If you’ve been following the Japanese earthquake you might have seen the “before and after” photo technique popularized by the New York Times. I always thought this technique would be a great way to compare choropleth maps. So, I was excited when I came across this jquery plugin that mimics the technique. Here is the map [...]

This is the meat of a lightning talk I gave at the IRE CAR conference a couple of weeks ago called, “Beyond Mapping: Spatial Analysis on the Cheap.”  Download a PDF. TEXTBOOK Geospatial Analysis: A Comprehensive Guide to Principles, Techniques and Software Tools SOFTWARE OpenGeoDa STARS (Space-Time Analysis of Regional Systems) GeoViz Toolkit SAGA (System [...]

Episode 3 of the Penn State’s “Geospatial Revolution”

We’ve started a new forum for journalists interested in discussing GIS software, methods and data. The forum will obviously be a work in progress as we develop the appropriate categories for discussions. We hope to form a community to help promote geographical storytelling. I know the audience is small at the moment, but please take time to [...]

Last year we submitted a proposal to the fifth annual Knight News Challenge, a contest funding innovative ideas that help to transform community news. This year we learned that our proposal was selected to move on to the second round of the contest. The project will provide a rich set of free spatial analysis tools designed for [...]

Google Maps has updated the 45 degree or oblique imagery for a number of locations in the United States. Oblique images can provide a advantage over the traditional overhead view when presenting the area in informational graphics. The cities that have been updated are: Albuquerque, NM Contra Costa County, CA Escondido, CA Long Beach, CA [...]