Since things are heating up again, I thought I would share this interesting site, the US Drought Monitor. Check it out!
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LEGO Art World Map
If you like maps and LEGOs, then this is for you! This new addition to the LEGO Art collection contains the most pieces ever included in a set in LEGO’s history … 11,695 pieces! The world map measures 25.5 inches high by 40.5 inches wide when completed. The map is made up of 40 interconnecting base plates which are divided into three sections for the build that can be arranged in one of three ways, allowing you to place your favorite part of the world in the center of the map.
And check this out, there are customizable brick-built push pins that you can use to mark out destinations already visited or highlight those still on your bucket list! All of this for only $249.99! Available June 1st. Check it out!
Add Arrowheads to Line Features in Pro
Looking to add arrowheads to line features to indicate flow or direction? Check out this article about how to do that in ArcGIS Pro.
Machine Reading Maps
Check out this interesting presentation by Yao-Yi Chiang, Associate Research Professor at the Spatial Science Institute at USC, about using machines to read historical maps and process printed text.
Mapping Our Place in the World
Throughout history, cartography has revealed the way humans perceive themselves. Click below to check out the May/June 2021 edition of Library of Congress Magazine!
US High Tide Flooding Probability
High tide flooding today mostly affects low-lying and exposed assets or infrastructure, such as roads, harbors, beaches, public storm-, waste- and fresh-water systems and private and commercial properties. High tide flooding is likely more disruptive (a nuisance) than damaging. The cumulative effects, however, are becoming a serious problem in several coastal locations.
See where high tide flooding is probable over the next 80 years and how many flood days are expected annually with the High Tide Flooding app using NOAA study data.
The Mythology of Snow’s Map of Cholera
Most of you that took Geography, Cartography, or GIS courses remember reading about the story of Dr. John Snow and his map showing the cholera outbreak in Soho, London in 1854.
You also probably remember how he plotted cholera cases on the map and how he used that information to figure out that there was a strong spatial relationship between the cases and a polluted well on Broad Street, so he had the pump removed and the outbreak stopped. The map has been used as an example of the principles of GIS using layers of information and spatial relationships.
Well … despite it being a great story, unfortunately it’s not really how it played out. Both the use of the famous map and the story surrounding it have become somewhat modified through the passage of time. Click below to read the mythology of Snow’s cholera map.
The Impact of Earthquakes
Check out this interesting post about using ArcGIS Online and the Living Atlas data to find 2020 population statistics that fall in a recent earthquake shake intensity area.
Hands-On Mapping: The Story of a Blind Cartographer
The talk will take place Friday, April 23, 2021 on Zoom.
On the event of the fifth anniversary of the David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford University, please join us for an online talk by special guest Dr. Joshua Miele who will talk about his story as a blind cartographer.
Joshua will use the creation of TMAP – Tactile Maps Automated Production – to frame the broader landscape of how tactile maps and graphics can be used by blind people to understand many kinds of spatial information. He will discuss the power of touch as a spatial percept, as well as the design constraints on tactile representations that are surprising and challenging to most visual designers. Key topics include historical techniques for creating tactile maps, examples and counterexamples of tactile map use cases, and promising technologies for expanding the availability of accessible maps in the future.
Please register here: https://events.stanford.edu/events/908/90805/
ArcGIS Earth New Release
There is a new release of ArcGIS Earth. This is a major release for ArcGIS Earth on desktop, bringing users more capabilities for sharing data as well as configuration settings–from mobile, to desktop, to the organization portal. Mobile users will also get a new release of the ArcGIS Earth app later this month. Click below to read more.
You can download ArcGIS Earth here.
