again I feel it is nice to show the lady I love that she is special to me. Unfortunately, this is not always the easiest task and planning for a special night out can be frustrating. After working at FortiusOne for over a year it [...]
Continue Reading →Released this October, the MasterCard Emerging Markets Index highlights the 65 key cities that are driving growth worldwide. These countries are ranked according to their index score, derived by a panel of experts in the global economy. The report also features a look into specific factors that make each city important for corporations [...]
Continue Reading →At last a visual analytic to illustrate where all the skateparks in the United States are located. By geocoding the names and addresses of all the skateparks on the SkateBoardPark.com website, and loading the point data into Finder!, over 3,000 skateparks are represented by points on a [...]
Continue Reading →So who’s producing the most beef in the world? Who’s consuming the most beef in the world? After uploading world production and consumption data into Finder from the FAOSTAT (Food and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations) website, I was able to reveal where most of the world’s beef is being produced and [...]
Continue Reading →IKEA furniture stores seem to slowly but surely be making more of a global appearance as the demand for affordable furniture becomes greater. The success of IKEA is largely in part due to their business concept by selling well designed home furnishings at prices so low that as many people a possible can [...]
Continue Reading →My mom called me the other day and asked me if I knew how much the U.S. spends on the military. I said that I didn’t but I that could find out. “In fact”, I told her, “I can make a map of global spending on the military by country” (because Finder! and [...]
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