Caitlin Dempsey
Caitlin Dempsey has been the editor of GIS Lounge (http://gislounge.com) since 2001. Prior to that, she was the GIS Guide at About.com. More about Caitlin Dempsey and GIS Lounge on this page: http://gislounge.com/about-this-site/
Caitlin Dempsey's Latest Posts
Help Map Historical Weather From Ship Logs
The Old Weather project is a crowdsourcing data gathering endeavor to understand and map historical weather variability.
OpenStreetMap Editor Designed by MapBox Goes Live
iD is a new easy-to-use OpenStreetMap editor that allows anybody with minimal technical knowledge to contribute GIS data to this crowd sourced mapping project.
Create Videos Using Google Streetview Hyperlapse
Developed by motion designer Jonas Naimark, Teehan+Lax, a Canada-based technology design agency, released Google Street View Hyperlapse that allows you to create videos of your favorite routes around the world.
Largest Atlas in the World Created using ArcGIS
Earth Platinum, the largest atlas ever printed, was released in February 2012 by Millennium House, Australia. Only 31 copies of the 330 pound, leather-bound book exist and each are priced at $100,000. The atlas was created by the work of 88 cartographer and used ArcGIS.
GIS Summer 2013 Courses
Listed here are universities and colleges that are offering GIS and geospatial coursework during the summer of 2013. Take advantage of the summer break to pick up new GIS and geospatial skills. To have your institution’s GIS courses listed here, email editor@gislounge.com with your description.