British Library Crowdsources 2,700 Maps for Georeferencing
Launched back in February of 2012, the British Library started a pilot project to engage the public in help the library to georerefence a portion … Read more
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.
Geospatial Redux: Street View Now on Mobile Phones, Hubway Data Visualization Challenge,
The workaround for those steadfast on using Google Maps on their iPhones was to create a shortcut for Google Maps on the device. Â Even with … Read more
Armchair Geography
Geospatial technology has allowed users the ability to travel the world without ever leaving home. Â Users can explore the world, inside and out. Â Last October, … Read more
British Library Launches Crowdsourcing Map Georeferencing Program
The British Library has launched a pilot project to engage the public’s help in geoferencing historical maps. Â AÂ Â sample of 725 maps of England and Wales … Read more
Help Map Medical Locations in Libya
With the help of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), GISCorps, and the Stand By Task Force (SBTF) (an online volunteer mapping community), the WHO has been trying to … Read more
Creating Maps for Wikipedia and Printed Materials with ShareMap.org
By: Jakub Kaniewski The availability of simple online mapping tools (such as what Google Maps offers) allows those with limited geospatial technical knowlege to design … Read more
Future of GIS
Always interesting are the predictions that pundits have for the future of GIS. Â I’ve started to collect GIS predictions and list them here. The GIS … Read more
GIS Talks from Redlands
There are some interesting talks available online from Redlands GIS Week. Â The event was held this past February at Esri’s headquarters in Redlands, California. Â The … Read more
Google Map Maker Arrives in the United States
Already available in 183 countries and regions (or 187 if you go by the statistics on this page), Google Map Maker is now available in … Read more