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//I came across this on the Internet. Even The Simpsons know how cool Google Earth is. This seem like a great way to end the week after such a great Google Earth workshop. Have a good weekend!
Posted by: Suresh Muthukrishnan
//I just purchased several GPS units that I thought were top of the line. They work great indoors but you have to be close to the windows when you are indoors. This is a great improvement to the previous generation GPS that would not work indoors at all.
Good news is that people are already working on th enext generation GPS that would work anywhere indoor – be it basement or elevator or in the bathroom. Yes, those hollywood movies where bad guys see exactly which room the hero is located on a high raised building is not going to be animation for too long. A silicon valley startup company has developed and successfully tested this new technology GPS units.
Check out details from the ROSUM company website. They are combining old TV signal technology with the GPS technology to make this work. It’s awesome.
V-GPS Hybrid Positioning Combines Ranging Information from all TV Towers and all GPS Satellites In-View
Posted by: Suresh Muthukrishnan
//Here is a nice virtual map that shows how the former Soviet Union became 15 independent states. Click on the map below or visit the actual map page
Posted by: Suresh Muthukrishnan
//Dr. Diane Boyd pointed me to this resource available through a partnership between the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Google Earth. It’s an incredibly powerful use of Google Earth for social awareness and action.
Details are available at the USHMM website.
posted by: mwiniski
//Google just released a new way of making and sharing maps – our own maps, yes, complete with objects, links, and routes that you can directly drawn on your map and post.
You can draw lines or shapes to show locations of roads or buildings, and add links or descriptions of different things using placemarks.
Traveling? Need to show some thing to your friends or family? Use Google Maps to custom design the page and add photos and descriptions of places you visit and send the link to your family and friends.
Happy Map Making!
Go to http://maps.google.com/ and click on “My Maps” tab on the left side to get started.
It’s as easy as clicking mouse button.
//Google Earth 4 has added a new time animation feature which allows users to view data changes over time. The time slider in the Avian Flu dataset is shown below.
//GIS class students will present their term project in the form of posters at the Atrium of the James B. Duke Library. Students will formally present their posters starting at around 1:30 PM and will be by their posters until 3:30 PM. Posters will be on display until Friday noon.
Topics for this year includes:
Violence and Politics in South Carolina
Religion and Religious Space
US Aids and Disaster
World Water Issues
Targeted Mentoring
Fa(s)t Food and Obesity
State Park Trails
Endangered Species
Crime Report Vs. Crime Incident
Swamp Rabbit Trail
3-D Furman Hall
Don’t miss this opportunity to see how far you can stretch GIS application!
Where : James B. Duke Library Atrium
When : 1:00 PM to 5 PM, Thursday, 30th November
Snacks and Drinks, courtesy of Library
//This site plots the preferred generic name for carbonated soft drinks by region. The county by county breakdown is especially nice. View the map.
//Do you ever wonder about the sources of ingredients for your thankgiving dinner? Make a list of all the things you use and take a guess which state(s) supply those in maximum amount.
Here is one example – Turkey.
For complete list of ingredients and their sources, visit Indiana University GIS Services website.
Happy Thanksgiving!
//Here is a neat way to visualize commonly available (public) information. Each baloon in this map shows location of a Furman faculty residence. Clicking on the baloon brings up information about the faculty like name, email, and photo if it was available on their website.
http://hotspot.furman.edu/fufac/fufac.htm
What can we do with a map such as this? I can think of million ways this could be used – car pool arrangement with neighbors, new faculty using this to find best location to purchase a home so and so….
I challenge every one to come up with more use for this data, however crazy it is. Post your ideas and opinions.