“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.
Tag Archive: GIS
I’m watching you: Geographic Data and Your Privacy
Geographic information about you is easy to collect these days. When we carry around cell phones and give our our home address for everything, it makes it very easy for your location to get into the wrong hands. Today you might not worry about someone finding you at your home, but when the need to arises, it may be too late.
Map of Atheism. Where are you?
This interactive map shows a map of each country/continent on a scale of atheism.
Digital Scans of the Mountains Under Ice Sheet.
Antarctica’s mountain ranges have been digitally scanned! If the ice were to melt away, they would look very similar to the Cascade Range in the USA, home of Mnt. Rainer.
How GIS is Helping Haiti
News from the ESRI: Redlands, California—January 20, 2010—ESRI is working closely with the geographic information system (GIS) community and agencies responding to the Haiti earthquake by providing software, technical support, GIS data, and personnel. In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake—characterized as one of the worst natural disasters ever in the Western Hemisphere—GIS- is assisting …
Visualization of Republic of Letters
Using GIS to map correspondence of letters during the Enlightenment age. Developed by Stanford University.
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