Check out this satellite image of the fires in California and the smoke that has blown out to sea. It was taken at noon today.
You can view full disk images of the Earth and different sensor images and loops at the GOES East Image Viewer.
Over the past several years student loan debt has emerged as an issue for many. Approximately 44 million Americans collectively owe a staggering total of more than $1.4 trillion in student debt.
Mapping Student Debt is a project that explores the geography of this debt burden and shows how borrowing for college affects the nation, your city, and even your neighborhood. There are 3 zoomable maps, each with several layer options. Check them out!
Wondering what time your local polling place closes today? Check out the map below. Note times are shown as East Coast time.
Check out this article about the election ad themes being seen on TV throughout the country.
Don’t forget to vote!
Americans are expected to spend about $9 billion on Halloween this year as they buy costumes, decorations, greeting cards and candy for the annual Oct. 31 event.
The National Retail Federation estimates that more than 175 million Americans are planning to participate in Halloween activities this year, spending about $3.2 billion on costumes, $2.7 billion on decorations, and $2.6 billion on candy.
Bulk candy dealer CandyStore.com looked through 11 years of data to come up with the favorite Halloween candy in each U.S. state. Continue reading
Ah taxes, don’t you just love em? Every year there seems to be a new tax we have to pay. And now there is Measure W for a new proposed property tax, and it uses GIS! Et tu, GIS? 🙂
Do you own property in LA County? Read on. You rent in LA County? Your landlord can raise your rent to cover the tax. You should read on too. Continue reading
When you mail a letter or package with the United States Postal Service (USPS), unless you pay for tracking, you may no know when it will arrive at its destination. If you mail your rent check on October 27, will it reach your landlord before the end of the month?
The USPS has a handy mapping tool for that. Continue reading
With the recent high winds and SCE turning off power so their high power lines don’t spark a fire, you wonder how we got here? Well, it started back in October 2007 when wildfires driven by strong Santa Ana winds burned hundreds of square miles in Southern California. Some of the worst wildfires were reportedly ignited by overhead utility power lines. Continue reading
The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History will exhibit “The Kingdom of California: Mapping the Pacific Coast in the Age of Exploration” through January 2nd. The exhibition displays 17th to 19th century maps and books, including maps showing California as an island as well as 19th century coastal charts. Entry to the exhibit is free with paid museum admission. Check it out!
This one is interesting! The New York Times has created a page with an interactive map showing every building in the US. How did they do this? They used data from a huge database that Microsoft released to the public this year. Microsoft’s computer engineers trained a neural network to analyze satellite imagery and extract out shapes of 125,192,184 buildings across the country. Click below and read on!
SoCalGIS.org 