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GeoCommons Metadata Implementation Screenshots

On April 22, 2008 By Sean Gorman

We got such useful feedback from the last metadata post I thought I would add some screen shots of how it is starting to come together. Unfortunately we were not able to get all the suggestions in because of the time crunch hitting our release date, but please keep posting the feedback and [...]

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Map Creation Apps – Google vs. Microsoft vs. Yahoo

On April 9, 2008 By Sean Gorman

I promised Andrew a comparison of the big three map creation applications by feature and functionality, so here it goes. The story of how lightweight web based map creation applications came to be is interesting in and of itself. I think looking at how the three applications evolved historically will provide a bit of [...]

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Content for ArcGIS Explorer vs. Google Earth

On March 25, 2008 By Sean Gorman

I thought it would be fun to take a different angle on the virtual globe competition and look at the content and data made available by two of the players – Google and ESRI. From a technical perspective I think most would agree that ArcGIS explorer is pale emulation of Google Earth especially when it [...]

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Moving Pushpins off the Map

On March 11, 2008 By Sean Gorman

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.

Why [...]

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Bumping up Against the Limits of Google MyMaps

On February 26, 2008 By Sean Gorman

Yesterday we posted a blog about the international fiber cuts a few weeks ago. While I am interested in the geography of fiber and failures in general, we thought it would be a good opportunity to put Google MyMaps through its paces for creating a substantive data driven map. After 25 or so hours of [...]

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McCain's gain is Giuliani's loss in the Winner-take-all Florida Republican primary

On January 30, 2008 By admin

The winner-take-all Republican primary awarded McCain with 57 delegates. This was his second win over Romney in nearly as many weeks. A spatial distribution of the share of votes at the county level (see the map below) shows an interesting pattern where bright hues indicate higher share of votes for a candidate compared to all [...]

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Gold for Romney and Threat of Mr. "Uncommitted" to Clinton

On January 18, 2008 By admin

Economy was the number 1 issue for Michigan Republicans and they voted in large numbers for Mr. Romney. Michigan has one of the highest rates of unemployment in the U.S. Huge job losses in manufacturing sector, mainly due to down-turn in Michigan’s auto-industry has voters worried about the future. Romney’s “optimistic” message [...]

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The New Comeback kid vis the New Kid on the block: 2008 New Hampshire Democratic Primary

On January 10, 2008 By admin

Clinton’s come-from-behind stunning victory in the New Hampshire Primary makes her the New Comeback Kid. Below is a heatmap of spatial distribution of Clinton’s votes by cities/towns and places in the southern New Hampshire.

We at FortiusOne further analyzed voting patterns to find spatial distribution of where Obama, the [...]

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Gold goes to McCain: 2008 New Hampshire Republican Primary

On January 10, 2008 By admin

Romney in his concession speech referred to his second place finish as winning a silver medal, that makes McCain the gold medalist and Huckabee a bronze winner. Here are the results for the top three candidates, McCain (37% ~88,400) Romney (32% ~75,200) and Huckabee (11% ~26,600). We at FortiusOne further analyzed [...]

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Importance of Independent Voters in New Hampshire primary

On January 8, 2008 By admin

Of the 850,000 or so registered voters, nearly 44% are Independents, 30% registered Republicans and even smaller percentage (26%) are registered Democrats. And since these Indepenedent voters can vote for either a Republican or a Democratic candidate, they are indispensable for candidates from both parties.

The current surge in polls, both for Obama ( Continue Reading →