Smartphone Maps Illegal While Driving but Paper Maps are Okay in California
In recent years, some states have been putting harsher laws in place to curb drivers talking on their cellphones or text messaging while operating their … Read more
Rebecca Maxwell
Crumpled Maps and Backward Globes
Palomar, an Italian optics company, is an example of the fact that maps and globes can still be used through innovation technologies, despite the popularity … Read more
Spatial Orientation and the Brain: The Effects of Map Reading and Navigation
Map reading and orienteering are becoming lost arts in the world of global positioning systems (GPS) and other geospatial technologies. What are the effects of navigation and map reading on the brain?
The Journal News’s Gun Permit Map
The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut left over twenty people dead, the majority of them young children. … Read more
Robotic Mapping: Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)
Simultaneous localization and mapping, or SLAM for short, is the process of creating a map using a robot or unmanned vehicle that navigates that environment while using the map it generates
Tracking Global Vegetation with Micro-Satellite Proba-V
The ESA, also known as the European Space Agency, has managed to do a lot of amazing feats in the field of space technology. They … Read more