Archive for November, 2005

Nobel Peace Prize Conflict Maps

Thursday, 24. November 2005

The Nobel Prize website presents a map showing armed conflicts since 1900. Besides the usual zooming / panning functionality, the time span for conflicts shown on the map can be can be selected by the user. The map is implemented using Macromedia Shockwave.
Via Cartography.

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Yahoo Maps Hacks

Thursday, 10. November 2005

Only one week after Yahoo has released the new version of its Maps APIs, the first hacks are appearing on the web. Here are some examples:

L.A. Traffic Map
Design demos: Pirate-style map and radar-style map
Simple Example mapping restaurants and clubs
…and there is an official Maps Applications Gallery, of course.

I am pretty sure that there is a […]

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GIScience Conference 2006 - Call For Papers

Wednesday, 9. November 2005

4th International Conference on Geographic Information Science
September 20-23, 2006
Muenster, Germany
Topics
Emerging topics and basic research findings across all sectors of geographic information science. The conference attracts leading GIScience researchers from all fields to reflect the interdisciplinary breadth of GIScience, including cognitive science, computer science, engineering, geography, information science, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, social science, and statistics.
Since GIScience […]

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