by Adena Schutzberg on 09/12 at 12:17 PM |
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The National Geospatial Program today launches the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (see FAQ, PR).
It offers more than 90,000 of the 200,000+ USGS historical topo maps - some dating back to the Agency's founding more than 126 years ago. The maps are georeferenced and can be downloaded for free from the USGS Store. Since they are in a GeoPDF format, no special programs are required, and they can be used in conjunction with the US Topo maps. (Well, except on a Mac for which the TerraGo plug-in is not available!)e website includes advanced search functions, status graphics (more maps are in the works via a quick turnaround process) and download instructions.
- via USGS PR
by Adena Schutzberg on 09/12 at 05:27 AM |
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The book comes out Sept 20 from Scribner, 288 pages, $25.
- Edmonds Patch
--- original post 5/9/11 --
The book is titled Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks (Amazon link) and is expected in September.
Here's an interview with him in Publisher's Weekly. Here's an excerpt from US Airways magazine.
by Adena Schutzberg on 09/12 at 04:21 AM |
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Programmable Web features AtlasCT's APIs and apparently Nokia is a client. The challenge for me: what exactly distinguishes this offering from others out there (SimpleGeo, for example). PW currently includes 190 mapping APIs in its database. Also cited this week: GIS Cloud API, GooTip API (for locatoin based based question asking) and PDX API. Not directly relevant to geo, but perhaps to travel/tourism:
Postcard on the Run API: Postcard on the Run is an application that allows users to take photographs, personalize them with messages, and send them as print postcards to physical mailing addresses.
- Programmable Web
by Adena Schutzberg on 09/12 at 03:00 AM |
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It's officially called OpenStreetMap Collaborative Prototype, Phase One and has been available since July 5th. It reveals the results of a protoype on road data done with the state of Kansas (APB coverage). The conclusion from the abstract:
Resulting data were successfully improved to meet standards for The National Map once the system and specifications were in place. The OSM software proved effective in providing a usable platform for collaborative data editing.
- via @mhacklay
by Adena Schutzberg on 09/12 at 03:00 AM |
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