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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 11:51pm CET
Geolocalization, Geolocalisation, Geolocation? February 27th, 2008 ’“”’’ For a while I’ve been wondering which one (if any) of these terms is proper english. The first two ones appeal to French speakers like I am (the French word being “Géolocalisation”), but it turns out they’re as far from Shakespeare’s language as it could get. On the other hand, the third one, Geolocation, is designated by Google, and therefore by the Wisdom of the Crowds, as the proper one Here at MapMyGlobe, we
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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 9:48pm CET
Carleton University cybercartographer Fraser Taylor and his colleagues have already developed multimedia maps and atlases that use sound, music, photos and artwork to convey information about places such as Antarctica and the Arctic. Now he and doctoral student Tracey Lauriault are working on maps with scents. ... Ms. Lauriault is developing a scented digital map for the Bytowne Museum in Ottawa. She is considering, for example, using the smell of sawdust to help convey the importance of lumb
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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 9:46pm CET
I'm sorry that I have been so scarce lately. This last week has been extremely trying... between school, a new job, issues with my cable connection, issues with my now-ex-girlfriend, and subsequent heavy drinking because of said issues with my now-ex-girlfriend.... I'm beat. But now that my rather hefty hangover has lifted and I'm finding myself with a remarkable plethora of time again, I will return to form in short order. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a paper to write about politicall
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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 9:16pm CET
I’ve just used a spanish term - mapping - because it was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw these virtual interactive plans. “mapping” is actually a technical term we use in architecture when we organise information of all kinds - some times the most ludicrous and arbitrary - and shape it into a map that helps us understand better our own project. generally, we would take conditions of the surroundings - physical, social, irrelevant… - and through a whole system of organization we
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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 8:24pm CET
The network as a model of both cultural creation and organisation retains a growing influence outside the Web, as is evident in Sharla Sava’s review of recent work by THR 2-50’s featured artist, Antonia Hirsch. Hirsch’s inventive reconstructions of cartographic information exemplify the visually abstract nature of modern knowledge, discovering in it a wealth of creative patterns and image relations – many of them as politically informative as they are aesthetically pleasing. SHARLA SAVA is a w
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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 7:32pm CET
Last week’s imagery update in Google Earth was just rolled out in Google Maps, reports Google Maps Mania. The update includes Martin County, which is the first time in, without exaggeration, 83 years that Google has brought new aerial imagery to my area down in southeast Florida. See the full list of updates at the Google LatLong blog. Unfortunately, Google’s aerial coverage still trails in Palm Beach County, particularly given Microsoft’s introduction of oblique coverage of the entire county l
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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 7:30pm CET
Maps and cartography are not particularly popular as song themes. But there is the Longitude and Latitude Song (MP3 file here). Careful or you’ll be singing this one out loud in your cubicle. Performed by Tom Glazer and Dottie Evans, and written by Hy Zaret, the song is one of a series of sciency tunes, aimed to inspire Sputnik-era kiddies, on the Space Songs album, recorded in 1959. Jeff Poskanzer’s terrific Singing Science web page has all the tracks from Space Songs, as well as the t
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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 6:33pm CET
This blog is intended as a self-pedagogical tool for the research and development of my CEP Senior Project. I’m using it to document my research process and provide myself with a tool to engage in critical self-reflexion. Also, to share that process with you, gentle reader. Premise of my project: Maps serve to organize our conceptions of space and the relations within space, between socio-political structures and the environment. As informational tools, they serve to structure our thoughts, c
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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 6:27pm CET
For a while I’ve been wanting to write a bit about my approach to association mapping, but I’d like to put it into a larger perspective, so I will instead write about how “local genealogies” can be used. This is a large topic, so I will split it into several posts over the coming weeks. At the end, I might collect it all in a small booklet, if there is interest for that. This is the first part of the series, and I’ll use it to introduce and motivate the use of local genealogies. Single marker
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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 5:53pm CET
Scripps-owned US newspaper the Rocky Mountain News has created an online map of its news, business and sports features to give readers a better sense of where news is happening. “We created the feature because we thought users might be interested in where news occurs. Oftentimes in metro areas, a street address means nothing. Map My News brings home how close news is happening,” Mike Noe, the paper’s interactive editor, told Journalism.co.uk. Noe said there are plans afoot to connect the arch
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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 5:25pm CET
AcuInvoice Domain Mapping Updates February 27, 2008 Last night we applied some updates to the manner in which domain mapping behaves. If you have pointed yourdomain.com (or billing.yourdomain.com) to your AcuInvoice account, the following summarizes the manner in which invoice URLs and payment processing now occurs. These changes provide flexibility in branding your AcuInvoice account without sacrificing security as it pertains to sensitive data. Invoices Sent From Mapped Domains If you are
