The opener of this piece from Big Think is what really drew me in: ‘Every map holds a promise, and hides a lie.’ The piece examines the way that the cartographic techniques used in a Berlin transport network map, produced by the East German government during the cold war, mixes information with propaganda.
The Christian Science Monitor has a piece talking about biscuit-sized satellites that will be launched into orbit with the Endeavour. Benefits of tiny satellites are many, but one goal is for these satellite-on-a-chip devices to measure the upper atmospheres of other planets, as their size prevents them from burning up.
A piece over at Mobile Media talks about new satellite navigation devices that offer not just the shortest route to your destination, but also the ‘greenest’.
Google Maps Mania have a post about a new real-time parking map that the San Francisco Municipal Authority have released, so that drivers can quickly find a place to park.
Gizmodo have a post outlining a new 3D simulation of Mt Everest. 3D models of the mountain are as old as the hills themselves, but this new model purports to be up to 400 times more detailed than previous models. So much so that it is being used to plot a future twelve-person expedition.
Spatial Law and Policy have a post talking about a Californian bill that would regulate ‘precise geolocation information’. How long until such regulation hits Australia?
To round out the day, there is a fun map posted over at Google Maps Mania, where you can map all the things in the world that share your name.
