Tag Archives: geospatial

#Maps Film and TV Show Locations | BusinessInsider + City Sound Maps | Gizmodo + 67,000 Historic Maps | Open Culture

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Film and TV show locations around the world | Business Insider
[I]nteractive map shows you where your favourite films and TV shows were filmed — including ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Game of Thrones.’

Beautiful Maps Let You Explore How Your City Sounds | Gizmodo
The urban aural landscape has a huge impact on our lives—from the roar of traffic and clatter of jackhammer, to the groove of music and lullaby of birdsong. These maps roll that information together to let you explore how cities around the world sound.

Download 67,000 Historic Maps (in High Resolution) from the Wonderful David Rumsey Map Collection | Open Culture
The historical map collection has over 67,000 maps and images online. The collection includes rare 16th through 21st century maps of America, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Pacific and the World.

There’s also a new feature for many maps called “Georeferencing,” which matches the map’s contours with other historic maps or with more accurate, modern satellite images.

 

Tile: Meet This New, Neat Little Device That Tracks Your Stuff | Information Space

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For months now, I have seen the advertisement below on my Facebook news feed.

The subject of the ad–Tile–is about to sweep the nation when it finally will be released to users who pre-ordered this very helpful device last winter. Currently, preordered Titles total more than $2 million. 

What is Tile?

Tile is a little device (image right) that can go anywhere or attach to any of your belongings in order to keep track of them. 

Read: Tile: Meet This New, Neat Little Device That Tracks Your Stuff | Information Space

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Do-It-Yourself GIS: 20 Free Tools & Data Sources for Creating Data Maps | Ellyssa Kroski – OEDB.org

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The world of mapping and presenting data sets through geographical representations is no longer relegated to GIS librarians and highly trained technologists. New free and open source applications now make it possible to create complex and robust data visualizations in the form of maps that display statistics and poll results. Here’s a guide to 20 free applications and data sources.

via Do-It-Yourself GIS: 20 Free Tools & Data Sources for Creating Data Maps | Ellyssa Kroski – OEDB.org.

There are 6 data visualization tools listed and 14 sources for GIS mapping data.

Also see my list of Interactive Mapping Resources on The Modern MLIS. I have categorized resources as either digital libraries, visualization tools or stargazing maps. There is only a little overlap with Ellyssa’s list.

You may also like:  Ten Places to Find and Create Data Visualizations | FreeTech4Teachers

4 Dazzling Stargazing Maps | Mashable

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4 Dazzling Stargazing Maps | Mashable.

The 4 stargazing maps discussed:

  1. Planetarium
  2. Interactive Skychart
  3. 100,000 Stars
  4. Starmap

How the Crowd Is Solving an 800-Year-Old Mystery – Karim R. Lakhani and Kevin J. Boudreau – Harvard Business Review

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“Consider the case of Dr. Albert Yu-Min Lin, Research Scientist at University of California San Diego and a National Geographic Society Emerging Explorer. He turned the field of archaeology on its head by engaging more than 28,000 individuals around the world to help him solve one of the most enigmatic problems in history — locating the tomb of Genghis Khan.”

via How the Crowd Is Solving an 800-Year-Old Mystery – Karim R. Lakhani and Kevin J. Boudreau – Harvard Business Review

Resources for Interactive Maps

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Please note this is not an exhaustive list. Thanks for the spark Jeanne K!

Quotable: “Digital maps provide amazing opportunities for integrating and displaying large sets of data and research in innovative and interactive ways and the world’s taking notice!” via Interactive Maps: Why They’re Awesome for Connecting the Dots | Information Space

Digital Libraries

Visualize Interactive Maps

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