The Map Room has a fantastic video (it’s almost 11 minutes long, but really worth the time) that details Jerry Gretzinger’s ever-evolving map of a mythical country that he originally started back in the 60s, and hasn’t stopped yet. He uses a deck of cards to randomise what features he adds next, so the map is growing beyond his control. It’s really very fascinating.
The ever-interesting Boing-Boing informs us that GPS inventor, Roger L. Easton, has joined with the Electronic Frontier Foundation in asking the US Supreme Court to ban the practice of using warrantless GPS-based bugs to track citizens' movements.
Ogle Earth has a great report on the way the Google Earth is helping to expose corrupt officials in the Indian state of Goa by showing instances of illegal mining, which have cost India around US$600 million over the past 5 years.
Spatial Vision have posted a report from the Association for Geographic Information (AGI) GeoCommunity '11 conference in Nottingham, UK that focuses on Building Information Modelling (the process of generating and managing building data during its life cycle).
Google Maps Mania have put together a few two different maps that chart the recent ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests happening in the US, and worldwide.
Over on the Esri blog, there is an interesting post (and video) on how GIS and video games could intersect to make useful contributions to society, including how MMORPGs (Massively Multilayer Online Role Playing Games) are finding their way into education and training environments.
Jonathan Crowe from the Map Room points us to a Wired article telling the tale of Eriks Zelenka, who was arrested for contributing to Open Street Map (he looked suspicious…).
