Frank Biasi's will be presenting a webinar -- Integrating Multimedia and Maps to Tell Stories and Engage the Public -- next Wednesday, March 13th at 12 noon, Eastern Time. Frank is the Director of Digital Development with National Geographic Maps and he has a lot of fascinating conservation GIS information to share with us. Please click here for more details and follow the instructions below to join the discussion. Topic: Integrating Multimedia and Maps Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 Time: 12:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00) Meeting Number: 825 742 753 Meeting Password: WCS4scgis ------------------------------------------------------- To join the online meeting (Now from mobile devices!) ------------------------------------------------------- 1. Go to https://nethope.webex.com/nethope/j.php?ED=181079912&UID=0&PW=NYTQwN2QzNzVm&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D 2. If requested, enter your name and email address. 3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: WCS4scgis 4. Click "Join". To view in other time zones or languages, please click the link: https://nethope.webex.com/nethope/j.php?ED=181079912&UID=0&PW=NYTQwN2QzNzVm&ORT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D ------------------------------------------------------- To join the teleconference only ------------------------------------------------------- Call-in toll-free number: 1-866-3864210 (US) Call-in number: 1-443-8636601 (US) Show global numbers: https://www.tcconline.com/offSite/OffSiteController.jpf?cc=4140170678 Conference Code: 414 017 0678 ------------------------------------------------------- For assistance ------------------------------------------------------- 1. Go to https://nethope.webex.com/nethope/mc 2. On the left navigation bar, click "Support". You can contact me at: kfisher@wcs.org 1-718-741-8206 Do you love Maps and Portland as much as me?
Ratna Adhar is hosting a map making party on the 19th. Come over and make a mental map of 'your' Portland. How do you see your city? Where do you go and how would you represent the places that matter to you? Extra points for individuality and creativity! The best 15 will be selected for a first Thursday art show in April at a local gallery. Ratna will be getting some supplies for us from @scrapPDX but please bring provisions and feel free to use a medium of your choice. There will be wine and music to catalyze inspiration. Email me with any questions: Ratnanjali.Adhar@gmail.com All submissions due by March 20. This is an article about gun rights, maps, and privacy - thought some people would find it interesting!
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/25/us/new-york-gun-permit-map/index.html?hpt=hp_c1 The Oregon Web Map Developers need your participation in the review of a few web mapping applications.
Please help us provide better services to the public (and to you) by reviewing any of the web mapping applications listed below and completing this survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PW8P7NR Five web mapping applications created by Oregon state agencies would like to gather feedback to improve this and future applications. Please complete the survey for any one of these applications. You may complete a survey for as many of these applications as you would like. Each application should have its own survey. These applications are: 1) ODOT's Oregon TransGIS (https://gis.odot.state.or.us/transgis/ ) 2) DOGAMI's Statewide Geohazards Viewer (http://www.oregongeology.org/hazvu/ ) 3) OWEB's Improving Habitat Access for Fish (http://www.oregon.gov/OWEB/MONITOR/pages/fishpassage_viewer.aspx ) 4)OWEB's Investment Tracker ( http://www.oregon.gov/oweb/docs/oitt.html ) 5) OWRD's Water Rights Mapping Tool (http://apps.wrd.state.or.us/apps/gis/wr/ ) Review ends January 2, 2013 Check out this interactive map put out by the NY Times that shows coastal and low-lying areas that would be flooded, without engineered protection, in three levels of higher seas.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/11/24/opinion/sunday/what-could-disappear.html?ref=sunday Thanks Whit for passing this one along...
Here are a few links to John Wesley Powell’s 1890 map of Drainage Districts (Watershed) and the Arid region of the West. Interesting and progressive ideas for that time, and early cartographic representation. http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/489-how-the-west-wasnt-won-powells-water-based-states http://www.aqueousadvisors.com/blog/?p=301 With the Presidential Election comes so interesting maps/graphics to track the electoral votes. Here are a few interesting ones from NY Times:
http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/electoral-map http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/results/president You can set your desktop wallpaper to a map of wherever you are currently located!
http://satelliteeyes.tomtaylor.co.uk/ (only works on a Mac) The North American Cartographic Information Society announces its student competitions for 2012. Students of all levels are encouraged to consider entering their work in one of our three competitions.
1. Student Dynamic Mapping Competition The North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) recognizes the importance of dynamic mapping in cartography. We are sponsoring the 14th Annual Student Dynamic Map Competition to promote cartographic excellence and innovation in this versatile medium. There are two competition categories: narrative maps and interactive maps:
Any student enrolled in a certificate program, undergraduate, or graduate/post-graduate program in any country who has not previously won first prize in either of the categories from this contest may enter. Entries must be submitted by Friday 14 September 2012. Details of the competition and examples of past winners can be seen at:http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm?x=4. 2. NACIS Student Poster Competition There is an opportunity for students working in print to participate, too, in the NACIS Student Poster Competition. Posters are an effective way of sharing cartographic work in progress, showcasing community involvement, and demonstrating experiments with new technologies. Posters with a cartographic theme are wanted for this contest! All student posters submitted to the competition will be displayed at NACIS 2012. There is no entry fee. We appreciate advance registration so we can reserve display space for your poster. However, posters should be brought to the annual meeting by the student or another attendee or the student could arrange to ship the poster to the conference hotel (ATTN: NACIS POSTER SESSION) to arrive before Wednesday, October 17, 2012. There will be one winner, who will be awarded $500. One runner-up will receive an honorable mention award. NACIS meeting attendees will vote on entries and the winners will be announced at the conference. Other non-cash award honorable mentions may be given at the discretion of the Student Poster Competition Chair and the Poster Session Chair. All prize-winning and honorable mention posters will receive award certificates. Any student enrolled in a certificate, undergraduate, or graduate program from a North American educational institution is encouraged to submit an entry. The poster must have been produced no earlier than the 2011-2012 academic year. Posters are to be no larger than 36" x 48". See http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm?x=18 for full details. 3. Peer-reviewed Student Paper Competition. Finally, there is an opportunity for students to be recognized for their academic work that takes the form of a journal article. Any peer-reviewed manuscript accepted for publication in CP (2012 issues) whose first author is a student is automatically eligible, with the student author of the winning paper being awarded $1,350. Student papers will be judged annually by members of the CP Editorial Board and the CP editor. There is still time to get your paper through the review process this year! CP is now open access, with fast publication of accepted papers. Reviews of submitted papers are returned to authors within 4-6 weeks of submission. See http://www.cartographicperspectives.org/index.php/journal for information about how to submit a paper to CP. |
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