As a child growing up in Canada, there’s no question that skating outdoors in backyard ice rinks and playing pond hockey were a huge source of fun and ate up most of my evenings and week-ends.. In 2012 a group of scientists from Wilfrid Laurier University in Montreal warned that the number of annual outdoor […]
5 Things on Friday #3 – #5Things
iD OpenStreetMap Editor from MapBox, makes OSM updates easy(er)
A recent piece in the PBS IdeaLab looks at a new editor for OSM from MapBox… iD Why another editor? From the article… OpenStreetMap’s editing tools are complex and do little to help users understand details like road classifications. We want tools for contributing map data to be accessible to anyone, in any language, with […]
5 Things on Friday #2 – #5things
Another Friday and that means time for my "5 Things on Friday", my effort to share 5 cool things with you every Friday for 52 weeks this year. A few goodies this week including some amazing photos from over New York city, a fun Geo Trivia game, an interesting GPS project looking for funding, a […]
5 Things on Friday #1 – #5Things
Keeping up with a “regular” schedule in blogging, or anything for that matter, is pretty tough for yours truly! I do tend to multi-task and in doing so I tend to push things aside until I can get to them. My UK-based friend James Whatley (@whatleydude) inspired me last year with what he coined his […]
Awesome Data Visualizations: Mapping Wal-Mart and sam’s Club Growth Over Time
An interesting data visualization got my attention recently and I noticed it also got some nice traction on twitter via mentions and re-tweets… enter the Wal-Mart data visualization. This map shows the viral-like spread of Wal-Mart store locations over time, starting in the early 1960’s in Kansas and up to [almost] present day. I’ll admit, […]
Android Smartphone Usage Soars Down Under
Some interesting research coming from down-under shows that Android smartphones are indeed the choice of many down-under and for developers, well, there’s really just 2 platforms to develop for. Sales of smartphones running on Google’s Android OS now outstrip those of every other smartphone type combined, including the iPhone and BlackBerry ranges and sales show […]
10 Of My Own Favorite GIS / Geo Tech Features from 2012
It was this time last year that I put together a fun look at the most popular videos that we shared on GISuser during 2011 – still quite fun to look at I must say. Another year comes to an end and during 2012 we have hundreds of interesting articles and features hit GISuser.com. We […]
The Controversial Lohud Map: Where are the gun permits in your neighborhood?
An interesting map in the news recently reveals the locations of people who have applied for and received a gun permit. Naturally, as you can expect, the privacy implications of this latest mapping effort by lohud.com have many folks up in arms… honestly though, one has to think that if a person is applying for […]
The Esri Santa Dashboard Story Map Leverages Seasonal Social Media
Tis the season and the Esri Story Map team has put together another fun, and creative story map for us – The Santa Dashboard. Using Social Media the resource maps a number of Santa related posts including hot spots around the World for Christmas lights, photos of amazing Christmas Trees (Flickr), images and videos of […]