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Jill Uhrovic-Map Librarian
Besides keeping this blog, I also teach free workshops for students, help develop the exhbits in the MIUS area, and help students and faculty find exactly what they're looking for.
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11/27/2007 1:18 PM |
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| I come across so many interesting and useful tools and resources everyday. This blog is to share anything I think is interesting and helpful. Though I hope that it serves GIS professionals and cartographers, I also hope that a general audience will also find a use for it. |
By juhrovic on
9/21/2009 8:41 AM
Fat alligators are happy alligators and a sign that water levels in the Everglades are just right.
But knowing the exact depth of water needed for a healthy Everglades ecology has been elusive. Read more
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By juhrovic on
9/16/2009 8:42 AM
"Canadian scientists are putting the finishing touches on the world's first detailed geological map of the Arctic.
The Geological Survey of Canada already published a preliminary map late in 2008, but a final copy will be released next year.
The geological map will let people compare rock types all around the North Pole, making it the first map of its kind to be published in such detail, said Marc St-Onge, a senior research scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada." Read the article.
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By juhrovic on
9/8/2009 8:26 AM
In my e-mail today
"At the Journal of Maps we have recently moved over to having a Google Maps map on the main page showing the location of maps we have published in the journal. Its not exciting or pretty, but does the job. However we thought it about time we ran a competition to develop the best Google Maps mashup.
The rules are simple: use the JoM GeoRSS feed (http://journalofmaps.com/about.php?helpfile=smartyRSS.xml) and Google Maps APIs to do something interesting, useful, unique. The map can be designed to load in to the current space on the main page OR load in to a separate window.
Every *legitimate* entry to the competition will get a printed copy of our 2008 Best Map (http://www.journalofmaps.com/about.ph
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By juhrovic on
9/2/2009 8:32 AM
Today, St. Petersburg, Fla., becomes the 500th law enforcement agency to share crime data with the public through
CrimeReports.com
, the world leader in online crime mapping. St. Petersburg joins other forward-thinking agencies like Los Angeles County, Washington DC, Boston, Baltimore, Omaha, Portland, and 499 other communities of all sizes across North America that have chosen to inform and engage their citizens through timely, block-level crime data. As well, nearly 100 additional agencies have signed onto to the CrimeReports network in the past 90 days and will appear on the map in the coming weeks.
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By juhrovic on
8/31/2009 10:53 AM
Check out this image of the LA fires from Nasa's Terra Satellite, taken Saturday.
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By juhrovic on
7/27/2009 8:40 AM
A good interview with Jack Dangermond, founder of ESRI.
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By juhrovic on
7/8/2009 1:35 PM
"In the long-term, this Portal is intended to give users a quick, integrated, browse-and-query "glimpse" of map data published by many agencies, and to direct them to the source information. Like the NGMDB Map Catalog, it's another way for people to find your maps. It helps people find publications, but in a more visual way, and gives them an overview of a region's geology Portal features include: - National-scale bedrock and surficial maps, and four state-scale maps, - a Dynamic Legend that shows only the map units within the field of view, - a new Geologic Materials classification, designed to help the layman by bringing these maps into a unified view, using simple terms and definitions, - a simplified back-end database whose design and science terminologies are related to the new "NCGMP09" design, - integration with other NGMDB databases (Map Catalog and Geol
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By juhrovic on
7/6/2009 10:10 AM
From the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service A "Report to Congress: John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Digital Mapping Pilot Project"
Be Patient...the report takes a few minutes to load.
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By juhrovic on
7/2/2009 4:04 PM
"Welcome to Breathing Earth. This real-time simulation displays the CO2 emissions of every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates.
Please remember that this real time simulation is just that: a simulation. Although the CO2 emission, birth rate and death rate data used in Breathing Earth comes from reputable sources, data that measures things on such a massive scale can never be 100% accurate. Please note however that the CO2 emission levels shown here are much more likely to be too low than they are to be too high." http://www.breathingearth.net/
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