Special Announcement
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Monday, November 3. 2008
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The title of post at the FirstRead blog is: FIRST THOUGHTS: OUR FINAL MAP but there is no map to be found via link or in the post so far as I could find. But you can see the list in text form:
Likely Obama: CA, CT, DE, DC, HI, IL, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, NJ, NY, OR, RI, VT, WA, WI (227 electoral votes)
Lean Obama: CO, IA, NH, NM, PA, VA (59 votes)
Toss-up: FL, IN, MO, MT, NV, NC, ND, OH (95 votes)
Lean McCain: AZ, GA, NE 02, SD, WV (34 votes)
Likely McCain: AL, AK, AR, ID, KS, KY, LA, MS, NE (the rest of the state), OK, SC, TN, TX, UT, WY (123 votes)
Just one panel on a wall-sized display fell on Francis Wilson as he did the weather live on Sky News. He's been in the business for 20 years and according to Newslite "was the first television forecaster to use computer generated graphics in weather bulletins." That's perhaps why he handled it like a pro. Video below.
Monday, October 27. 2008
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No, alas I don't have a story of people using maps for the wrong purpose, rather of a journalist using the term map inappropriately. Perhaps it was an editor? The article in PC World carefully details the recent deals between Google and Microsoft and DigitalGlobe and GeoEye. It explains the details of the satellites and their resolutions and notes how imagery can provide different information than computer generated maps. Then comes the "misuse:"
As a result, it will "take some time," admitted a Google spokeswoman, before the new GeoEye maps begin trickling into Google Earth. In the meantime, Google will continue to use DigitalGlobe maps -- the same maps Microsoft now has access -- for many parts of the world.
Even when the GeoEye maps become available, Google won't be able to display them at their maximum resolution because of U.S. security rules governing satellite photos. Rather, Google will have to ratchet the resolution down to 1.6 meters per pixel.
I've contacted the editor to see if this can get clarified.
Tuesday, October 14. 2008
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I'm sure this was an oops in matching images to stories, but it's still amusing. From the Muskegon Chronicle via MLive.com, a news site for Michigan:
The National Geographic Society is loaning its giant vinyl map of North American to the Whitehall school district for use with its students and the general public.
The amusement: the photo shows children sitting on a map of Asia.
Friday, September 12. 2008
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A truck driver in the UK was driving erratically. When pulled over, officials found a laptop with episodes of the TV sci-fi program. While the trucker at first pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, there was an attempt to get him to plead not guilty, which failed.
His solicitor Nigel Beeson said: "My client's case is 'Yes, I was driving along, yes, I did have my laptop on the dashboard but it had a Google map or whatever on it.' In other words, he was using a large version of a sat nav and "Looking at a map would not be dangerous driving."
- Chester Evening Leader
Monday, September 8. 2008
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"Idiot I am, I forgot to give the owners [of GeoEye-1] name. It's Mark Brender."
- In the comments of a post at Gizmodo, reporting on an interview GeoEye vice president for communications and marketing Mark Brender gave to NPR.
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