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Photo Of The Day

February 2, 2010

JPL’s Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) False-Color Composite Image Of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.  Check out the mondo east-west fault scarp on this baby. Tweet

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Haiti Earthquake News & Aid – Updated

January 13, 2010

JAN 19TH AM UPDATES Spatial Sustain | A call for a coordinated and conflated mapping effort between OpenStreetMaps and Google MapMaker in light of the Haitian earthquake.  “Not surprisingly, the two data sets don’t match, and the question becomes what data is correct and how can the data be conflated to create a unified and [...]

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Making US Unemployment Maps

November 17, 2009

If you don’t know already from some of my VizWorld posts, I’m a Flowing Data fangirl. Nathan Yau is the younger, hipper, nerdier Edward Tufte, and one who likes to share his sources and techniques. Understandably, Tufte has his trade secrets, but it was like pulling teeth to get him to share what tools and [...]

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It Can Be Done

November 4, 2009

General Robert Van Antwerp, chief of the US Army Corps of Engineers, recently stated that “New Orleans can no longer be protected from hurricane storm surges” and that “half of Louisiana will be under water by 2100.” Back off, man. I’m a scientist. The latest research indicates that sea level will rise at most 1 [...]

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“Everywhere You Go, Take The Weather With You”

November 2, 2009

Randall at VizWorld noticed that Weather Underground has a new 3D weather radar feature.  “They overlay the existing 2D terrain & radar map with a 3d isosurface extracted from the data.”  It requires a quick install of the Unity Web Player.  (By the way, the Unity game/environment development tool is now available for FREE. Go [...]

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Splitting Up With Google Maps

October 27, 2009

In the last six months, Google Maps has four times placed me in the wrong spot in this little Ohio town.  Also, their maps are not updated on a timely basis even after numerous requests from MAPPING companies, including the one where I work. The last straw is this:  Run a Google Maps search on [...]

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Mapquest vs. Google Maps

October 9, 2009

Have been finding lately that Mapquest is more accurate than Google Maps in small towns. Comparisons show erroneous feature collection like roads drawn where there clearly aren’t any on the satellite image, bizarre routing and mislabeled streets.  Granted, this part of Ohio is full of little towns with only one or no streets on StreetView, [...]

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Accomplishments Of Note

October 9, 2009

Ok, even if I don’t know how to do (see previous post), I’ll start with what I done did. Work: Submitted a 30-minute speaking proposal to the Where 2.0 2010 conference.  I’ll leave worrying about the slide deck and what I’m going to wear until after it’s accepted. Movies: After not having watched a feature [...]

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One Small Step

July 20, 2009

Look at the Moon in Google Earth – Available Now! Tweet

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With Respect To

July 1, 2009

It’s July 1st, so I’ve been back in the Midwest for, what, three months? A quarter of a year. After fits and starts, travel and more travel and D gone for half of each month, we are beginning to own our home, home-ownership and the giant yard that always needs tending.  While D mows, I [...]

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