Holy crap this is a cool map!

Jason Ho — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:06:20 +0100

http://hint.fm/wind/index.html

Panning/Zooming posters and presentations

AJ Wortley — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:52:30 +0100

In the mashups lab, I teach students about using "View Source" to look for clues to deciphering tech. choices...

If you saw this today from XKCD

and asked 'How'd they do that?', a quick peek would point to PanoJS - a former Googlecode project, now proudly standing out on it's own...

In other dynamic-spatial-not-necessarily-geospatial tech. topics, some of you may have seen one non-traditional (panning/zooming) presentation at GIS Day (I did notRead More...

GIS Goes HTML5 ... from Directions Mag et al.

AJ Wortley — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:06:19 +0100

A few weeks ago, I pointed out for discussion Ron Bruder's article in Eau Claire-based ADC's GeoWire newsletter on "Navigating Shifts in Technology" with reference to their decidedly un-plugged (as in no-plug-in) approach to application development... for discussion.

Yesterday, I found myself in a staff discussion on a similar topic, so I found it timely that this morning, Direction's Magazine delivered a podcast on GIS Goes HTML5 .

In addition, from the comments section - Read More...

Your Google Maps API Free Riding Days Are Over (if you are the top 0.35% of GMaps users)

Jason Ho — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:27:48 +0100

Came across this on the OpenLayers list, thought I'd share:

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_maps_api_paid_no_longer_free.php

http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2011/10/introduction-of-usage-limits-to-maps.html

Haters gonna hate, but free can't always be free forever if it isn't sustainable.

Discussing FOSS4G & Open Source

AJ Wortley — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:27:05 +0100

Anyone weary tonight?

Weary mappers are on... and we may even have a special guest in a former National Geographic cartographer who stuck around after NACIS and WhereCampMSN. Those who attended those 2 events will be happy to discuss... bring your design questions too!

Short on time today but Mapper Json was kind enough to lend his scribbled notes from WhereCamp on Sunday... for your further investigation:

Random notes for further research:

Are we there yet? October Mapping Events

AJ Wortley — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100

There are lots of map-tastic opportunities this Fall and I wanted to share a brief run-down with y'all.
Further discussion tonight:
Where: Weary Traveler Free House (http://www.wearytravelerfreehouse.com/)
When: starting about 5:30 this eve. (Tues. 9/27)

+ if others haven't yet, perhaps we can discuss potential mapper visit to the Treinen Farm Corn Maze which has some nice mathematical/geometrically-embedded emblems this year: See: Math.Corn.Fun.2011 - http://wRead More...

Everyone's a Mapper in their Own Way

AJ Wortley — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100

From FOSS4G 2011 in Denver...

Everyone's a mapper in their own way from Peter Batty on Vimeo.

If you wanna be a Mapper...

AJ Wortley — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0100

If you want to be a Mapper,
Just come along with us,
By the bright shining light,
By the light of the moon;
If you want to be a Mapper,
Just come along with us,
By the bright shining light of the moon.
{With apologies to Professor Julian Olson )

Weary Mappers are on tonight ...
Where: Weary Traveler Free House
When: about 5:30
come hear an in-person post-Weary Mapper Canoe Trip VI re-cap.
We had siRead More...

Down the Wisconsin

Woody Wallace — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Great Weary Mappers Canoe trip this week. If you missed it, start planning for next year! Thanks to Jason for organizing. And thanks to Bill for bringing the awesome venison goulash.

Using maps to estimate the size of the protests

Woody Wallace — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100

In a note on facebook, Joseph Skulan, estimates the size of the crowd at the capital last Saturday to be around 180,000.

Mappers, with access to local data, what do you think?

The United States of GOOD Beer

Aaron Stephenson — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100

I came across this map through my favorite daily hyper-local news site, Dane101. It's just a flat image in an OpenZoom frame, but I thought it was a pretty interesting subject, and one that's dear to our hearts.

Who's Going to Denver for FOSS4G 2011?

Aaron Stephenson — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

For the first time, the FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial) conference is coming to the USA. The call for abstracts begins February 1st, and registration begins February 22.

I haven't seen the official registration prices yet, but the Welcome letter from last year indicates $595 for early birds and $695 after that.

I am tentatively planning to go. Anyone want to join me?

Free & Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) 2010 Abstracts

AJ Wortley — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100

http://2010.foss4g.org/presentations_gen_sel.php
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/2253830/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_for_Geospatial_2010_Abstracts

What if the Gulf oil spill was in Madison?

Woody Wallace — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Here's an interesting mapping website that overlays the oil spill over your home town.

Where's the beef?

Woody Wallace — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Interesting blog post about a "Map of Every McDonalds in the Country". See it for your self: Map.

Bizarre Map Challenge -- Vote Local

John Meredith — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100

A UW undergrad GIS/Cartography student has entered in a national map competition with the "A History of the World Record Formation Skydive". Anyone can vote-- your support is appreciated !

http://bizarremap.sdsu.edu/phpQ/fillsurvey.php?sid=4

GIS in an organization

Douglas Wilder — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

From my NPS blog....

Is it true? Are there high-level conversations (in the NPS) about moving GIS out of the OCIO and into its own program? Maybe the OCGO (Office of the Chief Geospatial Officer)?

It makes a lot of sense in many ways. In many organizations, GIS was placed under natural resources but the inherent relation to general IT became too obvious over time. In the Midwest region, GIS is under the IT Division which has worked quite well. There is, however, a feeling on my pRead More...

HTML5... and SVG in IE9?

Aaron Stephenson — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

An O'Reilly interview about HTML5. Thankfully, no "Flash-killer" talk. Just a sensible discussion of what to expect in HTML5 and how it compares to Flash. Although, as always, the comments section is a bit rowdier and worth a read, too.

http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/03/why-html5-is-worth-your-time.html

And IE9 will support HTML5! Well, at least parts of it. But one part that is exciting for us mappers is SVG, which IE hasn't suRead More...

via Fark: There are more bars than grocery stores in many flyover states. ...

Jason Ho — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

http://consumerist.com/2010/03/illinois-and-wisconsin-do-not-mess-around-when-it-comes-to-drinkin.html

Tweets for Matt Bloch

Aaron Stephenson — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Kudos to Matt for the truly impressive work he does at the New York Times. He's gotten the attention of some big names in the "Neogeography" community, as shown by recent tweets from Peter Batty (Spatial Networking) and Sean Gorman (Fortius One).

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