Australian Geographic features a video put together by NASA that shows Australian bushfires over the last decade. The data is placed over the top of MODIS NDVI data, so it’s also interesting to see the vegetation wax and wane during periods of drought and… non-drought (what’s the period called when we don’t have a drought? Business as usual?).
Vector One has an interesting post postulating that just as GIS requires a good basemap on which to place data, there should also be a 3D human body base map (or, more specifically, one male, and one female) on which to place health-related data.
Google Maps Mania has a great map created at Stanford University that shows the effects of human migration on the genetic risk of multiple diseases around the world.
In another Google Maps Mania post, they highlight a recent map put together by Great Name called Freedom of the Press 2011. As you might have guessed, it shows the relative press freedom in each country, using colour coding.
Slashgeo alerts us to a discussion happening on Slashdot surrounding a recent Bloomberg article that talks of western companies, such as Ericsson and Nokia, that have sold surveillance systems to Iran for use in tracking and suppressing anti-government dissidents. Is this the dark side of GIS?
GIS Lounge has a great piece talking about the use of UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) in detecting and analysing archaeological sites. So, I guess they’re sorta like a robotic Indiana Jones.
The Google Earth Blog has a piece that highlights real buildings (or other creations) that were originally conceived using Google’s SketchUp 3D software. It’s cool to compare the original concepts with the completed pieces.
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