Endnu en personaliseret kortmaskine til det hele ...
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Create personalized maps yet again ...
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Showing posts with label Maps. Show all posts
Sunday, July 18, 2010
StepMap - Create Your Personal Map for Free
Endnu en personaliseret kortmaskine til det hele ...
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Create personalized maps yet again ...
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Read more: http://www.stepmap.com/editor.php
Friday, July 9, 2010
Monday, July 5, 2010
GOCE giving new insights into Earth’s gravity
Newton har ikke levet forgæves ...
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Newton on a global scale ...
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The first global gravity model based on GOCE satellite data has been presented at ESA’s Living Planet Symposium. ESA launched GOCE in March 2009 to map Earth's gravity with unprecedented accuracy and resolution.
The model, based on only two months of data, from November and December 2009, shows the excellent capability of the satellite to map tiny variations in Earth’s gravity.
"GOCE is delivering where it promised: in the fine spatial scales," GOCE Mission Manager Rune Floberghagen said.
"We have already been able to identify significant improvements in the high-resolution 'geoid', and the gravity model will improve as more data become available."
The geoid is the shape of an imaginary global ocean dictated by gravity in the absence of tides and currents. It is a crucial reference for accurately measuring ocean circulation, sea-level change and ice dynamics – all affected by climate change. [...]
Read more: http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMY0FOZVAG_index_0.html
Friday, July 2, 2010
Map of Human Sexuality
Noget for kort fetichister?
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Even maps can be sexy too ...
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Friday, June 25, 2010
Africa is BIG
Afrikas størrelse både fysisk og politisk er aldrig kommet til rette i de mentale opfattelser vi har af det store kontinent mod syd ...
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Live train map for the London Underground
Real time live data på et kort er bare fascinerende ...
/Sik Real time live data on a map is just fascinating ...
/SikWednesday, June 16, 2010
The Atlas of True Names
Jeg fik papirudgaven i fødselsdag tidligere i år og har haft megen glæde af at gå på opdagelse i kortene ... Der er tilsyneladende kommet en iPhone / iPad version så hvis du har sådan en skulle du tag at hente applikationen ...
/Sik The paper version was given to me at my birthday this year and has been great fun to explore ... Apparently there's an iPhone / iPad version available now - if interested go figure ...
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The Atlas of True Names reveals the etymological roots, or original meanings,
of the familiar terms on today's maps of the World, Europe, the British Isles and the United States.
For instance, where you would normally expect to see the Sahara indicated,
the Atlas gives you "The Tawny One", derived from Arab. es-sahra “the fawn coloured, desert”.
The 'True Names' of 3000 cities, countries, rivers, oceans and mountain ranges
are displayed on these four fascinating maps,
each of which includes a comprehensive index of derivations. [...]
The Atlas of True Names reveals the etymological roots, or original meanings,
of the familiar terms on today's maps of the World, Europe, the British Isles and the United States.
For instance, where you would normally expect to see the Sahara indicated,
the Atlas gives you "The Tawny One", derived from Arab. es-sahra “the fawn coloured, desert”.
The 'True Names' of 3000 cities, countries, rivers, oceans and mountain ranges
are displayed on these four fascinating maps,
each of which includes a comprehensive index of derivations. [...]
Monday, June 14, 2010
If San Francisco Crime were Elevation
Fascinerende ...
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Read more: http://dougmccune.com/blog/2010/06/05/if-san-francisco-crime-was-elevation/
A view from above
This view shows different types of crime in San Francisco viewed directly from above. The sun is shining from the east, as it would during sunrise.
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Read more: http://dougmccune.com/blog/2010/06/05/if-san-francisco-crime-was-elevation/
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Bing Maps World Cup 2010
Bing ... Giver minder tilbage til go'e gamle sportslørdag og Dong bold ...
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Coast Lines: How Mapmakers Frame the World and Chart Environmental Change
Mange linjer dele denne verdens regioner ind i mange dele men ingen linjer deler verden på en så dramatisk måde som kystlinjer ...
/Sik So many lines divide the world into separate regions but no lines divide the world like coast lines ... A line has been drawn in the sand ...
/SikShe sells seashells on the seashore
The shells she sells are seashells, I'm sure
So if she sells seashells on the seashore
Then I'm sure she sells seashore shells.
The shells she sells are seashells, I'm sure
So if she sells seashells on the seashore
Then I'm sure she sells seashore shells.
Terry Sullivan
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Buy: http://www.amazon.com/Coast-Lines-Mapmakers-Environmental-Change/dp/0226534030/
In the next century, sea levels are predicted to rise at unprecedented rates, causing flooding around the world, from the islands of Malaysia and the canals of Venice to the coasts of Florida and California. These rising water levels pose serious challenges to all aspects of coastal existence—chiefly economic, residential, and environmental—as well as to the cartographic definition and mapping of coasts. It is this facet of coastal life that Mark Monmonier tackles in Coast Lines. Setting sail on a journey across shifting landscapes, cartographic technology, and climate change, Monmonier reveals that coastlines are as much a set of ideas, assumptions, and societal beliefs as they are solid black lines on maps.
Whether for sailing charts or property maps, Monmonier shows, coastlines challenge mapmakers to capture on paper a highly irregular land-water boundary perturbed by tides and storms and complicated by rocks, wrecks, and shoals. Coast Lines is peppered with captivating anecdotes about the frustrating effort to expunge fictitious islands from nautical charts, the tricky measurement of a coastline’s length, and the contentious notions of beachfront property and public access.
Whether for sailing charts or property maps, Monmonier shows, coastlines challenge mapmakers to capture on paper a highly irregular land-water boundary perturbed by tides and storms and complicated by rocks, wrecks, and shoals. Coast Lines is peppered with captivating anecdotes about the frustrating effort to expunge fictitious islands from nautical charts, the tricky measurement of a coastline’s length, and the contentious notions of beachfront property and public access.
Five Islands, Maine, as shown on the U.S. Geological Survey's Boothbay Harbor 7.5-minute topographic map, published in 1979. Topographic maps emphasize features on land.
Five Islands, Maine, as shown on U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey chart 238, Kennebec and Sheepscot River Entrances,published in 1970. Coastal charts emphasize shoreline features and hazards to navigation.
Buy: http://www.amazon.com/Coast-Lines-Mapmakers-Environmental-Change/dp/0226534030/
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