The National Inst. of Justice was one of the early adopters of GIS perspectives and technologies. For the past decade,it has funded impressive research in the field,the results of which typically can transfer to other disciplines and questions related to space,time and events. Note,too,that both the [...]
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From Rumsey's site:http://networkedblogs.com/fBgu5 1,634 new maps and images have been added to the David Rumsey Map Collection,bringing the online collection to over 26,000 maps and images. Included in this addition are five issues of Colton's General Atlas of the World dated from 1865 to 1886. Also two editions of Schonberg's Standard Atlas [...] This is a great weekend to be in Raleigh,North Carolina. Forget about the BBQ. Instead,head to the annual NICAR (National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting) confab at the Raleigh Marriott City Center. Or if it's too far or too late to go,then go to Twitter and do a search for the hashtag #NICAR11. [...] Marcus Zillman's research efforts bring to the surface a ton of tools that journalists can use,and especially so this month. Check out the first 8 pages in his PDF on “Web Data Extractors”at http://awarenesswatch.virtualprivatelibrary.net/V9N2.pdf Marcus Zillman writes: “It gives me great pleasure to announce my V9N2 February 2011 Awareness Watch Newsletter. It [...] Check out Google-Refine at http://code.google.com/p/google-refine/ google-refine Google Refine,a power tool for working with messy data (formerly Freebase Gridworks) Project Home Downloads Wiki Issues Source Summary | Updates | People #downloadbox{overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;}#owners a,#members a{white-space:nowrap;[...] From Flowingdata.com ….. Find the names in your data with Mr. People November 8,2010 to Online Applications | Post on Twitter Inspired by Shan Carter's simple data converter,appropriately named Mr. Data Converter,Matthew Ericson just put Mr. People online. The tool lets you paste a list of names,and it will parse [...] The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk ) has been around for 13 years,and it has become increasingly important for analytic journalists who believe that simulation modeling is —and increasingly will be —an keystone perspective for serious,value-added journalism. And it's one of the FREE e-journals available. Support it if [...] Census tract data and maps,while better than nothing,can often deceive because the size of the tract is greatly influenced by population size,not area. It is not uncommon that natural and constructed barriers —mountains or freeways —influence the movements and spatial demographics of a tract. Ah,but BLOCK data,now there [...] From FlowingData…. Statistical literacy guides for the basics Sep 3,2010 to Statistics | Post on Twitter “You can get pretty far with data graphics with just limited statistical knowledge,but if you want to take your skills,resume,and portfolio to the next level,you should learn standard data practices. [...] A good piece on the googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com on how the Wall Street Journal crew created a fine set of maps illustrating various major-city marathons. Go here for complete piece. WSJ goes the distance with the Google Maps API Sunday,August 08,2010 The following guest [...] | ||||||
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