For those of you who are interested in the Atlanta Braves’ departure from downtown Atlanta and spatial storytelling with historical maps, you might be interested in this piece.
With the support of the Friends at KB in 2013 helped acquire a beautiful atlas: a copy of the Dutch edition of the “Theatrum Orbis Terrarum” (Theater of the World) of Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598), published in Antwerp in 1571. The Latin edition of this work was published a year earlier in the same city and is considered the first modern atlas. Until 1612, 41 editions of this work have been published in several languages.
The website is in Dutch, but the atlas images are fantastic.
There’s a Call for Papers for a special edition of the International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities titled “Geographic Applications in Sustainability: Understanding the Needs, Addressing the Issues”. The editor welcomes any undergraduate paper submission broadly related to sustainability, with a deadline of December 15. More info at http://commons.pacificu.edu/ijurca/call_for_papers.html .
If you bought a new plotter recently, you have probably noticed that there are quite a few choices for paper sizes when sending it a PDF file. What is C0 size or Arch E3 anyway? Here is the magic decoder ring for paper sizes. Thanks Wikipedia!
Can you tell the difference between a microscopic image and a satellite image? Give it a try and see!
Some of the world’s greatest thinkers gained tremendous insight and changed the world simply by organizing and deciphering basic data sets in new ways.
If you are an organization or government agency in LA County that has not joined LARIAC yet, or need to know more about it, please try to make the next meeting. More infomation here:
http://egis3.lacounty.gov/eGIS/2013/10/28/l4_mtg_11-14-13/
The Los Angeles Region Imagery Acquisition Consortium (LARIAC) is looking for cities and public agencies that operate in Los Angeles County to attend a FREE meeting discussing the latest project, LARIAC4! You’re invited if you want to learn more about how this GREAT DATA can help you or your organization.
The online map developed by Google.org displays emergency- and disaster-affected areas of San Francisco.
http://www.govtech.com/public-safety/Google-and-San-Francisco-Launch-Real-Time-Crisis-Map.html
Interesting animated map of popular baby names for girls. Data was from the Social Security Administration.
NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey, which creates and maintains the nation’s suite of over a thousand nautical charts of U.S. coastal waters, today announced major changes ahead for mariners and others who use nautical charts. Starting April 13, the federal government will no longer print traditional lithographic (paper) nautical charts, but will continue to provide other forms of nautical charts, including print on demand charts and versions for electronic charting systems.
Read the whole article here:
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2013/20131022_nauticalcharts.html
SoCalGIS.org 