By juhrovic on
1/15/2008 10:45 AM
From the Google Maps Mania Blog "50 more things to do with Google Maps mashups". My personal favourite is # 28 "Form a crop circle, send a smoke signal".
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By juhrovic on
1/11/2008 4:57 PM
"The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) provides, free of charge, aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2000. NHGIS offers the following options to obtain data:
- The NHGIS Shape Finder provides access to boundary files for mapping data in a GIS software package.
- The NHGIS Data Finder provides access to aggregate census data.
- Social Explorer allows online mapping of NHGIS d ...
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By juhrovic on
1/11/2008 12:29 PM
An excellent resource that provides reports as well as visualiztions of the impact of climate change along the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. The Architecture 2030 website provides graphic depictions of actual cities as they appear now, and as they would look if the ocean levels rise.
Architecture 2030 is a "non-profit, non-partisan and independent organization...established in response to the global-warming crisis... [whise] mission is to rapidly transform the US and global Building Sector from the major contributor of greenhouse gas emissions to a central part of the solution to the global-warming crisis." (website, About us page)
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By juhrovic on
1/7/2008 10:23 AM
Welcome back students facult and staff. This is going to be an exciting semester for MIUS, packed full of workshops and exhibits. Here's a quick rundown of what to look out for.
Historical Maps and the Stories They Tell
Water Resources and Hydrological Data Visualization
These workshops are free open to any FIU student.
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By juhrovic on
1/2/2008 12:05 PM
The Google Maps API has recently seen the addition of some new transportation related features including traffic overlays and driving directions. Read more here.
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By juhrovic on
12/18/2007 4:04 PM
After exams we all need a little something light. Maybe the GIS center and MIUS should consider coming up with its own GIS Day song for our upcoming GIS Day on February 4. Any suggestions?
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By juhrovic on
12/12/2007 12:36 PM
Artist Paula Scher has been featured in the Maya Stendhall Gallery several times over the past year. You can view her artwork featured at the museum below.
Paula Scher: The Maps From the Gallery’s web site: “This show, consists of a series of twelve large-scale canvases — intricate, colorful and obsessively detailed maps of different regions of the world. THE MAPS is the culmination of over a decade of work, well-worth the effort for these timeless, striking canvases.” To view her work select the painting link from this page.
Also, you can view a follow up to her "The Maps" "..series to create h ...
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By juhrovic on
12/11/2007 1:07 PM
Find GIS has added a few new resources under "Groups and Resources". Now you can find GIS Case Studies, GIS Whitepapers, and Calls for GIS Papers/Abstracts.
Find GIS is a good website to help you locate data resources for Florida as well as news, GIS events, and GIS education and courses.
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By juhrovic on
12/6/2007 3:34 PM
Podcast lecture by Dr. Ryan Williams, Curator of Archeological Sciences at the Field Museum. Dr. Williams takes a look at how GPS and other technology is helping archeologists learn more about the ancient world. This is part of the “Maps: Finding our Place in the World” exhibit at the Field Museum. Take a virtual tour of the exhibit here.
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By juhrovic on
12/4/2007 2:03 PM
"The Carbon Project announces the release of a new version of its free Gaia software, Gaia 3.1 Beta 2, as part of the 2007 National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP). Gaia 3.1 is a free Windows application for accessing, visualizing and sharing location content, including the latest NSDI Framework Data services. "
Gaia 3.1 Beta 2 may be downloaded at no cost from http://www.thecarbonproject.com/gaia.php.
Read More about this here.
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