26th
September
2013
Resources
Think like a web designer, not a cartographer
If we look at the evolution of the map it went from hand drawn, to print, to digital and now to the web, with each iteration in this evolution the attention span of the audience has decreased. The reality is you’ve got 3 to 5 seconds to capture the attention of a viewer on your site.
29th
February
2012
GIS
Delving into US Bombing Data 1965 -1975
Details are sketchy, as the saying goes, but the rumor is that the US bombing data from SE Asia was accidentally discovered in the basement of a data clerk, when it was being cleared out after he died. Whatever the real story is, this data is still very topical, some 40 years after the fact.