tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81131162932828109732012-02-16T07:32:04.586-08:00GIS @ MillsDan Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12380226325325300201noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8113116293282810973.post-198613967956263002009-04-28T17:25:00.000-07:002009-04-28T17:35:21.556-07:00Robert Lemon's EmailDear all,I enjoyed talking with you all yesterday, I just wanted to pass along a few more bits of info. I was going to pass around the few books I brought but forgot, so I will link them here. I also thought I would give Texas' Geography Dept. and geography in general a plug. We always need more geographers, so I should do some recruiting. If geography sounds somewhat interesting, I would Dan Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12380226325325300201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8113116293282810973.post-80279084777460656582009-04-28T16:25:00.001-07:002009-04-28T16:29:02.077-07:00Lorem IpsumFor those interested, the website Lorem Ipsum (http://www.lipsum.com/) has a nice little history of the use of the text. To give you a sense of the thing:Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC.Fascinating little bit of reading that.Dan Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12380226325325300201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8113116293282810973.post-68236667400656784262009-04-28T16:22:00.001-07:002009-04-28T16:23:24.985-07:00Project Powerpointtemplate available here (ppt new format) or here (ppt old format).Dan Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12380226325325300201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8113116293282810973.post-73417763095246259022009-04-07T17:35:00.000-07:002009-04-07T17:40:53.462-07:00Two More Maps in the MediaFrom today's NYT. Future teacher shortages mapped. Another article "Mapping the Cultural Buzz: How Cool Is That?" reports on research (title: "The Geography of Buzz") presented at the recent annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers.Dan Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12380226325325300201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8113116293282810973.post-26034860363536533602009-04-07T17:30:00.000-07:002009-04-07T17:35:32.381-07:00Geocoding on the WebThe service Rebecca introduced us to is at batchgeocode.com. There's a blog about the service at batchgeocode.blogspot.com.The blog mentions that Google has a geocode service too. It requires a bit more tinkering than batchgeocode, but looks interesting.Dan Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12380226325325300201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8113116293282810973.post-80404816494984515722009-03-29T16:00:00.000-07:002009-03-29T16:13:48.271-07:00Facebook in MapsCheck out these maps and diagrams from this New York Times article about the expansion of Facebook.Dan Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12380226325325300201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8113116293282810973.post-5434200275799481232009-03-13T21:42:00.001-07:002009-03-13T21:44:29.556-07:00Streets as ArtBen Fry is a computer scientist and visualization expert who developed a wonderful tool called "Processing" for drawing pictures with computers. One project he worked on is called, simply, "All Streets." It's worth a look.Dan Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12380226325325300201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8113116293282810973.post-8312036430625664842009-03-13T19:04:00.000-07:002009-03-13T19:06:21.276-07:00Strange Maps BlogCheck out the cartographic novella on this blog....http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/Dan Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12380226325325300201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8113116293282810973.post-7174627508885515712009-03-05T20:30:00.000-08:002009-03-05T20:35:46.546-08:00Mapping the Housing CrisisIn the Economix blog of the New York Times today, a cool animated map showing changes in housing markets by state over past 30 years.Dan Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12380226325325300201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8113116293282810973.post-50477880217587150792009-02-23T19:32:00.000-08:002009-02-23T19:38:46.123-08:00Case Study Sign-Up Sheet (click for PDF)Dan Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12380226325325300201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8113116293282810973.post-68494274275181300872009-02-21T16:46:00.000-08:002009-02-21T17:34:33.098-08:00My flat in PragueHere is the building I use to live in (2003-2005). I lived on the Fourth floor and, like my politics, my window is on the far left. Na shledanou! nejlepsihesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16398165773975746513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8113116293282810973.post-63586455794676681052009-02-21T09:08:00.000-08:002009-02-21T10:47:18.918-08:00Putting Up Buildings (Google Earth and Sketchup)Start Google Earth and Google SketchupNavigate to your desired location in Google Earth. Zoom in and center on your planned building site.Go over to Sketchup and click the Get Current View button. After a few seconds, the result should be something like this:(1) You can use the Orbit button to tilt the view a bit so you can see your building site better. (2) Use either rectangle, circle, or Dan Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12380226325325300201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8113116293282810973.post-37908358393678347652009-02-16T14:26:00.000-08:002009-02-16T14:51:45.409-08:00How Does GPS Work? Let YouTube Do the Teaching...Dan Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12380226325325300201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8113116293282810973.post-33920873544885883662009-02-16T14:25:00.001-08:002009-02-16T14:50:43.137-08:00ArcGIS and GPS DataDan Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12380226325325300201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8113116293282810973.post-30339204774771182022009-02-08T09:22:00.000-08:002009-02-08T09:32:07.229-08:00Back to the Farm -- in a MapAn article in Sunday's NYT business section ("Farm Living (Subsidized by a Job Elsewhere)" - Andrew Martin)describes an increase in the number of farms in the U.S. but that many of them are small, part-time operations that are subsidized by the farmer having to work another job. Dan Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12380226325325300201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8113116293282810973.post-30066889945833403132009-02-08T09:12:00.000-08:002009-02-08T09:19:34.573-08:00Maps and PoliticsBrad Stone has a piece in today's NYT, "Prop 8 Donor Web Site Shows Disclosure Law Is 2-Edged Sword," on the controversial Web site eightmaps.com. It raises some interesting sociology of information issues as well as questions about privacy, free speech, and the ethics of activism.Dan Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12380226325325300201noreply@blogger.com0