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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 5:19pm CET
Place Spotting is a website of geographic riddles. Place Spotting is based on the Google Earth platform. Place Spotting users can create their own geographic riddles or try to solve riddles created by others. The search feature on Place Spotting lets users search for riddles based on level of difficulty, language, region, or creation date. Applications for Educators Place Spotting is a fun way to teach or reinforce geography lessons. Riddle clues on Place Spotting can be given using rela
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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 4:45pm CET
It's that time again! Join Jamie Nast on April 21-22, 2008 for a fun-filled two days of learning at The Palm Beach Hotel which is conveniently located 2 blocks from the beach and surrounded by restaurants. This Spring's class is part of a larger 5-day instructor certification course. There are veteran instructors returning for review, and new candidates (who have already taken this 2-day workshop) coming from companies like Franklin Templeton and as far away as Macedonia. This means that 2-day
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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 3:53pm CET
Planning your next vacation, with dollars and scents Saw this in The Globe & Mail this morning, mentioning one of my colleagues in the article. Way to go, Tracey! Below are some excerpts from the article. COMPUTER APPLICATIONS: CYBERCARTOGRAPHY Planning your next vacation, with dollars and scents written by Science Reporter Anne MCilroy. February 27, 2008. Carleton University cybercartographer has developed multimedia maps and atlases that use sound, music, photos and artwork to convey i
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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 3:44pm CET
E na semana que a Microsoft lança seu novo modelo de anúncios on-line, o “Engage Mapping“, usuários enfrentaram ontem problemas de acesso a seus produtos on-line. Foram atingidos pelo defeito o Live Messenger (conhecido popularmente como MSN Messenger), SkyDrive, Hotmail, o Space e a rede Live do videogame Xbox 360. Países como Japão, Estados Unidos e Brasil foram afetados pelo problema.
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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 2:14pm CET
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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 1:10pm CET
Today, just for a bit of fun, I've decided to set up a little social media experiment. I'm asking people in the UK to send me their postcode and a short description of their experience of the earthquake. I'm uploading these onto a Google map to try to get a picture of the range of the earthquake. You can view the map here. If you want to participate you can send an email to earthquakemap@hotmail.co.uk.
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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 9:38am CET
웹상에서 작성하는 무료 MindMap - mindmester.com 2008/02/27 17:38 by 지민아빠 우분투에서 쓸만한 MindMap 프로그램을 열심히 찾아 보았습니다만.. 이쁘지 않다던지.. 한글이 지원되지 않는다던지.. 설치하다가 실패 했다던지 하는 이유로 맘에 드는 프로그램을 찾이 못하였습니다. 찾다가 mindmeister.com 라는 멋진 사이트를 발견했는데 웬만한 설치형 보다 훨씬 이쁘고, 사용방법도 편합니다. 웹에서 사용할때 가장 문제가 되는 체감속도 역시 뛰어납니다. 거기다가 Offline 사용도 지원하고 있습니다. 처음 한달간은 무료로 사용할 수 있고, 이후부터는 'SSL 지원'등의 고급 기능을 제한하는 방식(사용하려면 돈내고)입니다. 간만에 발견하는 참으로 멋진 사이트 였습니다. ^^
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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 9:16am CET
really wiped but some good news February 27th, 2008 today I’m really wiped… I was all day long in front of the computer (just like any other day…) but I think I’ve accumulated some fatigue lately by staying up late and working crazy days, now I have a huge headache. The good news is this morning I found out I was approved to use the Sun Grid Engine (I am not a terrorist after all) so I’m potentially going to be able to run blat jobs on thousands of cpus and wait only a half hour (according to
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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 9:00am CET
Vodafone UK Sat Nav Powered by Telmap Available for Consumers Wed, 02/27/2008 - 08:00 — newsbot LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vodafone UK and Telmap, the world leader in advanced mobile mapping and navigation solutions, are today introducing Vodafone Sat Nav– business wire london business mobile mapping navigation solutions world leader newsbot's blog
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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 6:43am CET
Road Trip Planning For an Enjoyable Trip My family just loves to travel. We take several vacations every year, and we go on short weekend getaways whenever we can. Because there are four of us, we usually drive to our chosen destinations in order to save money. Even with gasoline prices being as high as they are now, driving is still much cheaper than paying full airfare for everyone. This situation is not as much of a hassle as it might seem, especially since we have a nice minivan wi
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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 3:07am CET
I had to leave my car at the dealership to have some work done. I took a cab out from and to the dealership when I dropped off and picked up my car. Both times, I was surprised with the route taken. People perform wayfinding and route calculation when driving or walking a neighborhood by using landmarks. Some of those landmarks are the streets themselves; wider streets are not only significant features, they also act as conduits for more traffic. It usually doesn’t hurt that those significant s
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Posted: February 27th, 2008, 2:54am CET
La firme américaine a annoncé, vouloir améliorer ces mesures grâce à une nouvelle approche, baptisée Engagement mapping. Cette technique permettrait, selon Microsoft, de dépasser celle "de la dernière pub cliquée" (last ad clicked). "Ces dix dernières années, la méthodologie consistait à associer la mesure de l'audience et les ventes afin de définir l'efficacité d'une publicité en ligne. Tandis que le service Engagement mapping devrait permettre de rassembler et comprendre touts les points d
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