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Tap Tap Maps!

LiberatedMind.com — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 01:45:31 +0000

GIS peeps should keep tabs on this one: Tap Tap Maps promises to make a smooth integration between ESRI online products and Apple and Android Apps. Supposedly it will be a very easy transition from one medium to the other, sweet! You May Also Like:Baby Sleeping Sack: A TutorialYour Top 10 Favorite Posts of 2011Happy …

Time Laps of fly over Earth

LiberatedMind.com — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:22:41 +0000

Stunningly beautiful videography edited seamlessly as fly-overs taken from space.

XKCD: Map Projections

LiberatedMind.com — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:56:04 +0000

... and what they say about you.

Map of “Failed States”: EPI

LiberatedMind.com — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:46:27 +0000

EPI Study suggests that lack of access to birth control and education causes women to have more children, increasing the population and putting more strain on the resources of the a nation. From Wikipedia This text was written by the staff of the Earth Policy Institute: After a half-century of forming new states from former …

Mapping Rain Forests in 3D

LiberatedMind.com — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:32:00 +0000

...a biological survey of a never-before-explored tract of remote and inaccessible cloud forest. They are doing so using an advanced system that enables them to map the three-dimensional physical structure of the forest as well as its chemical and optical properties...

Map Blankets: Cuddle with Space

LiberatedMind.com — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:53:41 +0000

What a neat idea! As a map-maker and crafter I find this combines the whole of my existence… sort of. From Haptic, I give you Soft Maps! You May Also Like:Civil Liberties under attack: Graduated Color Map of USAXKCD: Map ProjectionsMap of Atheism. Where are you?

Google Maps Help Track Typhoid Fever Outbreak Source

LiberatedMind.com — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:30:20 +0000

"To capture the information, health workers would visit a patient's home and use GPS to capture the exact location."

Civil Liberties under attack: Graduated Color Map of USA

LiberatedMind.com — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:22:00 +0000

The ACLU put out a map this week showing in graduated colors those states where civil liberties were threatened so far this year. The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) is a staunch defender of constitutionality, standing up for separation of church and state, gay rights, women’s rights, and equality among people no matter who they …

Visualizing Complex Data Sets in Seconds

LiberatedMind.com — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:09:39 +0000

"I’m interested in how designed information can help us understand the world, cut through BS and reveal the hidden connections, patterns and stories underneath," McCandless states on his webpage.