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December 13, 2011

Tools – #FCC and #Broadband Mapping Resources

As the foundation of the information ‘superhighway’, broadband connectivity across the US (rural, urban, tribal, etc.) is a vital component of the critical infrastructure of our nation’s future communications and competitiveness – well done FCC maps and GIS team!

http://www.fcc.gov/maps

Great blog and small business cyber security planning resource
http://www.fcc.gov/blog/empowering-small-businesses-become-cyber-secure

For developers – http://www.fcc.gov/developers

GIS programs – http://transition.fcc.gov/oet/info/maps/programs/

Embeddable map collection > http://tiles.mapbox.com/fcc

November 16, 2011

Video – Sir Ken Robinson – Paradigm Shift in Education, Knowledge & Technology

Category: Education – Tags: , , – Administrator 6:25 pm

Along with a great map halfway through to address specious causality intrinsic to our Fordist, assembly-line, industrial education system, the ‘emancipation-through-creativity-and-technology’ message of this video makes it one of the most compelling I have seen …. enjoy

This animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA’s Benjamin Franklin award.
For more information on Sir Ken’s work visit: http://www.sirkenrobinson.com

February 9, 2011

Video – Melinda Gates at TEDxChange@TEDxKibera – Why Maps Matter

Very compelling testimonial

http://www.gatesfoundation
.org/foundationnotes/Pages/erik-hersman-110203-interactive-mapping.aspx

http://mapkibera.org/

http://mapkibera.org/download/

December 22, 2010

Data – Hans Rosling and the Gapminder Foundation revolution

From the Economist – http://www.economist.com/node/17663585

http://www.gapminder.org/

Get data – http://www.gapminder.org/data/

World Bank data and Google Motion Charts
http://data.worldbank.org/developers/apps/google-public-data

October 23, 2010

History and Cartography – David Rumsey Collection

Category: Cartography,Education – Tags: , , – Administrator 8:27 pm

David Rumsey Where 2.0 Video – Click Here

http://www.davidrumsey.com/publications/cartographica

October 18, 2010

History – America’s First Prof. Cartographer – Osgood Carleton via PBS

Category: Cartography,Education,Useful Links – Tags: , , – Administrator 7:52 pm

Thank you Antique Roadshow…

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/fts/tucson_200601A28.html

Click Here for Video (Quicktime) Osgood Carleton on Antique Roadshow

September 27, 2010

News – Video from USC Geolocation @Momentfeed @SimpleGeo @CitySourced & #Geosemble

The future is here (or there) but it is somewhere… aka the power of place plus #mobile plus #crowdsourcing plus #web20

Videos http://www.ustream.tv/channel/you-are-here-x

Event http://momentfeed.com/geo-tech/

Whitepaper http://momentfeed.com/whitepaper/

Virtual Campus http://imsc.usc.edu/about.html

September 20, 2010

News & Data – UNEP GRID Arendal Norway

Excellent source of polar and environmental data and maps
http://maps.grida.no/

and a recent visit to the UNEP GRID Arendal locale by Norwegian royalty.. Uff Da : )

September 17, 2010

News – EcoFusion and The Edge Collaborate in Malibu

Category: Architecture-BIM,Data,Education,Environment,Government – Tags: , , , , , , – Administrator 5:41 pm

http://www.ecofusion.com/

Leaves In The Wind from Ecofusion2 on Vimeo.

August 10, 2010

News – Important AfPak Films on Frontline-PBS

Category: AfPak,Counterterrorism,Education,News – Tags: , , – Administrator 9:59 pm

To understand the complexities of the AfPak region/border and the ISAF efforts therein, these PBS Frontline documentaries are not to be missed -

‘Behind Taliban Lines’ -
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/talibanlines/

‘Pakistan: The Lost Generation’ -
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/pakistan901/video_index.html

Map – http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/talibanlines/map/

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