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Ovi Map 3D – the New Nokia Service

Posted on Tuesday 26 April 2011 by Fabian Neuhaus

Since the introduction of the Google Earth service in 2005 it has been the standart for online virtual 3D representation of the world geographically. The service has been hugely successful and millions of people have explored the world from the desk in…

Google Earth, map, mapping, Nokia, OVI Maps 3D

Earthquake Japan – in Need for Time

Posted on Friday 11 March 2011 by Fabian Neuhaus

The devastating earthquake that hit Japan earlier on 2011-03-11 was with around 8.9 magnitude the biggest in the recent history. Even though Japan is probably the best prepared country on the world this is a dramatic shock for the nation and the whole …

earthquake, Japan, map

Mapping London’s Population Change 1801-2030

Posted on Wednesday 16 February 2011 by James Cheshire

Buried in the London Datastore are the population estimates for each of the London Boroughs between 2001 – 2030. They predict a declining population for most boroughs with the exception of a few to the east. I was surprised by this general decline and also the numbers involved- I expected larger changes from one year to …

Britain, Featured Maps, london, london datastore, map, opendata, population, R, R Maps, R spatial, R Spatial Tips, RColorBrewer, rspatialtips, rstats, visualisation

Some Thoughts on the US Critical Facilities List

Posted on Thursday 9 December 2010 by Daniel Lewis

Naturally, as a Geographer the wikileaks release of facilities that the US believes critical to its security was interesting. Much like the chaps over at Floatingsheep some of us (Martin Austwick, James Cheshire, Peter Baudains, Alex Braithwaite) took it upon ourselves to map out the reported list. Martin came up with the following visualisation that […]

Cartography, critical, facilities, Geography, geopolitics, map, Thoughts, wikileaks

Glow: How do you feel today?

Posted on Thursday 10 June 2010 by GIS+AR

Sometimes we read articles about which countries are the top 10 happiest countries in the world. This is a very general list that reflects year-round happiness. How about mapping your mood in real time, and comparing it with other people? Using an au…

application, augmented reality, location, london, map