This week we saw plenty of activity and engagement via our various social media channels. the following are the stories and tips we shared that seemed to have resonated with our connections and generated the most activity… enjoy! Provo, Boulder, Fort Collins Top the Ranks in Community Well-Being Index – For the sixth consecutive year, […]
Safety Tips For Winter Road Conditions – #1 Tip Map Your Route
Some helpful tips put together here by the American Trucking Association to help keep us all safe on the busy, and often icy, roads this holiday season. Winter road conditions can lead to dangerous situations. Fortunately, a team of million mile accident-free drivers are helping to make our roads safer. Here’s a few tips to help […]
Top 200 US Colleges Ranked by Daily Beast
Ranking are always fun and here’s another fun “top List” for you to browse in order to get an idea of what are considered by some to be the Top Colleges in the US. The Daily Beast’s Down + Dirty Guide to the Best Colleges aims to change that, ranking schools primarily on what students […]
Volunteer Map Data Collection Opportunities to Build the National Map
Have you ever wanted to contribute to the National Map? Well, now that the USGS has embraced the crowd there’s an opportunity for you to do just that! If you have access to the Internet and are willing to dedicate some time editing map data we hope you will consider participating! The USGS is recruiting […]
Hot Mobile Apps to Maximize Fun this Summer with Your Smartphone and iPad
Summer is a great time to load up on those handy mobile travel apps. Just in time for Memorial Day and the unofficial kick-off of summer, Sprint has shared a few tips for road warriors. Taking a road trip this summer? Here are some suggestions: The TripIt trip planner helps you organize, plan and store […]
Webmaps – CDC Tracking The Spread of Influenza with FluView
The CDC has published a clever webmap resource enabling visitors to quickly and easily track the spread of the Influenza (flu) virus in the US. Weekly data as reported by ILNET are used and the map also provides an animation to view the spread of the virus in place and time for the season. Each […]
Cartography Tip – Color Brewer (2.0) Expert Color Advice For Your Maps
Ever had trouble determining an appropriate color scheme for you mapping projects and products? Here is an extremely useful resource for selecting color schemes for your cartographic products. It’s a website called ColorBrewer 2.0, developed by Cynthia Brewer, professor of Geography at Penn Stat colorbrewer2.org. How it Works – Use the default test map and […]