Category: Maps & Mapping

• XKCD Riffs on Minard Map and Political TV Bloviators

  Source: xkcd.com via Barbara on Pinterest

  Barbara Iverson

  October 30, 2012

  Maps & Mapping, Politics in Media Matters, See it my way

• Chicago Way May Come to Have Enlighted Meaning

  Image via Wikipedia At the OpenGov Chicago meetings, there is energy and excitement. Carlson, Tolva, and Goldstein have all attended. As a journalist teacher, I find encouragement to get involved with the data. And that’s what I’ll be doing this semester. there’s something new going on in the Windy City that’s worth sharing with the […]

  Barbara Iverson

  August 18, 2011

  Maps & Mapping

  apple, Application programming interface, chicago, data, google, iphone, Metro Chicago Information Center, O’Reilly Radar, opengove, United States

• How big is the game world – what an interesting lesson this would make

  Image via Wikipedia If I taught high school, I would so create lessons in English, Math, Physics, and probably gym class doing this kind of thought and mental exercise to explore various digial/virtual worlds in games. Excellent post here. I used some of the globe images of Azeroth from around the game world to estimate […]

  Barbara Iverson

  January 30, 2011

  Education & Pedogogy, Maps & Mapping

  Azeroth, Eastern Time Zone, Games, Roleplaying, Video game, Warcraft, World of Warcraft, WoW Insider

• Hans Rosling Makes Stats Visual

  This is an amazing visualization. It is an inspiration to me. This is my new goal for spring semester – to develop a totally rocking visualization. via YouTube – Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes – The Joy of Stats – BBC Four.

  Barbara Iverson

  December 15, 2010

  Education & Pedogogy, Maps & Mapping, Technology

  Information visualization, stats

• Map: Where Americans Are Moving – Forbes.com

  Map: Where Americans Are Moving – Forbes.com. Here is a social network that is shows economic and social information in a glance. I wish you could look at inward migration separate from out migration. You can roll over the lines and see the exact numbers for various paths. Here is Chicago‘s map: Related articles by […]

  Barbara Iverson

  June 16, 2010

  Maps & Mapping, See it my way, Social network

  Business and Economy, California, chicago, Forbes, Illinois, Internal Revenue Service, Social network, United States

• Mobile Providers in South Korea See Future in Maps and Mobile

  South Korea tends to run about five or six years ahead of the US in technology adoption. Today’s Web giants of Korea — Naver, Daum, NHN– are retooling their web sites for mobile. They view maps and geotracking as a central function. “Maps will be the essential application for the mobile Internet, as navigation features […]

  Barbara Iverson

  November 10, 2009

  Maps & Mapping, Mobile phone, Smartphones, Telecommunications